After singing at La Fenice in 1960, which soprano was known as ‘La Stupenda’?
"a diva with a voice out of the ordinary. She sang ""Lucia"" to great acclaim in Paris in 1960 and, in 1961, at La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera. In 1960, she sang a superb ""Alcina"" at La Fenice, Venice, where she was nicknamed ""La Stupenda"" (""The Stunning One""). For her performance of ""Lucia di Lammermoor"", standees began lining up at 7:30 that morning. Her singing of the Mad Scene drew a 12-minute ovation. Sutherland would soon be praised as ""La Stupenda"" in newspapers around the world. Later that year (1960), Sutherland sang ""Alcina"" at the Dallas Opera, with which"
"yet appearing with this company, Joan Sutherland, then an internationally known Australian soprano, and her husband, the conductor Richard Bonynge, helped the cause of opera in general in Australia during the 1960s. Sutherland's name was also linked to the progress of the Sydney Opera House, begun in 1957 and still undergoing a lengthy and controversial construction. By the time 'La Stupenda' appeared there in 1974, one year after the opening of the theatre, the company was a leading repertory company with a large chorus and a roster of experienced Australian principals supplemented by guest singers and conductors. In 1970, the"
"as actress or singer-pianist or both. Rita Montaner Rita Aurelia Fulcida Montaner y Facenda (20 August 1900 – 17 April 1958), known as Rita Montaner, was a Cuban singer, pianist and actress. In Cuban parlance, she was a ""vedette"" (a star), and was well known in Mexico City, Paris, Miami and New York, where she performed, filmed and recorded on numerous occasions. She was one of Cuba's most popular artists between the late 1920s and 1950s, renowned as ""Rita de Cuba"". Though classically trained as a soprano for zarzuelas, her mark was made as a singer of Afro-Cuban salon songs"
"as ""now virtually forgotten star of La Scala"" and a ""forgotten opera singer"". She died in Barbarano, near Salò, on 10 August 1948. Giuseppina Cobelli Giuseppina Cobelli (1 August 1898 - 10 August 1948) was an Italian soprano opera singer. She was born in Maderno on Lake Garda on 1 August 1898 and studied in Bologna and Hamburg. Her debut was as La Gioconda in Piacenza in 1924. She performed at La Scala from 1925 to 1942, and created the role of Silvana in Ottorino Respighi's ""La fiamma"" in Rome in 1934. In ""Grove's Dictionary of Opera Singers"" she is"
"Rita Montaner Rita Aurelia Fulcida Montaner y Facenda (20 August 1900 – 17 April 1958), known as Rita Montaner, was a Cuban singer, pianist and actress. In Cuban parlance, she was a ""vedette"" (a star), and was well known in Mexico City, Paris, Miami and New York, where she performed, filmed and recorded on numerous occasions. She was one of Cuba's most popular artists between the late 1920s and 1950s, renowned as ""Rita de Cuba"". Though classically trained as a soprano for zarzuelas, her mark was made as a singer of Afro-Cuban salon songs including ""The Peanut Vendor"" and ""Siboney""."
