Andrea Nozzari (27 February 1776 – 12 December 1832) was an Italiantenor.

Nozzari was born inVertova and studied inBergamo andRome. He is notable for the principal roles written for him byGioachino Rossini and mostlypremiered inDomenico Barbaia's theatres inNaples. These were:

• Leicester inElisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra (1815)
• Otello inOtello (1816)
• Rinaldo inArmida (1817)
• Osiride inMosè in Egitto (1818)
• Agorante inRicciardo e Zoraide (1818)
• Pirro inErmione (1819)
• Rodrigo inLa donna del lago (1819)
• Paolo Erisso inMaometto II (1820)
• Antenore inZelmira (1822)

He also premièred the title roles inGiovanni Pacini'sAlessandro nelle Indie (1824) andDonizetti'sAlfredo il grande, and roles in operas byMichele Carafa,Manuel García,Johann Simon Mayr,Saverio Mercadante,Nicola Antonio Manfroce andStefano Pavesi.

Nozzari's voice had a baritonal quality, and his intense acting was much valued by composers and the public.Stendhal thought him one of the finest singers in Europe. Among his pupils wereAntonio Poggi,Giovanni Battista Rubini andNicola Ivanoff [it].

He died inNaples.

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