Lucia Valentini Terrani [SEP] voice type
Lucia Valentini Terrani
Lucia Valentini Terrani (29 August 1946 in Padua – 11 June 1998 in Seattle) was an Italian coloratura mezzo-soprano, particularly associated with Rossini roles.
Life and career.
Born Lucia Valentini, she studied first at the Padua Music Conservatory, and later at the Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello in Venice. She made her stage debut in Brescia, as Angelina in "La cenerentola", a role with which she would remain closely associated throughout her career.
She made her debut at
by Carlo Maria Giulini, 1982), and "Don Carlos" (opposite Plácido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli and Ruggero Raimondi, conducted by Claudio Abbado, 1983–84).
A small square close to the Teatro Verdi in Padua, the city of her birth, has been named "Piazzetta Lucia Valentini Terrani" in her honour. Also named for her is a hotel in Padua especially designed for the families of sick people being treated at local hospitals, where they can stay at reduced rates.
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