Paolo Silveri (b. Ofena, 28 December 1913 – d. Rome, 3 July 2001[1]) was an Italian baritone, particularly associated with the Italian repertory, one of the finest Verdi baritones of his time.
Silveri studied first in Capestrano (L’Aquila) then in Milano with Perugini,[2] and later in Rome with Riccardo Stracciari and the bass Giulio Cirino (father of Silveri’s wife Delia), making his debut there as Hans Schwartz, a bass role, in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg in 1939.[3]
After further studies, he made new debut as a baritone in 1944, as Germont in Rome.[4]