Katia Ricciarelli

Katia Ricciarelli ( born January 16, 1946 in Rovigo) is an Italian opera singer (soprano ).

Life

Katia Ricciarelli had after the early death of her father a difficult childhood and youth. When a traffic accident family members were killed. Katia Ricciarelli lived with his mother and sister in Rovigo, later in Milano - Corsico. The money for her studies, she earned among other things, with performances in the circus. In Venice, she attended the Conservatory Benedetto Marcello as a student of Iris Adami Corradetti. She won three major singing competitions: 1969 Aslico Competition in Milan, in 1970 the price of RAI ( " Voci Verdiane ") and the Concours of Parma.

In 1969 she debuted in Mantua as Mimi in La Bohème and entered into the sequence at the Teatro Regio of Parma as Leonora in Il Trovatore, and sang at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice in Verdi's Il corsaro the Medora. In 1971 she celebrated a first major success at the Rome Opera in the title role of Verdi's Giovanna d' Arco. In the 1972/73 season she made her debut in America and has performed at the Opera of Chicago as Lucretia in I due Foscari, as well as in Los Angeles as Mimi in La Bohème. It embodied also in 1974 at her first appearance at the Paris Opera this role. In 1973 she made ​​guest appearances at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, the same year she was engaged at La Scala. Also in this House they could continue their successes; with her debut, she was hailed as Suor Angelica in the eponymous opera by Puccini.

Since 1974 she sang regularly on the stage of Covent Garden Opera in London and joined later after her debut as Mimi even as Amelia in Un ballo in maschera, the title role in the Luisa Miller, as Elisabetta in Don Carlos, Aida, as Leonora in Il Trovatore, as Desdemona in Otello, as Alice Ford in Falstaff, as Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor on and as Giulietta in Bellini's I Capuleti ed I Montecchi.

In 1975, she first came to the Metropolitan Opera in New York, her first role was the Mimi in La Bohème. In 1978 she was in New York celebrating one of their biggest hits, namely as Desdemona. During their holdings there they later took over the roles of Amelia in Un ballo in maschera, Micaela in Carmen and the title role of Luisa Miller

She has appeared at most of the major opera houses in the world, so at the Vienna State Opera, the Grand Théâtre of Geneva, where she sang Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, as well as Mathilde in Rossini's William Tell, at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, the German Opera Berlin, the Munich National Theater ( inter alia, in Il Trovatore, Rigoletto and Don Carlos by Verdi ), the Hamburg State Opera (among Otello with Placido Domingo in his role debut ), the Teatro Liceo Barcelona and the Opera House in New Orleans. In the Arena of Verona, she joined in the years 1973, 1978 ( Il Trovatore ), 1979 and 1984 (I Lombardi alla prima crociata ) on. In 1977 she gave a recital at the Salzburg Festival.

Beginning of the 1980s Ricciarelli devoted himself especially to the works of Rossini. So she was invited for several seasons from 1982 to Pesaro, where she in the remarkable revivals of the opera Il viaggio a Reims as Madame Cortese and Bianca e Falliero as Bianca, 1989 as Ninetta in La gazza ladra when Ellen and La donna del lago occurred as Amenaide in Tancredi. In 1985 she sang at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, the title role in Rossini's Armida and Parma in the Semiramis in Rossini 's opera.

1987 could be they in the performances of Aida heard before the temples of Luxor in the title role. At the Bregenz Festival as at the Stuttgart State Opera she sang in 1987 as Anna Bolena in Donizetti 's opera at the Teatro San Carlo Naples and as Elisabetta in Roberto Devereux. In 1988, she was at the Munich National Theatre and at the Théâtre Châtelet Paris, Marguerite in Faust.

In 1989, she entered into the Maddalena in Andrea Chénier as Versailles, which was given on the occasion of the bicentenary of the French Revolution. In 1990, she was at the Metropolitan Opera as at Covent Garden Opera Desdemona in Verdi's Otello. In 1991 she made ​​appearances in Rome the title role of Iphigénie en Tauride by Piccinni, in Reggio Emilia as Maria in Maria Stuarda, at the Grand Théâtre of Geneva as Amenaide in Rossini's Tancredi, at the Monte Carlo Opera as Susanna in Il segreto di Susanna, at the Théâtre de la Monnaie Brussels Elena in Rossini's La donna del lago. 1993 was heard at the Teatro Coccia Novara them as Valentine in Les Huguenots. In 1996, she appeared at the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago as Liu in Turandot and she guested at the Teatro Fraschini in Pavia in the title role of La Cenerentola, 1997, she took over the title role in Palermo Agrippina.

