Clara Anastasia Novello
1818–1908
Oratorio and operatic prima donna. Sang at the Birmingham Music Festival, 1837, before undertaking a European tour, 1838–43. She returned to England in 1851 where she gave regular performances and sang at the opening of the re-erected Crystal Palace in 1854.
Sources
DNB
Grove 1980.
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
Grove, George. 1980. The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians. Edited by Stanley Sadie. 20 vols. London: Macmillan.
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