Mariano Stabile

Stabile's vocal studies took place at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome with Antonio Cotogni during the 1907–08 and 1908-09 academic years.

After singing throughout Italy, he appeared in Saint Petersburg in 1911, Buenos Aires in 1913, Barcelona in 1914, and made his debut at the Paris Opera in 1917, as Amonasro in Aida.

He sang at La Scala until 1955, and among his other roles there were: Gérard, Scarpia, Iago, Malatesta, Dulcamara, Beckmesser, Schicchi.

He also took part in the revival of Il turco in Italia, as Prosdocimo, in 1955, opposite Maria Callas.

He had excellent diction and was an outstanding singing-actor, especially in comedy, and he enjoyed a remarkably long career.