Anna de Amicis

Anna Lucia de Amicis (c. 1733–1816), also known as also known as Anna de Amicis-Buonsollazzi, was an Italian soprano.

Life and career The daughter of tenor Domenico de Amicis and soprano Rosalba Baldacci, She received her initial vocal training from her parents, and began her career as a comic soprano touring Europe in the family's opera troupe. She later studied singing with Vittoria Tesi. Innsbruck and Naples. In Innsbruck she sang the female title role in Romolo ed Ersilia, the marriage celebration opera written by Johann Adolf Hasse for the marriage of Leopold of Habsburg and Spanish Infanta Maria Ludovica. For this role she gained a noted reputation. She was a favourite of both W. A. Mozart and his father, Leopold, and created the role of Giunia in Lucio Silla (Milan 1772).