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Chronological List Of Operatic Sopranos
This is a chronological list of sopranos who have performed in operas from classical music of the Western world. The list spans from operatic sopranos active in the first operas of the late 16th century to singers currently performing. Singers who have recorded opera arias or sung them in concert but have never performed in an opera are not included in this list. Singers are sorted by their year of birth. Those singers whose birth year is unknown are sorted by the first year that they are known to have flourished. This list should not include singers who have never performed in a staged opera with the exception of historic non-white singers who were barred from the opera stage in varying parts of the world due to discrimination prior to the mid-20th century. This list is limited to those whose Wikipedia:MUSICBIO, notability is established by Wikipedia:RS, reliable sources in other Wikipedia articles. Operatic sopranos born in the 15th and 16th centuries Before 1600 *Vittoria Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Callas 1958
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Antonia Coresi
Antonia "Tonia" Coresi (fl. 1655 – fl. 1674) was an Italian opera soprano.Zilli, Anna, Drottning Kristinas sångerskor: en omvälvande kraft i Roms musikliv 1655-1689', Nordic Academic Press, Lund, 2019 She was a primadonna at the Opera in Venice between 1655 and 1672. She was married to the opera singer Nicola Coresi. Between 1670 and 1674, she was engaged by Christina, Queen of Sweden in Rome. Queen Christina founded the first public theatre- and opera house, the Teatro Tordinona. The Teatro Tordinona was inaugurated in January 1671 with the opera ''Scipione Affricano'' by Francesco Cavalli, with Antonia Coresi as Scipione and Medea In Greek mythology, Medea (; ; ) is the daughter of Aeëtes, King Aeëtes of Colchis. Medea is known in most stories as a sorceress, an accomplished "wiktionary:φαρμακεία, pharmakeía" (medicinal magic), and is often depicted as a high- ..., and Angelica Quadrelli as Sofonisba and Isifile. The performance was a sensation, be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giulia Francesca Zuffi
Giulia Francesca Zuffi (1678–1685) was an Italian operatic soprano. In 1678, she sang in Venice at the opening of the Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo (later the Teatro Malibran), in Carlo Pallavicino's ''Vespasiana''. In 1683, she sang in Naples, including in the first performances of Alessandro Scarlatti's ''Aldimiro, o vero Favor per favore'' and ''Psiche, o vero Amore innamorato''. In 1684 she appeared in a revival of Scarlatti's ''Pompeo'' and another of Giovanni Legrenzi's ''Giustino'', and in the first performance of ''Epaminonda'' by , and in 1685 she sang in the revival of Pallavicino's ''Galieno''. Her career "seems to have prospered with Carpio's patronage", i.e. that of Gaspar Méndez de Haro, 7th Marquess of Carpio Gaspar Méndez de Haro y Fernández de Córdoba, or Gaspar de Haro y Guzmán(1 June 1629 – 16 November 1687), 7th Marquess of Carpio Grandee, GE, was a Spanish political figure and art collector. Family He was the first son of Luis Méndez .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Françoise Journet
Françoise Journet (b. 1675, Lyon – d. 1720, Paris)< was a French tic . Beginning her career at the Lyon Opera, Journet eventually became a pupil of in Paris. In 1699 she appeared as Mélisse in the premiere of ''Amadis de Gréce'' by Destouches and subsequently created a number of important roles in operas by and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamante Maria Scarabelli
Diamante Maria Scarabelli (October 6, 1675, Bologna - April 5, 1754, Bologna) was an Italian soprano singer of the later 17th century and the early 18th century. She is best remembered for having sung the part of Poppea in the premiere of George Frederic Handel's opera '' Agrippina'', a role that requires a wide vocal range, a fairly high tessitura, and a highly developed virtuoso technique. Her great success at Bologna in the 1697 pasticcio In music, a ''pasticcio'' or ''pastiche'' is an opera or other musical work composed of works by different composers who may or may not have been working together, or an adaptation or localization of an existing work that is loose, unauthorized, ... ''Perseo'' inspired the publication of a volume of eulogistic verse, entitled "La miniera del Diamante". References *Winton Dean: "Scarabelli, Diamante Maria", ''Grove Music Online'' ed L. Macy (Accessed 16 January 2007)grovemusic.com, subscription access. 1675 births 1754 deaths 17th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Hodgson
Mary Hodgson (baptised December 26, 1673 – 1719?) was an English soprano. Life She was baptised on Boxing Day in 1673. Her mother is not known but her father is thought to be the dancing teacher Benjamin Dyer. She was known as Mrs Dyer when she first appeared on stage in the premier of Purcell’s semi-opera ''The Fairy-Queen'' at London's Dorset Garden Theatre. After two weeks she married a fellow actor named John Hodgson at St Dunstan's, Stepney and this confused the press as some reported her as Mrs Dyer and others as Mary Hudson. She was a member of the United Theatre Company and she was appearing in plays. In 1693 Henry Purcell's ''Diocletian'' was revived and Hodgson was one of the singers. In 1695 some top actors started a new group and they had Thomas Betterton as their leader at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre. They had left the United Theatre Company. In 1697 she first sang at court for a Royal birthday and during the first part of the 18th century she was freque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Bracegirdle
