Gigliola Frazzoni

Gigliola Frazzoni (born on February 22, 1927, in Bologna) is an Italian operatic soprano.

She studied in Bologna with Marchesi and Secchiaroli, and made her debut at the Teatro Comunale Bologna, as Mimi in "La bohème".She quickly enjoyed considerable success at major opera houses throughout Italy, Turin, Venice, Parma, Palermo, Rome and Milan, etc. She was a regular guest at the Verona Arena from 1956 to 1972.On January 26, 1957, she took part in the world premiere of Francis Poulenc's "Dialogues des Carmélites", as Mère Marie, at La Scala in Milan.

Beginning in 1954, she also sang outside Italy, notably in Cairo, Munich, Stuttgart, Wiesbaden, Zurich, Vienna, Bordeaux, Dublin, etc.

She was admired in dramatic roles, especially by Verdi and Puccini and some other verismo composers such as Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Giordano. She can be heard on a complete recording of "Tosca", opposite Ferruccio Tagliavini and Giangiacomo Guelfi and in Jan Schmidt-Garre's film "Opera Fanatic".

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