See also:

• LUIGI

LUIGI See also:

• LUIGI LABLACHE (1794–1858)

LABLACHE (1794–1858)  , Franco-See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

• SINGER, SIMEON (1846-1906)

singer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples on the 6th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1794, the son of a See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant of See also:

• MARSEILLES

Marseilles who had married an Irish See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady . In 18o6 he entered the Conservatorio della Pieta de Turchini, where he studied See also:

• MUSIC

music under See also:

• GENTILI, ALBERICO (1552—16o8)

Gentili and singing under Valesi, besides learning to See also:

• PLAY

play the See also:

• VIOLIN

violin and See also:

• VIOLONCELLO (Fr. violoncelle, Ger. Violoncell, Ital. violoncello)

violoncello . As a boy he had a beautiful See also:

• ALTO (Ital. for " high ")

alto See also:

• VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice, and by the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twenty he had See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed a magnificent See also:

• BASS
• BASS (the same word as " base," and so pronounced, but influenced in spelling by the Ital. basso)

bass with a See also:

• COMPASS (Fr. corn pas, ultimately from Lat. cum, with, and passus, step)

compass of two octaves from Eb below to El) above the bass stave . After making his first See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance at Naples he went to See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan in 1817, and subsequently travelled to See also:

• TURIN

Turin, See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice and See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna . His first appearances in See also:

• LONDON

London and See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris in 183o led to See also:

• ANNUAL

annual engagements in both the See also:

• ENGLISH

English and See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French capitals . His reception at St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg a few years later was no less enthusiastic . In See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England he took See also:

• PART

part in many provincial musical festivals, and was engaged by See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria to See also:

• TEACH [THATCH OR THACH], EDWARD (d. 1718)

teach her singing . On the operatic See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage he was equally successful in comic or tragic parts, and with his wonderfully powerful voice he could See also:

• EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express either See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

humour or pathos . Among his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends were See also:

• ROSSINI, GIOACHINO ANTONIO (1792-1868)

Rossini, See also:

• BELLINI
• BELLINI, LORENZO (1643-1704)
• BELLINI, VINCENZO (1801--18J5)

Bellini, See also:

• DONIZETTI, GAETANO (1798-1848)

Donizetti and Mercadante . He was one of the See also:

• THIRTY

thirty-two See also:

• TORCH (O. Fr. torche, from Med. Lat. tortia, derived from tortus, twisted, torquere, to twist)

torch-bearers chosen to surround the See also:

• COFFIN (from Lat. cophinus, Gr. K64wos, a coffer, chest or basket, but never meaning " coffin " in its present sense)

coffin at See also:

• BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN (1770-1827)

Beethoven's funeral in 1827 . He died at Naples on the 23rd of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1858 and was buried at Maison Lafitte, Paris . See also:

• LABLACHE, LUIGI (1794–1858)

Lablache's Leporello in See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don Giovanni was perhaps his most famous impersonation; among his See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal other roles were Dandini in Cenerentola (Rossini), See also:

• ASSUR
• ASSUR (Auth. Vera. Asshur)

Assur in Semiramide (Rossini), Geronimo in La Gazza Ladra (Rossini), See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry VIII. in See also:

• ANNA
• ANNA (Hindustani ana)
• ANNA, BALDASARRE

Anna Bolena (Donizetti), the See also:

• DOGE

Doge in See also:

• MARINO

Marino See also:

• FALIERO (or FALTER), MARINO (1279-1355)

Faliero (Donizetti), the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title-role in Don Pasquale (Donizetti), Geronimo in Il Matrimonio Segreto (See also:

• CIMAROSA, DOMENICO (1749-1801)

Cimarosa), Gritzenko in L'Etoile du See also:

• NORD

Nord (See also:

• MEYERBEER, GIACOMO (1791-1863)

Meyerbeer), Caliban in The See also:

• TEMPEST, MARIE (1866– )

Tempest (See also:

• HALEVY, JACQUES FRANCOIS FROMENTAL ELIE (1799-. 1862)
• HALEVY, LUDOVIC (1834-1908)

Halevy) .