Anna de La Grange de Stankowitch (1825–1905) was a French coloratura soprano. She was one of the most noted opera singers of the nineteenth century, a protégée of Rossini and

Meyerbeer Giacomo Meyerbeer (born Jakob Liebmann Beer; 5 September 1791 – 2 May 1864) was a German opera composer, "the most frequently performed opera composer during the nineteenth century, linking Mozart and Wagner". With his 1831 opera ''Robert le d ...

, and played Violetta in the American premiere of Verdi's '' La Traviata'' in New York in 1856.Verdi 2001: atti del Convegno internazionale: Issue 2 Fabrizio Della Seta, Roberta Montemorra Marvin, Marco Marica - 2003 "The premiere was sung by Anna de La Grange (1826-1905), a protegee of Rossini and Meyerbeer, whose voice was compared to Sontag's. Four months later, in April 1857, another prima donna,

Marietta Gazzaniga Marietta Gazzaniga (1824 – 2 January 1884) was an Italian operatic soprano. Gazzaniga was born in Voghera and studied singing with Alberto Mazzucato in Milan. Forbes, Elizabeth (1992). "Gazzaniga, Marietta" in Stanley Sadie, ed. ''The New G ...

(1824-1884) sang Violetta; ..." She was also a composer in her own right.

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* French operatic sopranos French composers 1825 births 1905 deaths 19th-century French women opera singers {{France-opera-singer-stub