Alfredo Salmaggi

Salmaggi in New York City in 1917

Alfredo Salmaggi (March 4, 1886 - September 9, 1975), was an operatic impresario who staged bargain priced productions.[1][2]

Biography

He was born on March 4, 1886 in L'Aquila, Italy.[1][2] He married Elvira Canzano (?-1963).[1] One of his sons was Felix W. Salmaggi who managed the Brooklyn Opera Company.[3]

He died on September 9, 1975 in a nursing home in Far Rockaway, Queens in New York City.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 William M. Freeman (September 6, 1975). "Alfredo Salmaggi Dead at 89. Staged Bargain-Price Operas. Hippodrome Impresario Put on a Circus-like 'Aida'. Friend of Caruso". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-02-12.
  2. 1 2 "Alfredo Salmaggi". Großes Sängerlexikon (in German). p. 4107.
  3. ↑ Marvine Howe (March 25, 1990). "Felix Salmaggi, 77. Impresario Produced Operas in Brooklyn". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-02-12.


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