AMATO, PASQUALE

(1879) Italian baritone, 6. in Naples, was educated for the profe ion of civil engineering, but instead of practicing, studied three years in Naples Conservatory. He made his debut in the Bellini Theatre, Naples, as Germont, in 1900, with such succe that he secured contracts for touring Italy, Germany, England, Egypt and South America, later becoming the leading baritone at La Scala Theatre, Milan. His first appearance in the U.S. was at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, in November, 1908. Among the important parts he has created are Jack Rance, in The Girl of the Golden West; Carlo Worms, in German i a; and King Hadriot, in Armide, A (3/6) a (3/6)