Paolo Silveri was an Italian baritone, active in opera and recording during the mid-twentieth century. He sang at major Italian houses and appeared in important post-war recordings.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Callas’s 1952 recording of Ponchielli’s La Gioconda, with Fedora Barbieri, Gianni Poggi and Giulio Neri.

Silveri’s singing brought firm baritone tone, Italian diction and theatrical weight to repertory that needs a strong dramatic centre.

His page is justified by career standing and catalogue context. Silveri gives the Callas-Ponchielli shelf a solid Italian baritone line.