CARADORI-ALLAN

Maria Cater in a Rosalbina ( dau. of Baron de Munck ). b. Casa Pal at in a, Milan 1800; took her mother’s name Caradori; made her début in London 12 Jany. 1822 at King’s theatre as Cherub i no in Le Nozze di Figaro ; sang at same house 1822–7, her salary rising from £300 to £1,200; sang at Philharmonic and Ancient concerts and at all great festivals; took chief part in first opera produced in England by Meyer beer Marg her it a d’Anjou ; made her début in America at Park theatre New York 28 Oct. 1837; returned to Europe July 1839; sang soprano part in Elijah at Birmingham 26 Aug. 1846; composed several popular Italian and French airs. ( m. 1824 Edward Thomas Allan, secretary of King’s theatre, London). d. Elm lodge, Surbiton, Surrey 15 Oct. 1865 in 65 year. J. Ebers’s Seven years of the King’s theatre (1828) 144, 153, portrait ; Orchestra 28 Oct. 1865 p. 74 , 4 Nov. p. 93 ; Century Mag. xxiii , 865–6 (1882), portrait .