Санта-Мария-ин-Валичелла
Early on, Cotogni worked part-time in a majolica plant and did not care much for theater. He had no pretensions for assuming a career there and was content to remain a church singer. He won his first success in 1851 singing Salvatore Capocci's oratorio "Il martirio di Sant'Eustachio" at the church of Santa Maria in Vallicella.