Biaggi

(bé-ad’-jé), Gir. Ales., Milan, 1819—Florence, 1897; prof., dram. composer, writer under pseudonym ‘Ippolito d’Albano. Bianchi (bé-an’-ké), (1) Fran., Cremona, 1752—London, 18:0; organist; composed 47 operas. (2) Valentine, Wilna, 1839—Candau, Kurland, 1884; dram. soprano; début, 1855. (3) Bianca (rightly Schwarz), Heidelberg, Jan. 28, 1855; dram.soprano; pupil of Wilczek Viardot-Garcia; Pollini (whom she m., 1894) paid her tuition and then engaged her for 10 years; début Carlsruhe, 1873; taught Munich Akad., 1902-25; later at Salzburg Mozarteum. (4) Eliodoro, 1773— 1848, a tenor singer who composed operas; “‘Gara d’ A more”’ (Bari, 1873); “Sarah’?; ‘‘Almanzor.”? (5) Renzo, b. Maggianico, Italy, July 29, 1887; composer; grad. of Milan Cons.; c. (operas) ‘‘Fausta’”’ (Florence), ‘‘Ghismonda’’ (La Scala, 10918), ‘‘Ghi bell in a”’ (Costanzi The at., Rome, 1924), also orch. works.