Giovanni Paroli

He is best known for creating several comprimario roles in the world premieres of operas by Catalani, Donizetti, Alberto Franchetti, Mascagni, and Verdi.

[1] In 1882 he joined the roster at the Teatro Apollo in Rome where he notably created the role of Carlo in the world premiere of Gaetano Donizetti's Le duc d'Albe.

He made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera House on 20 November 1905 as Isèpo in Amilcare Ponchielli's La Gioconda with Lillian Nordica in the title role.

He sang in many productions at the Met over the next year and a half, including Baron Rouvel in Fedora, Borsa in Rigoletto, the Dancing Master in Manon Lescaut, Don Curzio in The Marriage of Figaro, Gastone in La traviata, a Jew in Salome, the Messenger in Aida, Normanno in Lucia di Lammermoor, the Notary in La sonnambula, Parpignol in La bohème, Ruiz in Il trovatore, the Sergeant in The Barber of Seville, Spoletta in Tosca, and the Usher in L'Africaine.

His final appearance at the Met was on 22 February 1907 as Yamadori in Madama Butterfly with Geraldine Farrar as Cio-Cio-San and Enrico Caruso as Pinkerton.