Lucietta Affabili
Barbara Lucietta Fricemelica Affabili , also Barbara Lucietta Fricemelica Westenholz-Affabili (* 1725 in Venice , † September 20, 1776 in Schwerin ) was an Italian opera singer ( soprano ).
Life
Affabili, who was a celebrated soprano in Italy , came to Northern Germany around 1755. There she became a member of an Italian opera company that staged operas on the stages of the Hanseatic cities . In 1765 she also appeared as a guest in Hamburg and Lübeck . There the clarity and range of her voice was particularly praised.
Affabili married the tenor singer , composer and later conductor Carl August Friedrich Westenholz around 1765 and then became a court singer in Mecklenburg-Schwerin at the court of Ludwigslust .
literature
- Heinrich Welti: Westenholz Affabili . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 42, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1897, p. 173.
- Ernst Ludwig Gerber : Historical and Biographical Dictionary of Musicians I . Leipzig 1790, column 14 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Carl Friedrich Cramer : magazine of the music I . Hamburg 1783, p. 977 f. ( Text archive - Internet Archive ).
- Josef Sittard: History of music and concerts in Hamburg: from the 14th century to the present . Altona and Leipzig 1890, p. 156 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Remarks
- ↑ a b Westenholz, Karl August Friedrich. In: Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . 4th edition. Volume 7: Suvanny – Zysset. Saur, Munich 2003, ISBN 978-3-598-44088-5 , p. 5026 (accessed online from De Gruyter ).
- ↑ Heinrich Welti: Westenholz Affabili . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 42, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1897, p. 173.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Affabili, Lucietta |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Affabili, Barbara Lucietta Fricemelica (full name); Westenholz-Affabili, Barbara Lucietta Fricemelica (married name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian opera singer (soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1725 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Venice |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 20, 1776 |
| Place of death | Schwerin |