Gertrude Kappel
Gertrude Kappel was born on September 1st 1884 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. started to study singing at the Leipzig Conservatory as a pupil of Arthur Nikisch. Already on the occasion of her debut at the Opera House of Hanover in Beethoven´s “Fidelio“ in …
Pia Tassinari
Pia Tassinari, born on September 15th 1903 in Modigliana (near Forlì), was considered one of the most popular and successful singers in Italy in the Thirties and Fourties. Her real first name was Domenica which was changed into Pia when she started her artistic career. …
Renata Scotto
Renata Scotto was born on February 24th, 1934, in the Italian town of Savona. Renata Scotto made her debut in 1953 as Violetta at Savona and then Milan. She was a virtuosic soprano lirico-leggero gifted with a velvet timbre and insuperable coloratura, supported by a good …
Claudia Muzio
Once described by Giacomo Lauri-Volpi as a voice “made of tears and sighs and restrained interior fire” Claudia Muzio is one of the more important figures in opera of the first half of the 20th Century. She was born into an operatic family; her father …
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