Opera Singer. A bass who had a long career, he shall be particularly remembered for performing the works of Giuseppe Verdi. Raised in Northern Italy, he evidenced his talent early, studied at the Liceo Musicale of Verona, later transferred to the school of La Scala Milano, and made his 1954 professional bow at Verona as Ramfis from Verdi's "Aida". Vinco built his reputation in such major Italian cities as Rome, Milan, Venice, and Florence, then was heard at Moscow's Bolshoi Opera, the Vienna State Opera, the Berlin State Opera, Covent Garden, the Paris Opera, and elsewhere, his opportunities expanded by his marriage to the legendary mezzo Fiorenza Cossotto. In 1962 and 1963 he received rave reviews in Barcelona as the Druid Priest Oroveso of Vincenzo Bellini's "Norma"; over the years he sang most of Verdi's bass leads including the tragic Jocopo Fiesco in "Simon Boccanegra", Ferrando of "Il Trovatore", the evil Grand Inquisitor from "Don Carlos", Padre Guardiano in "La Forza del Destino", and the hitman Sparafucile of "Rigoletto". In addition, he was acclaimed as Pimen from Modest Mussorgsky's "Boris Godunov", Colline who pawns his coat to buy medicine for Mimi in Puccini's "La Boheme", and the hilarious Don Basilio of Rossini's "The Barber of Seville". Vinco made his March 19, 1970 Metropolitan Opera debut as Oroveso in a "Norma" cast headlined by Dame Joan Sutherland and Jackie Horne, then over the next eight seasons was heard as Ramfis, Sparafucile, Ferrando, and as Bouillon from Francesco Cilea's "Adriana Lecouvreur". While in the United States, he also performed with the San Francisco Opera and the Lyric Opera of Chicago; after gradually retiring he remained in Verona where he died following an extended bout with bronchitis. At his death he could be heard on a large number of 'live' and studio recordings including two complete preservations of "Rigoletto".