Luigi Borghi

Luigi Borghi (fl. 17721794)

He was second violin in a string quartet in Wilhelm Cramer's "Professional Concerts", subscription concerts set up in 1785. He is thought to have been in Berlin in 1788; however in 1790 he was in the orchestra of the London Opera company, led by Wilhelm Cramer, which was in the Haymarket Theatre after a fire at the King's Theatre in 1789.

For the 1791 season at the Pantheon, London Borghi was appointed acting manager of the opera company, and was responsible for 55 nights of operas and ballets from February to July.

He married Anna Casentini, a soprano in the Pantheon company at that time. In 1794 they were living in Hanover Square, Westminster.

Compositions These include: Six Solos for a Violin and Bass, 1772 Six Sonates à deux violins, about 1780 The Celebrated Opera Dances, as perform'd at the King's Theatre with others, in 1783, published in four parts by W. Forster 6 Duos for violin and viola (or cello), Op. 5 (about 1786); published 1791 in Berlin as Op. 6 Sixty-four Cadences or Solos for the Violin, about 1790