Bassi, Carolina Manna

Bassi, Carolina Manna, greatly esteemed Italian contralto; b. Naples, Jan. 10, 1781; d. Cremona, Dec. 12, 1862. She was the daughter of the comic bass Giovanni Bassi. With her brother, the comic bass Nicola Bassi (1767–1825), she began her career in her father's company of Raggazi Napoletani at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples in 1789. She subsequently pursued a distinguished career, creating major roles …