Luigi Agnesi

Luigi Agnesi (17 July 1833 – 2 February 1875) was a Belgian operatic bass-baritone, conductor and composer.

Born Louis Ferdinand Leopold Agniez in Namur, Agnesi graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in 1853.

Shortly after graduating, he won the Belgian Prix de Rome which enabled him to pursue further studies in Italy for two years.

His only opera composition, Hermold le Normand, premiered unsuccessfully at La Monnaie in 1858.

He made his professional opera debut in 1864 as Assur in Gioachino Rossini's Semiramide at the Théâtre-Italien in Paris.