Agide Jacchia (5 January 1875 – 29 November 1932"Montreal Opera Company/Compagnie d'opéra de Montréal"
''The Canadian Encyclopedia''. ) was an Italian orchestral director.

Early life and education

Born in Lugo di Romagna, Jacchia studied at the Conservatory of Parma from 1886 to 1891 and at the Liceo Musicale Rossini in

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from 1891 to 1898. He won prizes for flute (1896), conducting (1897), and composition (1898).

Career

Jacchia debuted as conductor at the Teatro Grande in

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on 26 December 1898. Later he conducted at T. Communale,

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(1899–1900) and

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(1901). In 1902 he accompanied

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on his American tour. On his return to Italy he conducted at the Teatro Lirico in Milan (1903), at the Teatro Regio,

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(1904), and at

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(1905–06). From 1907 to 1909 he was conductor of the Milan Opera Company on its tour in the United States. From 1910 to 1913, he was conductor of the

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, and in 1914 of the

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, in which capacity he led the premiere of

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's ''Guido Ferranti'' in 1914. Later he would go on to conduct the

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."FRENCH AIRS FOR BOSTON."
''The New York Times'', June 01, 1919 Jacchia was president of the

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from 1920 until his death in 1932. Agide Jacchia was married to Italian opera singer

Ester Ferrabini Ester Ferrabini (October 12, 1885 – July 28, 1984) was an Italian opera singer. Early life Ester Ada Maria Ferrabini was born in Venice, the daughter of Marcello Ferrabini, a college professor, and Lucina Pivetta Ferrabini. She studied voice wi ...

, from 1911 until he died in 1932. They had a daughter, Elsa.Jim McPherson, "Out of the Shadows: Ester Ferrabini" '' Opera Quarterly'' 17(1)(Winter 2001): 28-42.

References

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