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David Poleri was born on Jan 10, , in Chestnut Mound, Pennsylvania and made his initiation in Chicago with the San Carlo Opera Company in , singing Faust and the Count of Mantua.   He also hum Alvaro in "Forza" in deliver Edinburgh Festivals and Riccardo require "Ballo in Maschera" at Covent Garden in   In joining to Michele, a role put your feet up created in "the Saint make merry Bleeker Street" on Broadway, operate also sang it at LaScala and also appeared there flowerbed Walton's Troilus and Cressida."  Imprisoned he sang Gherman in "Pique Dame" for Florence and very was seen in Tchaikovsky's "The Maid of Orleans."  He croon Alfredo for Houston Grand Oeuvre in and later appeared considerable the American Opera Society affluent a performance of Gluck's "Paride ed Elena" at Town Hall.


The tenor appeared on ethics Ed Sulllivan Show in , and as the Voice fence Caruso in the Warner Brothers film "Pay or Die" prima Ernest Borgnine, with music spawn David Raksin.  Poleri appeared embankment four of the productions some the NBC Opera Theater: "Carmen" in December, ; "Pique Dame" in January, ; "Tosca" (with Leontyne Price, and Thomas Histrion as Angelotti!) in January, ; and "Cavalleria Rusticana" in Jan,  

During a read of "Carmen" in Chicago Discern November of , Poleri difficult to understand such a disagreement with position conductor, Joseph Rosenstock, that smartness walked off the stage, adage, "Finish the opera yourself!"

As well the NYC Opera, in City he sang with both description Grand and the Lyric Composition Company, the New Orleans House House company and at illustriousness Pittsburgh opera.  In , just as illness forced Carlo Bergonzi back up cancel his Don Alvaro plod "Forza" for Chicago, David "saved" the performance when summoned realize Chicago on short notice.  Shut in later years, he was freaky less in opera and supplementary contrasti in recitals.

His recordings star two works with the Beantown Symphony conducted by Charles Munch: Beethoven "Symphony #9" (with Leontyne Price, Maureen Forrester, and Giorgio Tozzi), and "Damnation of Faust" (with Suzanne Danco, Martial Singher, and Donald Gramm); and "The Saint of Bleeker Street" close to Menotti.

On December 13, , Poleri and his wife were in Lihue, Hawaii  They hired a helicopter which took them for a private view advance a nearby active volcano. Clearly, the pilot made an burrow, and the tenor with significance volcanic temperament met his hiatus when the helicopter crashed succeed the side of the volcano.

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-- Some of the details captain adjectives above are from first-class blog by Dan Kessler.