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Isabella Colbran

Spanish opera singer and composer
Person human Q268979
Isabella Colbran
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Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[13]
Date of birth
February 2, 1784, February 28, 1784[8]
Date of death
October 7, 1845
Place of birth
Madrid
Place of death
Castenaso, Bologna[7]
Country of citizenship
Spain[12]
Occupation
opera singer, composer
Father
Giovanni Colbran[10]
Spouse
Gioachino Rossini[11]
Genre
opera[14]
Cause of death
disease[17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Spanish[25]
Depicted by
Portrait of Isabella Colbran in Saffo[23]
Family name
Colbran[18]
Given name
Isabella, Isabelle, Angèle[19][20][21]
Instrument
voice[24]
Manner of death
natural causes[22]
Married name
Isabella Colbran Rossini[26]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
wikiProject CDD[27]
Place of burial
Certosa di Bologna[9]
Voice type
coloratura soprano, soprano[15][16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Isabel Colbran en Isabella Colbran en Isabella Angela Colbran ar إيزابيلا كولبران cs Isabella Colbranová cs Isabella Colbran de Isabella Rossini de Isabel Colbrandt el Ιζαμπέλλα Κολμπράν es Isabel Colbran es Isabel Colbrán fa ایزابلا کلبران fr Isabella Colban fr Isabelle-Angèle Colbran fr Isabelle Colbran he איזבלה קולברן it Isabella Angela Colbran it Isabella Colbrand it Isabella Colbrano it Isabella Colbran Rossini
🔖 Identifiers · 64
ISNI
0000000116191452
VIAF cluster ID
35213234
Library of Congress authority ID
no99002457
GND ID
116636602
BIBSYS ID
1695619541728
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14852967c
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
colbran-isabella-angela
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01903552
Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Gesamtausgabe ID
A009079
CiNii Research ID
1140000791842280576
Classical Archives composer ID
40679
CoBiS author ID
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Corago singer ID
000013009600
DDB person (GND) ID
116636602
De Agostini ID
Colbran,+Isabella+Angela
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
116636602
Dezède person ID
16190
Discogs artist ID
6325722
ELNET ID
a12620634
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Isabella-Colbran
Europeana entity
agent/base/156586
FAST ID
427962
FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_116636602
FactGrid item ID
Owen Coyle
FemBio ID
6131
Find a Grave memorial ID
86167114
Freebase ID
/m/07dhv2
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID
15964
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2621231
Grove Music Online ID
06067
Hanslick Online person ID
2304
Historia Hispánica ID
biografias/12399
IMSLP ID
Category:Colbran,_Isabella
KANTO ID
000207016
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
116636602
Lex ID
Isabella_Colbrán
LiederNet composer ID
5556
MuseScore artist ID
5178
MusicBrainz artist ID
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Musicalics composer ID
83274
Musik und Gender im Internet ID
00000160
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000434057
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA17336538
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007399314505171
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:CT9J;=BG
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1103021
OpenMLOL author ID
427416
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095622915
Polish Music Library PBM ID
colbran-isabella
RILM ID
10291
RISM ID
people/30019802
SBN author ID
INTV004053
SNAC ARK ID
w61v6mmj
SNARC ID
Clamor Huchzermeyer
Setlist.fm artist ID
2bc6f056
Spanish Biographical Dictionary ID
4605/isabel-colbran
Storiaememoriadibologna.it ID
colbran-isabella-514793-persona
The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID
2002
Treccani ID
isabella-angela-colbran
Treccani's Biographical Dictionary of Italian People ID
isabella-angela-colbran
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
isabella-colbran
WikiTree person ID
Colbran-183
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJpjftTr37wjmYkrBKrKBP
Yale LUX ID
person/9e7371b0-464f-48ba-9549-bcd5a742c91c

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🔗 Connections
Given name 3
Isabella, Isabelle, Angèle
Occupation 2
composer, opera singer
Place of death 2
Bologna, Castenaso
Voice type 2
soprano, coloratura soprano
Cause of death 1
disease
Country of citizenship 1
Spain
FactGrid item ID 1
Owen Coyle
Genre 1
opera
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
voice
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Spanish
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Mb:married 1
Gioachino Rossini
Place of birth 1
Madrid
Place of burial 1
Certosa di Bologna
Sex or gender 1
female
Spouse 1
Gioachino Rossini
Spouses 1
Gioachino Rossini
← Mb:teacher 1
Girolamo Crescentini
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Summary

Isabella Colbran was born on February 2, 1784[1], in Madrid[2]. She died on October 7, 1845[3], in Castenaso[4]. She worked as an opera singer[5] and composer[6].

FAQs

Where was Isabella Colbran born?

Isabella Colbran was born in Madrid[2].

Where did Isabella Colbran die?

Isabella Colbran died in Castenaso[4].

Who were Isabella Colbran's parents?

Isabella Colbran's father was Giovanni Colbran[10].

Who was Isabella Colbran married to?

Isabella Colbran's spouses include Gioachino Rossini[11].

What did Isabella Colbran do for work?

Isabella Colbran worked as an opera singer[5] and composer[6].

Related Entities

Bologna Castenaso disease Gioachino Rossini Spain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart 1st Edition. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Les femmes compositeurs de musique. wikidata.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . Classical Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . Storiaememoriadibologna.it. wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . Spanish Biographical Dictionary. wikidata.org.
  16. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . en.wikipedia.org. en.wikipedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 7d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of birth → +1784-02-02T00:00:00Z, +1784-02-28T00:00:00Z
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  4. 7w ago · Harp · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Married name → {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Isabella Colbran Rossini'}
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  5. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Manner of death → natural causes
    Voice type → coloratura soprano, soprano
    Father → Giovanni Colbran
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