# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/anselmo-colzani
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:50:58.564Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/anselmo-colzani"
name: "Anselmo Colzani"
slug: "anselmo-colzani"
description: "Anselmo Colzani was an Italian operatic baritone who had an international opera career from the late 1940s through 1980. He particularly excelled in the Italian repertory and was most associated with the works of Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini. He began his career in Italy in 1947 where he quickly became a regular presence at that country's best opera houses, including La Scala. In the mid-1950s he began appearing at major opera houses throughout Europe and the United States. In 1960 he joined the roster at the Metropolitan Opera where he spent most of his time through 1978. Opera News commented that while his voice may have \"lacked the sheer beauty [of other baritones], his performances had an Italianate urgency and forthright thrust that were unique, which established himself as a powerful, striking presence.\""
tagline: "Italian opera singer (1918–2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anselmo_Colzani%2C_1951_-_collezione_Tino_Barindelli.tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1918-03-28"
deathDate: "2006-03-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.14
  momentum:             9.310344827586206
  historical:           8.738769333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5102376/"
    handle:    "nm5102376"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anselmo_Colzani"
    title: "Anselmo Colzani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anselmo_Colzani"
    title: "Anselmo Colzani"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anselmo_Colzani"
    title: "Anselmo Colzani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anselmo_Colzani"
    title: "Anselmo Colzani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anselmo_Colzani"
    title: "Anselmo Colzani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anselmo_Colzani"
    title: "Anselmo Colzani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%84%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B"
    title: "アンセルモ・コルツァーニ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anselmo_Colzani"
    title: "Anselmo Colzani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5545ce53-1fd9-4a15-8cf8-7a86a5fd0e69"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326121"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump