Anna de La Grange de Stankowitch (1825–1905) was a French coloratura soprano. She was one of the most noted opera singers of the nineteenth century,[1] a protégée of
Rossini and
Meyerbeer, and played Violetta in the American premiere of Verdi's La Traviata in New York in 1856.[2] She was also a composer in her own right.
^Verdi 2001: atti del Convegno internazionale: Issue 2 Fabrizio Della Seta, Roberta Montemorra Marvin, Marco Marica - 2003 "The premiere was sung by Anna de La Grange (1826-1905), a protegee of Rossini and Meyerbeer, whose voice was compared to
Sontag's. Four months later, in April 1857, another prima donna,
Marietta Gazzaniga (1824-1884) sang Violetta; ..."