Background
Deluca, Giuseppe was born on December 25, 1876 in Rome, Italy. Son of Nicola and Lucia (De Filippi) Deluca.
Deluca, Giuseppe was born on December 25, 1876 in Rome, Italy. Son of Nicola and Lucia (De Filippi) Deluca.
Educated Technology Institute, Rome. Graduate Royal Academy of Saint Cecelia, Rome, 1897.
Debut as Valentin, in Faust, at Piacenza, Italy, 1897. Spent 8 seasons at Louisiana Scale Theatre. Milan, and appeared in capitals of Europe.
American debut as Figaro, in Barber of Seville, at Metropolitan Opera House, New York, November 25, 1915, achieving immediate popularity.
Sings principal rôles in Rigoletto, Barbiere, Don Giovanni, Otello, Don Carlos, Ernani, Dammnation of Faust, Don Pasquale, Hamlet, Trannhäuser, Parsifal, Pagliacci, Favorita, et cetera
Married Olimpia Fierro, 1903 (deceased).