Giovanni Martinelli: Giovanni Martinelli. Actor: The Temple Scene from 'Aida'. One of the great voices of the Metropolitan Opera, the tenor Giovanni Martinelli has one of the longest tenures there of any principal artist (1913 - 1945) and a popularity with audiences that, at one point, was exceeded only by that of Enrico Caruso. A specialist in the French and Italian repertoires, who created the tenor leads in several Met premiers (Granados'...
Known For: The Temple Scene from 'Aida' (Radames), Vesti la giubba (Canio in 'Pagliacci'), Céleste Aïda (Radames), Giovanni Martinelli in 'Martha' (Giovanni Martinelli)