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RONCONI, GIORGIO (1810—189o)

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 689 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RONCONI, GIORGIO (1810—189o) , See also:Italian baritone vocalist, was See also:born in 181o. He learnt singing from his See also:father Domenico, who had been a celebrated See also:tenor in his See also:time, and made his debut in 1831 at See also:Pavia. After singing in See also:Italy for some years with ever-growing success, he appeared for the first time in See also:England, in 1842, as See also:Henry See also:Ashton in See also:Lucia di Lammermoor. His success was immediate, and he continued to be one of the most popular artists on the lyric See also:stage until his retirement in 1866. His See also:voice was neither extensive in See also:compass nor See also:fine in quality, but the See also:genius of his acting and the strength of his See also:personality fully atoned for his vocal defects. He was equally at See also:home in See also:comedy and tragedy, and the two parts by which he is best remembered, Rigoletto and See also:Figaro, show conclusively the range of his See also:talent. In his later years Ronconi founded a school of singing at See also:Granada, and he also accepted the See also:post of See also:professor of singing at the See also:Madrid See also:Conservatoire. He died in 189o.

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