Rita Fornia

singer (1878–1922)
Person human Q7336514

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[7]
Date of birth
July 17, 1878
Date of death
October 26, 1922
Place of birth
San Francisco
Place of death
Paris
Country of citizenship
United States[6]
Occupation
opera singer
Family name
Fornia[9]
Given name
Rita[10]
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02
Instrument
voice[15]
Voice type
soprano[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Rita Fornia
🔖 Identifiers · 13
VIAF cluster ID
63295691
Library of Congress authority ID
n97074171
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Rita Fornia.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13956733h
Europeana entity
agent/base/25294
Freebase ID
/m/04yc8kz
Grove Music Online ID
O004983
Library of Congress JukeBox ID (former scheme)
1011
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJmXPqXKfwVGdCrmdQycfq
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Summary

Rita Fornia was born in San Francisco[1]. She was born on July 17, 1878[2]. She died in Paris[3]. She died on October 26, 1922[4]. She worked as an opera singer[5].

Product Details

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  • Type: Person[16]

  • Country: US[17]

  • Began / founded: 1878-07-17[18]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1922-10-26[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 37a89f45-b730-4860-ac5e-575c838a712e[20]

Body

Education

Studied under Emil Fischer[11], an opera singer[21], 1838–1914[22], of German Reich[23]; Sofia Scalchi[12], an opera singer[24], 1850–1922[25], of Kingdom of Italy[26]; Selma Kempner[13], a music educator[27], 1849–1928[28], of Germany[29]; and Jean de Reszke[14], an opera singer[30], 1850–1925[31], of Poland[32].

FAQs

Where was Rita Fornia born?

Rita Fornia's place of birth was San Francisco[1].

Where did Rita Fornia die?

Rita Fornia died in Paris[3].

What did Rita Fornia do for work?

Rita Fornia worked as opera singer[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  6. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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