Ilva Ligabue

Ilva Ligabue (born May 23, 1932 in Reggio nell'Emilia , † August 19, 1998 in Palermo ) was an Italian opera singer ( soprano ).

Life

The best-known role of the Milan-trained singer was the role of Alice Ford in the opera Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi . In this role, after initial successes in Italy, she also appeared at the Covent Garden Opera in London , at the Vienna State Opera , at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires , at the festivals in Glyndebourne , Salzburg , Aix-en-Provence and in Tel Aviv , Dallas and Chicago . She also took on the role in two complete recordings, once under Georg Solti for Decca Records and once under Leonard Bernstein for CBS . She also sang a. a. the Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart .

personal data
SURNAME	Ligabue, Ilva
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian opera singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH	May 23, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH	Reggio nell'Emilia
DATE OF DEATH	August 19, 1998
Place of death	Palermo