Gianna Galli [SEP] voice type
Gianna Galli
Gianna Galli (29 April 1935 – 22 December 2010) was an Italian operatic soprano who had an active international career from the 1950s through the 1970s. She specialized in the lyric soprano repertoire and was particularly known for her portrayals of Puccini heroines.
Singing career.
Born in Modena, Galli began studying singing in her youth. In 1952, at the age of 17, she won the international singing competition in Spoleto. Later that year, she made her professional opera debut at the Teatro Comunale Modena
of Turin, with Gianna Galli as Fleana and Aldo Bottion as Radu (recorded live 7 April 1975).
- Giovan Battista Varoli conducting the Orchestra Regina and Coro Harmonia Cantata, with Marina Fratarcangeli as Fleana and Andrea Elena as Radu (recorded live 13 September 1999). Label: Kicco Classic CD 054
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Sources
- Annesley, Charles (pseudonym of Charles and Anna Tittmann) (1920). "The Standard Operaglass: Detailed plots of two hundred and thirty-five celebrated operas"