page_title: Nancy Storace
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caption_attribution_description: Portrait of Nancy Storace (1765-1817), English soprano. Printed in April 12, 1788 by Moltens Colnaghi &amp; Co No. 32 Pall Mall, and in Paris by chez Tessari Zanna et Ce. Quay de Augustins No 42. This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: There was a lot of staining to the paper, and one or two bits where either the hand-tinting hadn't been done very well, or water damage had occured. As the hand-tinting was generally done as a batch, and not by the artist who made the original engraving, I decided to try and make it look like the best possible copy of the mass-produced hand-tinted engraving.. Azərbaycanca&#160;| Беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎&#160;| বাংলা&#160;| Català&#160;| Čeština&#160;| Dansk&#160;| Deutsch&#160;| Zazaki&#160;| English&#160;| Esperanto&#160;| Español&#160;| Eesti&#160;| فارسی&#160;| Suomi&#160;| Français&#160;| Galego&#160;| עברית&#160;| Hrvatski&#160;| Magyar&#160;| Հայերեն&#160;| Italiano&#160;| Bahasa Indonesia&#160;| 日本語&#160;| ქართული&#160;| ភាសាខ្មែរ&#160;| 한국어&#160;| Kurdî&#160;| Македонски&#160;| മലയാളം&#160;| Bahasa Melayu&#160;| Plattdüütsch&#160;| Nederlands&#160;| Polski&#160;| Português&#160;| Română&#160;| Русский&#160;| Slovenščina&#160;| Српски / srpski&#160;| Svenska&#160;| ไทย&#160;| Türkçe&#160;| Українська&#160;| Vèneto&#160;| 中文&#160;| 中文（简体）‎&#160;| 中文（繁體）‎&#160;| 中文（台灣）‎&#160;| +/−
context_page_description: Anna Selina Storace, known as Nancy Storace, was an English operatic soprano. The role of Susanna in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro was written for and first performed by her.
  Born in London, her singing career as a child prodigy began in England by the age of 12. This led to further study in Italy and to a successful singing career there during the late 1770s. While in Monza in 1782, she was recruited to form part of Emperor Joseph II's new Italian opera company in Vienna, where the assembled singers who joined her "created in the two years leading up to the premiere of The Marriage of Figaro, were welded into the finest buffa ensemble anywhere."
  In Vienna, she befriended both Mozart and Joseph Haydn. A sudden failure of her voice in 1785 caused her to withdraw from the stage for five months; though her career continued to be successful, she never fully recovered her former vocal prowess. After marrying in 1784, she left Vienna in 1787 and returned to London where she continued her career, notably singing in her brother Stephen Storace's operas. She remained in London, and by 1808, had retired from the stage. She died in 1817.
context_section_description: Anna (or Ann) Selina Storace, known as Nancy Storace (Italian: [stoˈratʃe]; 27 October 1765 – 24 August 1817), was an English operatic soprano. The role of Susanna in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro was written for and first performed by her.
  Born in London, her singing career as a child prodigy began in England by the age of 12.  This led to further study in Italy and to a successful singing career there during the late 1770s.  While in Monza (or shortly before in Milan) in 1782, she was recruited to form part of Emperor Joseph II's new Italian opera company in Vienna, where the assembled singers who joined her "created in the two years leading up to the premiere of The Marriage of Figaro, were welded into the finest buffa ensemble anywhere."
  In Vienna, she befriended both Mozart and Joseph Haydn. A sudden failure of her voice in 1785 caused her to withdraw from the stage for five months; though her career continued to be successful, she never fully recovered her former vocal prowess. After marrying in 1784, she left Vienna in 1787 and returned to London where she continued her career, notably singing in her brother Stephen Storace's operas. She remained in London, and by 1808, had retired from the stage. She died in 1817.
caption: Portrait of Nancy Storace, circa 1788 by Pietro Bettelini. Retouched version; click for original.
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