. The dawn of the XIXth century in England, a social sketch of the times. rise in its wrathagainst them. And last, butnot least, they tried to enlist pa-triotic feelings into the question,and appealed to the passions ofthe mob—(remember we were atwar with the French, and theignorant public could not dis-criminate much between the na-tionality of foreigners) as towhether it was fair to pay suchenormous nightly sums to aforeigner—which sums were partlythe cause of the rise in price—when native talent was goingunappreciated. This foreigner was Madame Angelica Catalani, a ladywho was born at Sinig
. The dawn of the XIXth century in England, a social sketch of the times. rise in its wrathagainst them. And last, butnot least, they tried to enlist pa-triotic feelings into the question,and appealed to the passions ofthe mob—(remember we were atwar with the French, and theignorant public could not dis-criminate much between the na-tionality of foreigners) as towhether it was fair to pay suchenormous nightly sums to aforeigner—which sums were partlythe cause of the rise in price—when native talent was goingunappreciated. This foreigner was Madame Angelica Catalani, a ladywho was born at Sinigaglia, in 1779. At the early age oftwelve, when at the convent of St. Lucia, at Gubbio, herbeautiful voice was remarkable, and when she left theconvent, at the age of fifteen, she was compelled to get aliving on the stage, owing to her fathers ruin. At sixteen, she made her debut at Venice, in an opera byNasolini ; and she afterwards sang at Florence, at La Scalain Milan, at Trieste, Rome, and Naples. Her fame gother an engagement at Lisbon, where she married MADAME CATALANI. MADAME CATALAN!. 341 Valabregue, a French officer attached to the PortugueseEmbassy ; but she still kept to her name of Catalan!—at all events, on the stage. From Lisbon she went toMadrid, thence to Paris, where she only sang at concerts ;and, finally, in October, 1806, she came to London, whereshe speedily became the rage. According to one biographer(Fetis), she gained immense sums here ; but I much doubt hisaccuracy. He says : In a single theatrical season which didnot last more than four months, she gained about 180,000
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