Elena D'Angri
Elena D'Angri (also known as Elena Angri) (May 1821 or 1824 in Corfu – 1886 in Barcelona) was a Greek-born operatic contralto of Italian origin who was active in the mid-19th century in European opera houses and in the United States.[1][2]
The daughter of Saverio Angri (originally from Naples) and Maria Vitturi di Giovanni, her real name was Nazarena Mattia Elena Catterina. She was baptised on 10 June 1821 at the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St James and St Christopher in Corfu, Greece.
During the 1855 and 1856 season at the Teatro Regio in Turin, she performed in La Cenerentola (as Angelina), The Barber of Seville (as Rosina), and Il trovatore (as Azucena).[3] Later in 1856, she performed for the first time in New York City, accompanied by the pianist and composer Sigismond Thalberg.[4]
References
Notes
- ↑ Elena D'Angri: North American Theatre Online
- ↑ Leotsakos (1992) gives her birth date as 14 May 1824. Moores (1880) gives 14 May 1821. The death date is from Kardamis (2004).
- ↑ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005).[http://www.amadeusonline.net/almanacco?r=&alm_testo=Elena_d'Angri "Elena d'Angri"]. Almanacco Amadeus (Italian).
- ↑ French (1989) p. 397
Sources
- French, Benjamin Brown; et al. (1989). Witness to the Young Republic: A Yankee's Journal, 1828–1870. University Press of New England. p. 397. ISBN 9780874514674.
- Kardamis, Konstantinos (2004). "Nobile Teatro di San Giacomo di Corfù: An overview of its significance for the Greek ottocento". XI Convegno Annuale di Società Italiana di Musicologia, Lecce, 22–24 October 2004
- Leotsakos, George (1992) "Angri, Elena", The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (subscription required)
- Moore, John Weeks (1880). "Angri, Elena", Complete Encyclopaedia of Music. Oliver Ditson Co.
Further reading
- Lawrence, Vera Brodsky and Strong, George Templeton (1999). Repercussions, 1857–1862, Volume 3 of Strong on Music. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0226470156
- Zavadini, Guido (1948). Donizetti: vita, musiche, epistolario, pp. 807–8, 809–10