Aldo Protti (Cremona 1920 – Cremona 1995) He begins to make itself known during World War participating in the radio program "Hour of the soldier," which EIAR devoted to the armed forces. It is then a volunteer, under the Italian Social Republic, the National Republican Guard; It has no basis his alleged militancy in the black brigades, which would see him involved in mopping up actions against civilians and partisans in the Susa Valley area.After the war, he attended the Conservatory of Parma and in 1948 won the national singing contest held in Bologna dall'ENAL.The debut takes place October 9, 1948 at the Teatro Pergolesi di Jesi, where he plays as a protagonist The Barber of Seville. In April 1950 he made his debut at La Scala in Milan in Aida, starting an international career that will bring in the most important theaters in the world.In addition to the frequent presence at La Scala for all the fifties, particularly successful is the collaboration with Herbert von Karajan at the Staatsoper in Vienna, where it is constantly present 1957-73 in about 380 performances. It also appears to Chicago and South America (Caracas, Buenos Aires). In 1961 he participated in the second tour of Italian opera artists in Japan, of which there are video recordings of Rigoletto, Aida, Andrea Chénier and Pagliacci.Also important is the collaboration with RAI television edition of Rigoletto in 1955, directed by Franco Enriquez, several radio recordings: La forza del destino, Falstaff (Ford), Francesca da Rimini, The Flying Dutchman, The bride of Corinth by Pietro Canonica, Danton's death of Gottfried von Einem, Genoveva Schumann. It also performs the oratorio The resurrection of Christ by Lorenzo Perosi.It arrives late in 1985 with Rigoletto at the Metropolitan in New York, with whom he makes a tour of great success in the States.The farewell to the stage takes place in 1989 with a recitation of Nabucco in Roncole Verdi, in front of the house where the master, as part of the Festival Verdianeum who had helped organize. He continues to perform and teach every last public appearance in 1995, when it receives the prize Caruso in Lastra a Signa.Protti dressed the characters of about fifty works, with a preference for the Verdi repertoire; and also he was a remarkable concert activity. The work was mainly performed Rigoletto, it played four hundred twenty-five timesPhoto autograph of the famous baritone opera trovatore Photography; 17,5x11,2 cm Excellent condition