Plinio Clabassi

Plinio Clabassi (1919–1984) was an Italian operatic bass particularly associated with the Italian repertoire.

Life and career

Born in Sedegliano, Italy, Plinio Clabassi began to sing very young with the local men chorus of his native city "Cantario Santo Stefano", of which he was also director from 1946 until 1947. During the Second World War, he served in the campaign of Albania. After the war, he joined the Granatieri di Sardegna Mechanized Brigade in Rome. It was during that period that he began his operatic career on local radio broadcasts (RAI).

He soon was invited to sing at most of the opera houses and concert halls throughout Italy. His career of some thirty years would also take him to many European countries, in North and South America, as well as South Africa and Australia. His repertoire was vast ranging from Caldara and Paisiello to Pizzetti and Alfano, but he was mostly admired in the 19th century romantic works by composers such as Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, and Puccini.

Plinio

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Ulmus 'Plinio'

Ulmus 'Plinio' is a hybrid elm cultivar derived from a crossing of the Dutch cultivar 'Plantyn' (female parent) with the Siberian Elm Ulmus pumila clone 'S.2'. 'Plinio' was raised by the Istituto per la Protezione delle Piante (IPP), in Florence and released for sale in 2003.

Description

In Italy, 'Plinio' is a rounded tree with a broad crown, the width typically equalling 70% of height, and a short, often bent, trunk. The dark-green leaves are < 6.5 cm long by 3 cm broad and glabrous on both sides, on < 6 mm petioles. Like its compatriot 'San Zanobi', the tree is not possessed of striking autumn colours, the leaves remaining green almost until they fall in late November. The perfect, apetalous wind-pollinated flowers appear in mid March in the UK. The sessile samarae are round, 17–22 mm in diameter. Seed has exhibited a modest viability of between 10% and 20%.

Leaves

Leaves

Samarae

Samarae

'Plinio' on fertile soil

'Plinio' on fertile soil

Pests and diseases