Lina Bruna Rasa [SEP] voice type
Lina Bruna Rasa
Lina Bruna Rasa (24 September 1907 – October 1984) was an Italian operatic soprano. She was particularly noted for her performances in the verismo repertoire and was a favourite of Pietro Mascagni who considered her the ideal Santuzza. Bruna Rasa created the roles of Atte in Mascagni's "Nerone", Cecilia Sagredo in Franco Vittadini's "La Sagredo" and Saint Clare in 's 1926 oratorio, "Trittico Francescano". She also sang the role of Tsaritsa Militrisa in the Italian premiere of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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- Salgado, Susana (2003) "The Teatro Solís: 150 Years of Opera, Concert, and Ballet in Montevideo", Wesleyan University Press.
External links.
- 1934 photograph taken after the first reading of "Nerone" showing Mascagni with the premiere cast members, Margherita Carosio, Aureliano Pertile, Lina Bruna Rasa and Apollo Granforte.
- 1939 photograph of Pietro Mascagni with Lina Bruna Rasa.