Fanny Tacchinardi-Persiani

Fanny Tacchinardi-Persiani (born October 4, 1812 in Rome , † May 3, 1867 in Paris ) was an Italian opera singer ( coloratura soprano ).

Life

She was the daughter of the singer Niccolò Tacchinardi (1772-1859) and married to the composer Giuseppe Persiani . Her younger brother was the Florentine composer, music theorist and teacher Guido Tacchinardi (1840-1917).

At first she sang mostly in Florence . In 1832 she sang at the Teatro dell'Opera in Livorno and since then on all the major stages in Europe.

Gaetano Donizetti composed the title role of Pia de 'Tolomei and Lucia di Lammermoor for them in 1835 . From 1837 to 1848 she sang in Paris and London, and also traveled to Holland and Russia.

Giorgio Appolonia: Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani. In: Donizetti Society Newsletter. 67, February 1996.
William Ashbrook: Popular success, the critics and fame: the early careers of "Lucia di Lammermoor" and "Belisario". In: Cambridge Opera Journal. (1990) 2, Cambridge University Press, pp. 65-81.
William Ashbrook, Fulvio Lo Presti: Donizetti: La Vita. EDT / Musica, Turin 1986, ISBN 88-7063-041-2 .
Paola Ciarlantini: Giuseppe Persiani e Fanny Tacchinardi: Due Protagonisti del Melodramma Romantica. Il Lavoro Ed., Bologna 1988, ISBN 88-7663-176-3 . (= Il Lavoro editoriale 1988)
R. Mancini, J.-J. Rouvereux: Le guide de l'opéra, les indispensables de la musique. Fayard, Paris 1986, ISBN 2-213-01563-5

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personal data
SURNAME	Tacchinardi-Persiani, Fanny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian opera singer (coloratura soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH	October 4, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rome
DATE OF DEATH	May 3, 1867
Place of death	Paris