Luisa Tetrazzini [SEP] voice type
Luisa Tetrazzini
Luisa Tetrazzini (29 June 1871 – 28 April 1940) was an Italian coloratura soprano of great international fame. Tetrazzini's voice was remarkable for its phenomenal flexibility, thrust, steadiness and thrilling tone. She enjoyed a highly successful operatic and concert career in Europe and America from the 1890s through to the 1920s, but her final years were marred by poverty and ill health.
Biography.
Tetrazzini was born in Florence, the daughter of a military tailor. Reportedly, she began singing at the age of
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External links.
External links Biographical.
- Luisa Tetrazzini - The Coloratura Voice Vocal mastery; talks with master singers and teachers by Harriette Brower (1869–1928) (alt)
- Tetrazzini Modern musicians; a book for players, singers and listeners (1914) by James Cuthbert Hadden (1861–1914)
- brief biography from Encyclopedia Of The Opera - New Enlarged Edition; ed.David Ewen; published by Hill And Wang, 1963