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Monday, June 18, 2012

Andrea Nozzari, il primo Rinaldo (rossiniano), 1817 -- teacher of Rubini

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Andrea Nozzari

Andrea Nozzari (1775 – 12 December 1832) was an Italian tenor.
Andrea Nozzari as Poliflegante in Simon Mayr's Il sogno di Partenope

Nozzari was born in Vertova and studied in Bergamo and Rome.

Nozzari is notable for the principal roles written for him by Gioachino Rossini and mostly premiered in Domenico Barbaia's theatres in Naples.

These were:


Otello in Otello (1816)

Rinaldo in Armida (1817)

Osiride in Mosè in Egitto (1818)

Agorante in Ricciardo e Zoraide (1818)

Pirro in Ermione (1819)

Rodrigo in La donna del lago (1819)

Paolo Erisso in Maometto II (1820)

Antenore in Zelmira (1822)


Nozzari's voice had a baritonal quality, and his intense acting was much valued by composers and the public.

Stendhal thought him one of the finest singers in Europe.

Among his pupils were Antonio Poggi and Giovanni Battista Rubini.
He died in Naples.

References

  • Osborne, Richard (1986). Rossini. London: Dent. ISBN 0-460-03179-1.
  • Warrack, John, and Ewan West (1992). The Oxford Dictionary of Opera. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-869164-5.


 
 
 
 
 
 

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