Anne Bracegirdle (possibly 167112 September 1748) was an English actress and soprano. Most of the plays she performed in involved singing as well as acting. She often performed music written for her by the composer John Eccles, and also sung music written for her by Henry Purcell. She became particularly well known for the song "I burn" which Eccles originally wrote for Bracegirdle to perform in Thomas D'Urfey's play '' The Comical History of Don Quixote'' (1694). She also sang music by Eccles in the play '' The Richmond Heiress'' (1693) and in William Congreve opera '' The Judgment of Paris'' (1701, as Venus). In 1706 she starred in Giuseppe Fedeli's opera ''The Temple of Love''. Biography Bracegirdle was born to Justinian and Martha (born Furniss) Bracegirdle in Northamptonshire. She was baptised in Northampton on 15 November 1671, although her tombstone says that she died at the age of 85 (suggesting that she was born around 1663)."Anne was baptized, probably as an infant, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treccani
Institute Giovanni Treccani for the publication of the Italian Encyclopedia (), also known as Treccani Institute or simply Treccani, is a cultural institution of national interest, active in the publishing field, founded by Giovanni Treccani and Giovanni Gentile in 1925. It is known for publishing the first edition and the subsequent ten supplements of the ''Italian Encyclopaedia of Science, Literature and Arts'' (). History The Institute of the Italian Encyclopaedia was founded in Rome in 1925 by Giovanni Treccani, with the philosopher Giovanni Gentile as editor-in-chief. The first publication by the Institute was the ''Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere e Arti'' (). This encyclopaedia, best known as ''Enciclopedia Italiana'' or the ''Great Encyclopaedia'', is an Italian-language encyclopaedia and is regarded as one of the great encyclopaedias, being international in scope, alongside ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' and others. Since the 1990s, Treccani has been playing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dizionario Biografico Degli Italiani
The ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani'' () is a biographical dictionary published in 100 volumes by the Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, started in 1960 and completed in 2020. It includes about 40,000 biographies of distinguished Italians. The entries are signed by their authors and provide a rich bibliography. History The work was conceived in 1925, to follow the model of similar works such as the German ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (1912, 56 volumes) or the British ''Dictionary of National Biography'' (from 2004 the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''; 60 volumes). It is planned to include biographical entries on Italians who deserve to be preserved in history and who lived at any time during the long period from the fall of the Western Roman Empire In modern historiography, the Western Roman Empire was the western provinces of the Roman Empire, collectively, during any period in which they were administered separately from the eastern provinces b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vittoria Tarquini
Vittoria Tarquini, (3 March 1670 – 1746) also known as La Bombace and Bambagia, was an Italian soprano singer of the Baroque era. She was one of the most celebrated singers of her time and was considered one of the best, if not the greatest, tragic opera singer. Career Born in the parish of San Pantalon in Venice, Tarquini had her first known performance in 1685, aged 14, at the Teatro San Angelo there. According to Beth Glixon, she was probably the victim of a rape that same year because Vittoria's father brought a charge of rape a few months later before the three chiefs of the Council of Ten; it is not known what ultimately became of the case. In 1688, her career reached a first peak when she sang the role of Giulia in the premiere of the opera ''Orazio'' on 24 January 1688 in Venice at the Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo, which was probably composed by Giuseppe Felice Tosi. Around the same time she met Ferdinando de' Medici (1663–1713), who would later become very impor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louison Moreau
Louise 'Louison' Moreau (born before 1668 – died after 1692) was a French operatic soprano who belonged to the Académie Royale de Musique, also a popular celebrity commonly referred to as one of the ''filles de l'opéra.'' Opera career Preceding her younger sister Fanchon Moreau by about three years, Louison made her debut at the Paris Opéra around 1680. Once dismissed for being pregnant, she was reinstated and remained until 1692. From 1683 to 1692 when both sisters were referred to as 'Mlle Moreau', it usually makes it difficult to determine who sang what, however popular songs of the day and gossip columns are sometimes revealing. It is known that Louison created the role of Amasie in the premiere of '' Orontée,'' a tragédie en musique by Jean-Louis Lully, the son of Jean-Baptiste Lully, and Paolo Lorenzani in 1688. Celebrity Like her sister, Louison received the attentions of Louis, the Great Dauphin, to whom she was introduced in error when it was intended to pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanchon Moreau
Françoise 'Fanchon' Moreau (1668 – after 1743) was a French operatic soprano who belonged to the Académie Royale de Musique, also a celebrated beauty who was a favourite of the Great Dauphin. Opera career Following her older sister Louison Moreau, Fanchon made her debut at the Paris Opéra in 1683 in the prologue of '' Phaëton'' by Lully, probably playing the role of Astrée. She remained with the company until at least 1702. Her sister stayed until 1692, during which period both sisters were referred to as Mlle Moreau, which sometimes makes it difficult to determine who sang what. She sang in operas by Lully, Campra, Charpentier, Destouches, Collasse, Desmarets, and Theobaldo Gatti including many premieres. Roles created *Astrée (?) in Lully's '' Phaëton'' (Paris, 1683) *Oriane in Lully's '' Amadis'' (Paris, 1684) *Sidonie in Lully's '' Armide'' (Paris, 1686) *Anne in Henri Desmarets's '' Didon'' (Paris, 1693) *Créuse in Charpentier's ''Médée'' (Paris, 1693) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
