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Anna Davia (16 October 1743 – 1810), was an Italian opera singer.
Born to Osvaldo and Maddalena da Via and married to the merchant Giovanni Bernucci in Genua. She became a singer after the bankruptcy of her spouse.
In 1761, she debuted in the
Anna Davia (16 October 1743 – 1810), was an Italian opera singer.
Born to Osvaldo and Maddalena da Via and married to the merchant Giovanni Bernucci in Genua. She became a singer after the bankruptcy of her spouse.
In 1761, she debuted in the Italian Opera
Italian opera is both the art of opera in Italy and opera in the Italian language. Opera was in Italy around the year 1600 and Italian opera has continued to play a dominant role in the history of the form until the present day. Many famous ope ...
in Amsterdam, where she became a star. In 1777, she sang in Warsaw, and between 1779 and 1785, she was a celebrated prima donna in Saint Petersburg in Russia, where she achieved widespread fame and was given a contract worth a salary of 2800 roubles by Catherine the Great
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She left Russia for Italy in 1785 and retired in 1803.
References
* Bronvermelding: Anna de Haas, Davia, Anna, in: Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland. URL: http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/Davia 3/01/2014 {{DEFAULTSORT:Davia, Anna 1743 births 1810 deaths 18th-century Italian women opera singers Women singers from the Russian Empire People from Pieve di Cadore