In 1998 she was the artistic director of the Teatro Greco Politeamo entrusted in Lecce, where she joined in 1998 as Fedora in the opera of the same name by Giordano on. 2003 to 2005 she was artistic director of the annual opera festival of Macerata.

Highlights of her extensive repertoire were the title roles in Donizetti 's operas Anna Bolena, Maria de Rudenz and Lucrezia Borgia, the Semiramis in Rossini 's opera, the Giulietta in Bellini's I Capuleti ed i Montecchi and the great soprano roles in the operas of Cherubini, Puccini and Verdi, many of which were immortalized on phonograms and films.

Also in the concert hall she proved her ability as one of the most important Italian sopranos of her era, which occurred with the most important conductors of the day, so with Claudio Abbado, Colin Davis, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Carlo Maria Giulini, Herbert von Karajan, Carlos Kleiber, James Levine, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti and Georges Prêtre.

Others

In 1991 she founded the " Accademia Lirica di Katia Ricciarelli ".

In recent years, Katia Ricciarelli also works successfully as an actress, so La seconda notte 2005 de Pupi Avati of nozze and 2008 in the comedy Bianco e nero by Cristina Comencini. In addition, she appeared in 2006 on Canale 5 in the reality TV production " La fattoria " with.

She lives on her estate near Spoleto; of her 40th birthday to 2004 she was married to the television presenter Pippo Baudo.

Awards

Discography (selection)

