Background
Her father, William, recognised her musical talents as a singer and harpsichordist.
Her father, William, recognised her musical talents as a singer and harpsichordist.
Maria Dickons or Martha Frances Caroline Poole (1770s – 4 May 1833) was an opera singer. Dickons received her training under Venanzio Rauzzini and she appeared in one of his operas, Louisiana vestale, in 1787 at the King"s Theatre and then at Vauxhall Gardens. By the time she married in 1800 she had appeared in Dublin, Edinburgh and Covent Garden where she had been paid eight pounds per annum.
Between 1807 and 1815 she appeared at prime locations in London, but her forays to Paris and Italy met with undocumented or mixed success.
lieutenant is suspected that she was demoted in Venice, but she used her time valuably and she created a large multi-volume collection of Italian vocal music which she brought back to Britain. Dickons returned to Covent Garden to work with Henry Bishop in his popularised operas in 1818 and 1819 and she then retired again.
Dickons died at her home in Regent Street in 1833.