Christina Maria Avoglio

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Christina Maria Avoglio , b. Graumann, Croumann (?) Or Gronemann (also: Avolio or Avolia ; * in Mainz or Frankfurt (?); Proven from 1727 to 1746) was an opera and oratorio singer ( soprano ) of the late Baroque , who was primarily known for her participation in works by Georg Friedrich Handel is known.

" Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion " from Handel's Messiah , originally sung by Avoglio (here: Margaret Ritchie 1953)

Life

Almost nothing is known about her origins, and various sources contain contradicting information: she is sometimes referred to as an Italian singer. According to Kutsch-Riemann and Winton Dean , she may have been born in Mainz or Frankfurt, under the name Crouman or Graumann. According Thijsse and quickly they belonged to a Westphalian - Dutch family of musicians called Gronemann and was a sister of the violin ists, organist and bell ringer 's Albertus Gronemann (1711-1778) and the music publisher 's Johann Frederik Gronemann (1708-1781). She apparently acquired her sonorous Italian surname through marriage to the musician Giuseppe Avoglio.

It was first recorded in Brussels between 1727 and 1728 , in the opera company of Peruzzi. There she appeared as "Cristina Groneman Avolio" in an opera Archelao (by Caldara  ?).

In 1729 she appeared under the name "Mme Avogli" at the Hamburg Opera on Gänsemarkt , in the roles of Cleopatra in Handel's Giulio Cesare and Rodelinda in Georg Philipp Telemann's Flavius ​​Bertaridus . In the same year she and her husband went to Kassel at the court of Friedrich I , Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, under Fortunato Chelleri .

1730–1731 she was then in Prague at the theater of Count Sporck . There she sang in the operas Penelope la casta (composer unknown) and Griselda (by Giovanni Bononcini  ?).

The Avoglio couple lived in Russia in the following years until 1738 , where they worked at the court of Tsarina Anna Ivanovna in St. Petersburg and Moscow .

From 1739 the Avoglio was in London , where she was also called " La Moscovita " because of her stay in Russia .
Handel took her on his tour of Ireland to Dublin , where she sang the soprano solo in the first performance of the Messiah on April 13, 1742, and also soprano roles in the (revivals of) oratorios Esther , Saul and in L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato , as well as in some operas. As early as December 1741, the composer had reported to his friend Jennens that the “Sigra. Avoglio "pleased the audience extraordinarily (" ... pleases extraordinarily ").
The Avoglio 1743 was also part of the ensemble for the London premiere of the Messiah at Covent Garden Opera . In the world premiere of Samson on February 18, she sang a. a. the famous aria "Let the bright seraphim", and also participated in several performances of The Alexanderfest . In 1744 she was the first Iris in Handel's Semele , next to Élisabeth Duparc in the title role.

In the same year she also appeared at the Drury Lane Theater as Hecate in Samuel Howard's pantomime The Amorous Goddess . After a concert in June 1746 in the Salisbury Assembly Rooms, her trace is lost.

The place and date of her death are unknown.

literature

  • Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, Edward A. Langhans: Avoglio, Christina Maria , in: A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660–1800 , Vol. 1 ( Abaco to Belfille), SIU Press, 1973, p. 181, online as a Google Book (English; accessed on July 3, 2020)
  • Wilhelmus Hermanus Thijsse, Rudolf Rasch: Gronemann, Albertus, origin. Johann Albert Heinrich Gronemann , in: MGG online (accessed on July 3, 2020)
  • Winton Dean & Daniel E. Freeman: Avoglio (Avolio); née Croumann or Graumann, Christina Maria , in: Oxford Music online (English; viewed July 3, 2020)
  • Karl-Josef Kutsch, Leo Riemens: Avoglio, Christina Maria , in: Großes Sängerlexikon , Vol. 4, 4th edition, KG Saur, Munich, 2003 (Walter De Gruyter, 2012), p. 183, in excerpts as a Google Book (Accessed July 3, 2020)

Web link

  • Christina Maria Avoglio, dite la Moscovita , on the Quell'Usignolo website , with a list of CD recordings (French; accessed June 30, 2020)

Individual proof

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Karl-Josef Kutsch, Leo Riemens: Avoglio, Christina Maria , in: Großes Sängerlexikon , Vol. 4, 4th edition, KG Saur, Munich, 2003 (2012), p . 183, in excerpts as a Google Book (accessed July 3, 2020)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Winton Dean & Daniel E. Freeman: Avoglio (Avolio); née Croumann or Graumann, Christina Maria , in: Oxford Music online (English; viewed July 3, 2020)
  3. ↑ a b Wilhelmus Hermanus Thijsse, Rudolf Rasch: Gronemann, Albertus, origin. Johann Albert Heinrich Gronemann , in: MGG online (accessed on July 3, 2020)
  4. ^ A b Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, Edward A. Langhans: Avoglio, Christina Maria , in: A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800 , Vol . 1 (Abaco to Belfille), SIU Press, 1973, p. 181, online as a Google Book (English; accessed on July 3, 2020)
  5. ^ Archelao (Antonio Caldara) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna .
  6. ^ Penelope la casta (Anonimo) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna .
  7. ^ La Griselda (Anonimo) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna .
personal data
SURNAME Avoglio, Christina Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Avolio, Christina Maria; Avolia, Christina Maria; Cristina Groneman Avolio; Mme Avogli; La Moscovita
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Opera singer (soprano), Handel interpreter
DATE OF BIRTH 18th century
DATE OF DEATH 18th century