Carlo Negrini
also Carlo Villa
Birthplace: Piacenza, Duchy of Parma
Carlo Negrini, born Carlo Villa, was an Italian tenor whose ample, ringing, baritonal voice suited the dramatic tenor parts of early and middle Verdi. He studied in Milan and sang in the La Scala chorus before making his solo debut there in 1847 as Jacopo in I due Foscari. After Como and Constantinople he returned to La Scala in 1850, and in 1852 sang Pollione and Ernani at Covent Garden. He created Gabriele Adorno in Simon Boccanegra at La Fenice in 1857 and Glauco in Petrella's Jone at La Scala in 1858. He died in Naples age thirty-eight.
Creations
- Gabriele Adorno — Simon Boccanegra (Venice, 1857)
Written from
- Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Negrini, Carlo', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, col. 2084.
- Forbes, E. (1992) 'Negrini (Villa), Carlo', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 568.
- Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Negrini, Carlo', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, p. 376.
- Wikipedia (2026) Carlo Negrini. (Accessed: 13 October 2026).