Joaquina Sitchez

Maria-Joaquina Sitchez Briones (also Maria-Joaquina García-Sitchez and Joaquina García) (28 February 1780 – 10 May 1864)^[1] was a Spanish actress and operatic soprano.

Life

Joaquina Sitchez was the second wife of the tenor, composer and impresario Manuel García, and the mother of the pedagogue Manuel García the younger, of the mezzo Maria Malibran, and of the mezzo and composer Pauline Viardot.^[1]

All three children were gifted and benefited from the early training by their father. When her husband died when Pauline was not yet 11 years old, Sitchez took charge of her vocal training.^[2]

Family of Manuel García

Family of Joaquina Sitchez

García, Manuel (del Pópulo Vicente Rodríguez) (b Seville, 21 Jan 1775; d Paris, 10 June 1832). Spanish composer, tenor, director and singing teacher

Sitchez (Briones), (Maria-)Joaquina (b 28 July 1780; d 10 May 1864). Spanish actress, and soprano

Mayer, Eugénie (1818–1880). Soprano

García, Manuel (Patricio Rodriguez) (b Madrid, 17 March 1805; d London, 1 July 1906). Spanish baritone and singing teacher

Malibran [née García], Maria (-Felicia) (b Paris, 24 March 1808; d Manchester, 23 Sep 1836). Spanish mezzo-soprano

Viardot [née García], (Michelle Ferdinande) Pauline (b Paris, 18 July 1821; d Paris, 18 May 1910). French mezzo-soprano, composer and teacher, of Spanish origin

García, Gustave (b Milan 1 Feb 1837; d 12 June 1925). Italian baritone and singing teacher

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References

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 Record for Joaquina García at the Bibliothèque nationale de France
↑ Caswell 1987, p. 152

Sources

Caswell, Austin B. (in Briscoe, James R., ed.) (1987), "Pauline Viardot-Garcia (1821–1910)", Historical Anthology of Music by Women, Volume 1, on books.googlebooks.co.uk. Indiana University Press

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