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The Italian opera singer Renata Scotto (born February 24, 1934) is a soprano widely admired for both her musical and dramatic gifts. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is related to a series of articles under the main article Voice type. Since retiring from the stage as a singer in 2002, she has turned to directing opera as well as teaching at her own opera academy in Italy and New York. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Her New York Academy is held in the month of June at the Music Conservatory of Westchester in White Plains. Ms. Scotto presents a public master class and hosts a final recital of her students. She also attends a benefit to support the academy. In 2006, that benefit featured tenor Marcello Giordani. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

Biography

Renata Scotto was born in Savona, Italy. This article is about the Italian city For the small town of Savona Canada please see Savona British Columbia, or the village in the USA, see Savona Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest She made her operatic debut in her home town on Christmas Eve of 1952 at the age of 18 in front of a sold-out house as Violetta in Verdi's La Traviata. Christmas Eve, December 24, is the day before Christmas Day, the celebrated birthday of Jesus. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. La traviata is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. The next day, she made her 'official' opera debut at the Teatro Nuovo in Milan as Violetta. Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Shortly after, she performed in her first Puccini opera, Madama Butterfly, in Savona and was paid twenty-five thousand lire. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858

In 1953, Scotto auditioned at La Scala for the role of Walter in Catalani's La Wally with Renata Tebaldi and Mario del Monaco. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Teatro alla Scala (or La Scala, as it is known in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's most famous Opera houses The theatre was WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Alfredo Catalani ( 19 June 1854 &ndash 7 August 1893 La Wally is a four-act Opera by Alfredo Catalani, composed on a Libretto by Luigi Illica, and first performed at La Scala WikipediaWikiProject_Opera#Infoboxes --> Renata Tebaldi ( Pesaro, Italy Mario Del Monaco ( Florence July 27, 1915 - October 16, 1982 in Mestre) was an Italian Tenor and After her audition, one of the judges, the conductor Victor de Sabata, was heard to say, "Forget about the rest. Conducting is the act of directing a Musical performance by way of visible gestures Victor de Sabata ( April 10, 1892 - December 11, 1967) was an Italian conductor and Composer. " La Wally opened on December 7, 1953 and Scotto was called back for fifteen curtain calls. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tebaldi and Del Monaco each received seven.

Scotto's major breakthrough came in 1957: In Edinburgh, La Scala had performed Bellini's La Sonnambula with Maria Callas as Amina. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini ( November 3, 1801 &ndash September 23, 1835) was a Sicilian Opera Composer La sonnambula ( The Sleepwalker) is an Opera semiseria in two acts music by Vincenzo Bellini to an Italian Libretto by Felice The production had been so successful that La Scala had decided to add another performance. However, Callas who was exhausted and also had prior commitments (Elsa Maxwell was hosting a party for her in Venice) told the La Scala officials that she would not be available for the extra performance. Elsa Maxwell ( May 24 1883, Keokuk Iowa – November 1 1963, New York City) was an American Gossip Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the Despite this, La Scala went ahead and announced the extra performance--with Callas as Amina--which Callas refused to sing. With two days notice, Scotto learned the role of Amina and replaced her on September 3, 1957. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius The performance was a great success, and 23-year-old Scotto became an international opera star.

Some of Renata Scotto's finest recordings came from the late 1950s and 1960s although they are often (unfairly) ignored in favour of her remakes from the 1970s and 1980s. Examples of Scotto at her best are her Lucia from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor alongside Giuseppe di Stefano and Ettore Bastianini in a recording from 1959 as well as her Mimi from Puccini's La Boheme alongside Gianni Poggi and Tito Gobbi (conducted by Antonino Votto on Deutsche Grammophon - recorded early 1960s). Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico (tragic Opera) in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Giuseppe Di Stefano ( 24 July 1921 &ndash 3 March 2008) was an Italian Operatic Tenor whose career lasted from the late Ettore Bastianini ( September 24, 1922 &ndash January 25, 1967) was an Italian Opera singer who began his professional career WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 Gianni Poggi ( October 4, 1921 - December 16, 1989) was an Italian Tenor, particularly associated with the Italian repertory Tito Gobbi ( October 24, 1913 &ndash March 5, 1984) was an Italian Baritone. Antonino Votto ( October 30, 1896 - September 9, 1985) was an Italian operatic conductor Deutsche Grammophon is a German classical Record label. The company has long been known for its high standards of audio fidelity. One recording that cannot be ignored, however, is her fantastic recording as Cio-Cio-San in Puccini's Madama Butterfly from the mid 1960s alongside Carlo Bergonzi and Rolando Panerai, conducted by Barbirolli (EMI). WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 Carlo Bergonzi (born 13 July 1924) is an Italian operatic Tenor. Rolando Panerai (born on October 17, 1924) italian baritoneparticularly associated with the Italian repertory he enjoyed a long and distinguished career in both WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Sir John Giovanni Battista Barbirolli, CH ( 2 December The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in

On October 13, 1965, Scotto made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. The Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, founded in April 1880 is a major presenter of all types of opera including Grand Opera. She sang at the Met regularly through 1987 and settled to live in nearby Westchester County. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Westchester County is a primarily Suburban county located in the U

In 1970, Scotto performed for a hostile audience for the first time in her career. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. While singing Elena in Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani, there was a demonstration from a small but very loud group shouting, "Brava, Callas". Les vêpres siciliennes ( The Sicilian Vespers) is an Opera in five acts by the Italian romantic Composer Giuseppe They continued to shout "Maria, Maria" and more "Brava, Callas" with Maria Callas sitting in the stage box watching Scotto's performance! Callas, though, would not acknowledge the shouts of the hecklers and instead gave Scotto a standing ovation at the end of her performance.

