Girolamo Crescentini

Girolamo Crescentini (born February 2, 1762 in Urbania , † April 24, 1846 in Naples ) was a famous Italian castrato , opera singer ( soprano ), singing teacher and composer .

Life

Crescentini's voice was trained by Lorenzo Gibelli . He made his debut in Padua in 1782 in the opera Didone abbandonata by Giovanni Sarti .

Crescentini performed as a singer in Italy, Portugal, France and Austria, where he also worked as a singing teacher. In 1804 he became a teacher at the imperial court in Vienna , in 1806 at the court of Napoléon Bonaparte in Paris . From 1816 he was a singing teacher at the Real Conservatorio di Musica in Naples. One of his most famous students was the soprano Adelaide Tosi .

In addition to a collection of singing exercises ( Raccolta di esercizi per il Canto , 1811) he composed several cantatas and arias .

literature

KJ Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Unchanged edition. KG Saur, Bern, 1993, first volume A – L, p. 596, ISBN 3-907820-70-3

Web links

Commons : Girolamo Crescentini - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ J. Bell: “Memoir of Tosi”, in: Belle Assemblée: or Court and Fashionable Magazine; Containing Interesting and Original Literature, and Records of the Beau-monde , Vol.XV, London 1832, p. 274, online at: Google Books (as of July 23, 2019)

personal data
SURNAME	Crescentini, Girolamo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian castrato, opera singer (soprano), singing teacher and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 2, 1762
PLACE OF BIRTH	Urbania
DATE OF DEATH	April 24, 1846
Place of death	Naples

[1] J. Bell: “Memoir of Tosi”, in: Belle Assemblée: or Court and Fashionable Magazine; Containing Interesting and Original Literature, and Records of the Beau-monde , Vol.XV, London 1832, p. 274, online at: Google Books (as of July 23, 2019)