ALBONI, MARIETTA (1823-1894), Italian opera-singer, was born at Cesena, Romagna, and studied at Bologna, where she became a pupil of Rossini. She had a magnificent contralto voice, and made her first appearance at La Scala, Milan, in In England her reputation was established by her- appearance at Covent Garden in 1847, and she had brilliant success both in Europe and in the United States. She lived in Paris from 1866 onwards, and died at Ville d'Avray in 1894.