Ezio Pinza, Italian-American actor and singer (died 1957)

Ezio Pinza

Italian opera singer (1892–1957)

Ezio Fortunato Pinza was an Italian opera singer. Pinza possessed a rich, smooth and sonorous voice, with a flexibility unusual for a bass. He spent 22 seasons at New York's Metropolitan Opera, appearing in more than 750 performances of 50 operas. At the San Francisco Opera,…