Claim: Renato Capecchi, who sang in the Italian premiere of Shostakovich's The Nose and Prokofiev's War and Peace, made recordings as Figaro, Dandini, Riccardo, Rigoletto, Jago, Scarpia and Belfiore and taught at the Manhattan School of Music for many years.
Evidence: He sang in the Italian premiere of Shostakovich's The Nose and Prokofiev's War and Peace, and in the world premieres of Gian Francesco Malipiero's La donna è mobile, Giorgio Federico Ghedini's Billy Budd and Lord Inferno, and Sylvano Bussotti's L'ispirazione. Recordings are available of him as Figaro (Mozart and Rossini), Dandini, Riccardo, Rigoletto, Belfiore, Melitone, Ford, Jago, Scarpia, and, in an Italian translation-performance of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Beckmesser. Renato Capecchi taught at the Manhattan School of Music for many years.