Marco Arati (181? - 1899) was an Italian

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active during the 1840s through the 1880s. Although he occasionally appeared at other

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s in Italy, he was primarily committed to the

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where he sang roles for more than four decades. Even though he was one of the preeminent singers of his day, there is little known about his life.

Biography

The exact place and date of Arati's birth is unknown, although it is likely that he was born somewhere between 1814 and 1819. He made his professional opera debut at the Teatro di San Carlo in 1841 in a production of

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's '' Rolla''. He sang in numerous world premieres at the Teatro di San Carlo during his career, most notably the roles of Andrea Cornaro in

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'' (1844), Alvaro in

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'' (1845), Old Orazio in

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's ''

Orazi e Curiazi ''Orazi e Curiazi'' (''The Horatii and the Curiatii'') is an opera by the Italian composer Saverio Mercadante. It takes the form of a ''tragedia lirica'' in three acts. The libretto, by Salvadore Cammarano, is based on the Roman legend of the fi ...

'' (1846), Callistene in Donizetti's ''

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'' (1848), Wurm in Verdi's ''

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'' (1849), Marco in Mercadante's ''

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'' (1866), and Filippo Augusto in Donizetti's ''

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'' (1869). His last known opera appearance was at the Teatro di San Carlo in 1882 as Indra in

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's ''

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''. He died in 1899.The Musical Courier, January 17, 1900, No. 1034, p.22.

World premieres

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's ''Elodia di Herstall'' (1842), * Pietro Torregiani's ''Ulrico di Oxford'' (1842) *

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's ''Lara'' (1842) *

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's ''La fidanzata corsa'' (Guido Tobianchi, 1842) *

's ''

'' (Andrea Cornaro, 1844) * Vincenzo Maria Battista's ''Margherita d'Aragona'' (Michele, 1844) * Salvatore Sarmiento's ''Costanza d'Aragona'' (1844) *

's ''

'' (Alvaro, 1845) * Vincenzo Capecelatro's ''Mortedo'' (1845) *Giovanni Pacini's ''Stella di Napoli'' (Aubigni, 1845) *Pietro Torregiani's ''La sirena di Normandia'' (1846) *Vincenzo Maria Battista's ''Emo'' (1846) *

's ''

'' (Old Orazio, 1846) *Vincenzo Maria Battista's ''Eleonora Dori'' (1847) *Vincenzo Maria Battista's ''Irene'' (1847) *Giovanni Pacini's ''Merope'' (Trasimede/Anassimandro, 1847) *Gaetano Donizetti's ''

'' (Callistene, 1848) *Giuseppe Verdi's ''

'' (Wurm, 1849) *

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's ''Elfrida di Salerno'' (1849) *Saverio Mercadante's ''Medea'' (Creonte, 1851) *Giovanni Pacini's ''Malvina di Scozia'' (1851) *

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's ''Elena di Tolosa'' (1852) *

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's ''Alceste'' (Stratone/Talenio, 1852) *

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's ''Guido Colmar'' (1852) *Vincenzo Maria Battista's ''Mudarra'' (1852) *Saverio Mercadante's ''Statira'' (Erma-Sommo, 1853) *Giovanni Pacini's ''Romilda di Provenza'' (1853) *Errico Petrella's ''Marco Visconti'' (Oldrado del Balzo, 1854) * Antonio Gandolfo's ''Il sultano'' (1854) *Nicola De Giosa's ''Ettore Fieramosca'' (1855) * Giovanni Terranova's ''L'orfana di Lorena'' (1855) *

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's ''Guido e Ginevra'' (1855) *Giovanni Pacini's ''Margherita Pusterla'' (1856) *Saverio Mercadante's ''

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'' (Asan, 1857) *

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's ''Mirinda'' (1860) *Errico Petrella's ''Virginia'' (Virginio, 1861) *

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's ''Don Carlos infante di Spagna'' (Filippo II, 1862) *

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's ''Caterina Blum'' (1862) *Vincenzo Maria Battista's ''Giovanna di Castiglia'' (1863) *Nicola De Giosa's ''Il bosco di Dafne'' (1864) *

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's ''La duchessa di Guisa'' (1865) *Saverio Mercadante's ''

'' (Virginio, 1866) *Giovanni Pacini's ''Berta di Varnol'' (1867) *Paolo Serrao's ''Il figliuol prodigo'' (Ruben, 1868) *Vincenzo Maria Battista's ''L'Alba d'Oro'' (1869) *Gaetano Donizetti's ''

'' (Filippo Augusto, 1869) *Errico Petrella's ''Manfredo'' (1872) *

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's ''Selvaggia'' (1872)

References

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