 |
Child prodigy, international celebrity, friend of Mozart, Salieri
and Haydn,
toast of Vienna and London, highest-paid singer of her day.
Anna
Storace (pronounced sto-RAH-chay), known to her friends as Nancy, has been virtually forgotten
over the past two centuries, although during her reign as Europe's
favorite buffa soprano she lived a life that few women experienced.
The Julie Andrews or Fanny Bryce of the 18th century, Anna Storace
did it all.
This
site will not only introduce you to this historical character, it will
reveal her as a woman within the context of her era, her musical contemporaries,
her fans and critics,
and her friends. |
|
