Beniamino Carelli
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Beniamino Carelli (9 May 1833 – 14 February 1921) was an Italian singing teacher and composer.
Carelli was born in Naples on 9 May 1833 and was educated at the Naples Conservatory.[1] There he studied piano with Francesco Lanza, harmony with Federico Parisi, counterpoint with Carlo Conti, singing with A. Busti, and music composition with Saverio Mercadante.[2]
Carelli spent many years teaching at the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella. One of the most sought after vocal teachers in Italy during the late 19th century and early 20th century, his pupils included opera singers Pasquale Amato, Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, Francesco Maria Bonini, Maria Capuana, Fernando De Lucia, Franco Lo Giudice, Riccardo Martin, and Raimund von zur-Mühlen, among others. His book, L'Arte del canto: metodo teorico-pratico (188?), remains an important text on the art of singing.
His daughter, Emma Carelli, also studied under him and had a successful career as a dramatic soprano before taking over the management of the Rome Opera House in 1912-1926.[3]
