PASTA

Giuditta (dau. of Mr. Negri, a Jew). b. Sarrano, near Milan 1798; had a soprano voice of two octaves and a half, from A above the ba clef note to C flat and even to D in alt.; appeared at King’s theatre, London 11 Jany. 1817 as Telemaco in Cimarosa’s Penelope; then acted Cherub i no in Nozze de Figaro; appeared at King’s theatre 24 April 1824 as Des demon a and was a great succe , her salary being £14,000; was also seen in London 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1831, 1837, 1850; among her parts were Tancredi, Romeo, Des demon a, Medea, Semiramide, Maria Stuarda, Niobe, Anna Bolena, and Norma; lost her fortune in the failure of Guy muller’s bank, Vienna 1841. d. at her villa at Como 1 April 1865. E. C. Clayton’s Queens of song ii 1–32 (1863) portrait ; Musical gem for 1831 p. 2 portrait .