"most prolific Norma was the Greek-American soprano Maria Callas, who gave 89 stage performances (several of which exist on live recordings as well as two on studio versions made in 1954 and 1960). Callas's first appearances in the role began at the Teatro Comunale di Firenze in November/December 1948 followed by the second at the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires in June 1949, both of which were conducted by Tullio Serafin. The following year, she appeared in the role at La Fenice in Venice in January 1950, this time under Antonino Votto, and in Mexico in May 1950 conducted by Guido"
"Amanda Thane Amanda Louise Thane (18 December 1953 – 1 September 2012) was an Australian operatic soprano known for her interpretations of roles such as Violetta in Verdi's ""La traviata"", Liù in Puccini's ""Turandot"", Eva in Wagner's ""Die Meistersinger"", and the title role in Donizetti's ""Maria Stuarda"". She sang at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, from 1991 to 2000, including leading roles in ""Les Huguenots"", ""The Tales of Hoffmann"" and ""La bohème"". Thane was born in Taree and studied singing at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Her teachers included German bass-baritone Hans Hotter. She married Glenn Winslade in 1978,"
"Giuseppina Cobelli Giuseppina Cobelli (1 August 1898 - 10 August 1948) was an Italian soprano opera singer. She was born in Maderno on Lake Garda on 1 August 1898 and studied in Bologna and Hamburg. Her debut was as La Gioconda in Piacenza in 1924. She performed at La Scala from 1925 to 1942, and created the role of Silvana in Ottorino Respighi's ""La fiamma"" in Rome in 1934. In ""Grove's Dictionary of Opera Singers"" she is described as ""A beautiful woman with a highly individual voice and dramatic temperament"". She only made two commercial recordings and has been described"
"Mercedes Llopart Mercedes Llopart (1895 - 2 September 1970) was a Spanish soprano who later became a notable singing teacher in Italy. Mercedes Llopart studied in her native Barcelona and made her operatic debut there in 1915. She then went to Italy where she sang in many small theatres before making her debut at the Rome Opera in 1920 where she remained until 1925. She then appeared at the Verona Arena in 1922 as Elsa in ""Lohengrin"", in Palermo in 1923 in the title-role of ""Tosca"", in Genoa in 1925 as Ginevra in ""La cena delle beffe"". In 1924, at"
"Countess. It took until April 1966 before it was heard there again under Vittorio Gui. However, Gui conducted it in Palermo in January 1959. ""Beatrice di Tenda"" was revived in 1961 by the American Opera Society in New York with Joan Sutherland, Enzo Sordello, Marilyn Horne and Richard Cassilly under Nicola Rescigno, and in the same year at La Scala with Sutherland and Raina Kabaivanska and with Antonino Votto conducting. La Fenice presented the work again in January 1964 with Leyla Gencer. The 1960s saw occasional presentations. Since that time the title role has been assumed by a number of"
"Virginia Ramponi-Andreini Virginia Ramponi-Andreini, also known by her stage name ""La Florinda"" (1583 – c.1630) was a celebrated Italian actress and singer. She was known for her performances in ""commedia dell'arte"" plays, many of them written for her by her husband Giambattista Andreini, and for having created the title role in Claudio Monteverdi's lost opera ""L'Arianna"". She was born in Northern Italy in either Milan or Genoa. The exact date and place of her death are unknown. Born Virginia Andrea Ramponi, she has been described by her contemporaries in poems and letters as originating from either Milan or Genoa, depending"
"handful of lovely song recordings), but those who saw her in recital remembered the joy that she communicated. In this respect, she was a real cosmopolitan artist. Hina Spani Hina Spani (15 February 189611 July 1969) was an Argentine soprano. Her real name was Higinia Tuñón and she enjoyed a major opera career centred on Italy during the 1920s and 1930s. Spani was born in Puán, Province of Buenos Aires, an old town located in the pampas of Argentina. When it was discovered that she had a clear, pleasing voice, a landowner from the vicinity of her home town agreed"
