Giuseppe Di Stefano worked in music at a period when the art was changing shape around them.
The record lists Giuseppe Di Stefano as Italian opera singer.
Giuseppe Di Stefano was born at Motta Sant'Anastasia in 1921. His recorded nationality is Italy.
Broadcast radio, the LP and the touring circuit made this the first era in which a musician could reach a mass audience without ever meeting it.
He worked as opera singer.
The instruments recorded are voice.
His work is classed as opera.
A musical reputation rests on a handful of works that refuse to date.
The honours record reads: Gold Medal of the Italian Order of Merit for Culture and Art.
That the work came out of Italy shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Giuseppe Di Stefano died in 2008, aged 87. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Gold Medal of the Italian Order of Merit for Culture and Art
- Instruments: voice
- Genres: opera
