Benedetta Rosmunda Pisaroni

Benedetta Rosmunda Pisaroni (born Piacenza, 16 May, 1793 - died Piacenza, 6 August, 1872) was an Italian soprano who later became a contralto.

Active on the operatic stage from 1811 to 1831, she suffered of smallpox in the early years of her career which caused a change (downward) in her extended vocal range.

Appearing in Bergamo, Padua, Bologna, Venice, Milan, Rome and eventually Paris in the 1810s and 1820s, she was closely associated with the operas of Gioachino Rossini and Giacomo Meyerbeer.

Roles created

*Romilda in Meyerbeer's "Romilda e Costanza" (1817)
*Zomira in Rossini's "Ricciardo e Zoraide" (1818)
*Andromache in Rossini's "Ermione" (1819)
*Malcolm in Rossini's "La donna del lago" (1819)
*Almanzor in Meyerbeer's "L'esule di Granata" (1821)

ources

*Forbes, Elizabeth (1992), 'Pisaroni, Benedetta Rosmunda' in "The New Grove Dictionary of Opera", ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7