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CATALANI, ANGELICA (1780-1849)

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CATALANI, See also:ANGELICA (1780-1849) , See also:Italian See also:opera-See also:singer, daughter of a tradesman at Sinigaglia, was educated at the See also:convent of See also:Santa See also:Lucia at See also:Gubbio, where her magnificent See also:soprano See also:voice, of extraordinary See also:compass and purity, soon became famous. In 1795 she made her debut on the See also:stage at See also:Venice, and from that moment every impresario in See also:Europe was anxious to engage her. For nearly See also:thirty years she sang at all the See also:great houses, receiving very large fees; her first See also:appearance in See also:London being at the See also:King's See also:theatre in 18o6. She remained in See also:England, a prima donna without a serious See also:rival, for seven years. Then she was given the management of the opera in See also:Paris, but this resulted in See also:financial failure, owing to the incapacity and extravagance of her See also:husband, See also:Captain Valabregue, whom she married in 18o6. But her See also:continental See also:tours continued to be enormously successful, until she retired in 1828. She settled at See also:Florence in 183o, where she founded a See also:free singing school for girls; and her charity and kindness were unbounded. She died of See also:cholera in Paris on the 12th of See also:June 1849.

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