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(Abruf am 3. Juli 2020)Winton Dean & Daniel E. Freeman: ''Avoglio (Avolio); née Croumann or Graumann], Christina Maria'', in
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's opera company. She was very probably from

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origin. According to Kutsch-Riemann and Winton Dean/Freeman she was born as ''Christina Maria Graumann'' or ''Croumann'', perhaps in

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, and married to the Italian musician Giuseppe Avoglio. According to Thijsse and Rasch, she was born as ''Christina Maria Gronemann'', member of a family of musicians and the sister of the violinist, organist and

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'' in 1741 and 1743 respectively (in

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she was one of the few non-cathedral singers in the performance). She also appeared in the premiere casts of '' Samson'' (1743) and ''

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'' (1744).

References

Philip H. Highfill et al, ''A Biographical Dictionary of Actors'', Volume 10, page 181
18th-century births Italian operatic sopranos Year of death missing {{Italy-opera-singer-stub