Claudio Bonoldi (26 October 1783 – 14 February 1846 ) was an Italian

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Musical career

Bonoldi started his career as a lyric tenor, particularly suited to cover roles in

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. Over the time, when his vocal

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became darker and more resonant, he interpreted more dramatic parts, such as Pollione in

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's ''

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''. He also sang the roles of

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, such as Assur in '' Semiramide'' by

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and ''

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'' by

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. His voice was categorised as baritenor. He studied singing in his hometown with maestro Giacomo Carcani (1734–1820) and perfected his vocal training with maestro B. Gherardi. He began his career in 1803 at Teatro d'Angennes in Turin performing in parts of second half character. He made his debut at

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in 1811 as Peronio in the premiere performance of Giuseppe Farinelli's ''Annibale in Capua''. Rossini wrote for him the role of Giocondo for ''

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'' that was premiered on 26 September 1812 at La Scala. Bonoldi has performed in many noted opera houses around Italy such as

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in Naples, Teatro Argentina in Rome, Teatro Sant'Agostino in Genoa,

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in Parma, Teatro Carcano in Milan, Teatro la Fenice in Venice, Teatro Regio in Turin, Teatro Comunale in Trieste,

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in Rovigo, Teatro Avvalorati in Livorno, Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, Teatro Municipale in Piacenza, Teatro lirico in Padova,

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in Bergamo and Teatro Municipale in Cuneo. Public success that he achieved in Italy allowed him to engage in theaters around France and Spain, where he received the nomination of ''Virtuoso da Camera'' from the King of Spain.Theaters, arts and literature , vol. 45, p. 16, Bologna, Tip. Gov. – Alla Volpe, 184
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/ref> He retired from stage in 1842 and later teach opera singing at Milan Conservatory. He died in Lombardy's capital in 1846.

Repertoire

* Giuseppe Farinelli ** ''Annibale in Capua'' (Peronio), Milan, 1811 ** ''La chiarina'' (L'aiutante), Milan, 1815 *

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** ''Le bestie in uomini'' (Riccardo), Milan, 1812 ** ''I pretendenti delusi'' (Il conte Odoardo), Milan, 1813 * Stefano Pavesi ** ''Nitteti'' (Amasi), Turin, 1811 ** ''

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'' (Medoro), Milan, 1812 ** ''I riti d'Efeso'' (Agenore),

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, 1812 ** ''Un avvertimento ai gelosi'' (il conte di Ripaverde), Milan, 1813 ** ''La muta di Portici'' (Masaniello),

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, 1831 * Pietro Generali ** ''Adelina'' (Erneville),

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, 1812 ** ''L'amore prodotto dall'odio'' (Don Rammiro), Milan, 1813 ** ''Bajazet'' (Acmet), Turin, 1813 ** ''I baccanali di Roma'' (Sempronio),

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, 1818 ** ''Adelaide di Borgogna'' (Ottone), Milan, 1819 *

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** ''Ernesto e Palmira'' (Ernesto), Milan, 1813 *

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** ''Cesare in Egitto'' (Tolomeo), Turin, 1814 *

Carlo Coccia Carlo Coccia (14 April 1782 – 13 April 1873) was an Italian opera composer. He was known for the genre of opera semiseria. Life and career Coccia was born in Naples, and studied in his native city with Pietro Casella, Fedele Fenaroli, an ...

** ''Euristea'' (Tebandro),

, 1815 * Ferdinando Paër ** ''L'eroismo in amore'', Milan, 1815 *

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** ''Il ritorno d'Astrea'' (Cantata), Milan, 1815 ** ''La famiglia svizzera'' (Jakob), Milan, 1816 * Michele Carafa ** ''Ifigenia in Tauride'' (Oreste),

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, 1817 * Peter Winter ** ''I due Valdomiri'' (Ulrico), Milan, 1817 *

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** ''Vallace'' (Vallace), Milan, 1820 ** ''Temistocle'' (Temistocle), Milan, 1823 *

** ''

'' (Giocondo), Milan, 1812 ** '' Sigismondo'' (Ladislao), Turin, 1814 ** ''

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'' (Ubaldo e Germano),

, 1817 ** ''

Ciro in Babilonia ''Ciro in Babilonia, ossia La caduta di Baldassare'' (''Cyrus in Babylon, or The Downfall of Belshazzar'') is an azione sacra in two acts by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Francesco Aventi. It was first performed at the Teatro Comunale in ...

