# Anna Davia

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**Anna Davia** (16 October 1743 – 1810), was an Italian opera singer.

Born to Osvaldo and Maddalena da Via and married to the merchant Giovanni Bernucci in Genua. She became a singer after the bankruptcy of her spouse.

In 1761, she debuted in the [Italian Opera](/source/Italian_opera) in Amsterdam, where she became a star. In 1777, she sang in Warsaw, and between 1779 and 1785, she was a celebrated [prima donna](/source/Prima_donna) in Saint Petersburg in Russia, where she achieved widespread fame and was given a contract worth a salary of 2800 [roubles](/source/Ruble) by [Catherine the Great](/source/Catherine_the_Great).

She left Russia for Italy in 1785 and retired in 1803.

## References

- Bronvermelding: Anna de Haas, Davia, Anna, in: Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland. URL: [http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/Davia](http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/Davia) [13/01/2014]

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