Victorian VocalistsVictorian Vocalists is a masterful and entertaining collection of 100 biographies of mid- to late-19th-century singers and stars. Kurt Gänzl paints a vivid picture of the Victorian operatic and concert world, revealing the backgrounds, journeys, successes, failures and misdemeanours of these singers. This volume is not only an outstanding reference work for anyone interested in vocalists of the era, but also a compelling, meticulously researched picture of life in the vast shark tank that was Victorian music. |
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BAUERMEISTER Mathilde b Hamburg ?1849 d Herne Villa High Street Herne Bay 4 October 1926 | 30 |
BELLETTI Giovanni Battista b Sarzana Liguria 17 February ?1813 d Sarzana 27 December 1890 | 37 |
BELOCCA BELLOKH Anna de b ?St Petersburg 4 January ?1854 d unknown | 44 |
LYALL Charles b Regent Street London c 1833 d 42 Clifton Hill St Johns Wood London 3 May 1911 | 365 |
MASCALL Maskall Elizabeth Wadd b Enfield Middlesex c 1831 d 11 Norland Square Holland Park London | 377 |
MAYBRICK Michael b 8 Church Alley Liverpool 31 January 1841 d St Anns Hotel Buxton Derbyshire 26 August 1913 | 382 |
MENGIS Joseph b Leukerbad LoèchelesBains Switzerland 11 September 1816 d Lausanne 23 April 1881 | 387 |
MESSENT SOPHIA MESSANT Sophia Harriet b Haggerstone Shoreditch London 10 December 1823 d 47 Aldridge Road Villas | 394 |
MIRAN Mira WILMSHURST Mira Dashwood b parish of St Mary at the Walls Colchester Essex 15 July 1826 d 1 Lisle | 400 |
MONBELLI née RABOU Marie Désirée Françoise b Versailles France 19 May 1845 d Cannes 8 January 1913 | 404 |
NAU Marie Dolores Bénédicte Josephine b New York 18 March ?1818 d Maison Greffulhe rue de Villiers | 408 |
BERRY GREENING EMILY GREENING Emily Eliza b 3 Carlton Cottages Stoke Newington London 5 February 1838 | 48 |
BETTS Abigail b London bap St Giles in the Fields Camden 13 April 1800 d Kennington London 4 May 1866 | 54 |
BIRCH Charlotte Ann b Camberwell London c 1815 bap St Giles Camberwell 15 January 1817 d Shaftesbury Road | 66 |
BRIGNOLI Pasquale Pasqualino b San Ferdinando Naples ? 1 January 1824 d Everett House New York 30 October 1884 | 82 |
BRUCE SUSAN WYATT Susan Jane b Marylebone London 3 April 1804 d 52 Wigmore Street London 10 March 1890 | 90 |
BYRON Arthur Edward George b Westminster London 5 April 1846 d St Georges Infirmary Fulham Road London | 93 |
CAMPOBELLO Enrico ?MARTIN Henry Maclean b ? Campbeltown Scotland c 1836 d after 1918 | 99 |
CANDIDUS William b Philadelphia 23 July 1840 d FrankfurtamMain 29 or 31 March 1910 | 120 |
CARADORI Anna Giovanna ZANYNGA Anna b Pest c 1812 d 49 Great Ormond Street Holborn London 18 December 1889 | 123 |
CARADORI ALLAN née DE MUNCK Maria Caterina Catherine Rosalbina b Casa Palatina near Milan c 1800 d Elm | 132 |
CASTLE William James b St Mary le More parish Wallingford Berkshire 22 December 1836 d 442 West Adams Chicago | 151 |
CHIOMI Emilia HAIRS Emmeline Mary b Hanover Place London 3 August 1852 d unknown | 156 |
CIAMPI Giuseppe b Venice ? March 1832 d Valetta Malta ? March 1892 | 162 |
CONDELL Helen Hélène CUNDELL Helen b The Minories London 28 May 1820 d London 1895 | 167 |
CSILLAG Rosa GOLDSTEIN Róza b Albertirsa Hungary 23 October ?1832 d 13 SingerstrasseVienna 20 February 1892 | 174 |
De BEGNIS Giuseppe b Lugo Emilia Romagna c 1793 d 31 North Moore Street New York 1 August 1849 | 182 |
