Isabella Lampe [SEP] voice type
Isabella Lampe
Isabella Lampe (also Isabella Young) (December 1715, London – 5 January 1795, London) was an English operatic soprano and the wife of composer John Frederick Lampe. She sang primarily in works by her husband and was part of a well-known English family of musicians, the Young family, that included several professional singers and organists during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Biography.
Born with the name Isabella Young sometime during December 1715 in the Covent Garden area of London, she was baptised
north-east of the church behind the Fettes vault.
Works.
- "The Cuckoo Concerto"
- "Cupid and Psyche" or the "Columbine Courtezan"
- "The Dragon of Wantley"
- "Hymns on the Great Festivals and other Occasions"
- "The Perfections of True Love"
- "Pyramus and Thisbe"
Family.
His wife, Isabella Lampe, was sister-in-law to the composer Thomas Arne with whom Lampe collaborated on a number of concert