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Gioseppa Maria Camilla, commonly known as Giuseppina (or also Josephina) Grassini (8 April 1773 – 3 January 1850) was a noted Italian dramatic contralto, and a singing teacher. She was also known for her affairs with Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington.
Jan 5, 2018 · Giuseppina Grassini, a famous Italian opera singer of the late 18th-early 19th centuries, was the mistress of Napoleon Bonaparte and of his enemy the Duke of Wellington.
Jun 10, 2016 · Napoleon’s favourite composer was Giovanni Paisiello. His favourite singers were the Italian opera virtuosos Girolamo Crescentini and Giuseppina Grassini. (1) Madame Grassini became the lover of both Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington. Here’s a look at her teacher, the castrato Girolamo Crescentini.
Giuseppina Grassini nel ruolo di Zaïra (1805), dipinto di Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun. Gioseppa Maria Camilla Grassini, comunemente nota come Giuseppina (o anche Josephina) Grassini ( Varese, 8 aprile 1773 [1] – Milano, 3 gennaio 1850 ), è stata un contralto italiano .
Grassini, Giuseppina (Maria Camilla), Italian contralto; b. Varese, April 8, 1773; d. Milan, Jan. 3, 1850. She studied in Varese with Domenico Zucchinetti and in Milan with Antonio Secchi. She made her operatic debut in Parma in 1789 in Guglielmi’s La Pastorella nobile.
Giuseppina Grassini. primary name: primary name: Grassini, Giuseppina Maria Camilla. other name: other name: Grassini, Josephina. Details. individual; musician; Italian; Female. Life dates. 1773-1850. Biography. Contralto opera singer and singing teacher. Sang in several Italian cities, including Milan's La Scala.
Apr 2, 2005 · As for Giuseppina Grassini and Josephine Weimer, Napoleon's thespian lovers, that Wellington became their lover says a good bit more about them than it does about the duke. Once beyond these facile, albeit obligatory observations, Roberts reveals himself as an erudite, clever, and thoughtful historian.
