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Teresa Belloc-Giorgi
Maria Teresa Belloc-Giorgi (Bellochi; Giorgi-Belloc; née Maria Teresa Ottavia Faustina Trombetta) (2 July 1784 – 13 May 1855) was an Italian contralto.
Life.
Maria Teresa Trombetta was born in San Benigno Canavese, and made her début in 1801 at Turin. She followed her debut with engagements in Parma and Trieste, and in 1803 appeared in Paris in the title roles of Giovanni Paisiello's "Nina" and Ferdinando Paer's "Griselda".
In 1804
Fedra (Mayr)
Fedra is an opera ("melodramma serio") in two acts composed by Simon Mayr to an Italian-language libretto by Luigi Romanelli based on Racine's play "Phèdre".
It premiered on 26 December 1820 at La Scala in Milan with Teresa Belloc-Giorgi in the title role. The German premiere of the opera took place at the Staatstheater Braunschweig on 30 March 2008, 188 years after its first performance.
External links.
- Complete libretto (published in Milan 1821;