A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Avoglio, Signora

AVOGLIO, Signora, was one of those who accompanied Handel in his visit to Ireland, at the end of 1741. In the newspapers of the time she is called 'an excellent singer,' and she had the honour of sharing with Mrs. Cibber the soprano music of the Messiah at its first and succeeding performances in Dublin. Handel, in a letter to Jennens, Dec. 29, 1741, says,—'Sig^ra Avolio, which I brought with me from London, pleases extraordinary.' She sang again in 'The Messiah,' when given in London, after Handel's return from Dublin, dividing the soprano part with Mrs. Clive. Before this time, she had sung with success in the 'Allegro, Penseroso, and Moderato'; and she appeared subsequently in 'Semele' and in Samson,' 1743. In this last she sang the famous 'Let the bright Seraphim' at the first performance of the oratorio, Feb. 18.

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