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Manoel GarciaManoel Garcia (del Popolo Vicento), (January 22, 1775 - June 2, 1832), was a Spanish tenor and composer. He was born in Seville and made his stage debut at age 17 in Cadiz. By 1808, he when he appeared in the opera Griselda in Paris, he was already known as a composer of light operas. He lived in in Naples, performing in Rossini's operas, until 1816, when he visited Paris and London. Between 1819 and 1823, he lived in Paris, and sang in Barber of Seville, Otello, Don Giovanni, and other popular favorites. He also composed operas; his oeuvre eventually encompassed about 100 operas in all. He is best known, however, as a singing teacher. He taught in both London and Paris. His son, Manoel Garcia, (1805-1906), is equally well-known. He was a Professor at the Paris Conservatoire (1830-1848), and at the Royal Academy of Music in London (1848-1895). He will be remembered as the vocal teacher for the "Swedish Nightingale", Jenny Lind, and as the inventor of the laryngoscope.
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