Luigia Abbadia
Birthplace: Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia
Luigia Abbadia was an Italian mezzo-soprano who created Giulietta in Verdi's Un giorno di regno at La Scala in 1840. She studied with her father, the composer and teacher Natale Abbadia, and made her debut at Sassari in 1836. In Vienna she sang Corilla in Donizetti's Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali, and at La Scala she also created Ines in his Maria Padilla in 1841. An unusually wide range took her into soprano parts: her roles included Marie in La fille du régiment, Elvira in Ernani and Pacini's Sappho. She later taught in Milan, Giuseppina Pasqua among her pupils.
Creations
- Giulietta di Kelbar — Un giorno di regno
Written from
- Forbes, E. (1992) 'Abbadia, Luigia', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, pp. 1-2.
- Wikipedia (2026) Luigia Abbadia. (Accessed: 30 September 2026).
- Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Abbadia, Luigia', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 1-2.