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Tito Schipa

Italian tenor (1889-1965)

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Born
January 2, 1889
Died
December 16, 1965
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Birth year
1889

About Tito Schipa

Tito Schipa was an Italian tenor. Tito Schipa was born on January 2, 1889 and died on December 16, 1965. In 1917, he created the role of Ruggiero in Puccini's La rondine. Schipa was born as Raffaele Attilio Amedeo Schipa on 27 December 1888 in Lecce in Apulia into an Arbëreshë family; his birthday was recorded as January 2, 1889 for military conscription purposes. Schipa made numerous recordings of arias and songs during his career, beginning in Italy in 1913.

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Tito Schipa timeline

  1. Schipa was born as Raffaele Attilio Amedeo Schipa on 27 December 1888 in Lecce in Apulia into an Arbëreshë family; his birthday was recorded as January 2, 1889 for military conscription purposes.
  2. Schipa made numerous recordings of arias and songs during his career, beginning in Italy in 1913.
  3. In 1917, he created the role of Ruggiero in Puccini's La rondine.

The world when Tito Schipa was born

Tito Schipa was born in 1889. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineEiffel Tower opens for Paris World's Fair
  • Technology milestoneEiffel Tower — world's tallest structure
  • World population~1.49B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderBenjamin Harrison
  • U.S. population58.6M

1889 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Tito Schipa's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18892026
Population58.6M341 million

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