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FELICE BLANGINI (1781 - 1841)
In 1799 the singer and composer Felice Blangini moved from his native Turin to
Paris, where he worked as a singer, teacher and composer, with his first operas
staged in Paris in the early years of the 19th century. In 1805 he entered the
service of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg in Munich, followed by employment under Napoleon's
sister, Pauline Borghese, in her private musical establishment. His reputed liaison
with her, broken off by Napoleon, led to an appointment in Kassel under Jéorome
Bonaparte. The protection of Talleyrand and the Duchesse de Berry secured him
a position in Paris, after the fall of Napoleon, as superintendent of the royal
chapel and court composer, with a concurrent position as professor singing at
the Conservatoire. His court appointments ended with the change of régime
in 1830. He wrote some thirty operas, which enjoyed varied success, and a large
number of songs, romances and vocal nocturnes.
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