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Zaccaria Marques

Zaccaria Marques was born in Muriae, Minas Gerais - Brasil.
He started his musical studies at the early age of 10 years old playing the trombone for eight years. Later he moved to Rio de Janeiro - Brasil where he studied singing, theory and harmony as well as french, german, italian and spanish.
Zaccaria Marques made his debut at the Rio de Janeiro's Municipal Theater with Mario del Monaco and Boris Cristoff in 1956 becoming the biggest Brazilian tenor of all times.
In his career he sang Il Pagliacci              - Leoncavallo
                      Carmen                    - Bizet
                      La Boheme                 - Puccini
                      Maddama Buterfly          - Puccini
                      Il Tabarro                - Puccini
                      Tosca                     - Puccini
                      La Favorita               - Donizetti
                      Lucia de Lammermoor       - Donizetti 
                      La Traviata               - Verdi
                      La Forza del Destino      - Verdi
                      Requiem                   - Verdi
                      Aida                      - Verdi
                      Otello                    - Verdi
                      Il Trovatore              - Verdi (photo)
                      Rigoletto                 - Verdi
                      Macbeth                   - Verdi
                      Un Balo in Maschera       - Verdi
                      Magnificat Cantata n0. 29 - Bach
                      Faust                     - Gounod
                      Der Rosankavalier         - Strauss
                      Salome                    - Strauss
                      Fosca                     - Carlos Gomes
                      Il Guarani                - Carlos Gomes
                      Lo Schiavo                - Carlos Gomes
                      Salvador Rosa             - Carlos Gomes
                      O Chalaca                 - Francisco Mignone
                      Sargento de Milicias      - Francisco Mignone
                      Andrea Chenier            - Giordani
                      Isis                      - Mascagne
                      Cavalleria Rusticana      - Mascagne
                      Jeanne D'Arc              - Honneger
Zaccaria Marques recorded O CREDO - D. Pedro l and Fosca by Carlos Gomes.
Zaccaria Marques sang in all principal theatres in Brazil. 
Zaccaria Marques sang in Caracas, Venezuela: 
New York , USA where his name is in the book "Who is Who in opera".
Zaccaria Marques sang in La Plata, Argentina; Palermo, Italy and Santiago, Chile where he was carried all the way from the theatre to the hotel by the public in great acclaim!
After his depart, The mayor of Muriae - Minas Gerais - Brazil opened a theatre in his name where artists all over Brazil and all over the world perform and remember his great work.