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Giuseppe Di Stefano
Deceased

When Did Giuseppe Di Stefano Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 86
GenderMaleNationalityKingdom of ItalyBorn24/07/1921Born inMotta Sant'Anastasia, Sicily, ItalyDied03/03/2008 (aged 86)Died inSanta Maria HoèWikidataQ312324 ↗TMDb#1397224 ↗

Giuseppe Di Stefano was an Italian operatic tenor who sang professionally from the mid-1940s until the early 1990s. Called "Pippo" by both fans and friends, he was known as the "Golden Voice" or "The Most Beautiful Voice", as the true successor of Beniamino Gigli. Luciano Pavarotti said he modeled himself after Di Stefano. In an interview Pavarotti said "Di Stefano is my idol. There is a solar voice...It was the most incredible, open voice you could hear.

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Filmography10 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2015CarmenMovieLe Remendado94
2007Callas AssolutaMovieSelf (archive footage)86
1986Da CapoSeriesSelf65
1973The Return of Maria CallasMovieSelf52
1972Schöne StimmenSeriesSelf51
1971Dalli DalliSeriesSelf50
1969Das SonntagskonzertSeriesSelf48
1966Die Caterina-Valente-ShowSeriesSelf45
1953The CowardMovieCantante32
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSeriesSelf27