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Raffaele Arié
Person · male · Bulgaria · Sofia · born 1920 · died 1988 · recording since 1996
Bulgarian singer (1920–1988)
Also known as Raphael Arie · ラファエル・アリエ
Timeline
5 events▣ Album 2◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1920s
1980s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: 9 Symphonies
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
2000s
Biography
English biography345 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1345295084
Biography
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.
Education
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 Carlo Tagliabue.
Career
The bass made his debut at La Scala in 1947, as the King of Clubs in The Love for Three Oranges, directed by Giorgio Strehler. He continued to appear at that theatre until 1973, in Boris Godunov (as Varlaam), Prince Igor, The Rake's Progress (as Trulove, which he also sang in the world premiere at the Teatro La Fenice, opposite Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, 1951), two works of Ildebrando Pizzetti, Eugene Onegin (as Prince Gremin, with Ettore Bastianini, Renata Tebaldi, and Giuseppe di Stefano), Guillaume Tell (as Walter Furst), Aida (as Ramfis, directed by Franco Zeffirelli), Faust (with Mirella Freni), Nabucco (opposite Elena Souliotis), Rigoletto (as Sparafucile, with Piero Cappuccilli, staged by Margherita Wallmann), Maria Stuarda (with Montserrat Caballé and Shirley Verrett), Linda di Chamounix (with Alfredo Kraus and Renato Bruson), and a concert of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 14 (with Ghena Dimitrova, at the Piccola Scala).
He also appeared at the Vienna State Opera, the Salzburg Festival, the Paris Opéra, and the Aix-en-Provence Festival.
While the basso never appeared with the Metropolitan Opera, he sang with the New York City Opera, in 1950 and 1951, in Turandot, Faust, La bohème, Don Giovanni (as Leporello), Aida (as Ramfis, opposite Herva Nelli), and Manon (as the Comte des Grieux).
Recordings
In 1953, he portrayed Raimondo Bidebent in Lucia di Lammermoor in Florence, opposite Maria Callas, Giacomo Lauri Volpi, and Bastianini, conducted by Franco Ghione. During the production, Arié participated in a recording of the same opera for EMI, with Callas, di Stefano, and Tito Gobbi, conducted by Tullio Serafin. Also available from EMI, on DVD, is Arié's 1964 performance of the Verdi Requiem, conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -8 | 8.8th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (3 release groups · 2 studio albums)
Albums · 2
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 38 tracks · 5:20:06
Disc 11Symphony no. 1 in C major, op. 21: I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio7:262Symphony no. 1 in C major, op. 21: II. Andante cantabile con moto5:273Symphony no. 1 in C major, op. 21: III. Menuetto. Allegro molto e vivace3:324Symphony no. 1 in C major, op. 21: IV. Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace6:165Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 36: I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio10:536Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 36: II. Larghetto11:007Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 36: III. Scherzo. Allegro3:378Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 36: IV. Allegro molto6:21Disc 21Symphony no. 3 in E-flat major, op. 55 "Eroica": I. Allegro con brio14:052Symphony no. 3 in E-flat major, op. 55 "Eroica": II. Adagio assai16:223Symphony no. 3 in E-flat major, op. 55 "Eroica": III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace6:044Symphony no. 3 in E-flat major, op. 55 "Eroica": IV. Finale. Allegro molto13:02Disc 31Symphony no. 4 in B-flat major, op. 60: I. Adagio - Allegro vivace9:102Symphony no. 4 in B-flat major, op. 60: II. Adagio10:183Symphony no. 4 in B-flat major, op. 60: III. Allegro vivace5:474Symphony no. 4 in B-flat major, op. 60: IV. Allegro ma non troppo5:295Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67: I. Allegro con brio8:066Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67: II. Andante con moto10:197Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67: III. Allegro5:528Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67: IV. Allegro9:21Disc 41Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 "Pastoral": I. Allegro ma non troppo8:322Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 "Pastoral": II. Andante molto mosso11:003Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 "Pastoral": III. Allegro2:474Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 "Pastoral": IV. Allegro3:225Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 "Pastoral": V. Allegretto9:00Disc 51Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92: I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace10:112Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92: II. Allegretto7:573Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92: III. Presto7:144Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92: IV. Allegro con brio6:555Symphony no. 8 in F major, op. 93: I. Allegro vivace e con brio7:136Symphony no. 8 in F major, op. 93: II. Allegretto scherzando3:557Symphony no. 8 in F major, op. 93: III. Tempo di Menuetto4:058Symphony no. 8 in F major, op. 93: IV. Allegro vivace7:01Disc 61Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 "Choral": I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso14:242Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 "Choral": II. Molto vivace10:503Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 "Choral": III. Adagio molto e cantabile12:024Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 "Choral": IV. Presto5:455Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 "Choral": IV. Presto - Allegro assai19:26Requiem / La forza del destino: Overture
2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:38:03
Disc 11La forza del destino: Overture7:392Requiem: I. Requiem & Kyrie andante9:183Requiem: Dies irae, dies illa2:114Requiem: Tuba mirum spargens sonum1:475Requiem: Mors stupebit1:176Requiem: Liber scriptus proferetur4:467Requiem: Quid sum miser adagio3:348Requiem: Rex tremendae majestatis3:379Requiem: Recordare, Jesu pie4:0710Requiem: Ingemisco tamquam reus3:2911Requiem: Confutatis maledictis5:1112Requiem: Lacrymosa dies illa5:55Disc 21Requiem: III. Offertorio: Domine Jesu4:462Requiem: Hostias et preces tibi6:003Requiem: IV. Sanctus2:354Requiem: V. Agnus dei5:115Requiem: VI. Lux aeterna6:166Requiem: VII. Libera me2:237Requiem: Dies irae, dies illa2:178Requiem: Requiem aeternam2:509Requiem: Libera me, Domine6:1010Carlo Maria Giulini in conversation with Michael Oliver6:44
Album · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Beethoven: Missa Solemnis / Schubert: Symphony no. 4Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks · 1:49:17Disc 1 1Missa solemnis in D major, op. 123: I. Kyrie. Assai sostenuto. Mit Andacht10:12 2Missa solemnis in D major, op. 123: II. Gloria. Allegro vivace19:04 3Missa solemnis in D major, op. 123: III. Credo. Allegro ma non troppo20:01 4Missa solemnis in D major, op. 123: IV. Sanctus. Adagio. Mit Andacht16:47 Disc 21Missa solemnis in D major, op. 123: V. Agnus Dei. Adagio15:58 2Symphony no. 4 in C minor, D. 417 "Tragic": I. Adagio molto - Allegro vivace7:59 3Symphony no. 4 in C minor, D. 417 "Tragic": II. Andante8:04 4Symphony no. 4 in C minor, D. 417 "Tragic": III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace - Trio3:06 5Symphony no. 4 in C minor, D. 417 "Tragic": IV. Allegro8:06 | Live | 2002 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Raffaele Arié head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -8 | 8.8th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raffaele_Ari%C3%A9_1955.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/43c25386-cb37-4b6d-8a56-98ff2a1e0a30discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/43c25386-cb37-4b6d-8a56-98ff2a1e0a30core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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Why this artist is in the database
- List of Bulgarian musicians and singers
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Wikidata: Q3929005 · MusicBrainz: 43c25386-cb37-4b6d-8a56-98ff2a1e0a30