Maria Labia [SEP] voice type
Maria Labia
Maria Labia (14 February 1880, Verona – 10 February 1953, Malcesine, Lake Garda) was an Italian operatic soprano who was particularly associated with roles of the verisimo repertoire.
Career.
Labia studied voice with her mother, Cecilia Labia, who was also an opera singer. She made her professional opera début in Stockholm in 1905 portraying the role of Mimì in Puccini's "La bohème". Two years later she joined the Komische Oper Berlin where she sang numerous roles including the title role in
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