Antonio Tamburini

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Antonio Tamburini (March 28, 1800 - November 8, 1876) was an Italian baritone.

Born in Faenza, then part of the Papal States, Tamburini studied the horn with his father and voice with Aldobrando Rossi before making his debut aged 18 in La contessa di colle erbose (Generali). He went on to become one of the finest baritones of his age. He had a beautiful, flexible voice that can be seen in the music written for him. He was renowned at the time also for his good looks and terrific stage presence, often working with the tenor Giovanni Battista Rubini and soprano Giulia Grisi. He is most famous for his association with Bellini - he was one of the "Puritani Quartet", along with Grisi, Rubini and bass Luigi Lablache. They were reunited, albeit with Giovanni Mario replacing Rubini, at the premiere of Donizetti's Don Pasquale.

He was married to the contralto Marietta Gioia-Tamburini, who he often sang alongside.

He died at Nice in 1876.

[edit] Roles created by Antonio Tamburini

  • 1820 Mercadante: Violenza e Costanza (Atlante)
  • 1822 Mercadante: Adele ed Emerico (Generale Banner)
  • 1822 Donizetti: Chiara e Serafina (Picaro)
  • 1824 Donizetti: L'ajo nell'imbarazzo (Don Giulio)
  • 1826 Donizetti: Alahor in Granata (title role)
  • 1827 Bellini: Il pirata (Ernesto)
  • 1828 Donizetti: Alina, regina di Golconda (Volmar)
  • 1828 Donizetti: Gianni di Calais (Rustano)
  • 1828 Bellini: Bianca e Fernando (Filippo)
  • 1829 Pacini: Il talisamno (Riccardo Cuor di Leone)
  • 1829 Bellini: La straniera (Valdeburgo)
  • 1830 Donizetti: Imelda de' Lambertazzi (Bonifacio)
  • 1831 Mercadante: Zaira (Orosmane)
  • 1831 Donizetti: Francesca di Foix (il Re)
  • 1831 Donizetti: La romanzesca e l'uomo nero (Filidoro)
  • 1831 Coccia: Edoardo Stuart in Scozia (title role)
  • 1832 Donizetti: Fausta (Costantino)
  • 1835 Donizetti: Marin Faliero (Israele)
  • 1835 Bellini: I Puritani (Riccardo)
  • 1836 Mercadante: I briganti (Hermann)
  • 1840 Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia (Alfonso)
  • 1842 Donizetti: Linda di Chamonix (Antonio)
  • 1843 Donizetti: Don Pasquale (Malatesta)
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