Victorian vocalists

Victorian Vocalists is a masterful collection of biographies of some of the stars, secrets, and forgotten names of the British musical halls. Kurt Ganzl, among the world's leading authorities on popular musical theatre, paints a vivid picture of the world of Victorian musical theatre. Revealing the backgrounds, journeys, successes and sometimes misdemeanours of one hundred singers, this volume is not only an outstanding reference work for anyone interested in vocalists of the late 19th century, but also a compelling, meticulously researched chronicle of life on the Victorian stage.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Figures -- Preface -- ADINI [ADINY], Ada [SCHILLINGER, Ada] (b Boston,? 1 March 1856 -- d Pourville, Dieppe, 22 February 1924) -- AGNESI, Luigi Fernando [AGNIEZ, Louis [Loedwyck] Ferdinand Léopold] (b Erpent, Namur, Belgium, 17 July 1833 -- d 56 ... -- ALBERTINI, Augusta [AITCHI(N)SON, Augusta Rosina] (b Bristol, bap 5 June 1823 -- d Florence, Italy, 23 January 1898) -- AMADEI, Giulia [FRY, née LAMOND, Isabella Hume] (b Edinburgh, 24 November 1826 -- d 26 Midvale Road, St Helier, Jersey ... -- AMBRE, Émilie [AMBROISE, Émilie Gabrielle Adèle] (b Place Kléber, Oran, Algeria, 6 June 1849 -- d St Ouen, Paris, 13 April 1898) -- BAUERMEISTER, Mathilde (b Hamburg,?1849 -- d Herne Villa, High Street, Herne Bay, 4 October 1926) -- BELLETTI, Giovanni Battista (b Sarzana, Liguria, 17 February?1813 -- d Sarzana, 27 December 1890) -- BELOCCA [BEL(L)OKH], Anna de (b?St Petersburg, 4 January?1854 -- d unknown) -- BERRY GREENING, EMILY [GREENING, Emily Eliza] (b 3 Carlton Cottages, Stoke Newington, London, 5 February 1838 -- ... -- BETTS, Abigail (b London, bap St Giles in the Fields, Camden, 13 April 1800 -- d Kennington…