Achille Errani
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Achille Errani (20 August 1823 – 6 January 1897) was an Italian opera singer who also taught that skill in New York City.
Biography
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. 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.
He died, aged 63, in New York City.
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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). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
- 1823 births
- 1897 deaths
- Italian opera singers
- American opera singers
- Singers from New York City
- American educators
- Italian emigrants to the United States
- 19th-century American musicians
- People from Faenza
- 19th-century opera singers
- Milan Conservatory alumni
- 19th-century Italian musicians
- 19th-century Italian singers