Anna Bishop, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Anna Bishop

British opera singer

Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1810

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 18-Mar-1884

Profession: singer, opera singer

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Anna Bishop (9 January 1810 – 18 March 1884) was an English operatic soprano.
She sang in many countries on every continent, and was the most widely travelled singer of the 19th century.
She was married to the composer Henry Bishop but abandoned him for the French harpist, composer and entrepreneur Nicolas-Charles Bochsa.
She and Bochsa were said to have been the inspiration for Trilby and Svengali in George du Maurier's 1894 novel Trilby.