Brantley Gilbert - Small Town Throwdown (feat. Justin Moore & Thomas Rhett)

MARA (Mara; nee Schmeling, Schmeling) Gertrude Elizabeth (23 II 1749, Kassel - 20 I 1833, Tallinn) - German. singer (soprano). Rod in the family of a musician. She toured with great success as a violinist as a child (Vienna, London). She studied singing with P.D. Paradisi (London), improved in 1766-71 as a singer. chapel of I.A. Hiller (Leipzig). I.V. Goethe, having heard the singer in the oratorio "St. Elena ”Hasse, was delighted with her singing and dedicated poetry to her. From 1767 she sang in Germany, later in Vienna. In the 80s. 18 century in Paris, she competed with prima donna L. R. Todi. In 1784-1802 she participated in the Handel celebrations in London, performed as an opera and concert. singer in Handel’s pastychos and oratorios. In 1788-89 and 1791 she toured in Turin and Venice. Possessed a strong voice of a wide range (g - e3). Of particular success was the role of Cleopatra (Julius Caesar by Handel).In 1804-12 she lived in USA (in St. Petersburg and Washington). From 1813 she taught singing in Tallinn. Her husband: Johann M. - German. cellist and composer.