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16-457: Born at Tolentino , he grew up in Pesaro , and studied music there until his parents sent him to Rome to study law. Having no intention of becoming a lawyer, he took voice lessons and eventually studied counterpoint with Giuseppe Jannaconi , an important Roman composer. When Vaccai turned twenty one, he went to Naples and became a disciple of Paisiello , whose Barber of Seville was considered

32-694: A CD of examples. On September 15, 2020, Teatro Nuovo (New York) released “Bel Canto in Thirty Minutes,” a complete recording of the “Practical Method of Italian Singing,” led by Will Crutchfield and featuring 22 singers including Santiago Ballerini, Lawrence Brownlee , Teresa Castillo, Junhan Choi, Georgia Jarman, Alisa Jordheim, Hannah Ludwig, Christine Lyons, Megan Marino, Dorian McCall, Madison Marie McIntosh, Angela Meade , Tamara Mumford, Lisette Oropesa , Daniel Mobbs, Jennifer Rowley, Nicholas Simpson, Michael Spyres , Derrek Stark, Alina Tamborini, Hans Tashjian, and Meigui Zhang. [1] Teatro Nicola Vaccaj ,

48-509: A comic masterpiece until Rossini 's Barber swept it from the stage 35 years later. Vaccai launched his career in Venice , initially earning his living by writing ballets and teaching voice. He had his first operatic success with I solitari di Scozia in Naples in 1815. In Parma he was commissioned to write Pietro il grande , where he was also one of the soloists in the first performance. This

64-480: A director and professor of composition at the Milan Conservatory where his students included Giovanni Bottesini and Luigi Arditi . After six years he retired on account of poor health to his boyhood home, Pesaro, where he wrote his sixteenth opera. He died there in 1848. Later eclipsed as an opera composer by his rival Bellini , Vaccai is now chiefly remembered as a voice teacher. One of his notable students

80-573: Is a tiny airstrip for ultralight aviation in the town's immediate surroundings. Tolentino is twinned with: On 17 December 2022, the Holy See established the titular see of Tolentino. Prelates who have held the title are: Chienti The Chienti is a river in the Marche region of Italy . Its source is near Serravalle di Chienti in the Appennino Umbro-Marchigiano mountains in

96-579: Is about 60 kilometres (37 mi) from the western Flaminia insertion to Rome and 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the Adriatic sea and A14 highway to the east: the SS77 highway connects the town to both these state routes. There are bus lines from here to the nearby minor towns and villages and a railway leading from Civitanova to Fabriano . The nearest major airport is Falconara ( Ancona ), about 100 kilometres (62 mi) from Tolentino but linked by highway, and there

112-534: Is attested from 1099, assuming its mature communal form between 1170 and 1190, settling its boundaries through friction with neighboring communes like S. Severino and Camerino. From the end of the 14th century, the commune passed into the hands of the da Varano family and then the Sforza , before becoming part of the Papal States until the arrival of Napoleon . The Treaty of Tolentino between Bonaparte and Pope Pius VI

128-482: Is home to Arena , the swimwear brand, and Poltrona Frau , the noted designer of leather furniture and automotive interiors — as well as the Poltrona Frau Museum, designed by Italian architect Michele De Lucchi , to display furniture products. The most famous Tolentinati are St Nicholas of Tolentino (c. 1246–1305) and the humanist Francesco Filelfo (1398–1481). Other notable people: Tolentino

144-566: The province of Macerata . The river flows northeast through the mountains past Muccia and enters and exits a small reservoir before entering Lago di Pievefavera. After exiting Lago di Pievefavera, the river continues flowing northeast before being joined by the Fiastrone at Belforte del Chienti . The river continues flowing northeast past Tolentino before being joined by the Fiastra south of Macerata . The river flows east near Corridonia and forms

160-568: The mountains and the Adriatic , date to the Lower Paleolithic . Numerous tombs, from the 8th to the 4th centuries BCE, attest to the presence of the culture of the Piceni at the site of today's city, Roman Tolentinum , linked to Rome by the via Flaminia . Tolentinum was the seat of the diocese of Tolentino from the late 6th century, under the patronage of the local Saint Catervo. The urban commune

176-513: The opera house in Tolentino, is named after the musician. Notes Sources Tolentino Tolentino ( Maceratese : Tulindì ) is a town and comune of about 19,000 inhabitants, in the province of Macerata in the Marche region of central Italy. It is located in the middle of the valley of the Chienti . Signs of the first inhabitants of this favorable and fertile coastal zone, between

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192-851: The rest of Italy. The municipality borders with Belforte del Chienti , Camporotondo di Fiastrone , Colmurano , Corridonia , Macerata , Petriolo , Pollenza , San Ginesio , San Severino Marche , Serrapetrona , Treia and Urbisaglia . Tolentino counts the hamlets ( frazioni ) of Abbadia di Fiastra, Acquasalata, Ancaiano, Asinina, Bura, Calcavenaccio, Casa di Cristo, Casone, Cisterna, Collina, Colmaggiore, Divina Pastora, Fontajello, Fontebigoncio, Grazie, Maestà, Massaccio, Pace, Parruccia, Paterno, Pianarucci, Pianciano, Pianibianchi, Portanova, Rambona, Rancia, Regnano, Ributino, Riolante, Rofanello, Rosciano, Rotondo, Sant'Andrea, Sant'Angelo, San Bartolomeo, Santa Croce, San Diego, San Giovanni, San Giuseppe, Santa Lucia, San Martino, San Rocco, Salcito, Santissimo Redentore, Troiano, Vaglie and Vicigliano. Tolentino

208-422: The voice of a master demonstrating his exercises accurately can instruct a student in the correct techniques of true legato singing. The book is also an important source of information about the performance of early 19th-century opera. Voice teacher Elio Battaglia edited a new teacher’s edition of the "Metodo practico" or “Practical Method of Italian Singing” which was published by Ricordi in 1990, accompanied by

224-534: Was followed by Zadig e Astartea (Naples, 1825) and then his best known opera Giulietta e Romeo ( Milan , 1825). Vaccai's sojourn in London began with a production of his most successful opera, Romeo and Juliet , at Kings Theatre in April, 1832. His charm and continental reputation ingratiated him to society and soon he was much sought after as a teacher. Ending his wanderings with a return to Italy, in 1838 Vaccai became

240-489: Was signed in the city on 19 February 1797: this imposed territorial and economic strictures on the Papacy. In 1815, at the battle of Tolentino , Joachim Murat was decisively defeated by Frederick Bianchi at the head of Austrian forces, resulting in his abdication. Tolentino returned to papal control until Italian unification in 1861. In the late 19th century industrial development decisively linked Tolentino economically to

256-484: Was soprano Marianna Barbieri-Nini . Vaccai wrote many books, one of which is his 1832 Metodo pratico de canto ( Practical Vocal Method ), which has been transposed to accommodate different voice types such as alto or low ranges such as bass in order to instruct students in the method of singing in the Italian legato style. It is still in print and is used as a teaching tool. In his introduction, Vaccai notes that only

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