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1848–1923, French Maurel studied in Paris and made his debut in Marseilles in Rossini’s Guillaume Tell in 1867. He appeared in Paris shortly afterwards and steadily expanded his international career by appearing in Cairo, Venice and St Petersburg. Maurel was much admired by Verdi, who chose him to create the first Iago in 1887 and the first Falstaff ...

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of the Manzoni Requiem. In the revised version of Simon Boccanegra at La Scala in 1881, the tenor Francesco Tamagno sang Gabriele Adorno, while the French baritone Victor Maurel sang Boccanegra. Eight years later, Tamagno created Otello and Maurel created Iago. Both singers took part in the British premiere of Otello, while Maurel became the first Falstaff. ...

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in spite of encouragement from his family, Leoncavallo did not appear to be going far in the world of opera. However, with the support of the baritone Victor Maurel he received a commission from the leading Italian publisher of the time, Giulio Ricordi. The project Leoncavallo embarked on was an ambitious trilogy, intended as the Italian equivalent ...