Cesare Badiali

Here, young Badiali began to study double bass and lute, using his new skills to perform in the churches of Imola and occasionally elsewhere as an amateur singer.

As he moved into his adulthood, he abandoned music for a more secure job as a tax collector, as soon he would take a wife and desire a family.

However, while in Bologna for pleasure in 1827, the famed Giovanni Tadolini discovered his talents and encouraged him to make a career out of his voice, as did his future manager Bassi.

He debuted at the Teatro Comunale, playing the high priest of the Israelites in Generali's Il vote di Jefte.

He first sang at La Scala in Milan in 1830 and did so again in the 1831–1832 season, with performances of pieces such as Gli esiliati in Siberia by Donizetti and Rossini's Otello.