Luigia Morselli

A singer, who created the Countess Ceprano in Rigoletto at La Fenice in Venice on 11 March 1851. Her career ran from 1840 to 1862, centred on Venice and Bologna, in secondary parts of the Verdi repertory such as Laura in Luisa Miller, Flora in La traviata, Ines in Il trovatore and Elena in Aroldo. She sang in nine other premieres, among them Malipiero's Fernando Cortez at La Fenice in 1851 and Zanardini's Amleto, as Ophelia, at Venice in 1854.