Agide Jacchia

Agide Jacchia (5 January 1875 – 29 November 1932[1]) was an Italian orchestral director.[2]

Early life and education

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Born in Lugo di Romagna, Jacchia studied at the Conservatory of Parma from 1886 to 1891 and at the Liceo Musicale Rossini in Pesaro from 1891 to 1898.[3] He won prizes for flute (1896), conducting (1897), and composition (1898).[3]

Career

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Jacchia debuted as conductor at the Teatro Grande in Brescia on 26 December 1898.[3] Later he conducted at T. Communale, Ferrara (1899–1900) and La Fenice, Venice (1901).[3] In 1902 he accompanied Pietro Mascagni on his American tour.[3] On his return to Italy he conducted at the Teatro Lirico in Milan (1903), at the Teatro Regio, Livorno (1904), and at Siena (1905–06).[3] From 1907 to 1909 he was conductor of the Milan Opera Company on its tour in the United States.[3] From 1910 to 1913, he was conductor of the Montreal Opera Company,[1] and in 1914 of the Century Opera Company,[3] in which capacity he led the premiere of Jane Van Etten's Guido Ferranti in 1914.[4] Later he would go on to conduct the Boston Pops.[3][5] Jacchia was president of the Boston Conservatory from 1920 until his death in 1932.[citation needed]

Agide Jacchia was married to Italian opera singer Ester Ferrabini, from 1911 until he died in 1932. They had a daughter, Elsa.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Montreal Opera Company/Compagnie d'opéra de Montréal" . The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived August 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Music News. Vol. 13. Charles E. Watt. 1921. p. 18.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Baker, Theodore; Remy, Alfred (1919). Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. G. Schirmer. p. 430–31. OCLC 19940414. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ Margaret Ross Griffel; Adrienne Fried Block (1999). Operas in English: A Dictionary. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-25310-2.
  5. ^ "FRENCH AIRS FOR BOSTON.". The New York Times, June 01, 1919
  6. ^ Jim McPherson, "Out of the Shadows: Ester Ferrabini" Opera Quarterly 17(1)(Winter 2001): 28-42.
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