Anna de La Grange explained
| Anna de La Grange |
| Othername: | Anna de La Grange de Stankowitch |
| Birth Date: | 24 July 1825 |
| Birth Place: | Paris, France |
| Death Date: | 23 April 1905 |
| Death Place: | Paris, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Occupation: | Opera singer and composer |
| Spouse: | Count of Stankowitch |
Anna de La Grange de Stankowitch (1825–1905) was a French coloratura soprano. She was one of the most noted opera singers of the nineteenth century,[1] a protégée of Rossini and Meyerbeer, and played Violetta in the American premiere of Verdi's La Traviata in New York in 1856.[2] She was also a composer in her own right.
Notes and References
- The Athenæum a journal of literature, science, the fine arts, James Silk Buckingham, John Sterling, Frederick Denison Maurice 1905 "The death is announced of Madame Anna de la Grange, one of the most noted stage vocalists of the nineteenth ..."
- Verdi 2001: atti del Convegno internazionale: Issue 2 Fabrizio Della Seta, Roberta Montemorra Marvin, Marco Marica - 2003 "The premiere was sung by Anna de La Grange (1826-1905), a protegee of Rossini and Meyerbeer, whose voice was compared to Sontag's. Four months later, in April 1857, another prima donna, Marietta Gazzaniga (1824-1884) sang Violetta; ..."
