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I am pretty convinced, but can't confirm, that Juan is just an Hispanic gloss on Giovanni, and it makes sense that Bottesini's "Italian" opera company (based in Havana) would take over the first performances per this source. Does everyone else agree? --Dhartung | Talk22:08, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Giovanni Bottesini (the italian double bassist and conductor) had come to Mexico a couple of months earlier to lead the orchestra accompanying singer Henriette Sontag. After Sontag's death, he decided not to return to Havana immediately. At the time in question, he was fairly involved with the music scene in Mexico, e.g. he was also a key figure in the foundation of the country's first conservatory. Since Bottesini is a rather unsual name even in Italian, I find it highly unlikely that there should have been a prominent composer of the same moniker in Mexico. When writing the German version of the Bottesini article (de:Giovanni Bottesini) I used all available information about "Juan" Bottesini to that effect. --Rainer Lewalter08:31, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
