Cecilia Fusco

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Maria Cecilia Fusco (born June 10, 1933 in Rome , † November 26, 2020 in Latisana , Friuli-Venezia Giulia ) was an Italian opera singer ( soprano ).

Life

Cecilia Fusco was born as the daughter of the Italian composer Giovanni Fusco , who u. a. He wrote film music for Michelangelo Antonioni , Francesco Maselli , Paolo as well as Vittorio Taviani , Jean-Luc Godard , Alain Resnais and Renato Castellani , born in Rome. She received her vocal training in her hometown of Rome at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia .

In 1958 she made her debut at the Teatro Margherita in Genoa as Gilda in Rigoletto . Her rapid career developed from the early 1960s, which led to engagements at the leading opera houses in Italy. In the 1959/60 season she made her debut in May 1960 at La Scala in Milan as Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro under the musical direction of Herbert von Karajan . Her other roles at Scala included a. Lisa in La sonnambula (season 1961/62) and the Musetta in La Bohème (season 1962/63). In April 1962 she sang the role of Katja in the world premiere of the opera Il buono soldato Sveijk by Guido Turchi at La Scala in Milan . She also sang Norina in Don Pasquale at La Scala (1964/65 season) and other roles in operas by Georg Friedrich Handel , Gioachino Rossini and Richard Strauss .

Fusco made guest appearances in Italy a. a. at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice , at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples , at the Teatro Regio di Parma , at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna , at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo , at the Teatro Grande in Brescia and at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari .

She also sang on major stages in other European countries. She kicked u. a. at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona (1961), at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels , in Copenhagen (1966), at the Flemish Opera in Antwerp (1968, 1969), at the Cologne Opera (1968), in Austria , Yugoslavia and in Switzerland . She made a guest appearance in Cairo and performed at the Expo '70 world exhibition in Osaka . Between 1971 and 1973 she was on tour with the "Piccolo Teatro Musicale di Roma" with guest performances a. a. in Paris and London .

Fusco sang mainly in the role of the coloratura soubrette and the lyrical coloratura soprano . Her repertoire included Amor , Blonde , Rosina , Adina , Oscar and Nannetta . Further stage roles were: Serpina in La serva padrona , Elisetta in Il matrimonio segreto , Elvira in I puritani and the title role in the opera Rita by Gaetano Donizetti .

Fusco's career lasted until the late 1970s / early 1980s. Her voice is documented on several complete operatic recordings made by Cetra , the DGG (1968, as Zerline in Fra Diavolo ), RCA ( Rita and L'ajo nell'imbarazzo by Donizetti) and IRTEM (Lisetta in Il Re Teodoro by Giovanni Paisiello ) published. There are also live recordings and various radio recordings.

From the 1990s she worked as a singing professor and taught a. a. at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Tartini in Trieste . Her students include a. Alexandra Reinprecht and Massimo Giordano . She was married to her husband, the Italian actor Pierpaolo Sovran , for over 40 years . Fusco died at the age of 87 in Latisana hospital as a result of a COVID-19 infection.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Addio a Cecilia Fusco, fu tra i grandi della lirica . Obituary for RAI News on November 28, 2020. Accessed November 29, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b c Paola Mauro: Latisana piange la soprano Maria Cecilia Fusco . Obituary (Italian). In: Messaggero Veneto of November 28, 2020. Accessed November 29, 2020.
  3. ↑ Le nozze di Figaro . Performance archive at La Scala in Milan. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  4. ↑ La sonnambula . Performance archive at La Scala in Milan. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  5. ↑ La Bohème . Performance archive at La Scala in Milan. February 1963. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  6. ↑ La Bohème . Performance archive at La Scala in Milan. March 1963. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  7. ^ Il buon soldato . Occupation. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  8. ↑ Cecilia Fusco . Performance archive at La Scala in Milan. February 1963. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Fusco, Cecilia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fusco, Maria Cecilia (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian opera singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome , Lazio , Italy
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 2020
Place of death Latisana , Friuli Venezia Giulia