Antonio Giuglini by Mayer Brothers

Antonio Giuglini (1825-1865); Italian tenor who had an important part of his career in London where the greatest singers of the era, like Piccolomini, Tietjens and Alboni were his partners. In 1850 he made his debut at Fermo and at the beginning of his career he performed only in minor opera houses. In 1851 he appeared in Rome (Teatro Argentina), in 1851/52 in Lucca and in1856 in Genoa. In that same year he debuted at La Scala Milan where he had a great success as Manrico in "Il Trovatore", as Nemorino in "L'Elisir d'amore" and as Raoul in "Les Huguenots". In 1857 he created at La Scala the title role in Ronchetti's opera "Pergolese" with the soprano Maria Spezia in the role of Mathilde. In 1857 he performed very successfully at Her Majesty's Theatre in London as Fernando in Donizetti's "La Favorita". In the following seven years he appeared regularly in London at the Lyceum Theatre, the Drury Lane Theatre and Her Majesty's Theatre. The season 1859/60 he was engaged at the Théâtre-Italien in Paris. When he appeared in St. Petersburg in the season 1864/65 the first signs of a mental illness revealed themselves. His condition deteriorated rapidly and after a short stay in an asylum for the mentally disturbed he died in 1865 in his native Italy (Pesaro).