Lorenzo Salvi

Lorenzo Salvi (4 May 1810 – 16 January 1879) was an Italian operatic tenor who had a major international opera career during the nineteenth century.

in Naples before making his professional opera debut as Cam[clarification needed] in the world premiere of Donizetti's Il diluvio universale on 28 February 1830 at the Teatro San Carlo.

He went on to sing in two more Donizetti premieres, the title role in Gianni di Parigi (1839, La Scala), and Oliverio in Adelia (1841, Teatro Apollo).

While there he notably sang leading roles in the world premieres of the first two operas composed by Giuseppe Verdi, portraying Riccardo in Oberto on 17 November 1839 and Edoardo in Un giorno di regno on 5 September 1840.

He also traveled to North America several times during his career, notably performing in a number of operas at Niblo's Garden in Manhattan.