Giovanni Inchindi

Jean-François Hennekindt, also known as Giovanni Inchindi (12 March 1798 – 23 August 1876) was a Belgian opera singer born in Bruges who began his career as a tenor but went on to become one of the premier baritones in France and abroad, with a voice known for its ease in both low and high passages and adaptability to different kinds of roles.

The next year, having won a prize for his singing, he debuted at the Paris Opera as a cover for the famous basse-taille Henri-Etienne Dérivis and François Laÿs.

[2] He created the role of Capo dei Galli in Pharamond of Boiëldieu, Berton, Kreuzer and Le Sueur.

He returned to Paris, but now in the "Théâtre italien" a virtuoso baritone and made his second debut on October 1, 1829, in the role of Assur in Rossini's Semiramide.

In 1843 he is back in Paris and makes also a long concert tour with Camillo Sivori in the UK and Ireland until the end of 1845.