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See also:GARCIA (DEL POPOLO VICENTO), MANOEL (1775-1832) , See also:Spanish See also:singer and composer, was See also:born in See also:Seville on the 22nd of See also:January 1775. He became a chorister at the See also:cathedral of Seville, and studied See also:music under the best masters of that See also:city. At seventeen he made his debut on the See also:stage at See also:Cadiz, in an operetta, in which were included songs of his own See also:composition. Soon after-wards he appeared at See also:Madrid in the twofold capacity of singer and composer. His reputation being established, he proceeded to See also:Paris, where he appeared for the first See also:time, in 18o8, in See also:Paer's See also:opera See also:Griselda. Here also he was received with See also:great See also:applause, his See also:style of singing being especially appreciated. This he further improved by careful study of the See also:Italian method in See also:Italy itself, where he continued his successes. His opera Il Califo di See also:Bagdad was favourably received at See also:Naples in 1812, but his See also:chief successes were again due to his perfection as a vocalist. His opera La Morte di See also:Tasso was produced in 1821 in Paris, where it was and thence proceeded to See also:America (1825) with a See also:company of artistes, amongst whom were his son Manoel and his daughter Maria, better known under her subsequent name of See also:Malibran. In New See also:York was produced his opera La Figlia dell' See also:aria in 1827. He extended his See also:artistic tour as far as See also:Mexico, and was on the point of returning to See also:Europe in See also:order to retire from public See also:life when he was robbed of his well-earned See also:wealth by brigands on his way to See also:Vera Cruz. Settled again in Paris in 1829, he soon retired from the stage, and devoted himself exclusively to teaching. He died in Paris on the 2nd of See also:June 1832. His method of teaching was famous, and some of the most celebrated singers of the See also:early See also:part of the See also:century were amongst his pupils. He also wrote an excellent See also:book on the See also:art of singing called Metodo di See also:canto, of which the essence was subsequently incorporated by his son Manoel in his admirable Traite complet de fart du See also:chant (1847). His operas have not survived their See also:day. He wrote nearly See also:forty in all, but with the exception of those quoted, and El Poeta calculista, produced when he was See also:thirty, none are remarkable. Besides the See also:children already mentioned, his daughter Paulina, Madame Viardot (1821–1910), worthily continued the tradition for the best singing with which his name' had become associated.
His son, MANOEL GARCIA (1805–1906), who celebrated his hundredth birthday in See also:London on the 17th of See also: Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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