His father was singer and teacher Manuel del Pópulo Vicente Rodriguez García (Manuel García I, 1775–1832).
His sisters were Maria Malibran (1808–1836) and Pauline Viardot (1821–1910).
After abandoning his onstage career as a baritone, García began to teach at the Paris Conservatory (1830–48) and the Royal Academy of Music, London (1848–95). His pupils included Jessie Bond, Camille Everardi, Erminia Frezzolini, Julius Günther, Jenny Lind, Mathilde Marchesi, Christina Nilsson, Julia Ettie Crane, Julius Stockhausen, Marie Tempest, and Henry Wood.
His father was singer and teacher Manuel del Pópulo Vicente Rodriguez García (Manuel García I, 1775–1832).
His sisters were Maria Malibran (1808–1836) and Pauline Viardot (1821–1910).
After abandoning his onstage career as a baritone, García began to teach at the Paris Conservatory (1830–48) and the Royal Academy of Music, London (1848–95). His pupils included Jessie Bond, Camille Everardi, Erminia Frezzolini, Julius Günther, Jenny Lind, Mathilde Marchesi, Christina Nilsson, Julia Ettie Crane, Julius Stockhausen, Marie Tempest, and Henry Wood.
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