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Giuseppe Di Stefano

1921 - 2008

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Giuseppe Di Stefano (24 July 1921 – 3 March 2008) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giuseppe Di Stefano has received more than 223,170 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Giuseppe Di Stefano is the 201st most popular singer (down from 171st in 2019), the 1,205th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,099th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Italian Singer.

Giuseppe di Stefano is most famous for being the first tenor to sing in the Metropolitan Opera.

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  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Giuseppe Di Stefano ranks 201 out of 3,528Before him are Udo Jürgens, Sam Cooke, Mariska Veres, Lara Fabian, Mario Del Monaco, and Chavela Vargas. After him are Cass Elliot, Kyu Sakamoto, Lola Flores, Kenny Rogers, Tom Morello, and Dionne Warwick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Giuseppe Di Stefano ranks 71Before him are Peter Benenson, Franco Corelli, Mary Jackson, Louis Jourdan, Yitzhak Navon, and Paul Watzlawick. After him are Jack Steinberger, Iris Apfel, Farida of Egypt, Countess Georgina von Wilczek, Yuri Nikulin, and Mario Lanza. Among people deceased in 2008, Giuseppe Di Stefano ranks 49Before him are George Habash, George Emil Palade, Tassos Papadopoulos, Robert Rauschenberg, Horst Tappert, and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. After him are George Carlin, Joshua Lederberg, Dražan Jerković, Janez Drnovšek, Dorothy Vaughan, and Youssef Chahine.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giuseppe Di Stefano ranks 1,205 out of 4,668Before him are Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia (1773), Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma (1524), Mario Del Monaco (1915), Timaeus (-350), Dosso Dossi (1480), and Romano Mussolini (1927). After him are Louis V, Duke of Bavaria (1315), Bartholomew Columbus (1460), Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli (1391), Francesco Morosini (1619), Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439), and Ferdinando Carulli (1770).

Among SINGERS In Italy

Among singers born in Italy, Giuseppe Di Stefano ranks 20Before him are Mirella Freni (1935), Alessandro Moreschi (1858), Beniamino Gigli (1890), Barbara Strozzi (1619), Franco Corelli (1921), and Mario Del Monaco (1915). After him are Tito Gobbi (1913), Renata Scotto (1934), Gianni Morandi (1944), Zucchero Fornaciari (1955), Fabrizio De André (1940), and Umberto Tozzi (1952).