Giovanni David

Giovanni David

Giovanni David (September 15, 1790 in Naples – 1864 in Saint Petersburg) was an Italian tenor particularly known for his roles in Rossini operas.

David (also known as Davide) was the son of the tenor Giacomo David, with whom he studied. He made his operatic début in Siena in 1808 in "Adelaide de Guesclino" by Johann Simon Mayr. He is notable for the principal roles written for him by Gioachino Rossini, mostly for Domenico Barbaia's theatres in Naples:
*Narciso in Il turco in Italia (1814)
*Rodrigo in Otello (1816)
*Ricciardo in Ricciardo e Zoraide (1818)
*Oreste in Ermione (1819)
*Uberto (James IV of Scotland) in La donna del lago (1819)
*Ilo in Zelmira (1822)

He also created the roles of Fernando in the revised version of Bellini's Bianca e Fernando (1828) and Leicester in Donizetti's Il castello di Kenilworth (1829).

David was noted for his vocal range of almost 3 octaves in performance (B3 to Bb5) and for his ability to sing extremely florid music, although compared with his contemporary, Andrea Nozzari, his acting ability was limited.

He retired from the stage in 1839, and subsequently managed an opera company in Saint Petersburg.

References

*cite book | last = Osborne|first = Richard| year = 1986| title= Rossini| publisher = Dent| location = London| id = ISBN 0-460-03179-1
*cite book | last = Warrack| first = John, and Ewan West| year = 1992| title = The Oxford Dictionary of Opera| publisher = Oxford University Press| location = Oxford| id = ISBN 0-19-869164-5


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