- Ayton, Fanny
[E] Ayton, Fanny, soprano vocalist, born
Macclesfield, 1806. She studied under Man-
ielli at Florence, and first appeared at Venice
in opera, 1825, in Coccia's " Clotilda." In
February, 1827, she appeared in London as
Ninetta in Rossini's " La Gazza Ladra," at
the King's Theatre. She afterwards sang in
London, Birmingham, and elsewhere, both in
opera and oratorio. The date of her death
remains in doub , but was subsequent to 1832
as she appeared in February of that year in a
version of Meyerbeer's " Robert le Diable."entry id: 20-L-18
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