Antonio Cotogni by Bergamasco

Antonio Cotogni (1831-1918); Italian baritone.
In 1852 he made his debut in Rome as Belcore in Donizetti’s “Elisir d’amore”. In the following years he sang at Turin, Nice, Rome, Milano, London, St. Petersburg and he made guest appearances at Moscow, Barcelona, Madrid and Lisbon. In 1867 he performed Posa in the Italian première of Verdi’s “Don Carlos” at Bologna. At St. Petersburg he sang in 26 successive seasons and here he gave his last performance in 1898 in Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale”. From 1894 he was a singing teacher (first at St. Petersburg and later at Rome); among his pupils were famous singers as Mattia Battistini, Jean de Reszke, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Carlo Galeffi and Beniamino Gigli.

In 1908 –at the age of 77- he made a grammophone record with the tenor Francesco Marconi: the duet from “I Mulattieri” by Masini
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO332JlAWoA