Articles on the death of soprano Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa in London

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Performance Forces:
Vocal

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Published

Last Updated:
16 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Jan 1874
24 Jan 1874
07 Feb 1874

Performers and/or Works Performed

Citations

1)
Article: New-York Times, 23 January 1874, 7.

Sad dispatch from London reporting the soprano’s untimely death.

2)
: Strong, George Templeton. New-York Historical Society. The Diaries of George Templeton Strong, 1863-1869: Musical Excerpts from the MSs, transcribed by Mary Simonson. ed. by Christopher Bruhn., 23 January 1874.

"Died at London Mme. Parepa Rosa, a magnificent singer, & greatest in the best music—Handel, Haydn & Mozart."

 

3)
Article: New-York Daily Tribune, 24 January 1874, 6.

Melancholy news from London of the death of the universally admired and respected soprano.

4)
Article: Dwight's Journal of Music, 07 February 1874, 174.
5)
Article: Dwight's Journal of Music, 07 February 1874, 170-171.

Reprinted from the Daily Advertiser, January 24, 1874.