"Santa Cecilia, in Rome. Touring France, Italy, and the Middle East, Stampone returned to Buenos Aires in 1952 and formed an orchestra with bandoneónist Leopoldo Federico. The Stampone-Federico Orchestra recorded for the TK label, notably on compositions such as ""Criolla linda"" (""Pretty Country Girl"") and ""Tierrita"" (""Small Land""). Federico's contract with ratings leader Radio Belgrano in 1955 left Stampone with sole control of the orchestra, which popularized ""El Marne"" (Eduardo Arolas), ""Nueve puntos"" (Francisco Canaro), ""Confesión"" (Enrique Santos Discépolo and Luis César Amadori), Stampone's own ""Afiches"" (""Posters,"" lyrics by Homero Expósito), and numerous other standards; ""Afiches"" helped popularize one of"
"Hina Spani Hina Spani (15 February 189611 July 1969) was an Argentine soprano. Her real name was Higinia Tuñón and she enjoyed a major opera career centred on Italy during the 1920s and 1930s. Spani was born in Puán, Province of Buenos Aires, an old town located in the pampas of Argentina. When it was discovered that she had a clear, pleasing voice, a landowner from the vicinity of her home town agreed to help her to meet the costs of studying voice, first in Buenos Aires with Amalia Campodonico and later in Milan with Vittorio Moratti. She made her"
"La Niña de los Peines Pastora Pavón Cruz, known as La Niña de los Peines (Seville, Spain, 10 February 1890 - 26 November 1969), is considered the most important woman flamenco singer of the 20th century. She was a sister of singers Arturo Pavón and Tomás Pavón, also an important flamenco singer, and aunt to Arturo Pavón, the first flamenco pianist. Both brothers, Pastora and Tomás, together with singer Manuel Torre, were the inspiring models for the next generation of singers like Antonio Mairena, Pepe de la Matrona or Fosforito, who led the movement towards the revival of traditional forms"
"in Buenos Aires. Despite his success, Sereni always remained in the shadow of the more charismatic baritones of his time, principally Leonard Warren, Robert Merrill, Ettore Bastianini, Rolando Panerai and Piero Cappuccilli, yet his many recordings reveal a singer and musician of considerable distinction, with a handsome voice, a solid technique, and a fine sense of style. Sereni sang Germont in two famous performances of ""La traviata"". The first, with Maria Callas and Alfredo Kraus in 1958, became known as the ""Lisbon Traviata"". The second, from La Scala in 1964, with Anna Moffo and Renato Cioni, became known as the"
"became a noted singing teacher in Milan, her most famous students include: Renata Scotto, Fiorenza Cossotto, Anna Moffo, Elena Souliotis, Biancamaria Casoni, Venezuelan tenor Rubén Dominguez, Venezuelan coloratura soprano Cecilia Nuñez Albanese, Ana María Iriarte, Francisco Ortiz, tenors Bernabé Martí, Alfredo Kraus, his older brother baritone Francisco Kraus and bass Ivo Vinco. She died in Milan. Mercedes Llopart Mercedes Llopart (1895 - 2 September 1970) was a Spanish soprano who later became a notable singing teacher in Italy. Mercedes Llopart studied in her native Barcelona and made her operatic debut there in 1915. She then went to Italy where she"
"by Blas Galindo, at the Degollado Theatre. He sang in productions like ""L'elisir d'amore"", ""La traviata"", ""Madama Butterfly"" in the roles of Pinkerton and Goro, ""Pagliacci"" in the role of Beppe, ""Mefistofele"", ""Trionfo di Afrodite"" -at its premiere in Mexico-, ""Orphée aux Enfers"", ""Tosca"" as Spoletta, ""L'amore dei tre re"", ""Fedora"", ""Andrea Chénier"", ""L'amico Fritz"", ""Carmina Burana"" and ""La bohème"". He spanned the genres of lied, oratorio, zarzuela and operetta. He sang in Havana, Cuba, in the 1954-1957 seasons. José Sosa Esquivel José Sosa Esquivel (March 22, 1923 in Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro – June 15, 1968 in Tampico, Mexico)"
"Adriana Maliponte Adriana Maliponte (born Brescia, 26 December 1938) is an Italian operatic soprano. Born Adriana Macchiaioli, she moved with her family to France at the age of 14. She studied first at the Mulhouse Conservatory and later in Como with Carmen Melis and made her stage debut at the Teatro Nuovo in Milan in 1958. In 1960 she won the Geneva International Singing Competition and quickly became a regular presence on the world's best opera stages during the 1960s and 1970s, making her debut at La Scala in 1970 as Manon, and at the Metropolitan Opera in 1971 as"
