19 Facts About Anna Bishop

Anna, Lady Bishop was an English operatic soprano.

Anna Bishop sang in many countries and was believed to be the most widely travelled singer of the 19th century.

Anna Bishop was married to the composer Henry Bishop but abandoned him for the French harpist, composer and entrepreneur Nicolas-Charles Bochsa.

Anna Bishop's father was descended from a Huguenot family that had fled to England in the 17th century.

Anna Bishop studied piano under Ignaz Moscheles, and then studied voice at the Royal Academy of Music under Henry Bishop.

Anna Bishop made her debut at the Ancient Concerts in London in April 1831.

Anna Bishop sang at the Royal Philharmonic Society and many other venues.

Anna Bishop's voice was soprano, said to be of brilliant quality.

Anna Bishop sang in private before the Queen of Denmark.

Anna Bishop built a reputation as one of the finest operatic sopranos of her day.

Anna Bishop had her greatest successes in operas by Rossini and Donizetti at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, where she became prima donna assoluta in 1843.

Anna Bishop created Rosalie in Mercadante's Il Vascello di Gama, at Naples on 6 March 1845.

Anna Bishop buried him at Camperdown Cemetery there, employing a choir and orchestra for the procession and burial, and creating in his honour the most ornate monument in the cemetery, with a statue of herself weeping disconsolately.

Anna Bishop completed her Australian tour, then returned to South America.

Anna Bishop's husband was knighted as Sir Henry Bishop, making Anna formally Lady Bishop, despite their estrangement.

Anna Bishop died in 1855, having never agreed to a divorce.

Anna Bishop appeared in England again, the previous scandal having been forgotten; she gave a farewell concert on 17 August 1859.

Anna Bishop gave a royal command performance for Queen Victoria.

Anna Bishop Schulz died in New York in March 1884, aged 74, and was buried beside her son Augustus in St Paul's Lutheran Cemetery.