Caterina Morensi by Gurney

CATARINA MORENSI
(Kate Duckworth)

????-1876
American Contralto

Kate Morensi was the Italianized name of American singer, Kate Duckworth. She was also sometimes billed as Mlle. Montgomery .She was a pupil of Ettore Barili , Made her 1858 New York debut as Prince Affable in "Love and Lightning" at Laura Keene's Theatre. She was well known for the role of Maffio Orsini in Donizetti's "Lucrezia Borgia" and Azucena in "Il Trovatore." Morensi continued to perform in concert in the 1870s.She died 27 November 1876. (The Times Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Thursday, November 30, 1876, Page 3. ... Kate Morensi, at one time a popular operatic singer in this country, died recently )

She toured United States with Grau Opera Company , Singing Adalgisa, Azucena , Maffio . Lucrezia borg among many others . Stated to be the 1st wife of Pasquale Brignoli , (but on his marriage in 1870 to Sallie Isabella McCullough he is listed as a bachelor)