Camille Everardi

He made his professional opera debut at the Teatro Nuovo in Naples in 1850 where he sang for two seasons.

He sang at the Teatro Canobbiano in Milan in 1852 and in 1853 he made his first appearance at La Scala as Francesco in Verdi's I masnadieri.

In 1860 he was engaged at the Royal Opera, London where he portrayed Comte de Nevers in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots, Elmiro in Rossini's Otello, Alphonse in Donizetti's La favorite, and Count Robinson in Cimarosa's Il matrimonio segreto.

He eventually moved to Saint Petersburg during the late 1850s where he appeared at the Mariinsky Imperial Theatre until 1873, when he retired from the stage.

He remained in Saint Petersburg working as a voice teacher for a few years, his students including the composer Arkady Abaza, before taking a position at the Kiev Conservatory.