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Maria Malibran
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Spanish opera singer and composer
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Maria Malibran, born María-Felicia García Sitches on 24 March 1808 in Paris, was a French opera singer, composer, and actor associated with the movement of Romanticism. A soprano and mezzo-soprano known by the pseudonym La Malibran, she was the daughter of Manuel García and the sibling of Manuel García and Pauline Viardot. She married Charles Auguste de Bériot and died in an accident on 23 September 1836 in Manchester; she was buried at Laeken Cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Memoirs and Letters; Volume 1
- Album Lyrique and Dernieres Pensees (Women Composers Series)
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Italy
- Active from
- 1808
- Active to
- 1836
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 296
- Total plays
- 929
Tags
The mezzo-soprano (although she commonly sang soprano parts) Maria Malibran (March 24, 1808 – September 23, 1836), was one of the most famous opera singers of the 19th century. Malibran was known for her stormy personality and dramatic intensity, becoming a legendary figure after her death at age 28. Contemporary accounts of her voice describe its range, power and flexibility as extraordinary. Malibran was born in Paris as María Felicia García Sitches into a famous Spanish musical family. <a hr
Recent publications · Crossref
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Key facts
- Born
- María Felicitas García Sitches , ( 1808-03-24 ) 24 March 1808, Paris, France
- Died
- 23 September 1836 (1836-09-23) (aged 28), Manchester , England
- Occupation
- Opera singer
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Manchester
- Father
- Manuel García
- Mother
- Joaquina Sitchez
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Languages spoken
- French
- Student of
- Manuel García
- Genre
- opera
- Movement
- Romanticism
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- (Gaillac) Maria Malibran - Firmin Salabert - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gaillac.jpg
- Voice type
- soprano
Show 11 more facts
- Commons category
- Maria Malibran
- date of birth
- 1808-03-24
- date of death
- 1836-09-23
- pseudonym
- La Malibran
- manner of death
- accidental death
- birth name
- María-Felicia García Sitches
- Commons gallery
- Maria Malibran
- name in native language
- Maria Malibrán
- place of burial
- Laeken Cemetery
- P8168
- valuation of options
- different from
- María García
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Maria Malibran, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
~14 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Maria Felicia Malibran ( Spanish pronunciation: [maˈɾia feˈliθja maliˈβɾan]; 24 March 1808 – 23 September 1836) was a Spanish singer who commonly sang both contralto and soprano parts, and was one of the best-known opera singers of the 19th century. Malibran was known for her stormy personality and dramatic intensity, becoming a legendary figure after her death in Manchester, England, at age 28. Contemporary accounts of her voice describe its range, power and flexibility as extraordinary.
Early life
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