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Titta Ruffo

1877 - 1953

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Titta Ruffo (9 June 1877 – 5 July 1953), born as Ruffo Cafiero (double forename) Titta, was an Italian operatic baritone who had a major international singing career. Known as the "Voce del leone" ("voice of the lion"), he was greatly admired, even by rival baritones, such as Giuseppe De Luca, who said of Ruffo: "His was not a voice, it was a miracle" (although not often published is the second part of De Luca's conclusion "which he [Ruffo] bawled away..."), and Victor Maurel, the creator of Verdi's Iago and Falstaff. Maurel said that the notes of Ruffo's upper register were the most glorious baritone sounds he had ever heard (see Pleasants, cited below). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Titta Ruffo has received more than 59,884 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Titta Ruffo is the 524th most popular singer (down from 501st in 2019), the 2,237th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,160th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Italian Singer.

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  • 60k

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  • 53.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Titta Ruffo ranks 524 out of 3,528Before him are Dinah Washington, Kathleen Ferrier, Georg Ots, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Isabelle Aubret, and Limahl. After him are Lee Hazlewood, Carlos Marín, Jimmy Somerville, Asha Bhosle, Nino Ferrer, and Nora Nova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Titta Ruffo ranks 69Before him are Oscar Milosz, Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Ivy Lee, Wilhelm Filchner, George Hackenschmidt, and Princess Pauline of Württemberg. After him are Isidora Sekulić, Alfredo Guzzoni, Renée Vivien, Sergei Bortkiewicz, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, and Béla Kiss. Among people deceased in 1953, Titta Ruffo ranks 67Before him are James Finlayson, Nikolaos Plastiras, Francesco Saverio Nitti, Iuliu Maniu, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, and Kathleen Ferrier. After him are Dámaso Berenguer, Sergey Belyavsky, Lev Mekhlis, Vsevolod Merkulov, Şükrü Saracoğlu, and Princess Françoise of Orléans.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Titta Ruffo ranks 2,237 out of 4,668Before him are Ludovico Antonio Muratori (1672), Guido Guinizelli (1230), Roberto Farinacci (1892), Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria (1834), Massimo D'Alema (1949), and Prince Francis, Count of Trapani (1827). After him are Alessandro Achillini (1463), Alvise I Mocenigo (1507), Riccardo Zandonai (1883), Adriano Galliani (1944), Gae Aulenti (1927), and Andrea Appiani (1754).

Among SINGERS In Italy

Among singers born in Italy, Titta Ruffo ranks 44Before him are Faustina Bordoni (1697), Carlo Bergonzi (1924), Sabrina Salerno (1968), Renato Carosone (1920), Bobby Solo (1945), and Angelica Catalani (1780). After him are Nino Ferrer (1934), Magda Olivero (1910), Gigi D'Agostino (1967), Claudio Villa (1926), Giulietta Simionato (1910), and Patty Pravo (1948).