Antonietta Fricci
Fricci photographed in Trieste c. 1870
Antonietta Fricci (born Antonie Frietsche) (8 January 1840 – 7 September 1912) was an Austrian-born opera singer known for her performances in leading soprano and mezzo-soprano roles in the opera houses of Europe. She was married to the Italian tenor Pietro Neri-Baraldi from 1863 until his death in 1902.[1][2]
Roles created
- Lidia in Pacini's Lidia di Bruxelles (Teatro Comunale, Bologna, 21 October 1858)[3]
- Isabella in Pedrotti's Isabella d'Aragona (Teatro Vittorio Emanuele, Turin, 7 February 1859)[3]
- Aldona in Ponchielli's I lituani (La Scala, Milan, 7 March 1874)[3]
- Mirza in Coronaro's La creola (Teatro Comunale, Bologna, 24 November 1878)[3]
References
- ↑ Gautier, Theophile (1991). Correspondance générale, Vol. 6, p. 78 (edited and annotated by Claudine Lacoste-Veysseyre). Librairie Droz (in French)
- ↑ Cruciani, Alessandra (1998). "Frietsche, Antonietta". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Vol. 50. Online version retrieved 27 July 2014 (in Italian).
- 1 2 3 4 Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). Antonietta Fricci. Almanacco Amadeus. Retrieved 27 July 2014 (in Italian).
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