Maria Salvetti

A singer of the Naples theatres from 1820 to 1858, first as Anna or Annetta Manzi at the San Carlino and the Teatro Nuovo, and from 1834 as Signora Salvetti at the Fondo and the San Carlo. At the San Carlo she took secondary roles through the Verdi years, creating Zuma in Alzira in 1845 and Laura in Luisa Miller in 1849, and was in the first performances of Pacini's Saffo, Mercadante's Il proscritto and Medea, and Donizetti's Caterina Cornaro. She also sang Ines in Il trovatore, and Pisana in I due Foscari, which she was still singing in 1858.