Carlo Bergonzi - Don Jose Metropolitan Opera Photo by Louis Melancon

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Carlo Bergonzi as Don Jose in Bizet's Carmen. Metropolitan Opera Photo by Louis Melancon
Carlo Bergonzi (13 July 1924 – 25 July 2014) was an Italian operatic tenor. Although he performed and recorded some bel canto and verismo roles, he was above all associated with the operas of Giuseppe Verdi, including many of the composer's lesser known works he helped revive. He sang more than forty other roles throughout his career.
Louis Mélançon
(1901-1974) was the in-house
photographer
for the Metropolitan Opera from 1947 to his death in 1974.