Francesco Lamperti

Francesco Lamperti

Francesco Lamperti (born March 11, 1811 or 1813 in Savona , † May 1, 1892 in Como ) was an Italian singing teacher.

Life

Lamperti was born in Savona. He studied at the Milan Conservatory , where he taught for 25 years from 1850. He was the director of the Teatro Filodrammatico in Lodi . From 1875 he only gave private lessons. Among his students were Emma Albani , Italo Campanini , Marie van Zandt , Herbert Witherspoon , David Bispham , Angiolina Ortolani-Tiberini , both Cruvelis, Collini and Désirée Artôt . His singing methodology was heavily influenced by the old Italian school. He published several books on bel canto and singing.

His son Giovanni Battista Lamperti (1839-1910) was also a well-known singing teacher.

Student (selection)

• Irene Abendroth , Emma Albani , Max Alvary , Marie Basta , Wanda von Bogdani , Hermann Brag , Friedrich Caliga-Reh , Italo Campanini , Sophie Cruvelli , Julie Dumont-Suvanny , José Ferenczy , Jenny Fleischer-Alt , Friederike Christine Grün , Stanisław Niewiadomski , Bernhard Noeldechen , Adolf Robinson , Marcella Sembrich , Marie van Zandt , Cornélie van Zanten

Fonts

• Guida teorico-pratica-elementare per lo studio del canto . Milan: Ricordi, 1864.
• Studi di bravura per soprano . translated into English as Studies in bravura singing for the soprano voice . New York: 1875.
• Esercizi giornalieri per soprano or mezzo-soprano
• L'arte del canto . Milan: Ricordi, 1883.
• Osservationi e cosiglin sul trillo
• Solfeggi
• A Treatise on the Art of Singing translated into English by JC Griffith. London: Ricordi, 1877. New edition: New York: Edward Schuberth, 1890. (There may be an edition by G. Schirmer).

literature

• David Ewen: Encyclopedia of the Opera: New Enlarged Edition . Hill and Wang, New York 1963.
• Nicolas Slonimsky (Ed.): Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians . G. Schirmer, New York 1958.