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Caterina Canzi, also known as Katharina Wallbach-Canzi, (1805 – 22 July 1890) was an Austrian-born soprano who sang leading roles in the opera houses of Europe, primarily in Italy and Germany. Amongst the roles she created were Isolde in Lindpaintner's Der Vampyr and the title role in Mercadante's Nitocri.
When Canzi had triumphed in the title role of Mercadante's Didone abbandonata at Vicenza, a poem in her honour was published in Teatri, arti e letturatura. The anonymous poet described her voice as inebriating him with its "pure voluptuousness" and proclaimed that had Dido sung like Canzi, Aeneas would never have abandoned her.Izzo, Francesco (2012). "Divas and Sonnets" in Rachel Cowgill and Hilary Poriss (eds.) The Arts of the Prima Donna in the Long Nineteenth Century, pp. 5–6. Oxford University Press. Her appearances in Bologna in 1824 were likewise highly successful. She was made an honorary member of the Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna, and after a performance at the Teatro Comunale, her admirers tossed a laurel wreath at her feet to which yet another poem was attached. It was later published in full in The Harmonicon:
Canzi sang in concerts in London during the 1826 season and in a series of Rossini operas in Paris in 1828. However, from 1825 to 1842 she primarily sang in Leipzig and then in Stuttgart where she was held the title of Kammersängerin. After her marriage in 1830 to the German actor Ludwig Wallbach (1793–1872), she appeared under the name Katharina Wallbach-Canzi. Their son, Ludwig Wilhelm August Wallbach (1832–1914), became a singer and composer of art songs. Caterina Canzi died in Stuttgart at the age of 85.Clytus Gottwald (2004). Codices musici, Vol. 6, Part 3, p. 194. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. German National Library. "Canzi, Katharina ". Retrieved 28 March 2016 .But to the gifts of voice the powers divine Have joined the winning charm of form and face; Resolv'd a two-fold conquest should be thine, By song to charm us, and subdue by grace. Unlike the transient charmers of the day Thy memory shall not lightly pass away, Nor from our mind thy form and talent part: When long, long years have fled, in memory's ear Thy tones of melting sweetness shall we hear, Thy voice persuasive, speaking to the heart. The Harmonicon (February 1825). "Foreign Musical Report: Bologna" p. 37
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