Achille Errani

Achille Errani (20 August 1823 – 6 January 1897) was an Italian opera singer who also taught that skill in New York City.

Early life

Errani was born in Faenza, Italy. When seventeen years of age he entered the Milan Conservatory, and studied singing under the famous Vaccai. About five years later he made his first appearance as a leading tenor at Reggio di Modena.

Career

In 1859, after singing often in Italy, Spain, and Greece, he went to Havana under the management of Max Maretzek. He came to New York City in 1860, sang at the Winter Garden with Fabbri, Gazia, and Frezzolini, and in 1861, when Adelina Patti sang Violetta in Traviata for the first time, he took the part of Alfredo. He went to Mexico in 1863, and after the Civil War made a tour through the southern United States as first tenor of an opera company. He then settled in New York as a teacher of the Italian style of singing.

His most famous pupils were Minnie Hauk, Miss Thursby, Mme. Durand, Nancy McIntosh and Stella Bonheur.

Death

Errani died on 6 January 1897, aged 73, in New York City.

References

• Achille Errani at Find a Grave
• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Errani, Achille" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.