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See also:BILLINGTON, See also:ELIZABETH (1768?–1818) , See also:British See also:opera-See also:singer, was See also:born in See also:London, her See also:father being a See also:German musician named Weichsel, and her See also:mother a popular vocalist. She was trained in See also:music, and at fourteen sang at a See also:concert in See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford. In 1783 'she married See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Billington, a See also:double-See also:bass player. She had a See also:voice of unusual See also:compass, and as See also:Rosetta in Love in a See also:Village she had a See also:great success at Covent See also:Garden in 1786, being engaged for the See also:season at a See also:salary of £1000, a large sum for those days. Her position as a singer in London was now assured. In 1794 she and her See also:husband went to See also:Italy, and Mrs Billington appeared at See also:Naples (where she was the heroine of a new opera, Inez di See also:Castro, written for her by F. Bianchi), at See also:Florence, at See also:Venice and at See also:Milan. Her husband died suddenly during the tour, and in 1799 she married a Frenchman named Felissent, whom, how-ever, she See also:left in 18o1. Returning to See also:England she appeared alternately at Covent Garden and See also:Drury See also:Lane, her professional income during 18o1 amounting to between £1o,000 and £15,000.
Henceforward she sang in See also:Italian opera till the end of 18io,
when See also:ill-See also:health forced her to abandon her profession. In 1817
she was reconciled to her husband, and went with him to live near Venice, where she died on the 25th of See also:August 1818.
End of Article: BILLINGTON, ELIZABETH (1768?–1818)
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