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Italian opera singer
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- opera singer, actor
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2024-03-20 18:31:04
Frances Alda was born as Fanny Jane Davis on 31st May 1879 in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was her famous teacher Mathilde Marchesi who evolved “Alda” as the soprano’s last name. Her mother, Leonora Simonsen, was a professional singer. As a child, Alda was taken to Australia to live with her maternal grandparents in a suburb of Melbourne. “I cannot remember a time when I couldn’t beat my boy-playmates at tennis, or swim as fast and as far as they […] The post appeared first on Serenade.
2019-08-08 12:00:12
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Born on this day in 1755 castrato and composer Luigi Marchesi.
2018-08-04 09:00:50
Introducing the art of bel canto - the London Bel Canto Festival
[…] This does rather lead to a problem with branding, which Kenneth admits, and part of the festival's educational aims is to make the public understand exactly what bel canto is.Kenneth also wants to raise the public's awareness of the importance of the British links in bel canto. So many of the major bel canto composers and singers performed here, both Manuel Garcia [1805-1906] (a singing teacher and author of an important pedagogical treatise) and Mathilde Marchesi [1821-1913] (a singer and teacher) both lived in London. So Kenneth wants to both raise the awareness of bel canto in the UK and raise the awareness of the importance of the UK in the history of bel canto.Events at this year's festival include public masterclasses from distinguished performers, Bruce Ford, Nelly Miricioiu and Aprile Millo, and Aprile Millo is also giving a recital at Cadogan Hall, as well as working privately with the […]
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