Carolina Cortesi
Carolina Cortesi (floruit 1819–1821) was an Italian contralto who in her brief career sang in the premieres of several operas of the early 19th century. Most notably, she created the roles of Eduardo in Rossini's Eduardo e Cristina and Edemondo in Meyerbeer's Emma di Resburgo.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
References[edit]
- ^ Origo, Iris (2000). The Last Attachment: The Story of Byron and Teresa Guiccioli, p. 13. Pushkin Press. ISBN 1782272844 (originally published in 1949 by C. Scribner's Sons)
- ^ Jernigan, Charles (2017). Liner Notes: Eduardo e Cristina. Naxos Records. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ Stendhal (1824). Memoirs of Rossini, p. 208. T. Hookham
- ^ Johnson, Victoria; Fulcher, Jane F.; Ertman, Thomas (2007). Opera and Society in Italy and France from Monteverdi to Bourdieu, p. 99. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 1139464051
- ^ s.n. (1821). "Teatro all Pergola". Scelto Teatro Inedito, Vol. 16, p. 244
- ^ Letellier, Robert Ignatius (2006). The Operas of Giacomo Meyerbeer, pp. 62–66. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. ISBN 0838640931
- ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005), "Carolina Cortesi". Alamacco Amadeus. Retrieved 3 December 2019 (in Italian)