'' (Baldassarre), Milan, 1818 ** ''

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'' (Otello),

, 1818 ** ''

Bianca e Falliero ''Bianca e Falliero, ossia Il consiglio dei tre'' ( English: ''Bianca and Falliero, or The Counsel of Three'') is a two-act operatic '' melodramma'' by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani. The libretto was based on Anto ...

'' (Contareno), Milan, 1819 ** '' Aureliano in Palmira'' (Aureliano),

, 1820 ** ''

Eduardo e Cristina ''Eduardo e Cristina'' () is an operatic ''dramma'' in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto originally written by Giovanni Schmidt for ''Odoardo e Cristina'' (1810), an opera by Stefano Pavesi, and adapted for Rossini by Andrea Le ...

'' (Carlo),

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, 1820 ** '' Maometto secondo'' (Paolo Erisso), Milan, 1824 ** '' Semiramide'' (Assur),

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, 1824 *

Domenico Cimarosa Domenico Cimarosa (; 17 December 1749 – 11 January 1801) was an Italian composer of the Neapolitan school and of the Classical period. He wrote more than eighty operas, the best known of which is '' Il matrimonio segreto'' (1792); most of h ...

** ''

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'' (Marco Orazio),

, 1811 * Giovanni Paisiello ** '' Il barbiere di Siviglia'' (Lindoro), Milan, 1811 *

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** ''Elisa'' (Teorindo), Milan, 1813 ** '' La rosa bianca e la rosa rossa'' (Vanoldo),

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, 1813 ** '' Ginevra di Scozia'' (Polinesso), Milan, 1816 ** ''Atar'' (Assur),

, 1814 *

** ''

'' (Pollione), Milan, 1832 ** ''

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'' (Filippo Visconti), Milan, 1833 *

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** ''

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'' (Fulvio)

, 1833 ** ''

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'' (Torquato Tasso),

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, 1835 ** '' Il furioso all'isola di San Domingo'' (Cardenio),

, 1835 *

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** ''

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'' (Ircano), Turin, 1819 *

** ''

'' (Don Giovanni), Milan, 1816 * Carlo Evasio Soliva ** ''La testa di bronzo'' (Federico), Milan, 1816 ** ''Berenice d'Armenia'' (Lucio Antonino), Turin, 1816 ** ''Giulia e Sesto Pompeo'' (Ottavio), Milan, 1817 * Paolo Bonfichi ** ''Abradate e Dircea'' (Ciro), Turin, 1817 ** ''Beniowski'' (Igor),

, 1831 *

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** '' La Vestale'' (Cinna), Milan, 1824 *

Gustavo Carulli Gustavo Carulli (15 June 1801 – 27 October 1876), called ''Gustave Carulli'' in French publications, was a composer, musician (pianist, singer, guitarist) and music teacher. Life Born at Livorno, he was the son of guitarist, singer and composer ...

** ''I tre mariti'' (Belmont), Milan, 1824 *

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** ''Pompeo in Siria'' (Clearco), Milan, 1824 *

Antonio Sapienza Antonio Sapienza (18 June 1794 – 1855) was an Italian composer and conductor. He was born in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire where he began his musical studies with his father who was also called Antonio. (Antonio Sapienza Sr. (1755–1829) had e ...

** ''Gonzalvo'' (Ferdinando), Milan, 1825 * Giuseppe Persiani ** ''Danao re d'Argo'' (Danao), Livorno, 1827 * Giuseppe Nicolini ** ''Ilda D'Avenel'' (Fergusto),

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, 1828 ** ''Il conte di Lenosse'' (Clarendon),

, 1830 * Ramon Carnicier ** ''Elena e Costantino'', Barcelona, 1822 ** ''Don Giovanni Tentorio'', Barcelona, 1822

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