Brogi - FIOR DI CAMPO - Afro Poli (1940)

More Renato Brogi, this time sung by the great Afro Poli (1902-1988). The song was recorded in 1940, source: private record.

The original Afro Poli was a great Italian baritone, like Raffaele de Falchi and Saturno Meletti a favourite of Mascagni and specialist not only for well known verismo repertory but also for less famous Italian repertory and comic belcanto roles. Unforgotten are his Sharpless, Alfio, Tonio, Scarpia, Carpentiere (from Il piccolo Marat) and his many film-appearances (Sharpless with Anna Moffo, Amonasro [for Gino Bechi], Scarpia [for Giangiacomo Guelfi], Canio [for Galliano Masini]). He also participated in the first recording of Puccini's Turandot (1938).