Maria Dickons

Maria Dickons born Martha Frances Caroline Poole (1770s – 4 May 1833) was a British opera singer.

[4] Dickons received her training in Bath under Venanzio Rauzzini[2] and she appeared in one of his operas, La vestale, in 1787 in London at the King's Theatre and then at Vauxhall Gardens.

[2] Unfortunately her new husband's trading was not as successful as her singing so she returned to the stage for financial reasons in 1807 using her married name, Maria Dickons.

Between 1807 and 1815 she appeared at prime locations in London, but her forays to Paris and Italy met with undocumented or mixed success.

It is suspected that she was demoted in Venice,[2] but she used her time valuably and she created a large multi-volume collection of Italian vocal music which she brought back to Britain.