- Stephens, Catherine
[E] Stephens, Catherine, Countess of Essex,
soprano \ncalist, born at London, December
18, 1791. She studied under Lanza and Thos.
Welsh, and appeared in Italian opera in 1812,
and in Arne's " Artaxerxes," 1813. From then
till 1835 she appeared at all the x^rincipal con-
certs in London, and at the provincial con-
certs. She also appeared in English opera at
Covent Garden and Drury Lane Theatres. In
1835 she retired, and in 1838 was married to
the Earl of Essex. She died at London, Feb-
ruary 22, 1882. Well-known in her day as
" Kitty Stephens," and was famed as an ad-
mirable exponent of English ballad music.entry id: 392-R-39
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