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Ferruccio Giannini
Ferruccio A. Giannini (1868–1948) was an Italian-American tenor, opera singer and theater director, and member of the Giannini family.
Ferruccio A. Giannini was born on 15 November 1868 in Ponte d'Arbia, to Givanni Giannini and Euphemia Cardosi.
In 1885, Giannini emigrated to the United States aged 17. In Boston Giannini studied singing under Eleodoro De Campi.[citation needed]
In 1891, Giannini made his debut in Boston. Before settling in Philadelphia in 1893, he performed in the Strakosch Opera Company until around 1892, when he met Antonietta Brigilia.
A singing teacher, he opened a small theater in Philadelphia where he organized operas and concerts with his students. He was then the founder of the Verdi Opera House in Philadelphia (1905). He also founded the Royal Marine Band of Italy (originally Banda Rossa) in the late 1890s.
Between 1896 and 1913 he recorded for numerous recording companies, namely Berliner, Victor, the Columbia Phonograph Co. and Rex.
Married to the violinist Antonietta Briglia, their three children all had brilliant careers in the world of opera. Dusolina Giannini was a famous dramatic soprano who performed on the main stages of Europe and America. Eufemia Giannini Gregory was a voice teacher at the Curtis Institute of Music for 40 years, counting celebrities such as Anna Moffo and Judith Blegen among her students . Vittorio Giannini was a renowned composer of operas.
In 1896, Ferruccio Giannini was contacted by Emile Berliner and offered to record opera excerpts for the Berliner Gramophone company's headquarters in Philadelphia. There, he recorded his first plate, an excerpt of Rigoletto's "La donna è mobile" (Berliner 967). A few months later, he returned and recorded numerous plates from March 1896 to November 1898, and in 1899 he participated in three recording sessions, totalling over 83 confirmed recordings (under numerous iterations of around 60 matrix numbers), of which less than half are preserved online.
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Ferruccio Giannini
Ferruccio A. Giannini (1868–1948) was an Italian-American tenor, opera singer and theater director, and member of the Giannini family.
Ferruccio A. Giannini was born on 15 November 1868 in Ponte d'Arbia, to Givanni Giannini and Euphemia Cardosi.
In 1885, Giannini emigrated to the United States aged 17. In Boston Giannini studied singing under Eleodoro De Campi.[citation needed]
In 1891, Giannini made his debut in Boston. Before settling in Philadelphia in 1893, he performed in the Strakosch Opera Company until around 1892, when he met Antonietta Brigilia.
A singing teacher, he opened a small theater in Philadelphia where he organized operas and concerts with his students. He was then the founder of the Verdi Opera House in Philadelphia (1905). He also founded the Royal Marine Band of Italy (originally Banda Rossa) in the late 1890s.
Between 1896 and 1913 he recorded for numerous recording companies, namely Berliner, Victor, the Columbia Phonograph Co. and Rex.
Married to the violinist Antonietta Briglia, their three children all had brilliant careers in the world of opera. Dusolina Giannini was a famous dramatic soprano who performed on the main stages of Europe and America. Eufemia Giannini Gregory was a voice teacher at the Curtis Institute of Music for 40 years, counting celebrities such as Anna Moffo and Judith Blegen among her students . Vittorio Giannini was a renowned composer of operas.
In 1896, Ferruccio Giannini was contacted by Emile Berliner and offered to record opera excerpts for the Berliner Gramophone company's headquarters in Philadelphia. There, he recorded his first plate, an excerpt of Rigoletto's "La donna è mobile" (Berliner 967). A few months later, he returned and recorded numerous plates from March 1896 to November 1898, and in 1899 he participated in three recording sessions, totalling over 83 confirmed recordings (under numerous iterations of around 60 matrix numbers), of which less than half are preserved online.