Fausta Labia

Fausta Labia
Fausta Labia in 1893
Born(1870-04-03)3 April 1870
Died6 October 1935(1935-10-06) (aged 65)
Rome, Italy
Occupations
Fausta Labia as Santuzza (Stockholm 1894)

Fausta Labia (3 April 1870 – 6 October 1935) was an Italian operatic soprano who was active mainly from 1892 to 1908. She made her debut in Naples in April 1892 as Valentine in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots. After engagements at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm (1893–95) and Lisbon (1896), she returned to Italy where she performed first in Turin, Rome and Bologna. Thereafter notable performances included the title role in Mascagni's Iris at La Fenice in Venice (1900) and Sieglinde in Wagner's Die Walküre at Milan's La Scala (1901).