Oda Slobodskaya
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Oda Slobodskaya was a Russian soprano who became a British citizen.
Oda Slobodskaya
Pauline Viardot
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Pauline Viardot was a French dramatic mezzo-soprano, composer and pedagogue of Spanish descent. Born Michelle Ferdinande Pauline García, she came from a musical family and took up music at a young age. She began performing as a teenager and had a long and illustrious career as a star performer.
Viardot in c. 1845
Viardot as Valentina and Marietta Alboni as Urbano in Act 1 of Meyerbeer's Gli Ugonotti. Royal Italian Opera (Covent Garden) (1848) (lithograph by John Brandard)
Pauline Viardot at the piano listening to Frédéric Chopin. Sketch.
Pauline Viardot