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(b Turin, 1927; d Geneva, 2001).
It. soprano. Opera début Aix‐en‐Provence 1951 (Lucy in The Telephone). Glyndebourne 1954–9 and 1977 when she produced and sang La voix humaine; CG 1956–62; La Scala from 1956; Salzburg Fest. début 1958; Amer. début (S. Francisco) 1961. Outstanding in soubrette roles (Despina, Norina, etc.). Also prod. operas in NY, Chicago, and London.
Subjects: Opera.
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