Eleonora Grossi

Eleonora Grossi was an Italian mezzo-soprano who created Amneris in Aida at the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo in 1871Ernest Reyer (n.d.) Grossi Eleonora. (Accessed: 15 October 2026).Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Grossi, Eleonora', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, p. 272.. Born in NaplesWikipedia (2026) Eleonora Grossi. (Accessed: 15 October 2026). The Italian article., she studied at the conservatory there under MercadanteRescigno, E. (2001) 'Grossi, Eleonora', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, p. 272. and made her debut at Messina as CenerentolaErnest Reyer (n.d.) Grossi Eleonora. (Accessed: 15 October 2026).. She sang at the San Carlo from 1860 to 1862, then in Palermo, Barcelona, London and Madrid, and from 1865 to 1868 at the Théâtre-Italien in ParisErnest Reyer (n.d.) Grossi Eleonora. (Accessed: 15 October 2026)., where a critic heard beneath her soprano "a contralto finer still"d'Ortigue, J. (1865) 'Théâtre-Italien', Journal des Débats, 8 November, pp. 1-2. (Accessed: 15 October 2026).. After Covent Garden she sang in Cairo from the opening of its opera house in 1869The Record Collector (n.d.) Charles Santley Chronology and Reviews. (Accessed: 21 October 2026).Ernest Reyer (n.d.) Grossi Eleonora. (Accessed: 15 October 2026).Covent Garden from May to July 1869, in the Santley chronology; Cairo from the opening of its opera house later that year, in Reyer.. She died in Naples in 1879Ernest Reyer (n.d.) Grossi Eleonora. (Accessed: 15 October 2026)..