Mattia battistini biography definition
Mattia battistini biography definition
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Mattia Battistini
Italian opera singer
Mattia Battistini (27 February 1856 – 7 November 1928) was an Italian operatic baritone, referred to as the "King of Baritones" in multiple publications.[1][2]
Early life
Battistini was born in Rome on 27 February 1856.
He spent most of his childhood in the Collebaccaro di Contigliano village, near Rieti, where his parents owned an estate.
His grandfather Giovanni and uncle Raffaele were personal physicians to the Pope, and his father, Cavaliere Luigi Battistini, was a professor of anatomy at the University of Rome.
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Battistini attended the Collegio Bandinelli and later the Istituto dell' Apollinare.
Battistini dropped out of law school to study music with Emilio Terziani (who taught composition) and with Venceslao Persichini (professor of singing) at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia—then the Liceo Musicale of Rome.
Battistini worked with conductor Luigi Mancinelli and the composer Augusto Rotoli and