Katia Ricciarelli (born January 16, 1946) is an Italian soprano.
Born at Rovigo, Veneto to a very poor family, she struggled during her younger years when she studied music.
She studied at the Benedict Marcello conservatory in Venice, won several vocal competitions in 1968, and made her professional debut as Mimì in La bohème in Mantua in 1969, followed by a 1970 appearance in Il trovatore in Parma. In the following year, she won RAI's "Voci Verd...
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Katia Ricciarelli (born January 16, 1946) is an Italian soprano.
Born at Rovigo, Veneto to a very poor family, she struggled during her younger years when she studied music.
She studied at the Benedict Marcello conservatory in Venice, won several vocal competitions in 1968, and made her professional debut as Mimì in La bohème in Mantua in 1969, followed by a 1970 appearance in Il trovatore in Parma. In the following year, she won RAI's "Voci Verdiane" award. Between 1972 and 1975, engagements followed in the major European and American opera houses, including Lyric Opera of Chicago (1972); La Scala (1973); Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (1974); and the Metropolitan Opera in 1975. In 1981, she began a decade-long association with the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, thus broadening her repertoire of Rossini's operas.
Beside her many opera performances, she also appeared as Desdemona in Franco Zeffirelli's film version of Verdi's Otello in 1986, alongside Plácido Domingo. In 2005 she...
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