David Banderali
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David Banderali was an Italian tenor, popular in France in the nineteenth century.
He was also professor of singing at the Conservatory of Milan and from 1828 until his death from cholera at the Paris Conservatoire.
, Viceroy of Italy, and was appointed to their court . In 1812 he was summoned to Moscow by Napoleon, but the journey was interrupted and he returned to Milan.
His musical talent and his qualities as a singer won him the appointment of Master of Singing at the Milan Conservatory, where he had among his pupils Giuditta Pasta
, Giovanni Battista Rubini
, Fanny Eckerlin, Timoleon Alexander, Giulio Pellegrini and Violante Camporesi.
In 1828 he was called in France by the Director of Fine Arts for the post of professor of singing at the Paris Conservatoire. His activities earned him the decoration of the Legion of Honor in 1842.
He was also professor of singing at the Conservatory of Milan and from 1828 until his death from cholera at the Paris Conservatoire.
Biography
He received his musical education in Lodi. At 17, he attracted the attention of Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, wife of Eugène de BeauharnaisEugène de Beauharnais
Eugène Rose de Beauharnais, Prince Français, Prince of Venice, Viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy, Hereditary Grand Duke of Frankfurt, 1st Duke of Leuchtenberg and 1st Prince of Eichstätt ad personam was the first child and only son of Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais and Joséphine Tascher de la...
, Viceroy of Italy, and was appointed to their court . In 1812 he was summoned to Moscow by Napoleon, but the journey was interrupted and he returned to Milan.
His musical talent and his qualities as a singer won him the appointment of Master of Singing at the Milan Conservatory, where he had among his pupils Giuditta Pasta
Giuditta Pasta
Giuditta Angiola Maria Costanza Pasta , born in Saronno, Italy, was a soprano considered among the greatest of opera singers, to whom the 20th-century soprano Maria Callas was compared.-Studies and career:...
, Giovanni Battista Rubini
Giovanni Battista Rubini
Giovanni Battista Rubini was an Italian tenor, as famous in his time as Enrico Caruso in a later day. His ringing and expressive coloratura dexterity in the highest register of his voice, the tenorino, inspired the writing of operatic roles which today are almost impossible to cast...
, Fanny Eckerlin, Timoleon Alexander, Giulio Pellegrini and Violante Camporesi.
In 1828 he was called in France by the Director of Fine Arts for the post of professor of singing at the Paris Conservatoire. His activities earned him the decoration of the Legion of Honor in 1842.