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See also:ANGELICA See also:CATALANI (1780-1849)
, See also:Italian See also:opera-See also:singer, daughter of a tradesman at Sinigaglia, was educated at the See also:convent of See also:Santa See also:Lucia at See also:Gubbio, where her magnificent See also:soprano See also:voice, of extraordinary See also:compass and purity, soon became famous
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In 1795 she made her debut on the See also:stage at See also:Venice, and from that moment every impresario in See also:Europe was anxious to engage her
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For nearly See also:thirty years she sang at all the See also:great houses, receiving very large fees; her first See also:appearance in See also:London being at the See also: |
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