Giuseppe Nessi (25 September 1887 – 16 December 1961) was an Italian operatic tenor.
[1] However, on the advice of renowned Italian conductor Tullio Serafin, the majority of his career was focussed on character tenor roles.
[2] He was La Scala's leading comprimario tenor between 1921 and 1959, and also performed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and at the Salzburg Festival under Arturo Toscanini.
[2] He created, among others, the roles of Pong in Turandot, the Priest in Il re, Donna Pasqua in Il campiello,[2] and an archer in Francesca da Rimini; in Zandonai's opera he would later regularly perform the role of Malatestino, which became one of his most notable parts together with Bardolph in Falstaff.
He does, however, play minor supporting roles on several important recordings, including: