Francesca Bertolli
Francesca Bertolli (* around 1710 in Rome ; † January 9, 1767 in Bologna ) was an Italian opera singer ( alto ).
Life
She is primarily known for her collaboration with Georg Friedrich Handel , for whom she sang in numerous operas and oratorios in London between 1729 and 1733 and between 1737 and 1740 .
She moved to the competing Opera of the Nobility in 1733 , but returned to Handel in 1737. Between 1740 and 1742 she sang in Turin , Vicenza , Venice and Genoa . After their wedding, she ended her stage career and settled in Bologna.
literature
- Francesco Lora: Francesca Bertolli in: Landgraf, Annette and Vickers, David: The Cambridge Handel Encyclopedia , Cambridge University Press 2009, ISBN 978-0521881920 , p. 96
- Bertolli, Francesca . In: Large song dictionary . 2000, pp. 1953f.
- Winton Dean: Bertolli, Francesca . In: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera . London: Macmillan, 1997, Volume 1, pp. 41f.
Web links
- Francesca Bertolli at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bertolli, Francesca |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian opera singer (alto) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1710 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 9, 1767 |
| Place of death | Bologna |