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Luigia Abbadia

1821Forbes, E. (1992) 'Abbadia, Luigia', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, pp. 1-2.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Abbadia, Luigia', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 1-2.Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Abbadia, Luigia', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, p. 19.Wikipedia (2026) Luigia Abbadia. (Accessed: 30 September 2026).–1896Forbes, E. (1992) 'Abbadia, Luigia', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, pp. 1-2.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Abbadia, Luigia', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 1-2.Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Abbadia, Luigia', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, p. 19.Wikipedia (2026) Luigia Abbadia. (Accessed: 30 September 2026). · Italian · mezzo-sopranoForbes, E. (1992) 'Abbadia, Luigia', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, pp. 1-2.Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Abbadia, Luigia', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, p. 19.Wikipedia (2026) Luigia Abbadia. (Accessed: 30 September 2026).

Birthplace: Genoa, Kingdom of SardiniaForbes, E. (1992) 'Abbadia, Luigia', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, pp. 1-2.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Abbadia, Luigia', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 1-2.Wikipedia (2026) Luigia Abbadia. (Accessed: 30 September 2026).

Luigia Abbadia was an Italian mezzo-soprano who created Giulietta in Verdi's Un giorno di regno at La Scala in 1840Forbes, E. (1992) 'Abbadia, Luigia', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, pp. 1-2.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Abbadia, Luigia', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 1-2.Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Abbadia, Luigia', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, p. 19.Wikipedia (2026) Luigia Abbadia. (Accessed: 30 September 2026).. She studied with her father, the composer and teacher Natale Abbadia, and made her debut at Sassari in 1836Forbes, E. (1992) 'Abbadia, Luigia', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, pp. 1-2.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Abbadia, Luigia', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 1-2.Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Abbadia, Luigia', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, p. 19.Wikipedia (2026) Luigia Abbadia. (Accessed: 30 September 2026).. In Vienna she sang Corilla in Donizetti's Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatraliForbes, E. (1992) 'Abbadia, Luigia', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, pp. 1-2.Wikipedia (2026) Luigia Abbadia. (Accessed: 30 September 2026)., and at La Scala she also created Ines in his Maria Padilla in 1841Forbes, E. (1992) 'Abbadia, Luigia', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, pp. 1-2.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Abbadia, Luigia', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 1-2.Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Abbadia, Luigia', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, p. 19.Wikipedia (2026) Luigia Abbadia. (Accessed: 30 September 2026).. An unusually wide range took her into soprano partsWikipedia (2026) Luigia Abbadia. (Accessed: 30 September 2026).: her roles included Marie in La fille du régiment, Elvira in Ernani and Pacini's SapphoForbes, E. (1992) 'Abbadia, Luigia', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, pp. 1-2.Wikipedia (2026) Luigia Abbadia. (Accessed: 30 September 2026).. She later taught in MilanForbes, E. (1992) 'Abbadia, Luigia', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, pp. 1-2.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Abbadia, Luigia', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 1-2.Wikipedia (2026) Luigia Abbadia. (Accessed: 30 September 2026)., Giuseppina Pasqua among her pupilsKutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Abbadia, Luigia', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 1-2.Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Abbadia, Luigia', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, p. 19.Wikipedia (2026) Luigia Abbadia. (Accessed: 30 September 2026)..

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