Corrado Miraglia
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Born | 1821 |
Died | 30 December 1881 (aged 59–60) Milan, Italy |
Known for | Opera singer |
Spouse | Giuseppina Brambilla |
Corrado Miraglia (1821 – 30 December 1881) was an Italian operatic tenor and in his later years a voice teacher and theatrical agent. He is best known today for having created the role of Ismaele in Verdi's opera Nabucco, although he sang in the world premieres of several other lesser-known works. He was married to the opera singer Giuseppina Brambilla.
Life and career
Miraglia was born in Palermo. Little has been recorded of his life and career prior to his performance in the world premiere of Nabucco in March 1842, apart from his appearance earlier that year as Ivanhoe in Nicolai's Il templario at the Teatro Sociale in Mantua. He was only 21 when he sang this leading tenor role in Mantua, and a contemporary critic noted that his performance had been hampered by severe stage fright.[1][2]
Whatever his problems in Mantua, he went on to a career singing many more leading tenor roles, albeit largely in provincial Italian theatres. These included Nemorino in
In 1857, Miraglia married the contralto
In the last ten years of his life, Miraglia taught singing (amongst his pupils were Francisco and António D'Andrade) and also worked as a theatrical agent, occupying much of his time with the careers of his niece Teresina Brambilla and her husband, the composer Amilcare Ponchielli. Miraglia died in Milan at the age of 60.[3][8]
Roles created
The following is a list of roles known to have been created by Miraglia.[9] He was also to have created the role of Lamberto in Ubaldo di Valnera at La Scala on 18 March 1848. However, the premiere was cancelled following the outbreak of the Five Days of Milan uprising that same day. The opera was never again performed and its composer, Paul Lacroix, disappeared from the music scene.[10][11]
- Ismaele in Verdi's Nabucco, La Scala, Milan, 9 March 1842
- Luigi Capponi in Antonio Ronzi's Luisa Strozzi. Teatro San Benedetto, Venice, 1844[12]
- Il conte di San Megrino in Francesco Chiaromonte's Caterina di Clèves, Teatro del Fondo, Naples, 21 July 1850[13]
- Roberto Bruzio (Robert the Bruce) in Giulio Litta's Edita di Lorno, Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa, 1 June 1853
- Azim-Bethim in Francisco Xavier Migone's Mocana, Teatro São Carlos, Lisbon, 26 April 1854
- Stefano in Domenico Thorner's Stefano Duca di Bari, Teatro São Carlos, Lisbon, 14 January 1855
References
- ^ Walter de Gruyter(in German)
- ^ Amadei, Giuseppe (1973). I centocinquant'anni del Sociale nella storia dei teatri di Mantova, pp. 168–169. CITEM
- ^ a b c Resigno, Eduardo (2012). "Miraglia, Corrado", Vivaverdi: dalla A alla Z Giuseppe Verdi e la sua opera, pp. 1799–1800. BUR/Rizzoli (in Italian)
- ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Performances by Corrado Miraglia". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
- ^ Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Catalog: "Miraglia, Corrado". Retrieved 27 January 2015 (in Portuguese).
- ^ Mattera, Angelo (1971). Brambilla, Marietta". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Vol. 13. Treccani. Online version retrieved 27 January 2015 (in Italian).
- ^ Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale. Catalog: Il sabato verso sera. Retrieved 27 January 2015 (in Italian).
- ^ A Ilustração Portuguesa (28 February 1887). "Os irmãos Andrades" Archived 2015-01-14 at the Wayback Machine, p. 9. Retrieved 10 January 2015 (in Portuguese).
- ^ Unless otherwise indicated, this list is sourced from Parsons, Charles H. (1993). Opera premieres: An index of casts/performers, Volume 16, p. 871. Edwin Mellen Press
- ^ Barigazzi, Giuseppe (2014). La Scala racconta, p. 134. Enrico Hoepli Editore
- ^ Lacroix (1848). Ubaldo di Valnera: Melodramma in tre atti, p. 7. Tipografia Valentini
- ^ Peruzzini, Giovanni (1844). Luisa Strozzi: tragedia lirica in due atti, p. 21. Passeri Bragadin
- Università degli Studi di Padova. Retrieved 22 January 2015 (in Italian).
External links
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