Rosa Mariani

Rosa Mariani (1799-?), was an Italian coloratura contralto opera singer who debuted in Cremona, Italy in 1818.[1]

She played Isaura in the 1820 premiere of Giacomo Meyerbeer's Margherita d'Anjou (in La Scala)[2] and in 1823 performed the role of Arsace in the premiere of Rossini's Semiramide at the Teatro La Fenice opera house in Venice.[1] She was the older sister of bass Luciano Mariani, who played Oreo in the original production of Semiramide, and with whom she toured Italy.[1] In 1832, the siblings performed in London's King's Theatre.[1] (As announced by theater proprietor Thomas Monck Mason at the time.[3])

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Forbes, Elizabeth, "Mariani, Luciano" and "Mariani, Rosa" in Laura Williams Lacy (ed.), The Grove Book of Opera Singers, Oxford University Press US, 2008, p. 304. ISBN 0-19-533765-4
  2. ↑ Naomi André (2007), "Women's roles in Meyerbeer's operas: How Italian heroines are reflected in French grand opera", in Victoria Johnson; Jane F. Fulcher; Thomas Ertman, Opera and Society in Italy and France from Monteverdi to Bourdieu, Cambridge University Press, doi:10.1017/CBO9780511481734.007
  3. ↑ The Ladies' Museum, New and Improved Series, vol III, January-June 1832, London: Simpkin and Marshall's, Stationers Court; G.G. Bennis, Paris. P. 91.



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