Joaquina Sitches


Maria-Joaquina Sitches Briones was a Spanish actress and operatic soprano.

Life

Joaquina Sitches was the second wife of the tenor, composer and impresario Manuel García, and the mother of the pedagogue Manuel García the younger, of the mezzo Maria Malibran, and of the mezzo and composer Pauline Viardot.
All three children were gifted and benefited from the early training by their father. When her husband died when Pauline was not yet 11 years old, Sitchez took charge of her vocal training.

Family of Manuel García