Fodor-Mainvielle, Josephine

FODOR-MAINVIELLE, Josephine, celebrated singer, born 1793 in Paris, where her father, Joseph Fodor the violinist, had settled in 1787. In 1794 her parents removed to St. Petersburg, where she played both pianoforte and harp when only eleven. Three years after she became known as a singer, and in 1810 made her first appearance at the Court Theatre in Fioravanti's ‘Cantatrici villanelle,’ which was repeated 60 times, so successful was her performance. In 1812 she married the actor Mainvielle,...