Agostino Rovere

Agostino Rovere was an Italian bass, at his best in comic roles, who created La Rocca in Verdi's Un giorno di regno at La Scala in 1840. He made his debut at Pavia in 1826, and in 1828 sang Clemente in the revised version of Bellini's Bianca e Fernando at Genoa. Engaged at La Scala from 1831 to 1847, he created a role in Donizetti's Gianni di Parigi there, and in Vienna in 1842 the Marquis in Linda di Chamounix. At Covent Garden in 1847-48 he sang both Bartolos, Don Magnifico, Leporello and Dulcamara. He died in New York.