Background
Corri was born in Rome and studied voice with Nicola Porpora in Naples.
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Corri was born in Rome and studied voice with Nicola Porpora in Naples.
In 1781 he moved to Scotland with his family to become an opera conductor. He became an important singing master in Edinburgh. He was manager of the Theatre Royal in Edinburgh, and also conducted the concerts of the musical society there.
Around 1790, Corri moved to London and began publishing vocal music in Soho.
Corri had financial problems on several occasions. When Sutherland died in 1790 the company ceased to exist.
When the company of Dussek and Corri went bankrupt, Dussek left England for Germany, leaving behind his family, and his father-in-law (Corri) apparently in a debtor"s jail. An apprentice to Corri in London was Isaac Nathan.
Domenico Corri was also the manager of the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens in London.
In 1812 Corri organised a concert in the Argyll Rooms in Regent Street, London. In this, the favorite concert hall in London at this time, Corri put together quite a contrasting program as the evening"s entertainment: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi"s Stabat Mater combined with a Balliol Corri died in London, aged 78.
One of his descendants was puppeteer Christine Glanville.