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Titta Ruffo

Operatic baritone

Titta Ruffo
Portrait of Titta Ruffo, c. 1920s
Born	Ruffo Cafiero Titta (1877-09-09)9 September 1877 Pisa, Italy
Died	5 July 1953(1953-07-05) (aged 75) Firenze, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	Operaticbaritone
Years active	1898–1931

Titta Ruffo (9 June 1877 – 5 July 1953), born as Ruffo Cafiero (double forename) Titta, was an Italian operatic baritone who had a major international singing career. Known as the "Voce del leone" ("voice of the lion"), he was greatly admired, even by rival baritones, such as Giuseppe De Luca, who said of Ruffo: "His was not a voice, it was a miracle" (although not often published is the second part of De Luca's conclusion "which he [Ruffo] bawled away..."), and Victor Maurel, the creator of Verdi's Iago and Falstaff. Maurel said that the notes of Ruffo's upper register were the most glorious baritone sounds he had ever heard (see Pleasants, cited below). Indeed Walter Legge, the prominent classical record producer, went so far as to call Ruffo "a genius".

Biography

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Born Ruffo Titta in Pisa (he reversed his forename and surname for the stage), Ruffo was the son of a foreman at an ironworks, who named him after a favourite dog, Ruffo. His m

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Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1907 - 1914

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

Notes: Older brother of baritone Titta Ruffo

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role	Audio
Victor	B-14269	10-in.	1/5/1914	E suonan le campane	Titta Ruffo	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-14519	10-in.	2/26/1914	Oh che m'importa?	Titta Ruffo	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Gramophone	464aj	12-in.	9/3/1912	Dai canti d'amore (Canzone)	Titta Ruffo	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Gramophone	10548b	10-in.	1907	Ma tu sfiorata di rugiada gentil	Titta Ruffo	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Gramophone	10549b	10-in.	1907	Disse il saggio	Titta Ruffo	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Titta, Ettore," accessed February 21, 2025, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107636.

Titta, Ettore. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved February 21, 2025, from ht