Anna de Amicis
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Anna Lucia de Amicis was an Italian soprano. She debuted in J. C. Bach's Orione in London, and went on to sing as prima donna in Dublin, Innsbruck and Naples. In Innsbruck she sang the female title role in "Romolo ed Ersilia", the marriage celebration opera written by Johann Adolf Hasse for the marriage of Leopold of Habsburg and Spanish infant Maria Ludovica. For this role she gained a lot of reputation. She was a favourite of both Mozart and his uncle Leopold
, and created the role of Giunia in Lucio Silla
(Milan 1772).
Leopold Mozart
Johann Georg Leopold Mozart was a German composer, conductor, teacher, and violinist. Mozart is best known today as the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and for his violin textbook Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule.-Childhood and student years:He was born in Augsburg, son of...
, and created the role of Giunia in Lucio Silla
Lucio Silla
Lucio Silla, K. 135, is an Italian opera in three acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto was written by Giovanni de Gamerra.It was first performed on 26 December 1772 at the Regio Ducal Teatro in Milan....
(Milan 1772).