Claudia Sessa
Claudia Sessa was an Italian composer and singer/instrumentalist. She was born into the Sessa family, a patrician clan of the Milanese aristocracy. A nun at the convent of S. Maria Annunciata, she composed two sacred works published in 1613. The dates of her birth and death are uncertain. Gerolamo Borsieri wrote a long and glowing description of her, including that she sang and accompanied herself so well "that there was not a singer who could equal her" and that nobility in Parma and Mantua liked her singing more than "Claudio Monteverdi any other musician in the recitative style..."Works
- Occhi io vissi di voi
- Vatteme pur Lascivia
Her music has been recorded and issued on CD, including:
- Rosa Mistica Cappella Artemisia/Lombardi/Smith, Tactus
