Corrado Miraglia

Corrado Miraglia
Born	1821 Palermo, Italy
Died	30 December 1881 (aged 59–60) Milan, Italy
Known for	Opera singer

Corrado Miraglia (1821 – 30 December 1881) was an Italian operatic tenor and in his later years a voice teacher and theatrical agent. He is best known today for having created the role of Ismaele in Verdi's opera Nabucco, although he sang in the world premieres of several other lesser-known works. He was married to the opera singer Giuseppina Brambilla.

Miraglia was born in Palermo. Little has been recorded of his life and career prior to his performance in the world premiere of Nabucco in March 1842, apart from his appearance earlier that year as Ivanhoe in Nicolai's Il templario at the Teatro Sociale in Mantua. He was only 21 when he sang this leading tenor role in Mantua, and a contemporary critic noted that his performance had been hampered by severe stage fright.

Whatever his problems in Mantua, he went on to a career singing many more leading tenor roles, albeit largely in provincial Italian theatres. These included Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore, Idreno in Semiramide, Ramiro in La Cenerentola, Fernando in La favorita, and the title roles in Ernani and Robert le diable. Of the major Italian opera houses, he appeared at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples in the 1850 season singing the title role in Vincenzo Moscuzza's Stradella il trovatore, Lindoro in L'italiana in Algeri, and Ernesto in Don Pasquale, and appeared at the Teatro Regio in Turin in the 1853 carnival season singing Aménophis in Mosè in Egitto and the title role in Pacini's Buondelmonte. From the autumn of 1853 through 1855, he was based in Lisbon, where he sang multiple leading roles at the Teatro São Carlos. During this time, an album of seven songs for voice and piano entitled Una notte sul Tago and composed by Miraglia on themes from his native Sicily was published in Lisbon.

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