Antonio Poggi
Birthplace: Castel San Pietro, Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)
Antonio Poggi was an Italian tenor who created Carlo VII in Giovanna d'Arco at La Scala in 1845. A pupil of Nozzari, he made an unsuccessful first appearance in Paris and a proper debut at Bologna in 1827, in Pacini's Il falegname di Livonia. He created Roberto in Donizetti's Torquato Tasso in Rome in 1833 and Ghino in Pia de' Tolomei in Venice in 1837, and sang at La Scala from 1834, in Vienna and in London. He married the soprano Erminia Frezzolini, his Giovanna in 1845, and they separated the following year.
Creations
- Carlo VII — Giovanna d'Arco
Written from
- Forbes, E. (1992) 'Poggi, Antonio', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 1040.
- Wikipedia (2026) Antonio Poggi. (Accessed: 29 September 2026).