Anna de Belocca by Reutlinger (1)

Anna de Belocca (1854-?); Russian contralto. In 1874 she made her debut in Paris at the Théâtre Italien as Rosina in "Il barbiere di Siviglia". In 1876 she made her American debut at New York's Academy of Music with the same role. There she joined the Strakosch Opera Company. In 1879 she joined Mapleson's Opera Company and a large part of her career took place in America. In 1882 she returned to France.