1812–67, Italian The angelic-looking soprano Fanny Tacchinardi-Persiani was made to play the delicate, suffering heroines of early Romantic opera. Fanny Tacchinardi – as she was before marrying the composer Giuseppe Persiani in 1830 – made her debut in 1832 at Livorno and went on to great success in Venice, Naples and Milan. She sang at the Théâtre Italien ...
While writing Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti observed a common custom of the 1830s; tailoring his music to the voices of the original cast. For example, Fanny Tacchinardi-Persiani (1812–67), who created the role of Lucia, was technically brilliant and Donizetti’s writing reflected her outstanding abilities. Matching music to performers was a shrewd move: the formula increased the popularity of ...
quarrels with colleagues in Paris and Berlin, where his later work, Agnes von Hohentaufen, was performed in 1827. Introduction | Early Romantic | Opera Personalities | Fanny Tacchinardi-Persiani | Early Romantic | Opera Techniques | French Grand Opéra | Early Romantic | Opera ...
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