Gigliola Frazzoni
Gigliola Frazzoni (22 February 1923 – 3 December 2016) was an Italian operatic soprano.[1][2]
She was born in
Teatro Comunale Bologna, as Mimi in La bohème
.
She quickly enjoyed considerable success at major opera houses throughout Italy, Turin, Venice, Parma, Palermo, Rome and Milan, etc. She was a regular guest at the Verona Arena from 1956 to 1972.
On 26 January 1957 she took part in the world premiere of Dialogues des Carmélites, as Mère Marie, at La Scala
in Milan.
Beginning in 1954, she also sang outside Italy, notably in
, etc.She was admired in dramatic roles, especially by
Leoncavallo, Giordano. She can be heard on a complete recording of Tosca, opposite Ferruccio Tagliavini and Giangiacomo Guelfi and in Jan Schmidt-Garre's film Opera Fanatic and also as Minnie in La fanciulla del West by Puccini together with Franco Corelli as Ramerrez and Tito Gobbi
as Rance –Live Recording, La Scala, Milan, 4 April 1956.
References
- ISBN 040506652X.
- ^ il Resto del Carlino (4 December 2016). "Addio a Gigliola Frazzoni, il grande soprano - il Resto del Carlino". ilrestodelcarlino.it. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
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