Ezio Pinza

Ezio Pinza

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Ezio Pinza
Music: West side of the 1600 block of Vine Street
Actor | Opera Singer
Born May 18, 1892 in Rome, Italy
Died May 9, 1957 of stroke in Stamford, CT

Ezio Pinza was a musical comedy star and Metropolitan Opera basso.

He began his career in his native Italy in 1914 and went on to win acclaim in opera houses on both sides of the Atlantic.

Pinza successfully made the difficult transition from opera to popular music. In the Broadway musical comedy "South Pacific," which opened in 1949, he played the romantic lead opposite Mary Martin. The role made him a sex symbol to women from bobbysoxers to grandmothers.

— Associated Press in the Los Angeles Times May 9 and 10, 1957

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