For more than 40 years, Renata Scotto has performed in operas written by 18 composers and her repertoire includes some forty-five roles. She is best known for her performances as Violetta in La Traviata, Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly, Mimi (and occasionally Musetta) in La bohème, Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor, Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Adina in L'Elisir d'Amore, all three leading soprano roles in Puccini's Il Trittico and Francesca in Zandonai's Francesca da Rimini. Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico (tragic Opera) in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeare 's plays, and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written some time between L'elisir d'amore ( The Elixir of Love) is a Melodramma giocoso in two acts by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Il trittico ( The Triptych) is the title to a collection of three one-act operas Il tabarro, Suor Angelica, Riccardo Zandonai ( 28 May 1883 - 5 June 1944) was an Italian Opera Composer.

Scotto's opening night Norma in 1981 was less than a great success as she was booed. Norma is a tragedia lirica or Opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with Libretto by Felice Romani after Norma ossia Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Her subsequent performances at the Met during the 1981-82 season were very successful as they were on the tour. Another performance at the Met, a Telecast performance of Luisa Miller was interrupted by a voice from the back of the house crying "Brava Maria Callas!" in the silence before her first aria (the performance has been released on DVD with the interruption edited out). Luisa Miller is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, based on the play

In more recent years, Renata Scotto took on the roles of Fedora (Barcelona, 1988), the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier (Charleston Spoleto Festival, 1992), Kundry in Parsifal (Schwerin, 1995), Elle in La Voix Humaine (Florence, 1993; Barcelona, 1996; Torino, 1999), Marie in The Medium (Torino, 1999) and Klytemnestra in Elektra (Baltimore, 2000). Der Rosenkavalier ( op 59 ( The Knight of the Rose) is a comic Opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original For the Spoleto Festival USA see Spoleto Festival USA and for the Spoleto Festival Melbourne see Melbourne International Arts Festival. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Parsifal is an Opera, or Music drama, in three acts by Richard Wagner. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 La Voix humaine (English The Human Voice) is a one-act Opera for one character with music by Francis Poulenc to a Libretto The Medium is a short (one hour long two-act dramatic Opera with words and music by Gian Carlo Menotti. See Mourning Becomes Electra for a reference to the 1967 opera based on the 1931 Eugene O'Neill play Since 1996, her concert appearances included Berlioz's Les nuits d'été, lieder of Mahler and Strauss, as well as Schoenberg's Erwartung with the Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra and RAI Orchestra of Torino. Les nuits d'été op 7 (Summer Nights is a Song cycle by the French composer Hector Berlioz. Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted Arnold Schoenberg ( pronounced ˈʃøːnbɛrk (13 September 1874 &ndash 13 July 1951 was an Austrian and later American Composer, associated with Erwartung (translation Expectation) is a one-act Opera, with music by Arnold Schoenberg, composed in 1909 to a libretto by Marie Pappenheim

Scotto's director credits include Madama Butterfly (Arena di Verona, Florida Grand Opera, Palm Beach Opera), Bellini's Il pirata (Festival Belliniano, Catania, 1993) and La sonnambula (Catania, 1994), an Emmy Award-winning telecast of La traviata (New York City Opera, 1995), Norma (Finnish National Opera), Adriana Lecouvreur (Santiago, 2002), La Wally (Dallas, Bern), and La Bohème (Lyric Opera of Chicago, 2007). Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini ( November 3, 1801 &ndash September 23, 1835) was a Sicilian Opera Composer Il pirata ( The Pirate) is an Opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani from La sonnambula ( The Sleepwalker) is an Opera semiseria in two acts music by Vincenzo Bellini to an Italian Libretto by Felice La traviata is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. Norma is a tragedia lirica or Opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with Libretto by Felice Romani after Norma ossia Adriana Lecouvreur is an Opera in four acts by Francesco Cilea to an Italian Libretto by Arturo Colautti, based on the play La Wally is a four-act Opera by Alfredo Catalani, composed on a Libretto by Luigi Illica, and first performed at La Scala Lyric Opera of Chicago is one of the leading Opera companies in the United States. She is currently scheduled to direct La sonnambula (Michigan Opera Theatre) and La Wally (Teatro Comunale di Bologna). The Teatro Comunale di Bologna is an Opera house in Bologna, Italy, and is one of the most important opera venues in Italy

Family

On June 2, 1960, Renata Scotto married Lorenzo Anselmi. Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The couple have two children, Laura S. Anselmi Miller (born 5/31/69) and Filippo Anselmi (born 6/21/72). Home for Scotto and her family is a big house in Westchester County and a pied à terre in New York City, right near the Met.


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