Marchesi, Salvatore |
| OPERA SINGER, MUSICIAN, TRANSLATOR, LIBRETTIST (ITALY) |
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BORN 15 Feb 1822, Palermo, Sicilia - DIED 20 Feb 1908, Paris BIRTH NAME Castrone della Rajata, Salvatore de GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Cimetière de Montmartre, 20 Avenue Rachel (division 24, avenue du Tunnel, ligne 12, numéro 26) |
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Salvatore Marchesi came from a Sicilian aristocratic family. His brother was the jurist Giuseppe Castrone. He had liberal ideas and abandoned his military career in favour of music and singing. He studied with Pietro Raimondi in Palermo and with Francesco Lamperti and Uranio Fontana in Milan. Fron 18 to 22 March 1848 he took part in the uprising in Milan and after it failed he fled to the USA. He debuted there as Don Carlo in Verdi's "Ernani". He returned to Europe and studied in London with Manuel Garcia. In 19 April 1852 he married the mezzo-soprano Mathilde Graumann, who became famous as the singing teacher Mathilde Marchesi. They had four daughters including Blanche, who became a successful mezzo-soprano herself. Salvatori Marchesi performed invarious European countries and was also a professor of Italian language. Together with Mathilde he taught at the Conservatory in Vienna, before they went to Paris in 1861. After he failed to obtain a position at the Conservatory he opened a private school in Paris together with his wife. After engagements in Cologne and Vienna they moved to Paris permanently in 1881. At their new École Marchesi they educated many singers who would become famous. Marchesi died in Paris in 1908. Family • Daughter: Marchesi, Blanche • Wife: Marchesi, Mathilde (1852-1908, Heddernheim, Hessen) |
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 The grave of Mathilde Marchesi and Blanche Marchesi at the Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris. Picture by Androom (31 Oct 2022) |
 The grave of Mathilde Marchesi and Blanche Marchesi at the Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris. Picture by Androom (31 Oct 2022) |
