He was born on 8 July 1878 in
Rome, Italy. He married
Margarete Matzenauer on 26 June 1912 at the Italian Club in
Buenos Aires, Argentina, and they divorced in 1917. He later married Maria Esther Telle y Pastor. He had six children, including
Adrienne Ferrari-Fontana (1914–2010). He had previously created the role in the world premiere at
Teatro alla Scala under
Tullio Serafin. He moved to
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada in 1926 and died there on 4 July 1936. ==References==