Enrico Augusto Delle Sedie (17 June 1824 – 28 November 1907) was an Italian operatic

baritone A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types. The term originates from the Greek (), meaning "heavy sounding". Composers typically write music for this voice in the r ...

who sang extensively in Europe, performing the

bel canto Bel canto (Italian for "beautiful singing" or "beautiful song", )—with several similar constructions (''bellezze del canto'', ''bell'arte del canto'')—is a term with several meanings that relate to Italian singing. The phrase was not associat ...

repertoire and in works by

Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the h ...

Early life

He was born in

Livorno Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronou ...

and studied with Cesario Galeffi.

Career

After retiring from the stage, he taught at the

Paris Conservatory The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

from 1876 to 1886 and later privately. The renowned lyric tenor

Alessandro Bonci Alessandro Bonci (February 10, 1870 – August 9, 1940) was an Italian lyric tenor known internationally for his association with the '' bel canto'' repertoire. He sang at many famous theatres, including New York's Metropolitan Opera, Milan's La ...

was one of his pupils. "Although his voice was small, his style and musicianship were regarded as outstanding".

Bibliography

Delle Sedie wrote two treatises on singing (1876, 1886) as well as the book ''Riflessioni sulle cause della decadenza della scuola di canto in Italia'' (Reflections on the decline of the School of Singing in Italy) (Paris, 1881).

Legacy

A street in

, the city of his birth, is named after him.Via Enrico Delle Sedie
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References

External links

(Provincia di Livorno)
Enrico Delle Sedie – Una Voce Ritrovataref

Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
by A. Iesur ;Images
Delle Sedie as Figaro

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Gallica ;Books and Writings *
''How to learn to sing''
(Article contribution to ''Modern music and musicians for vocalists'')
Publications at University of Rochester
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''L'Art lyrique, Traité complet de chant et de déclamation lyrique''
Enrico Delle Sedie (Paris, 1847)
''Arte e Fisiologia del Canto''
Enrico Delle Sedie (1876)
''Riflessioni sulle cause della decadenza della scuola di canto in Italia''
Enrico Delle Sedie (1881) 1822 births 1907 deaths Italian operatic baritones 19th-century Italian male opera singers Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris Voice teachers People from Livorno {{italy-opera-singer-stub