Giuseppe Ciccimarra

Giuseppe Ciccimarra (22 May 1790 – 5 December 1836) was an Italian tenor, closely associated with Rossini roles.

For Rossini, he created, at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, several roles including: Iago in Otello, Goffredo in Armida, Aronne in Mosè in Egitto, Ernesto in Ricciardo e Zoraide, Pilade in Ermione, Condulmiero in Maometto II.

Ciccimarra retired from the stage in 1826, and taught voice and piano in Vienna.

Among his pupils were Josef Tichatschek, creator of Wagner's Rienzi and Tannhäuser, the Austrian tenor Heinrich Kreutzer, Adele Muzzarelli, soprano, soubrette and dancer[1] and Sophie Löwe, one of the most famous opera singers of her time.

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