Mariano Padilla y Ramos

Francisco de Asís Mariano del Carmen Marco Padilla y Ramos;[1] 18 July 1843 – 21 November 1906),[2] known as Mariano Padilla y Ramos, was a Spanish operatic baritone who excelled in the title role of Mozart's Don Giovanni.

[3] He studied under Teodulo Mabellini in Florence and appeared in many European countries, including England, where he sang in Giacomo Meyerbeer's Dinorah in 1881.

He is perhaps best remembered as the man whom the Belgian soprano Désirée Artôt married, to the great surprise of her unofficial fiancé, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

She had to continue on her touring schedule and left for Warsaw, but they planned to meet again at her estate near Paris in the summer of 1869.

[6][7][8][9] Their daughter, the soprano Lola Artôt de Padilla, also became a noted opera singer.