Joaquina Sitches
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| name = Joaquina Sitches
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| caption = Sitches circa 1810s
| birth_name = María Joaquina Sitches y Irisarri
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1780|07|28|df=y}}
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1864|05|10|1780|07|28|df=y}}
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| nationality = Spanish
| occupation = Actress and operatic soprano
| spouse = Manuel García
| children = Maria Malibran
Pauline Viardot
Manuel García
}}
Joaquina Sitches (born María Joaquina Sitches y Irisarri; 28 July 1780 – 10 May 1864), also known under the stage name of Joaquina Briones or, after her marriage, of Joaquina García,{{cite web|url=http://data.bnf.fr/15751149/joaquina_garcia/ |title= Joaquina García|website= bnf.fr |publisher= Bibliothèque nationale de France|access-date=2018-01-21|language=fr}} was a Spanish actress and operatic soprano.
Life
She was born as María Joaquina Sitches y Irisarri to Martín Sitches and Lorenza Irisarri. Joaquina Sitches was the second wife of the tenor, composer and impresario Manuel García, and the mother of the pedagogue Manuel García the younger, of the mezzo Maria Malibran, and of the mezzo and composer Pauline Viardot.
All three children were gifted and benefited from the early training by their father. On her husband's death, when Pauline was not yet 11 years old, Sitches took charge of her vocal training.Caswell 1987, p. 152
Genealogy
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References
Notes
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Sources
- Caswell, Austin B. (in Briscoe, James R., ed.) (1987), [https://books.google.com/books?id=Cesu_rA7YAIC&dq=Joaquina+Sitchez&pg=PA152 "Pauline Viardot-Garcia (1821–1910)"], Historical Anthology of Music by Women, Volume 1, on books.googlebooks.co.uk. Indiana University Press
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