Agide Jacchia
Italian music conductor (1875–1932) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Agide Jacchia (5 January 1875 – 29 November 1932[1]) was an Italian orchestral director.[2]
Born in Lugo di Romagna, Jacchia studied at the Conservatory of Parma from 1886 to 1891 and at the Liceo Musicale Rossini in Pesaro from 1891 to 1898.[3] He won prizes for flute (1896), conducting (1897), and composition (1898).[3]
Jacchia debuted as conductor at the Teatro Grande in Brescia on 26 December 1898.[3] Later he conducted at T. Communale, Ferrara (1899–1900) and La Fenice, Venice (1901).[3] In 1902 he accompanied Pietro Mascagni on his American tour.[3] On his return to Italy he conducted at the Teatro Lirico in Milan (1903), at the Teatro Regio, Livorno (1904), and at Siena (1905–06).[3] From 1907 to 1909 he was conductor of the Milan Opera Company on its tour in the United States.[3] From 1910 to 1913, he was conductor of the Montreal Opera Company,[1] and in 1914 of the Century Opera Company,[3] in which capacity he led the premiere of Jane Van Etten's Guido Ferranti in 1914.[4] Later he would go on to conduct the Boston Pops.[3][5] Jacchia was president of the Boston Conservatory from 1920 until his death in 1932.[citation needed]
Agide Jacchia was married to Italian opera singer Ester Ferrabini, from 1911 until he died in 1932. They had a daughter, Elsa.[6]
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