Rossini, Donizetti and Gluck, but he was also renowned in Europe and the United States for his Rodolfo in Puccini's La boheme, his Riccardo in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera and his Duke of Mantua in Verdi's Rigoletto. Voice Bonci was a demure man and his voice was not overly large. It was sweet-toned, stylish and supple, with excellent high notes and an easy high C. He sang with what at the time would have been considered a standard vibrato, though later generations (until our own) preferred a slower one. References David Ewen, Encyclopedia of the Opera: New Enlarged Edition, New York; Hill and Wang, 1963. Michael Scott, The Record of Singing, London; Duckworth, 1977. J.B. Steane, The Grand Tradition, London; Duckworth, 1974. Harold Rosenthal and John Warrack, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera (Second Edition); Oxford University Press, 1980. Specific External links History of the Tenor - Sound Clips and Narration preserved recordings of Alessandro Bonci at Internet Archive: Salut, Faust (1918),..Lusia Miller (1918),.. Lucia di Lammermoor (1913) Alessandro Bonci cylinder recordings, from the UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive at the University of California, Santa Barbara Library. 1870 births 1940 deaths People from Cesena Italian operatic tenors Fonotipia Records artists Columbia Records artists 19th-century Italian male opera singers 20th-century Italian male opera singers