Ida Henrietta da Fonseca

Danish singer Ida Henrietta da Fonseca (1802-58) appeared as Lady Pamela in Daniel Auber’s comic opera Fra Diavolo about the Napoleonic era Italian guerilla leader Michele Pezza. If you want to get a handle on 19th Century culture, learn the opera. I hadn’t heard of any of these people. Source.

Avon Saxon

Avon Saxon was born in Grand-Pré about 1857 and died in Berwick in 1909. In between he had a trans-Atlantic musical career, the highlight of which was the role of Friar Tuck in Arthur Sullivan’s Ivanhoe. Source. And.