Giuditta Pasta
Giuditta Pasta was an Italian soprano opera singer. She was born in 1797 to an Italian mother and a German Jewish father. After studying in Milan, she had a slow rise to fame, with her first appearance in London in 1817 considered a failure. After taking time out for further studying, she returned to the stage in 1821, taking Paris by storm in the role of Desdemona in Rossini's opera Otello.
Luigi Marta (1790-1858)
Giuditta Pasta
Lithograph
Portrait of Giuditta Pasta
“But, after all, the true secret of her greatness was in the intellect and imagination which lay behind the voice, and made every tone quiver with dramatic sensibility.”
George T. Ferris
Great Singers: First Series
1899
Alfred Edward Chalon (1780-1860)
Giuditta Pasta (1837)
Hand coloured on India Paper
Portrait of Giuditta Pasta in a regal costume
Alfred Edward Chalon (1780-1860)
La Didone (1827)
Watercolour
Guiditta Pasta as La Didone in the opera Didone Abbandonata
Born: 26 October 1797
Died: 1 April 1865
Years active: 1823-1854
Norma
Colour engraving with gold detail
Giuditta Pasta as Norma in the opera Norma.
From the Almanach
Medallions of Giuditta Pasta
John Hayter (1800-1895)
Madame Pasta in Medea
Drawn on stone
Portrait showing Giuditta Pasta in Medea, Act I Scene IV
