Giovanni Battista Rubini (born April 7, 1794 in Romano, Venice, Italy; died March 3, 1854 in Romano) was an Italian tenor. April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Location within Italy Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venexia in the local dialect), the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, 45°26′N 12°19′E, population 271,663 (census estimate January 1, 2004). ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... In music, a tenor is a male singer with a high voice (although not as high as a countertenor). ...

Rubini began as a violinist at 12 years of age at the Riccardi Theatre in Bergamo. His first apperance as singer was 1814 in Pavia in Le lagrime d'una vedova by Pietro Generali. After ten years in Naples, he moved to Paris, performing La Cenerentola, Otello, and La donna del lago. A violinist is an instrumentalist who plays the violin. ... Bergamo: Citta Alta View of Bergamo Bergamo is a town in Lombardy, Italy, about 40km northeast of Milan. ... Church San Michele in Pavia The Old Bridge (Ponte Vecchio) on the Ticino river is a symbol of Pavia Pavìa (the ancient Ticinum) (population 71,000) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 35 km south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its... Naples (Italian Napoli, Neapolitan Napule, from Greek Νέα Πόλις - Néa Pólis - meaning New City; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the largest city in southern Italy and capital of Campania Region and the Province of Naples. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... La Cenerentola is a comic opera by Gioacchino Rossini. ... Otello is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeares play Othello. ...

As a singer Rubini was the major early exponent of the Romantic style of Vincenzo Bellini and Gaetano Donizetti. Rubini is remembered as an extraordinary singer, one of the most famous singers in Europe in the 1830s and 40s. Vincenzo Bellini Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (November 3, 1801 – September 23, 1835) was an Italian opera composer. ... Gaetano Donizetti Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797–8 April 1848) was a famous Italian opera composer. ...