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ARDITI, LUIGI (1822-1903)

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 451 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARDITI, See also:LUIGI (1822-1903) , See also:Italian musical composer and conductor, was See also:born in See also:Piedmont, and studied See also:music at the See also:Conservatoire in Tlilan, starting professionally as a violinist, and touring with See also:Bottesini, the See also:double-See also:bass player, in the See also:United States in 1849. He began composing at an See also:early See also:age, and in 184o produced an See also:overture, followed by an See also:opera I Briganti in 1841, and other See also:works. He paid frequent visits to See also:America, conducting the opera in New See also:York, where he produced his La Spia in 1856. In 1858 he became conductor of the opera at Her See also:Majesty's See also:theatre in See also:London, and both in London and abroad he became famous in this capacity, having the reputation of being Madame See also:Patti's favourite conductor. His vocal waltz II Bacio was often sung by her. In 1896 he published his Reminiscences, and after a See also:long and active musical See also:life he died at See also:Brighton on the 1st of May 1903.

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