António D'Andrade
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| Born |
13 April 1854 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Died | 18 December 1942 (aged 88) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Known for | Opera singer (tenor) |
António D'Andrade, or De Andrade, (13 April 1854 - 18 December 1942) was a Portuguese opera singer who sang leading tenor roles throughout the opera houses of Europe, often appearing with his younger brother, the baritone Francisco D'Andrade. He created the roles of Roberto in Puccini's Le Villi (1884) and Aben-Afan in Alfredo Keil's Donna Bianca (1888).
D'Andrade was born in Lisbon where his father, José Justino de Andrade e Silva, was a prominent jurist. Like his brother Francisco, he initially trained as a lawyer, but also had a keen interest in opera and theatre. Both frequently attended performances the Teatro do Ginásio and participated in amateur productions with the Sociedade Taborda. They received their initial training in acting and singing from Manuel Carreira and Arturo Pontecchi, the principal conductor of the Teatro São Carlos. In 1881 the brothers went to Italy for further training with the tenor Corrado Miraglia and the baritone Sebastiano Ronconi.
D'Andrade made his operatic debut in Varese on 30 September 1882 as Fernando in La Favorita and went on to sing in several other Italian theatres over the next two years, including the Teatro Dal Verme (Milan), Teatro Regio (Turin), Teatro Rossini (Venice), and the Teatro Metastasio (Prato). At the Teatro dal Verme in 1884, he created the roles of Roberto in the first version of Puccini's Le Villi and Sandro in Alberto Favara Mistretta's Marcellina. Later that year Both António and his brother were contracted by the opera house in Aix-les-Bains, with António singing to great success as Manrico in Il trovatore, Gennaro in Lucrezia Borgia, and the title roles in Faust and Marchetti's Ruy Blas. The impresarios of the Teatro Comunale in Trieste and the Teatro Regio in Turin had offered him lucrative contracts for the 1885 season, but a serious outbreak of cholera in Italy led both brothers to return to Lisbon instead.
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