"La Fenice), Joanna Bruno as Kitty, Gary Glaze as Kodanda, and David Clartworthy as Mr. Scattergood. Menotti directed. Critics seemed to like this version better. The ""Honolulu Star-Bulletin"" said it was ""packed with solid, wonderful, memorable music"" and that John Reardon's performance was ""simply flawless."" The opera was revived in 1981 at the Spoleto Festival USA in honor of the composer's 70th birthday. The production was led by conductor Christian Badea and starred Suzanne Hong as Kitty. It was presented as part of the 2011 festival season by the Santa Fe Opera under conductor George Manahan directed by Ned Canty,"
"but retired from the stage, while still in good voice, three years later. She then taught at the Music Conservatory in Milan, and later in Ankara, where she had the well-known soprano Leyla Gencer as a pupil. She died in Milan shortly after her 60th birthday from undisclosed causes. Arangi-Lombardi can be heard to impressive effect in four complete opera recordings, ""Aida"" (1928), ""Cavalleria Rusticana"" (1930), ""La Gioconda"" (1931, with Ebe Stignani as 'Laura'. For many years this was the only complete recordings and was viewed as a definitive version to which others should aspire.), and ""Mefistofele"" (as Helen of"
"Consuelo Mayendía Consuelo Mayendía was a Spanish soprano and actress, born in Valencia. Most of Mayendía's career occurred during the first quarter of the 20th century where she became one of the biggest stars in the Teatro Apolo of Madrid. She performed in operettas and lyrical sketches which she combined in many instances with libretto by Carlos Arnichesmy, sharing the stage with José Moncayo. They appeared together in ""El trust de los tenorios"" (1910), ""El amo de la calle"" (1910), ""El amigo Melquíades"" (1914), ""Serafín el pinturero"" (1916). She also premiered in ""Diana la cazadora"" (1915), written by Hermanos Álvarez"
"divorced him in 1989, but reunited with him in 1995 and embarked on what ""The Sydney Morning Herald"" described as ""their wilderness years"" in London, remarrying in 1999. In 2012 she was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia. Amanda Thane Amanda Louise Thane (18 December 1953 – 1 September 2012) was an Australian operatic soprano known for her interpretations of roles such as Violetta in Verdi's ""La traviata"", Liù in Puccini's ""Turandot"", Eva in Wagner's ""Die Meistersinger"", and the title role in Donizetti's ""Maria Stuarda"". She sang at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, from 1991 to 2000,"
"did not perform at the Met during that time at all, even though a production of Rossini's ""Semiramide"" had also been planned, but later she returned there to sing in other operas. During the 1960s, Sutherland had added the greatest heroines of bel canto (""beautiful singing"") to her repertoire: Violetta in Verdi's ""La traviata"", Amina in Bellini's ""La sonnambula"" and Elvira in Bellini's ""I puritani"" in 1960; the title role in Bellini's ""Beatrice di Tenda"" in 1961; Marguerite de Valois in Meyerbeer's ""Les Huguenots"" and the title role in Rossini's ""Semiramide"" in 1962; Norma in Bellini's ""Norma"" and Cleopatra in"
"Pepita Embil Josefa ""Pepita"" Embil Echániz (Basque: ""Josefa Enbil Etxaniz""; February 28, 1918—August 28, 1994) was a Spanish Basque soprano who starred in zarzuela and operetta productions throughout Spain and Latin America. Known as the ""Queen of Zarzuela,"" she is especially remembered for her son, the internationally famous operatic tenor Plácido Domingo, whose early career she helped to nurture. Embil began her professional career singing as a soloist in choirs, including the Basque national choir, Eresoinka, which based itself in France during the Spanish Civil War. While still in her twenties, she appeared in the world premieres of several new"
"bohème"" in 1968, and Mozart's ""Così fan tutte"" in 1974; other recordings were nominated for the award. Montserrat Caballé María de Montserrat Viviana Concepción Caballé i Folch (; 12 April 1933 – 6 October 2018) was a Spanish operatic soprano. She sang a wide variety of roles, but is best known as an exponent of the works of Verdi and of the bel canto repertoire, notably the works of Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti. She was noticed internationally when she stepped in for a performance of Donizetti's ""Lucrezia Borgia"" at Carnegie Hall in 1965, and then appeared at leading opera houses."
