Richard Torigi

[1] He then toured the United States with the San Carlo Opera Company in the late 1940s and in 1950 singing the role of Marcello in Giacomo Puccini's La bohème.

[1] He performed regularly at the NYCO for the next 18 years; notably singing in the company premieres of Gian Carlo Menotti's The Consul (1952, John Sorel) and Gaetano Donizetti's Don Pasquale (1955, Malatesta).

[6] Other roles Torigi sang at the NYCO included Marcello, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, and Germont in La traviata among others.

His final performance with the company was as Silvio de Narni in Alberto Ginastera's Bomarzo in October 1969 (which had been recorded in 1967).

[1] In 1956 he was an alternate for Robert Weede as Tony in the original Broadway production of Frank Loesser's The Most Happy Fella.