# Carolina Bassi

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**Carolina Bassi** (10 January 1781 – 12 December 1862) was an [Italian](/source/Italians) [contralto](/source/Contralto) who knew [Rossini](/source/Rossini), [Meyerbeer](/source/Meyerbeer), [Donizetti](/source/Donizetti) and [Bellini](/source/Vincenzo_Bellini).

## Life

Bassi was born in [Naples](/source/Naples) to a musician family. Her brother Nicola, was a famous [buffo bass](/source/Bass_(voice_type)); and another brother, [Adolfo](/source/Adolfo_Bassi), who was a [composer](/source/Composer), operatic [tenor](/source/Tenor) and also an impresario of the [Teatro Nuovo](/source/Teatro_Lirico_Giuseppe_Verdi) in [Trieste](/source/Trieste).[1]

She retired in 1828, devoting herself to teaching opera singing. She died in [Cremona](/source/Cremona) in 1862.

### Family

Bassi was married to Cremona's nobleman, Pietro Manna. They had a son, Ruggero Manna (1808–1864), a composer and [Chapel Master](/source/Kapellmeister) of the [Cathedral of Cremona](/source/Cathedral_of_Cremona) from 1835 to 1864.[2]

## Musical career

Bassi was known as "La Napoletana", one of the noted singers of her era. She was the first interpreter of many works of her repertoire. The roles that gave her a particular success were *[Semiramide riconosciuta](/source/Semiramide_riconosciuta_(Meyerbeer))*, *[Margherita d'Anjou](/source/Margherita_d'Anjou)*, *[L'esule di Granata](/source/L'esule_di_Granata)*, all by Meyerbeer, *[Bianca e Falliero](/source/Bianca_e_Falliero)* by Rossini, and some works by [Giovanni Pacini](/source/Giovanni_Pacini) and [Saverio Mercadante](/source/Saverio_Mercadante). She performed in many noted Italian and foreign theatres, including [Teatro alla Scala](/source/Teatro_alla_Scala) in Milan, [Teatro Regio](/source/Teatro_Regio_(Turin)) in Turin, [Teatro Comunale](/source/Teatro_Comunale_di_Bologna) in Bologna, [Teatro di San Carlo](/source/Teatro_di_San_Carlo) in Naples, [Teatro La Fenice](/source/La_Fenice) in Venice.[3]

She sung in premiere performances of the following operas:

- *Teseo e Medea* by [Carlo Coccia](/source/Carlo_Coccia) (Teatro Regio di Torino, 1815)
- *[Maometto](/source/Maometto_(Winter))* by Peter Winter (Teatro alla Scala, 1815)
- *[La rosa bianca e la rosa rossa](/source/La_rosa_bianca_e_la_rosa_rossa)* by [Pietro Generali](/source/Pietro_Generali) (Theater Regio di Torino, 1818)
- *[Semiramide riconosciuta](/source/Semiramide_riconosciuta_(Meyerbeer))* by Giacomo Meyerbeer (Theater Regio di Torino, 3 February 1819)
- *[Bianca e Falliero](/source/Bianca_e_Falliero)* by Gioacchino Rossini (Teatro alla Scala, 26 December 1819)
- *Wallace o L'eroe scozzese* by [Giovanni Pacini](/source/Giovanni_Pacini) (Teatro alla Scala, 1820)
- *Maria Stuarda regina di Scozia* by [Saverio Mercadante](/source/Saverio_Mercadante) (Teatro Comunale di Bologna, 1821)
- *Ezio* by Mercadante (Teatro Regio di Torino, 1827)
- *Gastone di Foix* by [Giuseppe Persiani](/source/Giuseppe_Persiani) (Teatro La Fenice, 1827)
- *I saraceni in Sicilia ovvero Eufemio di Messina* by [Francesco Morlacchi](/source/Francesco_Morlacchi) (Teatro La Fenice, 1828).

## References

1. [Composers Classical Music.com](http://composers-classical-music.com/b/BassiAdolfo.htm)

1. [Bassi, Carolina Manna](https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/bassi-carolina-manna)

1. [Musical Career](https://books.google.com/books?id=MikxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT64)

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