Felicita Casella née Lacombe (c. 1820–after 1865) was an Italian singer and composer of French birth. She was born at Bourges, the sister of Louis Lacombe. Before 1849 she married Italian cellist and composer Cesare Casella and moved with him to Oporto.[1]
Her opera Haydée was performed in Oporto in 1849 and again at the Teatro Dona Maria in Lisbon in 1853, where Casella sang in the principal role. Her next opera Cristoforo Colombo was performed in 1865 at the Théâtre Impérial in Nice.[2][3]
Works edit
Casella composed two operas and other works including romances and pieces for voice and piano. Selected works include:
- Haydée, Portuguese opera (also Haidée, libretto by Luiz Felipe Leite after Alexandre Dumas’ Le Comte de Monte Cristo) 1849
- Cristoforo Colombo, opera (libretto by Felice Romani) 1865
- Marcia funebre (for Maria II) for piano
- Ave verum for voice and piano[2]
References edit
- ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Casella Felicita (Lacombe Felicita". Archived from the original on 14 November 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1981). International encyclopedia of women composers.
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