Luisa Tetrazzini

Luisa Tetrazzini
Born(1871-06-29)29 June 1871
Florence, Kingdom of Italy
Died28 April 1940(1940-04-28) (aged 68)
Rome, Italy
OccupationOperatic soprano
Years active1890—1934
Photo from 1909 book Heart Songs
Tetrazzini in 1911
Tetrazzini arriving in New York on board the RMS Mauretania on 25 November 1919
Sketches by Marguerite Martyn, 1910
Tetrazzini in 1909

Luisa Tetrazzini (29 June 1871 – 28 April 1940) was an Italian coloratura soprano of great international fame. Tetrazzini "had a scintillating voice with a brilliant timbre and a range and agility well beyond the norm...".[1] She enjoyed a highly successful operatic and concert career in Europe and America from the 1890s through to the 1920s. Her voice lives on in recordings made from 1904–1920. She wrote a memoir, My Life of Song, in 1921 and a treatise, How to Sing, in 1923. After retirement, she taught voice in her homes in Milan and Rome until her death.

  1. ^ Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo (1999). "Coloraturas at the Metropolitan". In Drake, James A.; Ludecke, Kirsten Beall (eds.). Lily Pons: A Centennial Portrait. Portland, OR: Amadeus Press. p. 39.