Italo Tajo

Italo Tajo (25 April 1915 – 28 March 1993) was an Italian operatic bass, particularly acclaimed for his Mozart and Rossini roles.

Tajo was born in Pinerolo, Piedmont, Italy and studied violin and voice at the Music Conservatory of Turin with Nilde Stichi-Bertozzi. He made his stage debut in 1935, as Fafner (Das Rheingold), under Fritz Busch. At Busch's invitation, he followed him to Glyndebourne,… More