• Bellini: I Capuleti ei Montecchi with Luchetti, Merighi, Monachesi, Marangoni; Choir and Orchestra of the Teatro La Fenice under Piero Bellugi; Live recording of 16 May 1973; Mondo Musica 1999.
• Bellini: I Puritani ( Malibran version) with Merritt, Carmona, Scandiuzzi, Jankovic, Gaifa, Riva; Chorus of the Teatro Petruzelli and Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana under Gabriele Ferro; Recorded live on April 10, 1986; Fonit Cetra 1986.
• Bellini: I Capuleti ei Montecchi with Montague, Raffanti, Lippi, Salvadori; Choir and Orchestra of the Teatro La Fenice by Bruno Campanella; Live recording from April / May 1991 Nuova Era 1991.
• Bellini: Zaira with Alaimo, Vargas, Papadjakou; Choir and Orchestra of the Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania under Paolo Olmi; Live recording of 4 March 1993; Nuova Era 1993.
• Bellini: Mass No. 2 in G minor; together with Giuseppe Geremia: Missa pro defunctis and Tantum ergo with Fisichella, Zanasi, Aparo; Camerata Polifonica Siciliana under Douglas Bostock; Classico 1999.
• Bizet: Carmen with Baltsa, Carreras, van Dam: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Herbert von Karajan; German Grammophon 1983.
• Donizetti: Anna Bolena with Soffel, Ballo, Ghiuselev; Choir and Orchestra of the Teatro Massimo di Palermo under Evelino Pidò; Live recording from 1991; Serenissima 1991.
• Donizetti: L' elisir d' amore with Carreras, Nucci, Trimarchi, Rigacci; RAI Symphony Orchestra under Claudio Scimone Turin; Philips 1985.
• Donizetti: Maria de Rudenz with Nucci, Cupid, Baleani; Choir and Orchestra of the Teatro La Fenice di Venezia under Eliahu Inbal; Live recording in January 1981; Fonit Cetra 1994.
• Mascagni: Amica with Armiliato, Padovan, Chorus and Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio Orchestra under Marco Pace; Kicco Music 1996.
• Puccini: La Bohème with Carreras, Wixell, Hagegard, Putnam, Lloyd, Elvin; Choir and Orchestra of the Royal Opera, Covent Garden and Sir Colin Davis; Philips 1979.
• Puccini: Tosca with Carreras, Raimondi, Nimsgern, Zednik; Berlin Philharmonic under Herbert von Karajan; German Grammophon 1980.
• Puccini: Turandot with Domingo, Araiza, Hendricks, Raimondi, Hornik; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan; German Grammophon 1981.
• Puccini: Turandot with Ricciarelli as Liù, Carreras, Bogart, Marton ( Turandot ); Choir and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera under Lorin Maazel; Sony 1983.
• Rossini: Tancredi with Horne, Palacio, Zaccaria; Choir and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera in New York under Eve Queler; Live recording of 14 March 1978, Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 238-3
• Rossini: Stabat mater with Valentini - Terrani, Gonzales, Raimondi; Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini, German Grammophon 1982.
• Rossini: La donna del lago with Valentini - Terrani, Gonzales, Raffanti, Ramey; Prague Philharmonic Choir and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe under Maurizio Pollini; Fonit Cetra 1983.
• Rossini: Il Viaggio a Reims with Gasdia, Cuberli, Valentini Terrani, Araiza, Nucci, Dara, Raimondi, Ramey; Chamber Orchestra of Europe under Claudia Abbado; Live recording from 1984; German Grammophon 1985.
• Rossini: La gazza ladra with Matteuzzi, Ramey, Furlanetto, Manca di Nissa; RAI Symphony Orchestra of Turin under Gianluigi Gelmetti; Live recording in 1989; Sony 1995.
• Verdi: Aida with Freni, Carreras, Baltsa, Cappuccilli, Raimondi, van Dam, Ricciarelli (as Sacerdotessa ); Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan; EMI 1979.
• Verdi: Simon Boccanegra with Cappuccilli, Domingo, Raimondi; Orchestra of the RCA under Gianandrea Gavazzeni; RCA 1973.
• Verdi: Simon Boccanegra with Bruson, Lucchetti, Raimondi; Choir and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera under Claudio Abbado; Live recording in 1984; RCA 1999.
• Verdi: I due foscari with Carreras, Cappuccilli, Ramey; Choir and New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Lamberto Gardelli; Philips 1976.
• Verdi: Luisa Miller with Carreras, Bruson, Rinaudo; Choir and Orchestra of the Teatro Regio di Torino under Fernando Previtali; Live recording from September 5, 1976; Opera d' Oro 1999.
• Verdi: La Battaglia di Legnano with Carreras, Manuguerra, Ghiuselev; Choir and Symphony Orchestra of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation under Lamberto Gardelli; was added in 1978; Universal Music in 2007.
• Verdi: Un ballo in maschera with Domingo, Cappuccilli, Connell; Choir and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Claudio Abbado; Live recording, 1975; on DVD.
• Verdi: Un ballo in maschera with Domingo, Bruson, Obraszova; Choir and Orchestra of La Scala conducted by Claudio Abbado; German Grammophon 1980.
• Verdi: Il trovatore with Carreras, Toczyska, Masurok, Lloyd; Choir and Orchestra of the Royal Opera, Covent Garden and Sir Colin Davis; Philips 1980.
• Verdi: Messa da Requiem with Verret, Domingo, Ghiaurov; Choir and Orchestra of La Scala conducted by Claudio Abbado; German Grammophon 1980.
• Verdi: Luisa Miller with Domingo, Bruson, Obraszova; Choir and Orchestra of the Royal Opera, Covent Garden under Lorin Maazel; German Grammophon 1980.
• Verdi: Aida with Domingo, Obraszova, Nucci, Valentini - Terrani, Ghiaurov, De Palma; Choir and Orchestra of La Scala conducted by Claudio Abbado; German Grammophon 1983.
• Verdi: Don Carlos with Lucchetti, Cossotto, Ghiaurov; Choir and Orchestra of the Teatro La Fenice di Venezia under Georges Prêtre; Live recording in 1973; Mondo Musica 1999.
• Verdi: Don Carlos Domingo, Raimondi, Ghiaurov, Valentini - Terrani, Nucci, Murray; Choir and Orchestra of La Scala conducted by Claudio Abbado; German Grammophon 1984.
• Verdi: Falstaff with Bruson, Nucci, Hendricks, Valentini - Terrani; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini; German Grammophon 1984.
• Verdi: Otello with Domingo, Diaz, Malakova; Choir and Orchestra of La Scala under Lorin Maazel; EMI 1985 ( This recording also used for its Franco Zeffirelli film version ).