Mario 1810 (4 results)
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De Candia, Giovanni Matteo (known as Mario), Italian opera singer (1810-1883).
Published by [Paris, 1846]. 1846
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12mo. 2 pp. on bifolium. With autograph address and traces of seal. To Auguste Eugène Vatel, director of the Théâtre italien de Paris, announcing that he cannot sing in Pacini's "La fidanzata corsa" due to hoarseness: "Je me trouve tellement privé de voix que je ne peux pas me faire comprendre en parlant et il faut bien que je s…ois réduit à cet extrême car je n'aurais pas fait changer spectacle pour le petit bout de rôle de la Fidanzata [.]". "La fidanzata corsa" had its French premiere at the Théâtre italien de Paris on 17 November 1846 with Mario creating the lead role. - Born in Cagliari to a family of the Savoyard-Sardinian high nobility, Giovanni Matteo de Candia was supposed to follow his father's footsteps in the military. While serving as a second-lieutenant in the King of Sardinia's Guards in Turin, he fell into debt. When his father refused to pay for his son, de Candia was expelled from the army in 1834. He travelled to Paris and began to study with Giovanni Marco Bordogni at the Paris Conservatory. The young tenor made his debut in November 1838 as the hero of Meyerbeer's "Robert le Diable". He was immediately successful, signed his contract simply "Mario", and was popularly known thereafter by that name. In 1839 Mario made a triumphant debut in London as Gennaro in Gaetano Donizetti's "Lucrezia Borgia" opposite Giulia Grisi, the famous Italian soprano who became his life-long companion. He made his Paris debut at the Théâtre-Italien as Nemorino in Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore". For the next 30 years he was a principal singer of romantic parts in Paris and London, also appearing in St. Petersburg, New York, and Madrid. - With traces of former mounting and some browning.
Autograph letter signed.
De Candia, Giovanni Matteo (known as Mario), Italian opera singer (1810-1883).
Published by N. p. o. d.
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8vo. 1½ pp. on bifolium. An answer to an invitation by Charles de Beauregard to perform at a concert. Candia tells him that it is one of his principles to never perform public concerts, for which reason he cannot fulfill his request: "Je ne puis vous exprimer toute la peine que j'éprouve d'être obligé de répondre par un refus au… faible service que vous voulez bien daigner me demander. Je me suis donne pour règle de ne jamais chanter dans un concert Public. Jusqu'à présent je ne me suis pas écarté de cette règle une seule fois. Vous ne devez donc pas trouver un refus dans ma résponse, mais un impossibilité de ma parte. J'éspere, Monsieur, pouvoir vous montrer mon dévouement dans une autre occasion [.]". - De Candia was 12 years old when he moved from Cagliari to Turin, where he studied at the Royal Military Academy. While serving as a second-lieutenant in the King of Sardinia's Guards in Turin, he got into debt. His father refused to help him out, and he was expelled from the army in November 1834. He travelled to Paris and began to study with Giovanni Marco Bordogni at the Paris Conservatory. The young tenor made his debut in November 1838 as the hero of Meyerbeer's "Robert le diable". He was immediately successful, signed his contract simply "Mario", and was popularly known thereafter by that name. In 1839 Mario made a triumphant debut in London as Gennaro in Gaetano Donizetti's "Lucrezia Borgia" opposite Giulia Grisi, the famous Italian soprano who became his life-long companion. He made his Paris debut at the Théâtre-Italien as Nemorino in Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore". For the next 30 years he was a principal singer of romantic parts in Paris and London, also appearing in St. Petersburg, New York, and Madrid.
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Eigenhändiger Brief (2 S. 8°, mit gedruckter Anschrift am Kopf), in Tinte mit Ort, Datum, Unterschrift signiert 2.VI.1879 - an Dear Miß Fergusson. BEILAGE : Repro-Fotoporträt.
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framed. Condition: very good. 1848 French customs declaration signed by Italian opera signer known as Mario. Framed with a etched image of Mario. Please inquire for more information. Giovanni Matteo De Candia, commonly known mononymously as Mario, was an Italian opera singer. The most celebrated tenor of his era, he was lionized… by audiences in Paris and London. He was the partner of the opera singer Giulia Grisi. In order to free himself from the burdensome ancestral traditions which he had inherited, and to mitigate his father's opposition to a member of the high-born De Candia family pursuing a 'lowly' musical career, the budding singer adopted the mononym Mario as his stage name when he made his debut on 30 November 1838. Sometimes, however, he is referred to in print by the fuller appellation of "Giovanni Mario", and he is also called "Mario de Candia".
