Angelica Catalani

Angelica Catalani (1779-1840) was a celebrated Italian singer and prima donna, born near Ancona. She began her career in Rome with such success that it led to engagements over all the chief cities of Europe, the enthusiasm which followed her reaching its climax when she came to England, where, on her first visit, she stayed eight years. By the failure of an enterprise in Paris she lost her fortune, but soon repaired it by revisiting the capitals of Europe. She died of cholera in Paris.

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