Bosio, Angiolina
(1830–1859)> VOCALIST
Bosio, Angiolina (22 August 1830, Turin; 13 April 1859, St. Petersburg), vocalist, was born into a theatrical family and studied music under Cataneo in Milan, where the impresario Barocchio offered her a contract at age 16 to appear in the Rè Theatre. She made her inconspicuous debut here in I Due Foscari before moving on to Verona, but it was her first engagement outside Italy in Denmark that won her any degree of popularity in Western Europe. She was flattered and offered every inducement to…