Emilia Goggi [SEP] voice type
Emilia Goggi
Emilia Goggi, also known as Emilia Goggi-Marcovaldi, (10 October 1817 – 29 August 1857) was an Italian operatic mezzo-soprano who sang in the leading opera houses of Italy as well as in Spain. In 1853 she created the role of Azucena in the world premiere of Verdi's In "Il trovatore".
Life and career.
Emilia Goggi was born in Prato. Her hyphenated family name was the result of the intermarriage in the late 18th century of two noble families in that
the role later that year in Florence and then in Turin and Naples in 1854 and in Pisa in 1856.
In addition to Azucena, Goggi also created the roles of Diomira in Fabio Campana's "Giulio d'Este" (Teatro degli Avvalorati, Livorno, 28 August 1841) and Erminia in Josep Piqué i Cerveró's "Ernesto, duca di Sicilia" (Teatro Principal, Barcelona, 4 November) 1844). Emilia Goggi died suddenly in Florence in 1857 at the age of 39 while preparing for a singing tour to