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Maria Malibran
Sign in to saveAlso known as Maria Felicia Garcia, María-Felicia García, La Malibran, María Malibrán
Spanish opera singer and composer
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Memoirs and Letters; Volume 1
- Album Lyrique and Dernieres Pensees (Women Composers Series)
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Italy
- Active from
- 1808
- Active to
- 1836
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 296
- Total plays
- 929
Tags
The mezzo-soprano (although she commonly sang soprano parts) Maria Malibran (March 24, 1808 – September 23, 1836), was one of the most famous opera singers of the 19th century. Malibran was known for her stormy personality and dramatic intensity, becoming a legendary figure after her death at age 28. Contemporary accounts of her voice describe its range, power and flexibility as extraordinary. Malibran was born in Paris as María Felicia García Sitches into a famous Spanish musical family. <a hr
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
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- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,787x
- New Algorithms and Methods to Estimate Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies: Assessing the Performance of PhyML 3.0
· 2010 · cited 16,959x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,975x
- The Hallmarks of Aging
· 2013 · cited 14,107x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- María Felicitas García Sitches , ( 1808-03-24 ) 24 March 1808, Paris, France
- Died
- 23 September 1836 (1836-09-23) (aged 28), Manchester , England
- Occupation
- Opera singer
via Wikipedia infobox
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Maria Malibran, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Maria Felicia Malibran ( Spanish pronunciation: [maˈɾia feˈliθja maliˈβɾan]; 24 March 1808 – 23 September 1836) was a Spanish singer who commonly sang both contralto and soprano parts, and was one of the best-known opera singers of the 19th century. Malibran was known for her stormy personality and dramatic intensity, becoming a legendary figure after her death in Manchester, England, at age 28. Contemporary accounts of her voice describe its range, power and flexibility as extraordinary.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maria Malibran” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.