Alessandro Bonci
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Alessandro Bonci 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 L
Bonci in 1911
Bonci featured in a 1910 Columbia Phonograph advertisement.
Carlo Pedrotti
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Carlo Pedrotti was an Italian conductor, administrator and composer, principally of opera. An associate of Giuseppe Verdi, he also taught two internationally renowned Italian operatic tenors, Francesc
Alessandro Bonci
…Romagna, Bonci started out as an apprentice shoemaker. He secured a music scholarship to the Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro, working for five years with Carlo Pedrotti (the teacher of the heroic tenor Francesco Tamagno) and then Felice Coen. He also had private singing lessons in Paris with the retired baritone Enrico…
Carlo Pedrotti circa 1882 - photograph by Antonio Bertulli