Person Open DS/UK/6224 Alboni; Marietta (6 March 1826-23 June 1894); Italian contralto opera singer Alboni Marietta 6 March 1826-23 June 1894 Italian contralto opera singer Female (cisgender) Marietta Pepoli Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy (born)

Italian Musician | Vocals | Contralto, Operatic White No known disability No known religious affiliation Daughter of Eustachio Alboni Former spouse of Count Carlo Pepoli (nobility) Spouse of Charles Zieger Heterosexual Marietta Alboni was a renowned Italian contralto opera singer. She was a pupil of Antonio Bagioli and Gioachino Rossini. After she achieved her diploma and made a debut in Bologna, in 1842, as "Climene" in Pacini's Saffo, she obtained a triennial engagement thanks to Rossini's influence on the impresario Bartolomeo Merelli, Intendant at both Milan's Teatro alla Scala and Vienna's Imperial Kärntnertortheater. The favourable contract was signed by Rossini himself, "on behalf of Eustachio Alboni", father of Marietta, who was still a minor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marietta_Alboni (2022) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHSkeyte 6/25/2013 RAHAKirkbride 6/15/2022 c6e77255-04a3-4914-8ed0-29d567de1102