Margherita Chabran (born 1780?) was an Italian operatic soprano. Her last name is sometimes given as Chabrand or Chambrend, and later as Chabrand-Albani.
Chabran was a pupil of Felice Pellegrini. She passed her career largely in Naples between 1802 and 1820;[1] a principal soprano at the Teatro dei Fiorentini until 1816, in that year she became a principal soprano at the Teatro di San Carlo, where she remained until 1818.[2] On 24 April 1816 she sang Teti in the world premiere of Gioacchino Rossini's cantata Teti e Peleo; on 26 September that year she was the first Lisetta in his La gazzetta.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Franklin Mesa (7 May 2015). Opera: An Encyclopedia of World Premieres and Significant Performances, Singers, Composers, Librettists, Arias and Conductors, 1597-2000. McFarland. pp. 323–. ISBN 978-1-4766-0537-1.
- ^ "Margherita Chabrand (chanteuse, 1780?-18..)". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved Apr 27, 2019.