Giovanni Sbriglia

Giovanni Sbriglia (June 23, 1832 – February 20, 1916), was an Italian tenor and prominent teacher of singing.

A native of Naples, Sbriglia attended the city's music conservatory under Emanuele De Roxas[1] before making his debut, aged 21, at the Teatro San Carlo.

Sbriglia appeared, too, in Havana, Cuba and in Mexico, as well as the United States, until 1875, when he settled in Paris to teach.

During this period, he most notably transformed Jean de Reszke from a baritone into the world's foremost lyric-dramatic tenor.

He also worked with Jean's soprano sister Josephine and his brother Édouard, a famous bass.