Balderi, A F [Arcangelo Francesco] bef.1840-aug.1901 Italy, ?Rome - Egypt, Cairo
1891-1901 with his operetta troupe active in Rome, 8.sep.1901 his son the 43 year old roman artist Romolo Balderi came from Alexandria Egypt to Naples on the ship Umberto, he had left for Cairo with his father and his wife as members of an operetta troupe, his father had died shortly after arriving at Cairo, and he himself soon gave signs of madness, the Italian consul had given the order to repatriate and immediately after he had landed at Naples they had to lock him in a nursing home ; ? son of the roman organist and composer Francesco Balderi ; ? brother of the bass Arcangelo Balderi (Valenzano 10.jul.1826-27.jun.1882 Rome) who performed Autumn 1852 as bass at Teatro Argentino in Rome ; father of the baritone Romolo Balderi (Rome 1858-) and his wife singer Ginevra Balderi who were members of his operetta troupe and 15.aug.1890 in Lisbon of the operetta company of Gennaro Carracciolo

[rem: this biography is based on the assumption that he was the father of Romolo but his flourish years 1891-1905 suggest that he was his brother]

Title	Parts

[] Er codicillo der testamento. Operetta in roman dialect. Teatro Rossini, Rome 31oct1891 another performance was reported by Le Menestrel 10jan1892
[] Un eredita in Corsica. Operetta. Teatro Politeama, Rome 8mar1894 performed by a group of amateurs libretto A. Sabatucci and G. Sabatucci another performance was reported by Le Menestrel 1jul1894 another performance was reported by Le Menestrel 13jan1895 "paroles et musique de A. Balderi"
[] Histoire d'un Pierrot. Operetta. Teatro Comunale, Narni aug1899 libretto Oreste Raffaelli another performance was reported by Le Menestrel 14jan1900
[] Pasquino. Operetta. Teatro Metastasio, Rome 1apr1900 libretto Pizzirani and d'Ancona this performance was reported by Le Menestrel 13apr1900 "succes complet" another performance was reported by Le Menestrel 13jan1901 "de F. Balderi"
[] 'Na gita ar divino amore. Operetta in roman dialect. Teatro Quirino, Rome 26jun1903 libretto Oreste Raffaelli and Cordella
[] La maschere romane. Operetta. Teatro Nuovo, Rome 14nov1903 libretto Oreste Raffaelli
[] Le pillole der sor Prospero. Operetta in roman dialect. Teatro Nuovo, Rome 8apr1905 libretto G. Franchi

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