Andrea Nozzari [SEP] voice type
Andrea Nozzari
Andrea Nozzari (27 February 1776 – 12 December 1832) was an Italian tenor.
Nozzari was born in Vertova and studied in Bergamo and Rome. He is notable for the principal roles written for him by Gioachino Rossini and mostly premiered in Domenico Barbaia's theatres in Naples. These were:
- Leicester in "Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra" (1815)
- Otello in "Otello" (1816)
- Rinaldo in "Armida" (1817)
- Osiride in "Mosè in Egitto
That same year while in Verona, the de Begnis couple met a very young Donizetti. In the course of time his voice matured and his technique became more sophisticated and as early as 1821 he was described as baritone. In 1818, for the grand inauguration of the newly built Teatro Nuovo in Pesaro, Rossini wanted Isabella Colbran and Andrea Nozzari—who had appeared in the Naples premiere—for a new production of his "Armida". However budget constraints forced him to downsize and when an attempt to secure his friend