Fanny Salvini-Donatelli | |
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.jpg) Portrait of Fanny Salvini-Donatelli from the Teatro La Fenice archives | |
| Born | Francesca Lucchi c. 1815 Florence |
| Died | 1891 Milan |
| Occupation | Operatic soprano |
Fanny Salvini-Donatelli (c. 1815 – 1891) was an Italian operatic soprano. She is best known today for creating the role of Violetta in Verdi's opera, La traviata, but she was also an admired interpreter of the composer's other works as well as those by Donizetti.[1]
- ^ Rosenthal & Warrack (1979), p. 436.