Tedesco, Fortunata
(*1826)> VOCALIST
Tedesco, Fortunata (14 December 1826, Mantua; ?), vocalist, studied singing with the composer Vaccai and made her debut at La Scala on 26 November 1844. Her success here won invitations for her to appear in Vienna, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Havana. An international success, she was offered a contract to sing at the Opéra, where she made her Paris debut as Catarina of La Reine de Chypre on 5 November 1851, when the public paid 6,731.09 francs to hear her for the first time. Mlle…