Gian-Francesco Angelini
also Gian Francesco Angelini
Birthplace: Visso, Papal States
An Italian bass who created the Padre Guardiano in La forza del destino at St Petersburg in 1862. Born at Visso, he studied law before turning to singing, and made his debut at Macerata in the summer of 1851. He sang in Florence, Livorno, Bologna, Turin, Genoa and Vienna, and was for many years at the Théâtre-Italien in Paris, in a repertory running from Rossini's Mosè and Il barbiere di Siviglia to Robert le diable and Nabucco.
Creations
- Il Padre Guardiano — La forza del destino (St Petersburg, 1862)
Written from
- Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Angelini, Gian Francesco', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, p. 39.
- Regli, F. (1860) Dizionario biografico dei più celebri poeti ed artisti melodrammatici, tragici e comici, maestri, concertisti, coreografi, mimi, ballerini, scenografi, giornalisti, impresarii, ecc. ecc. che fiorirono in Italia dal 1800 al 1860. Turin: Enrico Dalmazzo, p. 13. (Accessed: 14 October 2026).
- Wikipedia (2026) Gian Francesco Angelini. (Accessed: 14 October 2026). The Italian article.
- Rescigno, E. (2012) 'Angelini, Gian Francesco', in Vivaverdi. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli. (Accessed: 18 October 2026).
- FamilySearch (n.d.) Giovanni Francesco Angelini, marriage no. 7, Appignano, 24 April 1870. (Accessed: 18 October 2026).