Giraldoni, Leone
Giraldoni, Leone
Giraldoni, Leone, Italian baritone and pedagogue, father of Eugenic Giraldoni; b. Paris, 1824; d. Moscow, Oct. 1, 1897. He was a student of Ronzi in Florence. After making his operatic debut in Lodi in 1847, he sang in various Italian opera houses until his retirement in 1885. He then taught voice in his home-land, and later at the Moscow Cons, (from 1891). He created Verdi’s Simone Boccanegra (Venice, March 12, 1857) and Renato (Rome, Feb. 17, 1859), and Donizetti’s Duca d’Alba (Rome, March 22, 1882). His wife was Carolina Ferni-Giraldoni. He publ. Guida teoricopractico ad uso dell’artista cantante (Bologna, 1864).
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