Francesco Ciaffei

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Francesco Ciaffei (born July 9, 1819 in Rome , † 1894 in Florence ) was an Italian tenor and singing teacher .

Life

From the late 1830s onwards, Ciaffei sang in particular in Parma , Mantua , Padua , Modena and Rome. In 1848 he appeared as a member of the troupe of the impresario Vincenzo Galli under the conductor Jacopo Foroni in Denmark , Sweden and Norway . In 1851 he performed in London . In the 1860s he became well known as a music teacher in Nice . In the 1870s he taught in Poland . Among his students were Jean de Reszke and his brother Édouard de Reszke (1853-1917) and Zygmunt Noskowski and Mieczysław Apolinary Horbowski .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ALVIN: Ciaffei, Francesco (accessed June 8, 2017).
  2. ↑ TheMisicSack: Ciaffei, Francesco (accessed on 8 June 2017).
  3. ↑ Spring Opera a. s. w. in Italy . In: General musical newspaper . tape 41 , no. 35 , 1839, pp. 695 .
  4. ^ Duchy of Modena . In: General musical newspaper . tape 42 , no. 12 , 1840, p. 253 .
  5. ^ Carl Rupert Nyblom: En sjuttioårings minnen, Volume 2 . Albert Bonniers Förlag, Stockholm 1908, p. 230 ( runeberg.org [accessed June 8, 2017]).
  6. ↑ Handbook for Travelers in Northern Italy . John Murray, 1863, p. 83 .
personal data
SURNAME Ciaffei, Francesco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian tenor and vocal teacher
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH 1894
Place of death Florence