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| {{picture|file=Bevignani_Enrico.jpg|caption='''Enrico Bevignani''' (1841–1903)}}
| | Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) |
| Italian conductor and composer (b. 29 September 1841 {{NS}} in [[Naples]]; d. 29 August 1903 {{NS}} in Vomero, near [[Naples]]), born '''''Enrico Modesto Bevignani'''''.
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| After studying for several years at the [[Naples]] Conservatory, where he took the highest honours, Bevignani moved to [[London]] in 1864. Here he entered into a long association with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where he was conductor for 25 years. From 1872, he was the concertmaster of the Italian and Russian Opera companies in [[Moscow]] and [[Saint Petersburg]], and also toured in [[New York]] during the last decade of the nineteenth century.
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| In 1881, he was the conductor of the first production of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]'' at the Bolshoi Theatre in [[Moscow]].
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| ==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
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| One letter from Tchaikovsky to Enrico Bevignani has survived, dating from 1881, and has been translated into English on this website:
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| * '''[[Letter 1693a]]''' – 23 February/7 March 1881, from [[Rome]]
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| One letter from Bevignani to the composer, dating from 1881, is preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]].
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| ==External Links==
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| * [[wikipedia:Enrico_Bevignani|Wikipedia]]
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| * {{IMSLP|Bevignani,_Enrico}}
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| * {{viaf|20424532}}
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| [[Category:People|Bevignani, Enrico]]
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| [[Category:Composers|Bevignani, Enrico]]
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| [[Category:Conductors|Bevignani, Enrico]]
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| [[Category:Correspondents|Bevignani, Enrico]]
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