"scheduled performance was jeopardised by the death, from smallpox, of the leading soprano Caterina Martinelli. Fortunately a replacement was to hand, a renowned actress and singer, Virginia Ramponi-Andreini, known professionally as ""La Florinda"", who was performing in Mantua. A courtier, Antonio Costantini, later reported that she learned the part of Arianna in six days. The musicologist Tim Carter suggests that Arianna's lament may have been added to the opera at this late stage, to exploit La Florinda's well-known vocal capabilities. The casting for the opera's premiere is uncertain. While the participation of singers such as La Florinda and Francesco Rasi"
"under contract for four performances, declined to perform in the added performance due to illness, saying that she had already appeared in the other performances against her doctor's orders. Scotto, covering the role of Amina, sang the role on 3 September 1957. The performance was a great success, and the 23-year-old Scotto became an international opera star. In 1961 she performed Amina again at Venice's La Fenice with tenor Alfredo Kraus with whom she shared the same teacher, Mercedes Llopart, and a long professional association. During the 1960s she became one of the leading singers in the belcanto revival initiated"
"Olga Ramos Trinidad Olga Ramos Sanguino (18 July 1918 – 25 August 2005) was a Spanish cupletista, violinist, and actress known as the queen of the cuplé. She appeared singing a song in the 1940 film ""Leyenda rota"", with Juan de Orduña and Maruchi Fresno, directed by . She studied violin at the Madrid Royal Conservatory, where she won the first prize for chamber music in 1943. In the 1940s, she conducted the Orquesta Fémina, an ""orchestra of young ladies"", in various locations in the city such as . After a few years withdrawn from the world of entertainment, from"
"Naples in 1863. She died in Naples in 1896. Balbina Steffenone Balbina Steffenone (also spelled Bina or Steffanone or Steffenoni, 1825–1896) was a 19th-century soprano. Born in Turin, Italy, she studied in Bologna under Teresa Bertinotti, debuting as Lucia in ""Macerata"" in 1842. After singing across Italy, she spent 1845-47 singing at Covent Garden, then went to North America, where she stayed for seven years. Her appearances ranged from Boston to Mexico City and Havana, where she remained a principal in the company under Giovanni Bottesini around 1850. She sang in the American premiere of ""Il trovatore"" at the Academy"
"Gloria Lasso Gloria Lasso (25 October 1922 – 4 December 2005) was a Spanish-born canción melódica singer, long based in France. In the 1950s, she was one of the major competitors to Dalida. Born as Rosa Coscolin Figueras in Vilafranca del Penedès, Catalonia, she achieved a degree of fame and success in the 1950s and 1960s, with songs such as ""Amour, castagnettes et tango"" (1955), ""Etranger au paradis"" (1956, a French version of ""Stranger in paradise"" by Tony Bennett), ""Buenas noches mi amor"" (1957) and ""Bon voyage"" (1958). Eventually superseded by Dalida, she moved to Mexico, but attempted a comeback"
"Princesse de Bouillon in ""Adriana Lecouvreur"", which she often sang with Magda Olivero in the title role, in Brescia (1956), Lisbon (1956), Palermo (1959) and Caracas (1961). In 1962, her recording of Suzuki in ""Madama Butterfly"" won a Grammy Award. She died in Rome on 25 December, 2016, at the age of 98. Miriam Pirazzini Miriam Pirazzini (21 August 1918 – 26 December 2016) was a well-known Italian mezzo-soprano. She made her formal debut in Rome, in 1944, as Laura Adorno in ""La Gioconda"". For the next twenty years, she was one of Italy's foremost mezzo-sopranos. Pirazzini was born in"
"Emma Nevada Emma Nevada (née Wixom) (7 February 1859 – 20 June 1940) was an American operatic soprano particularly known for her performances in operas by Bellini and Donizetti and the French composers Ambroise Thomas, Charles Gounod, and Léo Delibes. Considered one of the finest coloratura sopranos of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, her most famous roles were Amina in ""La sonnambula"", and the title roles in ""Lakmé"", ""Mignon"", ""Mireille"", and ""Lucia di Lammermoor. Emma Nevada was born in Alpha, California to Maria O'Boy Wixom and Dr. William Wallace Wixom, who was the physician for the gold mine"