According to Casaglia, Alboni performed, instead, a would-be role of Eudossia, which is not even stated by the original libretto among the other characters of this opera.

Alboni avoided rehearsing to save her voice, which remained beautiful well into her middle age. Because of the paucity of contralto parts, she also sang soprano roles and even male roles, such as the title …

Dec 29, 2020 · She made her first appearance at La Scala, Milan, 1843, in the part of Maffio Orsini. In spite of her inexperience, her voice and method were brilliant enough to captivate the public. In the …

On Oct. 3, 1842, she made her operatic debut as Climene in Pacini’s Saffo in Bologna. On Dec. 30, 1842, she made her first appearance at Milan’s La Scala in Rossini’s Assedio de Corinto. In 1843 …

While a student at Bologna, Alboni came to the attention of Rossini, later instructed her in the main contralto roles in his operas. In 1842 she made her debut as Climene in Giovanni Pacini's Saffo at …

At La Scala in Milan she performed in Rossini's "Le siège de Corinthe" in December 1842. Between 1843 and 1846 she toured in Austria, Russia, Germany and Eatern Europe.

She made her debut at La Scala, in Milan, in 1843, in Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia and afterwards sang all over Europe with the greatest success. In the spring of 1847, she went to London and appeared at …