Smigaglia, May

10, 1780; d. Paris, June 12, 1849. Taught at convent of Santa Lucia at Gubbio; ddbut at Venice 1795; sang with succe at Milan and other Italian cities, at Lisbon 1804, where she married Valabr tremendous popular succe m London 1806-1813; managed Th4 It alien in Pans 1814- 1817, with neither artistic nor financial succe ; until retirement 1827 sang in concerts throughout Europe; voice was of extraordinary strength and range, she excelled in chromatic scales and bravura pa ages, and was accused of lack of expre ivene and over-ornamentation; earned large sums of money, which she scattered in charity and extravagant living.