Biography
Antonio Maria Giuliani (1739-1831) was based throughout at Modena, where he served the cathedral choir for over half a century as singer and then as director. He had previously served the Duke, in his chapel as first soprano and in his orchestra as harpsichord player, while also taking occasional opera engagements at Venice and elsewhere: on the opera market he was a minor but no doubt reliable artists, who sang as primo uomo in small towns and secondo uomo in bigger ones. Before directing the cathedral music he spent a quarter-century as chief répétiteur of the leading Modena opera house, and composed one opera for it. He also taught the harpsichord in several noble households. Through his long life he accumulated a large library of books and prints; he is said to have been highly cultivated, particularly in French literature, and much loved and respected in the town. (SOURCE: John Rosselli: Singers of Italian Opera: The History of a Profession (Cambridge University Press, 1992)
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