Argentine bass. He studied in Buenos Aires, making his début in 1946 at the Colón, where he sang for a decade. He made his London début in Domenico Cimarosa's Il maestro di cappella at Sadler's Wells ( 1958 ). For Glyndebourne he sang Don Alfonso and W. A. Mozart's Figaro in 1959 and the following year sang Dr Bombasto (Arlecchino) at Edinburgh. After appearing in Frankfurt and Brussels, he was engaged at Cologne, where he sang until he was over 70. He made his Metropolitan Opera début as Don Alfonso in 1988 . His repertory included Leporello, Mozart's and Gioachino Rossini's Dr Bartolo, Don Magnifico, Geronimo (Il matrimonio segreto), Don Pasquale, Dulcamara, Baculus (Der Wildschütz), Otto Nicolai's Falstaff, Lord Tristan (Martha) and Varlaam. A superb basso buffo, he also sang heavier roles such as Polonius ( Sándor Szokolay's Hamlet), the Doctor (We Come to the River and Wozzeck), Schigolch (Lulu) and Claggart.
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Read more: Carlos Feller Biography - ( b Buenos Aires , 30 July 1925 ), Il maestro di cappella, Arlecchino, Il matrimonio segreto http://arts.jrank.org/pages/7961/Carlos-Feller.html#ixzz1B84KqJIB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WINcIP15YxE
