Giuseppe Ambrogetti (1780John Gamble. ''Society and Manners in Early Nineteenth-Century Ireland''. Field Day Publications, 2011. Page 451. - after 1838) was an Italian opera singer of the type

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. He was an excellent

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. His first performance was in 1807; his debut in Paris was in 1815 in ''

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''. He debuted at the opera in London in 1817, where he was very successful. His voice was a bass of no great power, but he was an excellent actor, with a natural vein of humour, though often put into characters unsuited to him as a singer. Yet he acted extremely well, and in a manner too horribly true to nature, the part of the mad father in

Ferdinando Paer Ferdinando Paer (1 July 1771 – 3 May 1839) was an Italian composer known for his operas. He was of Austrian descent and used the German spelling Pär in application for printing in Venice, and later in France the spelling Paër. Life and career ...

's opera ''

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'', while the part of the daughter was sung by

Violante Camporesi Violante Camporesi, or Camporese (23 December 1785 – 1839), was an Italian soprano. Life Born in Rome in 1785, she was the daughter of an architect, Giulio, and Maddalena Belli. After marrying Giustiniani, she found herself in financial diffi ...

. He remained until the end of the season of 1821, in which his salary was £400. He married the singer Teresa Strinasacchi. The date of his death is not known. He was said to have become a monk in France; but in 1838 he was in Ireland, after which nothing was heard of him.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ambrogetti, Giuseppe Italian basses 1780 births 19th-century deaths Year of death unknown 19th-century Italian male opera singers