Vincenza Marchesi

A mezzo-soprano of the Rome theatres for nearly twenty years, from the Teatro Valle in 1835 to the Teatro Apollo in 1852. She created Imelda in La battaglia di Legnano at the Teatro Argentina in January 1849, and sang in six other premieres in Rome, among them Buzzi's Gusmano di Medina in 1847 and Terziani's Alfredo in 1852. She was Laura in Luisa Miller at the Apollo in 1850, and Giovanna in Viscardello, as Rigoletto was billed in Rome, in 1851.