Rosanna Carteri facts for kids
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Rosanna Carteri
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Rosanna Carteri in 1964
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| Born | 14 December 1930 Verona, Italy
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| Died | 25 October 2020 (aged 89) Monte Carlo, Monaco
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| Occupation | Operatic soprano |
Rosanna Carteri (born December 14, 1930 – died October 25, 2020) was a famous Italian opera singer. She was known as a soprano, which is a type of female singing voice. Rosanna was very active in the world of opera from the 1950s to the mid-1960s. She started her career at just 19 years old in Rome. She sang the role of Elsa in Wagner's opera Lohengrin. After this, she performed in many important roles around the world. Her main base was at La Scala in Milan, Italy. She also helped create new operas by singing in their very first performances. One example is the main role in Pizzetti's opera Ifigenia.
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Early Life and Opera Beginnings
Rosanna Carteri was born in Verona, Italy, and grew up in Padua. She started learning to sing when she was very young. Her teacher was Ferrucio Cusinati. By the age of twelve, she was already singing in concerts.
In 1948, Rosanna won a singing competition held by RAI, which is Italy's public broadcaster. This win helped her start her opera career. In 1949, when she was only 19, she made her first big opera appearance. This happened at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome. She sang the part of Elsa in Wagner's opera Lohengrin.
Major Performances Around the World
Rosanna Carteri quickly became a popular singer. In 1951, she performed at La Scala in Milan, one of the most famous opera houses. She sang the main role in Piccinni's opera La buona figliuola. A famous director named Giorgio Strehler directed this show.
Her talent took her to many international stages:
- In 1952, she sang at the Salzburg Festival in Austria. She played Desdemona in Verdi's Otello. A famous conductor, Wilhelm Furtwängler, led the orchestra.
- In 1954, she made her debut at the San Francisco Opera in the United States. She sang Mimi in Puccini's La bohème.
- She also performed Mimi at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. The next year, she returned to Chicago to sing Marguerite in Gounod's Faust and Adina in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore.
- In 1958, Rosanna appeared at the Verona Arena in her home city. She sang Liu in Puccini's Turandot.
- She performed La Bohème again in 1960 at the Royal Opera House in London.
- In 1961, she sang Violetta in Verdi's La traviata at the Paris Opera in France.
Recordings and Television Appearances
Rosanna Carteri also made several recordings. Early in her career, she recorded for Cetra Soria. Some of these recordings included Rossini's Guglielmo Tell, La bohème, and Puccini's Suor Angelica in 1951.
In 1956, she recorded La traviata for RCA Victor. She sang alongside Cesare Valletti and Leonard Warren. The orchestra was conducted by Pierre Monteux.
She also appeared in many television shows for RAI. These included operas like Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, Otello, and Verdi's Falstaff. In 1958, she starred in a black-and-white TV film of Puccini's La rondine.
In 1961, she was the main singer in a recording of Poulenc's Gloria. She sang with the choir and orchestra of the RTF, led by Georges Prêtre.
New Operas and Retirement
Rosanna Carteri was also involved in creating new and modern operas.
- In 1950, she performed the main role in Pizzetti's Ifigenia for its first broadcast on RAI. She also sang in its first stage performance in 1951.
- She took part in the first performances of Proserpina e lo straniero by Juan José Castro in 1952.
- In 1961, she performed in Il calzare d'argento by Ildebrando Pizzetti and Il mercante di Venezia by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
In 1966, at the age of 36, Rosanna Carteri decided to stop singing opera. She wanted to spend more time with her family. She was married to Franco Grosoli. In the 1970s, her family moved from Italy to Monte Carlo. This move was to help keep her children safe.
Rosanna Carteri passed away on October 25, 2020, in Monte Carlo. She was 89 years old. She was the last living singer from a famous book of interviews called The Last Prima Donnas (1982) by Lanfranco Rasponi.
Images for kids
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Rosanna Carteri in 1964
See also
In Spanish: Rosanna Carteri para niños
