Ebe Stignani [SEP] voice type
Ebe Stignani
Ebe Stignani (10 July 1903 – 5 October 1974) was an Italian opera singer, who was pre-eminent in the dramatic mezzo-soprano roles of the Italian repertoire during a stage career of more than thirty years.
Career.
Born in Naples in 1903 (some sources cite her year of birth as 1904), Stignani studied music for five years at the San Pietro a Majella Conservatory in Naples, including piano and composition as well as singing. The date of her singing début is usually
("La Favorite"), Vénus ("Lohengrin"), etc.
Often compared to the Italian mezzo Ebe Stignani for the range of her voice (from do² to counter-D), she performed all over the world: at Teatro Colón of Buenos Aires, in Belgium, Athens, Algiers and Oran, Switzerland, Copenhagen, etc.
Retired from the stage in 1976, she devoted herself to teaching. She was married to critic and writer Stéphane Wolff.
Couderc died in Toulon 16 November