Gardoni, Italo
(1821–1882)> VOCALIST
Gardoni, Italo (12 March 1821, Parma; 26 March 1882, Paris), vocalist, studied voice under the tutelage of A. De Cesari and made his earliest stage appearances in Turin, Berlin, and Milan. In Italy, he distinguished himself especially as Cassio in Giaocchino Rossini’s Otello. Gardoni appeared at the Opéra in 1844-46, when he created three roles: Bothwell in Louis Niedermeyer ’s Marie Stuart, Jonathas in Auguste Mermet ’s David, and Léopold in Friedrich Flotow ’s Ame en peine, After his 1844-46…