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Emilio De Marchi

1861Wikipedia (2026) Emilio De Marchi (tenor). (Accessed: August 2026).Steane, J. B. (1992) 'De Marchi, Emilio', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1118.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'de Marchi, Emilio', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 696-697.–1917Wikipedia (2026) Emilio De Marchi (tenor). (Accessed: August 2026).Steane, J. B. (1992) 'De Marchi, Emilio', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1118.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'de Marchi, Emilio', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 696-697. · Italian · tenorWikipedia (2026) Emilio De Marchi (tenor). (Accessed: August 2026).Steane, J. B. (1992) 'De Marchi, Emilio', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1118.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'de Marchi, Emilio', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 696-697.

Birthplace: Voghera, Kingdom of SardiniaWikipedia (2026) Emilio De Marchi (tenor). (Accessed: August 2026).Steane, J. B. (1992) 'De Marchi, Emilio', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1118.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'de Marchi, Emilio', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 696-697.

An Italian tenorWikipedia (2026) Emilio De Marchi (tenor). (Accessed: August 2026).Steane, J. B. (1992) 'De Marchi, Emilio', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1118. whose voice was discovered during his military serviceWikipedia (2026) Emilio De Marchi (tenor). (Accessed: August 2026).Steane, J. B. (1992) 'De Marchi, Emilio', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1118. and trained afterwardsWikipedia (2026) Emilio De Marchi (tenor). (Accessed: August 2026).. He made his debut at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan in 1886 as AlfredoWikipedia (2026) Emilio De Marchi (tenor). (Accessed: August 2026).Steane, J. B. (1992) 'De Marchi, Emilio', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1118., and sang thereafter at La Scala, Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera, and across Spain and ArgentinaWikipedia (2026) Emilio De Marchi (tenor). (Accessed: August 2026).Steane, J. B. (1992) 'De Marchi, Emilio', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1118.. Puccini chose him over the young CarusoWikipedia (2026) Emilio De Marchi (tenor). (Accessed: August 2026). to create Cavaradossi at the Teatro Costanzi in 1900Wikipedia (2026) Emilio De Marchi (tenor). (Accessed: August 2026).Steane, J. B. (1992) 'De Marchi, Emilio', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1118.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'de Marchi, Emilio', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 696-697., preferring the more experienced manWikipedia (2026) Emilio De Marchi (tenor). (Accessed: August 2026).. He is little remembered now, having left no commercial recordings unlike most of his contemporariesWikipedia (2026) Emilio De Marchi (tenor). (Accessed: August 2026).; a few fragments of his voice survive on cylinders recorded at the Met in 1903Wikipedia (2026) Emilio De Marchi (tenor). (Accessed: August 2026)..

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