Nancy Storace [SEP] voice type
Nancy Storace
Anna (or Ann) Selina Storace, known as Nancy Storace (; 27 October 176524 August 1817), was an English operatic soprano. The role of Susanna in Mozart's "Le nozze di Figaro" was written for and first performed by her.
Born in London, her singing career as a child prodigy began in England by the age of 12. This led to further study in Italy and to a successful singing career there during the late 1770s. While in Monza (or shortly before in Milan
For example, when Salieri was appointed Kapellmeister in 1788, he chose to revive "Figaro" instead of introducing a new opera of his own, and when he attended the coronation festivities for Leopold II in 1790, Salieri had no fewer than three Mozart masses in his luggage. Salieri and Mozart even jointly composed a cantata for voice and piano, called "Per la ricuperata salute di Ofelia", which celebrated the return to stage of the singer Nancy Storace. This work, although it had been printed by Artaria in 1785