Giovanna Sestini [SEP] voice type
Giovanna Sestini
Giovanna Sestini (6 April 1749 – 14 July 1814) was a soprano opera singer who performed in her native Italy, in Portugal, and from 1774 in London, where she lived for the rest of her life. For many years she was the popular "prima buffa" (or first woman) in comic opera at the King's Theatre in the Haymarket. In her later years, she was known by her married name, Joanna Stocqueler.
Biography.
Biography Youth.
Giovanna Sestini was baptised
soloist at the Haymarket where she was supported by Margaret Martyr, Giovanna Sestini and Mrs Kennedy, although it was said that they never found a male singer of the same quality of voice and appearance to sing with her.
Bannister married Charles Bannister's son John Bannister on 26 January 1783 who was a skilled and successful actor. Her new husband was concerned about the rise of John Philip Kemble as a competitor and his Elizabeth taught John to sing to help him compete. They had four daughters and his wife retired in 1792