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Achille De Bassini

also Achille Bassi

1819Forbes, E. (1992) 'De Bassini, Achille', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1097.Wikipedia (2026) Achille De Bassini. (Accessed: 29 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'De Bassini, Achille', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 662.Rescigno, E. (2001) 'De Bassini, Achille', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, p. 175.–1881Forbes, E. (1992) 'De Bassini, Achille', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1097.Wikipedia (2026) Achille De Bassini. (Accessed: 29 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'De Bassini, Achille', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 662.Rescigno, E. (2001) 'De Bassini, Achille', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, p. 175. · Italian · baritoneForbes, E. (1992) 'De Bassini, Achille', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1097.Wikipedia (2026) Achille De Bassini. (Accessed: 29 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'De Bassini, Achille', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 662.Rescigno, E. (2001) 'De Bassini, Achille', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, p. 175.

Birthplace: Milan, Kingdom of Lombardy–VenetiaForbes, E. (1992) 'De Bassini, Achille', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1097.Wikipedia (2026) Achille De Bassini. (Accessed: 29 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'De Bassini, Achille', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 662.

Achille De Bassini was an Italian baritoneForbes, E. (1992) 'De Bassini, Achille', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1097.Wikipedia (2026) Achille De Bassini. (Accessed: 29 September 2026). with a gift for noble, suffering charactersWikipedia (2026) Achille De Bassini. (Accessed: 29 September 2026)., whose comic talent Verdi recognised by writing Fra Melitone for himWikipedia (2026) Achille De Bassini. (Accessed: 29 September 2026).Rescigno, E. (2001) 'De Bassini, Achille', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, p. 175.. Born in MilanForbes, E. (1992) 'De Bassini, Achille', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1097.Wikipedia (2026) Achille De Bassini. (Accessed: 29 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'De Bassini, Achille', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 662., he made his debut in 1837 at Voghera as Donizetti's BelisarioForbes, E. (1992) 'De Bassini, Achille', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1097.Wikipedia (2026) Achille De Bassini. (Accessed: 29 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'De Bassini, Achille', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 662., and at La Scala sang Tell, Figaro and Carlo in ErnaniForbes, E. (1992) 'De Bassini, Achille', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1097.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'De Bassini, Achille', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 662.. He created four Verdi roles: the Doge in I due Foscari, Seid in Il corsaro, Miller in Luisa Miller and Melitone in La forza del destinoForbes, E. (1992) 'De Bassini, Achille', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1097.Wikipedia (2026) Achille De Bassini. (Accessed: 29 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'De Bassini, Achille', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 662.. He sang in St Petersburg from 1852 to 1863Wikipedia (2026) Achille De Bassini. (Accessed: 29 September 2026). and at Covent Garden in 1859Forbes, E. (1992) 'De Bassini, Achille', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1097.Wikipedia (2026) Achille De Bassini. (Accessed: 29 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'De Bassini, Achille', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 662.. He married the soprano Rita GabussiForbes, E. (1992) 'De Bassini, Achille', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1097.Wikipedia (2026) Achille De Bassini. (Accessed: 29 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'De Bassini, Achille', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 662.Rescigno, E. (2001) 'De Bassini, Achille', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, p. 175..

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