Nikos Zaccaria

Nicola Zaccaria (9 March 1923 – 24 July 2007), born Nicholas Angelos Zachariou He sang with some of the most famous singers of his generation, such as Maria Callas, Leontyne Price, Franco Corelli, and Marilyn Horne, who was Zaccaria's companion in later life. Despite intimidating competition, he developed an impressive international career and recorded more than 30 operas for major recording companies. With Callas he recorded nine complete operas:

Aida (1955, as Il re d’Egitto) Rigoletto (1955, as Sparafucile) Il trovatore (1956, as Ferrando) La Boheme (1956, as Colline) Un ballo in maschera (1956, as Tom) Il barbiere di Siviglia (1957, as Don Basilio) La sonnambula (1957, as Il conte Rodolfo) Turandot (1957, as Timur) Norma (1960, as Oroveso)

According to John Ardoin in his book The Callas Legacy, Zaccaria also recorded under the pseudonym Giulio Mauri in the complete recordings of Il trovatore and Turandot in which he appeared with the soprano.

Nicola Zaccaria died in Athens on July 24, 2007 from Alzheimer's disease at age 84.