Lucia Valentini Terrani

Lucia Valentini Terrani, 1982

Lucia Valentini Terrani (born August 29, 1946 in Padua , † June 11, 1998 in Seattle ) was an Italian opera singer with a mezzo-soprano voice . She was best known for her interpretations of Rossini operas, such as L'italiana in Algeri (1978), La cenerentola (1980) and La donna del lago (1983).

Life

She made her debut in 1969 as Angelina in La Cenerentola at the Teatro Grande in Brescia and in the same role in 1973 at La Scala in Milan and in 1974 as Isabella in L'italiana in Algeri at the Metropolitan Opera . Other Rossini roles were the title role in Tancredi , Pippo in La gazza ladra , Calbo in Maometto secondo , Arsace in Semiramide and Isolier in Le comte Ory . Her roles in other composers have included Dorabella ( Così fan tutte ), Eboli ( Don Carlo ), Mrs. Quckily ( Falstaff ), Fenena ( Nabucco ), the title role in Mignon , Marina Mnick ( Boris Godunow ), Dulcinée ( Don Quichotte ) and Charlotte ( Werther ).

She died of complications from leukemia .

Haydn : La fedeltà premiata (Celia); Antal Doráti ; 1975; Philips
Haydn: Il mondo della luna (Ernesto); Antal Dorati; 1977; Philips
Massenet : Werther (Charlotte); Georges Prêtre ; 1978; Myto
Modest Moussorgski : Boris Godunov (Marina); Claudio Abbado; 1979.
Offenbach : La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein ; Emmanuel Villaume; 1997; (DVD).
Rossini : L'italiana in Algeri ; Gary Bertini ; 1978 ,; Arts
Rossini: La Cenerentola ; Claudio Abbado ; 2000; Gala
Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri ; Gabriele Ferro; 1990; Sony
Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri ; Claudio Abbado; 2003; Myto
Rossini: La donna del lago (Malcolm); Maurizio Pollini ; 1988; Sony
Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims (Marchesa Melibea); Claudio Abbado; 1985; DG
Rossini: Stabat mater ; Carlo Maria Giulini; 2003
Verdi : Nabucco (Fenena); Giuseppe Sinopoli ; 1983; DG
Verdi: Don Carlos (Eboli); Claudio Abbado; 1985; DG
Verdi: Falstaff (Mrs. Quickly); Carlo Maria Giulini ; 1983; DG
Verdi: Aida (temple singer); Claudio Abbado; 1982; DG
Vivaldi : Orlando furioso (Alcina); Claudio Scimone ; 1990; Erato

Jens Malte Fischer : Big voices. From Enrico Caruso to Jessye Norman. Metzler, Stuttgart and Weimar 1993

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personal data
SURNAME	Valentini Terrani, Lucia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Valentini-Terrani, Lucia; Valentini, Lucia (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH	August 29, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH	Padua
DATE OF DEATH	June 11, 1998
Place of death	Seattle