Raffaele Arié

Raffaele Arié (22 August 1920 – 17 March 1988) was a Bulgarian bass, particularly associated with the Italian and Russian repertories who was born in Sofia and died in Switzerland.

Arié studied first in his native city with C. Brambaroff, making his stage debut at the Sofia Opera in 1945. He then left for Italy to further his studies, and was a pupil of Riccardo Stracciari, Apollo Granforte and Ca… More