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GABRIELLI (Gabrielli) Katerina (12 XI 1730, Rome - 16 II 1796, ibid.) - Italy. singer (coloratura soprano). She studied singing with F.S. Garcia (Padre Garcia) in Rome and with N. Porpora in Naples, and improved with the co-leader G. Guadagni. In 1747 she made her debut with great success on the opera stage in Lucca. She sang in the opera houses of Naples (in 1750), Venice (in 1754), Vienna (in 1755-61), where she used the advice of K.V. Gluck, P. Metastasio. From 1759 she toured in the theaters of Milan, Turin, Palermo, Parma and other cities of Italy. From 1768 she performed in St. Petersburg, where in 1772-75 she was a soloist of the parish. ital. opera company. In 1775-76 she sang in London, then, returning to her homeland, performed in Lucca, Milan, Venice. In 1782 she left the scene. G. is one of the most famous singers of the 18th century. She possessed notice. voice data, brilliant masterly skill. The music historian C. Burney ranked G. as an educated and gifted virtuoso musician. However, V.A. Mozart found G.'s singing devoid of deep feeling and spirituality, noted the abuse of virtuosic techniques. G. was the first performer of Ch.parties in the early operas of K.V. Gluck (Nis - “Dance”, Claudia - “Justified Innocence”, Thetis - “Thetis”), T. Traetta (Arisia - “Hippolytus and Arisia”, Zenobia - “Zenobia”, Antigone - "Antigone", Psyche - "Cupid and Psyche").