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Marietta Marcolini (born c. 1780 – 26 December 1855) was an Italian operatic
Marietta Marcolini (born c. 1780 – 26 December 1855) was an Italian operatic contralto
A contralto () is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range is the lowest female voice type.
The contralto's vocal range is fairly rare; similar to the mezzo-soprano, and almost identical to that of a countertenor, typica ...
.
Marcolini was born in Florence
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. The date of her stage debut is unknown, but she was appearing in Venice
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in 1800. She subsequently sang in Naples
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, Livorno, Pisa, Rome and Milan
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, singing in the premieres of Pietro Carlo Guglielmi's ''La serva bizzarra'' (Naples 1803), Giacomo Tritto's ''Andromaca e Pirro'' (Rome 1807), Giuseppe Nicolini's ''Traiano in Dacia'' (Rome 1807), Carlo Bigatti's ''L'amante prigioniero'' (Milan 1809) and Ercole Paganini's ''Le rivale generose'' (Milan 1809). Rossini wrote five parts for her between 1811 and 1814 which – by their subject matter and technical difficulty – justify Marcolini's contemporary reputation for talent as a comedian and a splendid voice.
Rossini roles created
*Ernestina in Rossini's ''L'equivoco stravagante
''L'equivoco stravagante'' (; ''The Curious Misunderstanding'') is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Gaetano Gasbarri. It was Rossini's first attempt at writing a full two-act opera.
Performan ...
'' (Bologna
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1811)
*Ciro in Rossini's '' Ciro in Babilonia'' ( Ferrara 1812)
*Clarice in Rossini's '' La pietra del paragone'' (Milan 1812)
*Isabella in Rossini's ''L'italiana in Algeri
''L'italiana in Algeri'' (; ''The Italian Girl in Algiers'') is an operatic ''dramma giocoso'' in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Angelo Anelli, based on his earlier text set by Luigi Mosca. It premiered at the Teatro San ...
'' (Venice 1813)
*Sigismondo in Rossini's ''Sigismondo
''Sigismondo'' is an operatic 'dramma' in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa.
The opera was not a success and Rossini later re-used some of its music in ''Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra'', ''The Barber ...
'' (Venice 1814)
References
Sources
* Forbes, Elizabeth (1992), 'Marcolini, Marietta' in ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'', ed. Stanley Sadie (London) *Warrack, John and West, Ewan (1992), ''The Oxford Dictionary of Opera'', 782 pages, *Appolonia, Giorgio, EDA, Torino (1992), Le voci di Rossini Operatic contraltos 1780 births Year of birth uncertain 1855 deaths 19th-century Italian women opera singers Italian contraltos Musicians from Florence {{Italy-opera-singer-stub