OperaDB

Fortunata Tedesco

also Fortunata Tedesco de Franco

1826Wikipedia (2026) Fortunata Tedesco. (Accessed: August 2026).Forbes, E. (1992) 'Tedesco, Fortunata', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 674.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Tedesco, Fortunata', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2941-2942.–1904Wikipedia (2026) Fortunata Tedesco. (Accessed: August 2026). · Italian · sopranoWikipedia (2026) Fortunata Tedesco. (Accessed: August 2026).Forbes, E. (1992) 'Tedesco, Fortunata', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 674.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Tedesco, Fortunata', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2941-2942.Grove and Kutsch-Riemens call her a contralto and the French Wikipedia article a soprano, which is followed; Grove's list of her roles includes parts of both kinds.

Birthplace: Mantua, Kingdom of Lombardy–VenetiaWikipedia (2026) Fortunata Tedesco. (Accessed: August 2026).Forbes, E. (1992) 'Tedesco, Fortunata', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 674.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Tedesco, Fortunata', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2941-2942.

An Italian soprano who sang contralto parts as readilyWikipedia (2026) Fortunata Tedesco. (Accessed: August 2026).Forbes, E. (1992) 'Tedesco, Fortunata', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 674.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Tedesco, Fortunata', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2941-2942., with a career on both sides of the AtlanticWikipedia (2026) Fortunata Tedesco. (Accessed: August 2026).Forbes, E. (1992) 'Tedesco, Fortunata', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 674.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Tedesco, Fortunata', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2941-2942.. A pupil of Nicola VaccaiWikipedia (2026) Fortunata Tedesco. (Accessed: August 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Tedesco, Fortunata', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2941-2942., she made her La Scala debut in 1844Wikipedia (2026) Fortunata Tedesco. (Accessed: August 2026).Forbes, E. (1992) 'Tedesco, Fortunata', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 674.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Tedesco, Fortunata', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2941-2942., and by 1847 was singing in New York, Boston and HavanaWikipedia (2026) Fortunata Tedesco. (Accessed: August 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Tedesco, Fortunata', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2941-2942., where she created the title role of Arditi's Gulnara in 1848Wikipedia (2026) Fortunata Tedesco. (Accessed: August 2026).. The Paris Opéra engaged her from 1851 to 1857 and again from 1860 to 1862Wikipedia (2026) Fortunata Tedesco. (Accessed: August 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Tedesco, Fortunata', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2941-2942., and there she created Théodora in Halévy's Le Juif errantWikipedia (2026) Fortunata Tedesco. (Accessed: August 2026).Forbes, E. (1992) 'Tedesco, Fortunata', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 674. and, in 1861, the Vénus of the French TannhäuserWikipedia (2026) Fortunata Tedesco. (Accessed: August 2026).Forbes, E. (1992) 'Tedesco, Fortunata', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 674.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Tedesco, Fortunata', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2941-2942.. Lisbon, Madrid and Venice followedWikipedia (2026) Fortunata Tedesco. (Accessed: August 2026).Forbes, E. (1992) 'Tedesco, Fortunata', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 674.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Tedesco, Fortunata', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2941-2942. before she retired in 1866Wikipedia (2026) Fortunata Tedesco. (Accessed: August 2026)..

Creations

Written from