Manuel del Popolo García
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Manuel del Popolo García (1775-1832) was a noted Spanish opera singer and singing teacher.
Garcia was born at Seville. In 1808 he went to Paris with a reputation already gained as an tenor at Madrid and Cadiz. Until 1824 he was of high repute in London and Paris, and in the following year he visited the United States, when on the road between Mexico and Vera Cruz he was robbed of all his money. He was the creator of Count Almaviva or Otello from Rossini among many others. He was considered as one of the most brilliant tenors of the XIXth century.
Garcia spent his final years in Paris as a teacher of singing, his voice being greatly impaired by age as well as fatigue. His eldest daughter was the celebrated soprano Maria Malibran. He had a son Manuel Garcia, baritone and the famous Pauline Garcia-Viardot, one of the most astonishing musicians of the XIXth century. His son Manuel was also a very famous teacher.
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia.
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