DELCY CATHERINE Catarina LACY Catherine Josefa b Liverpool c 1819 d 11 Leighton Grove St Pancras London | 192 |
DI MURSKA Ilma PUKSEC Ema ?Maria Thea b Ogulin Croatia 6 February 1834 d 30 Maximilianstrasse Munich | 197 |
DORUSGRAS née VAN STEENKISTE Julie Aimée Josèphe b Valenciennes France 8 September 1805 d 7 rue de Londres | 204 |
DURAND Maria Louise b Charleston South Carolina July 1846 d unknown | 213 |
ESCOTT EASTCOTT née GRANT Lucy b Springfield Massachusetts 4 January 1829 d Paris 26 November 1895 | 219 |
FARQUHARSON SMITH Robert b Moneyers Street Hoxton London 26 May 1820 d 2 Wilberforce Road Finsbury Park | 224 |
FAVANTI Rita EDWARDS Margaret Fothergill b Limehouse London 21 October 1817 d 28 Abingdon Villas Kensington | 230 |
FEDOR Guglielmo MATWEITSCH DE BECKER Wilhelm Ferdinand b ?Russia c 1823 d Eltham Kent 15 October 1870 | 237 |
FIORENTINI CLAUDINA WILLIAMS Florentina Claudina b Seville c 1828 d ?1889 | 241 |
FRAZER FRICKER John James b St James Westminster London c1805 d Philadelphia 18 June 1863 | 249 |
FRIEDLÄNDER Thekla b Leipzig c 1845 d Leipzig unknown | 257 |
GAVEAUXSABATIER née BÉNAZET Émilie b Paris c 1821 d 24 rue de Richier Paris 12 October 1896 | 260 |
GORDOSA BOTIBOL Fanny b Soho Square London 7 August 1827 d Netherne Asylum Merstham Surrey 21 February 1910 | 265 |
GOULD Wildman Gould Julia b Strand London 28 August ?1819 d Kinamundy Illinois 29 January 1894 | 271 |
GREENFIELD Taylor Elizabeth b USA ?1819 d Philadelphia 31 March 1876 | 276 |
GUILMETTE Charles Alexander b ?Dumfries Scotland 20 March ?1823 d 1342 Washington Square Boston 18 June 1880 | 279 |
HALL née BROWN Edna b Woodstock Vermont 21 December 1839 d 246 Dartmouth Street Boston 3 December 1896 | 286 |
HARRIS Laura b New York c 1846 d 3 Emmanuel Avenue Acton London 19 July 1917 | 290 |
HIRLEMANN Adelina b c 1853 d London February 1886 | 297 |
HÖLZEL Gustav b Pest 2 September 1813 d Vienna 3 December 1883 | 299 |
HORTON Priscilla Mrs German Reed b Birmingham 1 January 1818 d Bexley Heath Kent 18 March 1895 | 304 |
JONES ELIZA JONES MRS C b Edmonton Middlesex 29 November 1789 d York Town Surrey 28 February 1866 | 318 |
KENNETH Susan b London c 1830 d unknown | 321 |
LANCIA Florence MORRIS Laura Florence Mary Agnes b 12 Walnut Tree Walk Lambeth London 20 March 1840 d 8 | 330 |
LAURENCE Alberto MARSHALL James b Cuckfield Sussex 16 May 1824 d unknown | 347 |
LIEBHART Luise Lujza Louise b Sopron Ödenburg Hungary 31 July 1828 d 67 Warwick Road Maida Vale London | 351 |
LOCKEY Charles b Thatcham Berkshire 23 March 1820 d Hastings Sussex 3 December 1901 | 361 |
NIKITA NICHOLSON Margaret Louise Putnam b Washington DC 18 August 1872 d unknown | 419 |
NOUVER ELIZABETH PEARSON Elizabeth b Newton Heath Manchester c 1846 d 9 Lichfield Gardens Richmond | 425 |
OSGOOD née Hill Aline b Somerville Massachusetts 27 March 1845 d Philadelphia 8 November 1911 | 428 |
PACKARD Frederic b North Bridgewater Massachusetts 10 August 1842 d 112 East 18th Street New York 16 May 1901 | 433 |
PALMIERI Maria ALFIERI Maria CROFT Mary Anne b Mount Row Lambeth London 23 May 1835 d Milton Chambers | 436 |
PARRY John b Soho London 3 January 1810 d Pembroke Lodge East Molesey Surrey 20 February 1879 | 443 |
PATON Mary Ann WOOD Mrs b Edinburgh ?23 October 1802 d Bullcliffe Hall Bretton West Yorkshire 21 July 1864 | 459 |
PAUL Mrs Howard Miss Featherstone HILL Isabelle Jane b Newton Street Holborn London 1 April 1833 d 17 The | 480 |
PEARCE Emma b Caldwell Court St Pancras London 9 August 1816 d 56 Harrow Road Paddington London 3 May 1892 | 498 |
PENCO Rosina b Naples 8 April 1823 d La Poretta Italy 2 November 1894 | 501 |
PHILLIPS Henry b Bristol 13 August ?1801 d Dalston London 8 November 1876 | 507 |
PICCOLOMINI Marietta PICCOLOMINI CLEMENTINI Maria Teresa Violante b Siena 5 March 1834 d Poggio Imperiale | 536 |
PISCHEK Johann Baptist PIŠEK Jan Krtitel b Mšeno Bohemia 14 October 1814 d Sigmaringen Württemberg Germany | 543 |
POOLE Elizabeth b Adam Street Manchester Square Marylebone London 5 April 1820 d Langley Buckinghamshire | 550 |
PYNE Louisa b St Pancras London 27 August 1827 d 85 Cambridge Gardens North Kensington London 20 March 1904 | 562 |
ROBINSON George b Northampton c1799 d Pentonville London 11 December 1857 | 580 |
ROUSBEY Arthur HUNTRESS James b South Shields Northumberland 1851 d at sea 29 October 1899 | 583 |
RUBINI Fanny Jervis JERVIS Fanny b Lucca Italy c1847 d ShorehambySea Sussex 30 December 1915 | 586 |
RUDERSDORFF Hermine b Bezirk Kursk Ivanovskoie Crimea 12 December ?1822 d Hotel Lagrange Boston | 590 |
SAPIO Antonio | 601 |
SAROLTA Mademoiselle AGGTELEKI BUJANOVICS Sarolta Gizela Maria Anna Eva Belvárosi Pest ?20 January 1839 | 606 |
SCOVEL SCOVELL Edward b Detroit 6 May 1846 d Hotel Savoia Corso Italia Bordighera Italy 31 December 1945 | 609 |
SESSI Mathilde ALEXANDER Mathilde Gabriele b Vienna 23 May 1846 d NiederIngelheim am Rhein Germany | 612 |
SHAW Mrs Alfred POSTANS Mary b Lee Kent bap 14 August 1814 d Hadleigh Hall Suffolk 9 September 1876 | 615 |
SHIRREFF Jane b London 15 January 1808 d London 23 December 1883 | 622 |
SINICO MARINI Clarice b Ascoli Piceno Italy 4 May 1838 d Lambeth London 23 June 1909 | 626 |
STAUDIGL Joseph b Wöllersdorf Austria 14 April 1807 d Vienna 28 March 1861 | 641 |
SUSINI Agostino b Florence 6 January 1823 d 108 Lambeth Road London 24 November 1883 | 654 |
SUTTON née FANTONI Emily b ?New Orleans ?15 March 1814 d Italy ? | 658 |
THALBERG Zare MACKENZIE or THALBERG Nazzarena b New York 16 April 1858 d Naples 11 January 1921 | 662 |
THOMAS Lewis b Bath 19 April 1826 d Harrington Square London 12 June 1896 | 670 |
TONNELLIER Annie MILNER Ann b Scholes nr Cleckheaton Yorkshire 3 April 1835 d 13 Queens Square Leeds | 675 |
TORRIANI Ostava TORNQUIST ? Sophia Ostava b Hamburg c 1845 d Milan c 1916 | 682 |
TREMAINE Annie BEAUMONT Ada AMADI Madame CRILMAN or CREELMAN Anne b Woolwich Cadet Barracks London | 692 |
TURNER James William b SuttoninAshfield Nottinghamshire 5 June 1842 d The Croft Yardley Worcestershire | 695 |
URIO Michele IALOMITEANU Mihai | 700 |
VANERI COLMACHE Pauline b Somerset Street Portman Square London 23 September 1833 d 5 Acol Road West | 705 |
VINNING Louisa b Kingsbridge Devon 10 November 1835 d 19 Inverness Terrace Paddington London 26 March 1904 | 716 |
VITELLI Giovanni WHITTLE John b Spitalfields Market London bap 14 August 1825 d in the street Richmond Victoria | 728 |
WHITWORTH Henry JONES Henry Whitworth b Stapleton House Stapleton Gloucestershire 24 September 1817 d 1 | 732 |
YORKE JONES Josephine b Cincinnati 7 March 1850 d Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor Chicago 2 March 1931 | 744 |
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