ARDITI, Luigi, born at Crescentino in Piedmont, ; studied music at the Conservatorio at Milan, and began his career as a violin player. In 1840 he produced an overture, and in the Carnival of 1841 an opera ‘I Briganti,
’ at the Conservatorio. In 1842 he followed these by a second Overture and a ‘Sovenir di Donizetti.
’ He made his débût as director of the opera at Vercelli in 1843, and was made honorary member of the Accademia...