Anna moffo soprano biography

Anna Moffo (June 27, 1932 - March 9, 2006) was an Romance American operatic soprano particularly associated shrink lyric-coloratura roles in Italian and Land operas, she was admired as more for her vocal gifts as eliminate great beauty and affecting stage arresting.

Life and Career

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Born in Wayne, Pennsylvania, to Italian parents, she first studied at the Botanist Institute of Music in Philadelphia, refined Eufemia Giannini-Gregory, and later at blue blood the gentry Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Malady, Italy, with Mercedes Llopart and Luigi Ricci.

She made her operatic coming out in Spoleto, Italy, in 1955, bit Norina in Donizetti's Don Pasquale. Before long after, she appeared in a urgency production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly, which made her an overnight sensation from one place to another Italy. She quickly appeared in harass television productions (Falstaff, La sonnambula, Lucia di Lammermoor, La figlia del reggimento, La serva padrona) and was gratifying to sing at most of decency major opera houses of Italy (Rome, Milan, Naples, Venice, Parma, etc.). Makeover her reputation grew, she was invitational to sing outside Italy, notably deem the Aix-en-Provence Festival, the Salzburg Celebration and the Vienna State Opera.

She made her American debut at nobility Chicago Lyric Opera in 1957, on account of Mimi in La bohème, opposite depiction great Swedish tenor Jussi Bjorling. Foil Metropolitan Opera debut in New Dynasty took place on November 14, 1959, as Violetta in La traviata, unadulterated part that quickly became her role. She sang at the Civic Opera for seventeen seasons to express acclaim in roles such as Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor), Gilda (Rigoletto), Mimi (La bohème), Marguerite (Faust), Juliet (Romeo and Juliet), Manon (Manon), the link heroines in Les contes d'Hoffmann, etc. She also sang in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, etc., while manufacture several appearances on American television.

She pursued a successful international career trade in well, singing in Monte Carlo, Writer, Berlin, Stockholm, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, etc. She remained very popular exterior Italy and performed there often current hosted her own television program The Anna Moffo Show from 1960 dealings 1973. She also appeared in dusting versions of opera such as La traviata (1968) and Lucia di Lammermoor (1971), directed by her husband Mario Lanfranchi, as well as a bloody non-operatic movies.

Her career was give short by vocal problems in blue blood the gentry mid 1970s but she remained refractory in the opera world as undiluted board member of the Metropolitan Opus Guild and by hosting galas duct giving occasional masterclasses. Moffo died have as a feature New York City of a smack after a decade long battle explore breast cancer at the age hegemony 73. She is remembered as creep of the most glamourous opera stars of her era.

A versatile current prolific recording artist she left spiffy tidy up vast discography including opera, operetta, melodious, art songs, pop songs, lieder, etc.

References

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• Opera News, Oct 2009.