
Daria Khristova nee Chernenko
Department Director
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Department Director
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner at Sotheby's, London, June 9, 2010, lot 552
Augusto Broggi (born in 1847), a successful Italian opera singer who performed leading roles at the Teatro Pagliano in Florence, Apollo Theatre in Rome, Teatro La Fenice in in Venice, Teatro Comunale in Bologna and La Scala in Milan.
His wide repertoire included 70 operas with famous parts by Verdi, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti and Bizet among his favourites. Apparently he was invited to perform at the Private Opera in Moscow (probably the one known as 'Частная Опера Кротикова' established on January 9th, 1885). The present set must have been a parting gift to the famous baritone at the end of his tour in Moscow.
Later on as his career became more and more successful, Broggi also worked in most of the major theaters in Paris, Vienna, Stockholm, Pest, Copenhagen, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro.