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See also: British See also: opera-See also: singer, was See also: born in See also: London, her See also: father being a See also: German musician named Weichsel, and her See also: mother a popular vocalist
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She was trained in See also: music, and at fourteen sang at a concert in See also: Oxford
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In 1783 'she married See also: James
See also: Billington, a See also: double-See also: bass player
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She had a See also: voice of unusual compass, and as Rosetta in Love in a See also: Village she had a See also: great success at Covent Garden in 1786, being engaged for the season at a See also: salary of £1000, a large sum for those days
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Her position as a singer in London was now assured
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In 1794 she and her See also: husband went to See also: Italy, and Mrs Billington appeared at Naples (where she was the heroine of a new opera, Inez di Castro, written for her by F
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Bianchi), at Florence, at Venice and at Milan
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Her husband died suddenly during the tour, and in 1799 she married a Frenchman named Felissent, whom, how-ever, she See also: left in 18o1
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Returning to See also: England she appeared alternately at Covent Garden and See also: Drury Lane, her professional income during 18o1 amounting to between £1o,000 and £15,000
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Henceforward she sang in See also: Italian opera till the end of 18io,
when See also: ill-See also: health forced her to abandon her profession
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In 1817
she was reconciled to her husband, and went with him to live near Venice, where she died on the 25th of See also: August 1818
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