Victoria Sessi

Victoria Sessi (also: Vittoria ; * 1788 in Rome [Kutsch-Riemens: 1796 in Vienna]; †?) Was an Italian opera singer with a soprano voice .

Life

Victoria Sessi was one of five daughters of the singer Giovanni Sessi. She made her debut at the Vienna Court Theater in 1804 as Vitellia in Mozart's opera Titus . She sang 16 performances with Antonio Brizzi , who took on the title role of Titus. On November 15 of the same year she sang one of the leading roles in the world premiere of the oratorio Athalia by Georg Joseph Vogler in one of the redoutes halls of the Vienna Hofburg . In the opera season 1810/11 she appeared at the Vienna Court Opera . In 1821 she gave a concert with her niece Eugenie. After her marriage to a Mr. Alexander she renounced the stage. Their daughter (first name unknown, * around 1830) became a court opera singer in Berlin . Vittoria Sessi's granddaughter Mathilde Sessi (* 1846 in Vienna), the daughter of her son Achilles Alexander (Sessi), was also an opera singer with a soprano voice.

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Biographical Lexicon of the Austrian Empire: containing the life sketches of the memorable people who lived in the imperial state and its crown lands from 1750 to 1850. Zamarski, Vienna 1856-1891, p. 157 ( full text in the Google book search)
Ludwig Eisenberg : Victoria Sessi . In: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 963 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
Ladies Conversations Lexicon . Volume 5. Leipzig 1856 ( full text in the Google book search)

Web links

Austrian music lexicon online
Victoria Sessi in the Carl Maria von Weber Complete Edition
List of appearances in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Volume 4. Walter de Gruyter, 2012, p. 4365 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
↑ Gerhard Robert Walther von Coeckelberghe-Dützele: Curiösitäten- and memorabilia-lexicon of Vienna. 1846, p. 333 ( full text in the Google book search).
^ Newspaper for the elegant world. Inserts: the newspaper's intelligence sheet for the elegant world. Volume 4. Voss, 1804, p. 524 ( full text in the Google book search).
^ Mozart yearbook. 1986, p. 28 ( limited preview in Google book search).
^ Kurpfalzbairische Staats-Zeitung in Munich. Sixth volume, February 7, 1805, p. 131 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
↑ The collector. An entertainment sheet. Volume 13. Strauss, September 18, 1821, p. 448 ( full text in the Google book search).
↑ Neue Berliner Musikzeitung . Bote & Bock, 1871, p. 45 ( full text in the Google book search).

personal data
SURNAME	Sessi, Victoria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sessi, Vittoria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian opera singer with a soprano voice
DATE OF BIRTH	1788 or 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rome or Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	19th century

[Saengerlexikon-1] Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Volume 4. Walter de Gruyter, 2012, p. 4365 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

[2] Gerhard Robert Walther von Coeckelberghe-Dützele: Curiösitäten- and memorabilia-lexicon of Vienna. 1846, p. 333 ( full text in the Google book search).

[3] Newspaper for the elegant world. Inserts: the newspaper's intelligence sheet for the elegant world. Volume 4. Voss, 1804, p. 524 ( full text in the Google book search).

[4] Mozart yearbook. 1986, p. 28 ( limited preview in Google book search).

[5] Kurpfalzbairische Staats-Zeitung in Munich. Sixth volume, February 7, 1805, p. 131 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[6] The collector. An entertainment sheet. Volume 13. Strauss, September 18, 1821, p. 448 ( full text in the Google book search).

[7] Neue Berliner Musikzeitung . Bote & Bock, 1871, p. 45 ( full text in the Google book search).