Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer (died 2012)

Franco Ventriglia

American opera singer (1922–2012)

Franco Ventriglia was an opera singer who sang bass in every major European opera house during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. He returned to the U.S. in 1978, where he continued to perform at venues including Carnegie Hall, and traveled to perform in southeast Asia, until his…