Five years later he returned to London to sing in Faust and Robert le diable at Drury Lane, and from 1872 appeared every season at the Royal Opera House until 1884; his roles there included Pery in Il Guarany, Radames in Aida, and the title role in Lohengrin. He created the role of Celio at the premiere of Charles Lenepveu's Velléda in 1882.
During the season 1874–75, he appeared in St Petersburg and Moscow, opposite the world-famous soprano Adelina Patti, whom he would partner in almost all her appearances thereafter, accompanying her on concert tours of the major western European capitals (Vienna, Milan, Venice, Brussels, Berlin and so on), as well on tours of the United States and South America.
While together in Paris in 1886, singing in Faust at the Grand Opéra, the two created something of a scandal by getting married; Patti had divorced her first husband, the Marquis de Caux, shortly before her wedding to Nicolini.
Nicolini appeared on stage for the last time at Drury Lane in 1897, as Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia. He died the following year in Pau, France.
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The Welsh opera singer and voice-over actress Lisa Lee Dark is Nicolini's 4th great-grand niece.
ernesto, nicolini, february, 1834, january, 1898, french, operatic, tenor, particularly, associated, with, french, italian, repertories, born, ernest, nicolas, saint, malo, france, studied, paris, conservatory, made, debut, 1857, opéra, comique, halevy, mousqu. Ernesto Nicolini 23 February 1834 19 January 1898 was a French operatic tenor particularly associated with the French and Italian repertories Ernesto NicoliniBorn Ernest Nicolas in Saint Malo France he studied at the Paris Conservatory and made his debut in 1857 at the Opera Comique in Halevy s Les mousquetaires de la reine After further study in Italy he made his debut at La Scala in Milan in 1859 under the name Ernesto Nicolini as Alfredo in La traviata other roles there included Rodrigo in Rossini s Otello and Elvino in Bellini s La sonnambula On his return to France he sang at the Theatre Italien from 1862 until 1869 He made his debut at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London in 1866 as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor without great success due to the pronounced vibrato that marred his singing Five years later he returned to London to sing in Faust and Robert le diable at Drury Lane and from 1872 appeared every season at the Royal Opera House until 1884 his roles there included Pery in Il Guarany Radames in Aida and the title role in Lohengrin He created the role of Celio at the premiere of Charles Lenepveu s Velleda in 1882 During the season 1874 75 he appeared in St Petersburg and Moscow opposite the world famous soprano Adelina Patti whom he would partner in almost all her appearances thereafter accompanying her on concert tours of the major western European capitals Vienna Milan Venice Brussels Berlin and so on as well on tours of the United States and South America While together in Paris in 1886 singing in Faust at the Grand Opera the two created something of a scandal by getting married Patti had divorced her first husband the Marquis de Caux shortly before her wedding to Nicolini Nicolini appeared on stage for the last time at Drury Lane in 1897 as Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia He died the following year in Pau France Additional information editThe Welsh opera singer and voice over actress Lisa Lee Dark is Nicolini s 4th great grand niece Sources editGrove Music Online Elizabeth Forbes July 2008 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ernesto Nicolini amp oldid 1059981215, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
