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Ferruccio Giannini (Tenor) (Ponte d'Arnia, Italy 1868 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1948)
At the age of seventeen he emigrated to USA. In Boston he took singing lessons from Eleodoro De Campi. In 1891 Giannini made his debut in Boston and from 1892 to 1894 undertook an America tour with the Mapleson Opera Company. Then he lived in Philadelphia and appeared in opera and concert performances in the USA and also taught singing. He opened in Philadelphia a small theatre in which he organized operas and concerts with his pupils. Married the violinist Antonietta Briglia. His daughter was the famous opera singer Dusolina Giannini. Giannini was the founder of the Verdi Opera House in Philadelphia. He was the first “serious” operatic artist to make recordings, for Berliner in 1896, and later for Victor and Zonophone.
Il Trovatore: Miserere with Edith Merrilees Victor 31311 C-1703- 1
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