SINGER

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 64,607 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Titta Ruffo is the 666th most popular singer (down from 523rd in 2019), the 2,607th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,232nd in 2019) and the 57th most popular Italian Singer.

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  • 65k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Titta Ruffo ranks 666 out of 4,381. Before him are Brigitte Fontaine, Camilo Sesto, Barbara Hendricks, Rosemary Clooney, Naomi Shemer, and Maria Severa Onofriana. After him are Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Alan Lancaster, Raina Kabaivanska, Andrew Ridgeley, Pat Boone, and Melissa Etheridge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Titta Ruffo ranks 85. Before him are Béla Kiss, Carl Tanzler, Maximilian Voloshin, Franz Joseph Emil Fischer, George Hackenschmidt, and Pascual Ortiz Rubio. After him are Charles Coburn, Princess Mathilde of Bavaria, Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia, Charilaos Vasilakos, Isidora Sekulić, and Viktor Dyk. Among people deceased in 1953, Titta Ruffo ranks 84. Before him are Joseph Jongen, Alexander Vasiliev, Lev Mekhlis, Ernst Reuter, Xu Beihong, and Jan Czochralski. After him are Nicolae Rădescu, Vsevolod Merkulov, Princess Françoise of Orléans, Arnold Bax, Herman J. Mankiewicz, and Uroš Predić.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Titta Ruffo ranks 2,607 out of 5,161. Before him are Titus Flavius Sabinus (8), Antiochus of Syracuse (-450), Jarno Trulli (1974), Cesare Pugni (1802), Simonetta Stefanelli (1954), and Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1395). After him are Rose McGowan (1973), Franca Viola (1948), Moderata Fonte (1555), Apostolo Zeno (1668), Antonio Tempesta (1555), and Marino Grimani (1532).

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Among SINGERS In Italy

Among singers born in Italy, Titta Ruffo ranks 57. Before him are Claudio Villa (1926), Peppino di Capri (1939), Patty Pravo (1948), Riccardo Fogli (1947), Giuseppe Taddei (1916), and Gino Paoli (1934). After him are Robertino Loreti (1947), Angelo Branduardi (1950), Cesare Siepi (1923), Magda Olivero (1910), Maria Carta (1934), and Piero Cappuccilli (1929).

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