Fanny Eckerlin

Biografie

“For a number of years there has been no such favourite at this theatre, as Fanny Eckerlin. She possesses a very fine voice, between a contralto and a mezzo soprano, which she knows well how to display to the greatest advantage, without however sacrificing her author to any passion for such display — a rare exercise of discretion!Her method is excellent, and she sings with a warmth of soul that carries the hearer along with her. To these qualities she unites a perfect acquaintance with stage effect, and the whole is enhanced by considerable personal attractions. In the part of Arsace in the Semiramide of Rossini, and in Pietro Generali’s Bacchanali di Roma, she obtained a degree of applause but rarely witnessed... ~ de.wikipedia.org