How to Pronounce Carlotta Marchisio
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Dec 08, 1835 Turin, Piedmont, Italy Died on 28 Jun 1872 (aged 36)
Italian singer
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About Carlotta Marchisio
- Carlotta Marchisio (8 December 1835 – 28 June 1872) was an Italian operatic soprano and one of Rossini's favorite singers.
- Her voice was noted for its agility and beautiful timbre. She was born in Turin into a family of musicians.
- Her elder sister, Barbara Marchisio was a noted contralto and their brother Antonino was a composer.
- Both Carlotta and Barbara Marchisio trained as singers in Turin with Carlotta Marchionni.
- Carlotta made her debut as Adalgisa in Bellini's Norma at the Teatro Real in Madrid in March 1857.
- She frequently appeared with her sister Barbara, singing leading soprano and contralto roles in Paris (at the Théâtre-Italien) as well as in Brussels, Berlin, Moscow, St Petersburg, and various theatres in Great Britain.
- In 1861, she married the Austrian bass Eugen Kuhn, who performed under the name Eugenio Cosselli.
- She died in childbirth at the age of 36 in her native city.
