Stolz, Rosine
(1815–1902)> VOCALIST
Stolz, Rosine (13 February 1815, Paris; 23 August 1902, Milan), vocalist, grew up in poverty with her mother and three siblings, but, when it was discovered that she was endowed with an almost sensational mezzo-soprano voice, she was admitted to Choron’s music school in 1826. Here, at Choron’s school, she was known as Rose Niva, although the legend persists that she was called “Victoire Noël” at home and in the streets on the Montparnasse quarter. The revolution of 1830 was a catastrophe for…