Luigia Boccabadati was an Italian

Italy

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 opera

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tic soprano

Soprano

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Born in Modena

Modena

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, Boccabadati made her professional opera debut at the Teatro Regio di Parma

Teatro Regio di Parma

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 in 1817. She then appeared in opera house

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s in Venice and Rome. She performed the roles of Giulietta in Nicola Vaccai

Nicola Vaccai

Nicola Vaccai was an Italian composer, particularly of operas, and a singing teacher.-Life and career as a composer:...

's Giulietta e Romeo

Giulietta e Romeo (Vaccai)

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and the title heroine in Giacomo Meyerbeer

Giacomo Meyerbeer

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’s Margherita d'Anjou

Margherita d'Anjou

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at La Scala

La Scala

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 in 1826. She went on to appear in five world premiere in operas by Gaetano Donizetti

Gaetano Donizetti

Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. His best-known works are the operas L'elisir d'amore , Lucia di Lammermoor , and Don Pasquale , all in Italian, and the French operas La favorite and La fille du régiment...

 in Naples, singing Amelia in Il castello di Kenilworth

Il castello di Kenilworth

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(1829), Sela in Il diluvio universale

Il diluvio universale

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(1830), Cristina in I pazzi per progetto

I pazzi per progetto

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(1830), the title role in Francesca di Foix

Francesca di Foix

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(1831), and Chiarina in La romanziera e l'uomo nero (1831). She retired from the stage in 1844 and died in Turin

Turin

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six years later at the age of 50.