- Carla Gavazzi
Carla Gavazzi (
February 26 ,1913 ,Bergamo -May 25 ,2008 ,Milan ) was an Italian operaticsoprano , largely based in Italy, and particularly associated with theverismo repertory.Carla Gavazzi was one of many talented Italian sopranos from the 1950s, who were eclipsed by the likes of
Renata Tebaldi andMaria Callas . She possessed a powerful, warm and vibrant voice combined with expressive delivery and fine musicianship.She made her debut as Mimi in "
La bohème ", in 1940, and sang throughout Italy in the standardlirico-spinto repertory, encompassing works byMozart ,Puccini andVerdi .She was also admired in contemporary works such as;
Hindemith 's "Mathis der Maler", Malipiero 's "La favola del figlio cambiato",Respighi 's "La campana sommersa", Refice's "Margherita da Cortona", Alfano 's "Cyrano de Bergerac" and "Risurrezione". Alfano also chosed her for the premiere of his song cycle to poetry by Tagone.Gavazzi appeared in an Italian television production of "
Cavalleria rusticana " in 1957 and inJan Schmidt-Garre 's film "Opera Fanatic" in 1998, and made a number of recordings withCetra in the early 1950s such as Donna Elvira in "Don Giovanni ", Nedda in "Pagliacci ", Adriana in "Adriana Lecouvreur ", and Minnie in "La fanciulla del west ".In 1959, family-related reasons caused her to retire from the stage, sadly just as she was invited to appear at the
Royal Opera House in London, which could have been the beginning of an international career.ources
* "Musicweb-international.com", Christopher Howell, February 2003.
* "Opera News", Obituaries, August 2008.
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