Teresa Belloc-Giorgi Simon Mayr's "Medea in Corinto" in 1823, and Isabella in the first performance of "L'inganno felice" in Venice in 1812. She favored Rossini roles and created Ninetta, a soprano part, in "La gazza ladra" at La Scala in 1817. However, the contralto roles of "La Cenerentola", "Tancredi", and Isabella in "L'italiana in Algeri" were her most successful roles. In 1818, Belloc-Giorgi appeared in London under the name of Bellochi, but failed to find success and returned to Milan. She married a Frenchman and retired in 1828. She died in San Giorgio Canavese. Teresa Belloc-Giorgi Maria Teresa Belloc-Giorgi (Bellochi; Giorgi-Belloc; née
Armida (Rossini) Armida (Rossini) Armida is an opera in three acts by Italian composer Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto ("dramma per musica") by Giovanni Schmidt, based on scenes from "Gerusalemme liberata" by Torquato Tasso. "Armida" was written to be performed at the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, on 11 November 1817 to celebrate the opening of the rebuilt opera house, which had been destroyed by fire the previous year. Isabella Colbran sang the title role, which is one of the longest and most demanding that Rossini wrote, with difficult coloratura passages of every kind during the entire opera. The most notable