Achille Errani

Achille Errani (20 August 1823 – 6 January 1897) was an Italian opera singer and teacher.

[1] When seventeen years of age he entered the Milan Conservatory, and studied singing under the famous Vaccai.

About five years later he made his first appearance as a leading tenor at Reggio di Modena.

He went to Mexico in 1863, and after the Civil War joined Max Strakosch's Ghioni & Susini Italian Opera Company.

[1] Among his students were Minnie Hauk, Nancy McIntosh, Stella Bonheur, Caroline Keating Reed, Cornelia Townsend, and Emma Thursby (who was also in Strakosch's company).