Domenico Cosselli [SEP] date of birth
Domenico Cosselli
Domenico Cosselli (27 May 1801 in Parma – 9 November 1855 in Parma) was an Italian operatic bass-baritone, particularly associated with Rossini operas.
He began his vocal studies in his native city in 1814 and made his stage debut there in 1821. He quickly made a specialty of Rossini roles, singing in "Il barbiere di Siviglia", "Tancredi", "La cenerentola", "La gazza ladra", "Semiramide", etc. He created for Donizetti the roles of Olivo
performance was dispatched to London's "The Harmonicon", which mentions his "character of Iago, a part for a bass which was greatly improved by Rossini, during his engagement at your Italian opera." Domenico Cosselli sang the role at Turin's Teatro d'Angennes in 1828, as did the Italian "primo basso" Federico Crespi (1833), Antonio Tamburini (from 1834), Luciano Fornasari (in 1844), Giovanni Belletti (in 1849), Joseph Tagliafico in 1850, Giorgio Ronconi (from 1851),