Anna de La Grange [SEP] voice type
Anna de La Grange
Anna de La Grange de Stankowitch (1825–1905) was a French coloratura soprano. She was one of the most noted opera singers of the nineteenth century, a protégée of Rossini and Meyerbeer, and played Violetta in the American premiere of Verdi's "La Traviata" in New York in 1856. She was also a composer in her own right.
Anna de La Grange and Mathilde Marchesi in Paris. Composer Charles Gounod wrote that she “possesses a charming voice, charming execution and a charming nature.” She played Marguerite in his "Faust" and Juliette in his "Roméo et Juliette".
She also worked with Sir Augustus Harris in London. Her first appearance in London was as Micaëla, A Village Maiden, in Carmen at Covent Garden (1890). She then worked for D’Oyly at the Savoy Theatre with Thomas Thorne to replace Esther Palliser as Gianetta,