
Costantino Ego (Englolfopoulos)
Soloist, Baritone
Born in 1918. He studied voice (singing) at the National Conservatory under Miltiades Vythino and Maggie Karadja, receiving his diploma in 1948. Initially he interpreted the works of Bach, Handel, Beethoven (1947-1949) in concert. He took part in a tour of Cyprus and Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanganyika, Mozambique, Zimbabwe). In 1952 he was engaged by La Scala and interpreted Beethoven Symphony No. 9 under Victor de Sabata in European opera houses. At La Scala he sang in the operas Die Liebe der Danae (1952), Boris Godunov (1953), David by Darius Milhaud (1955), Il trovatore, Tristan und Isolde under Herbert von Karajan (1959). He also sang in the Vienna Opera Rigoletto (1958). He sang with Maria Callas in the opera Il pirata by Bellini under Nicola Rescigno (USA, 1959). He has sung on Italian radio and television. Interpretations of saved "live" recordings: Iphigénie en Tauride (1957), Il pirata (1959, EMI), Idomeneo, King of Crete (Athens Festival, 1955, Wallhall), and Tristan und Isolde under Karajan . He collaborated with the Greek National Opera from 1949 to 1959, interperting roles in the operas Perouge (from 1949 to 1950, premiere performance), Un ballo di maschera (1949-50), Lucia di Lammermoor (1949 -50), Il trovatore (1958-59), Tosca (1962-63). He sang in performances of the Greek National Opera in the Athens Festival in opera Idomeneo, re di Creta under Nicolae Herlea and Oedipus Rex (1955) as well as in Fidelio under Jascha Horenstein (1958 ). // Last update of the biography: October 2022 - The list of productions below is complete.