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Isabella Hinckley and Augostino Susini by Fredricks

Isabella Hinckley( 1840-1862 ) and Augostino Susini (1825-1883); American soprano and Italian bass.
In 1857 Hinckley made her Florence debut. Hinckley's opera debut was in Amsterdam in 1860 as Adalgisa in "Norma." In 1861 Hinckley made her New York debut as Lucia di Lammermoor at the Academy of Music. She was famous for her performances in "Il Trovatore," "Il Barbiere di Siviglia," and "Il Ballo in Maschera." In 1861 Hinckley married Augostino Susini , one of the great opera singers of the 1850s and 60s.

Susini made his American debut in 1854 in "Lucrezia Borgia" at the Castle Garden in New York. He starred for many opera seasons at the New York Academy of Music.

Both singers died tragically; she in childbirth at age 22 and he was run over by a carriage in London.
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