![]() ![]() Maria's younger sister, Pauline, who would later become a famous singer in her own right under the name of Pauline Viardot, was then only four years old. The troupe consisted primarily of the members of his family: Maria, her brother, Manuel, and their mother, Joaquina Sitches, also called "la Briones". When the season closed, García immediately took his operatic troupe to New York. The audience loved the young mezzo, and she continued to sing this role until the end of the season. When prima donna Giuditta Pasta became indisposed, García suggested that his daughter take over in the role of Rosina in The Barber of Seville. When she was 17, she was a singer in the choir of the King's Theatre in London. Malibran first appeared on stage in Naples with her father in Ferdinando Paër's Agnese, when she was 8 years old. ![]()
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