Elena D'Angri

{{Short description|Greek opera singer (1821–1886)}}

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Elena D'Angri Vitturi (also known as Elena Angri; May 1821 or 1824 in Corfu – 29 August 1886{{cite news|journal=La Vanguardia|title=Crónica|language=Spanish|date=Sep 1, 1886|pages=4–5| url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1886/09/01/pagina-4/34679525/pdf.html}} in Barcelona) was a Greek-born operatic contralto of Italian origin who was active in the mid-19th century in European opera houses and in the United States.[http://asp6new.alexanderstreet.com/atho/atho.detail.people.aspx?personcode=per0043903 Elena D'Angri: North American Theatre Online]{{harvp|Kardamis|2014}} gives her birth date as 14 May 1824. {{harvp|Moore|1880}} gives 14 May 1821. The death date is from {{harvp|Kardamis|2004}}.

The daughter of Saverio Angri (originally from Naples) and Maria Vitturi di Giovanni, her real name was Nazarena Mattia Elena Catterina.{{citation needed|date=March 2012}} She was baptised on 10 June 1821 at the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Saint James and Saint Christopher in Corfu, Greece.{{citation needed|date=March 2012}} She studied singing with Salvatore Taglioni and Giuseppe Doglia.{{cite encyclopedia|last1=Kardamis|first1=Kostas |chapter=Angri [D’Angri], Elena [Nazarena, Mattia, Catterina]|encyclopedia=Grove Music Online|date=September 3, 2014|doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O008451|ref=none}} {{subscription required}} She made her opera debut in Lucca in 1843 and was engaged by La Scala in 1844. She divided her time between the Vienna State Opera and La Scala from 1845 through 1847, and in 1846 was named a Kammersänger by Ferdinand I of Austria. Her debut in London was in 1849.Covent Garden playbill, 21 April 1849, her 'second performance in England'

During the 1855 and 1856 season at the Teatro Regio in Turin, she performed in La Cenerentola (as Angelina), The Barber of Seville (as Rosina), and Il trovatore (as Azucena).{{Almanacco|match=Elena d'Angri}} Later in 1856, she performed for the first time in New York City, accompanied by the pianist and composer Sigismond Thalberg.{{sfnp|French|1989|p=397}}