Caterina Bondini

Caterina Saporiti Bondini (1757-after 1791), was an Italian opera singer. She was engaged in the Estates Theatre in Prague in 1784-1791, where she performed important roles in inauguration operas by Mozart. By 1773, she had married, to the impresario Pasquale Bondini and she was a popular soprano in her husband’s company in the mid-1780s. The couple had five children, only two of whom lived to adulthood.[1] She sang Susanna in the first Prague production of Le nozze di Figaro in early December 1786, and on 14 December a performance was given for her benefit.[2]

References
  1. Peter Branscombe. "Bondini(-Saporiti), Caterina - Grove Music". Oxfordmusiconline.com. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.2079289. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  2. "Bondini, Caterina – Divadelní Encyklopedie". Encyklopedie.idu.cz. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  • Starší divadlo v českých zemích do konce 18. století. Osobnosti a díla, ed. A. Jakubcová, Praha: Divadelní ústav – Academia 2007


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