Marchesi, Blanche
Marchesi Mathilde, née Graumann, de Castrone Marchesi, *24 March 1821 Frankfurt am Main, †17 November 1913 London, German singer (mezzo-soprano) and teacher, Salvatore Marchesi’s wife. In 1849, after studies under O. Nicolai in Vienna and under M.P. García (Young) in Paris (1845–1847), she began her singing career in England, and subsequently performed on the stages of Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and France. In 1852 she married the Italian baritone, Salvatore Marchesi, and adopting his name as her own stage name. She was a highly regarded teacher. In the years 1854–1861 and 1868–1878, she taught singing at the Vienna Conservatory and at the Cologne Conservatory of Music (1865–1868). Moreover, she gave private lessons in Paris (1861–1863, and from 1881). She taught famous singers, including E. Calvé, E. Eames, K. Klafsky, N. Melba, S. Sanderson, I. de Murska, and M. Garden. She published Erinnerungen aus meinem Leben (Vienna 1877, entitled Aus meinem Leben 4th edition, 1889, English edition entitled Marchesi and Music, London 1897).