In the history of music, Angelica Catalani is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Angelica Catalani as Italian opera singer.
Angelica Catalani was born at Senigallia in 1780.
The concert hall and the public audience were new in this period; music was beginning to be written for buyers rather than employers.
She worked as opera singer.
The instruments recorded are voice.
Her work is classed as classical music and opera.
Performance is the most perishable art and recording the most durable; a career sits between the two.
Angelica Catalani died in 1849, aged 69. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Instruments: voice
- Genres: classical music and opera
