Adelaide Borghi-Mamo
Adelaide Borghi-Mamo
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Portrait of Adelaide Borghi-Mamo
Born: 9 August 1826
Died: 29 September 1901
Years active: 1840s-1880s
Adelaide Borghi-Mamo was an Italian mezzo-soprano opera singer. She was born in Bologna in 1826. After studying singing in Milan she made her professional debut in 1843 in Saverio Mercadante's Il giuramento. She married tenor Michele Mamo and their daughter, soprano Erminia Borghi-Mamo, also went on to become a successful opera singer.
Erminia
Borghi-Mamo
Born: 18 November 1855
Died: 29 July 1941
Years active: 1873-1893
Erminia Borghi-Mamo was an Italian soprano opera singer and is the daughter of Adelaide Borghi-Mamo and Michele Mama, both opera singers themselves. She was quite literally born into the theatre. After a performance of Verdi's Il Trovatore, Adelaide Borghi-Mamo gave birth to Erminia just hours later in a room at the theatre La Comédie Italienne. She made her debut in 1873 and went on to enjoy a successful career for the next 20 years.
Photograph of Erminia Borghi-Mamo