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Katia Ricciarelli (soprano)
Katia Ricciarelli (born January 16, 1946, Rovigo, Veneto region, Italy) is an Italian soprano. She was born to a very poor family and struggled during her younger years when she studied music.
She trained at the Benedict Marcello conservatory in Venice, won several vocal competitions in 1968, and made her professional debut as “Mimi” in La boheme in Mantua in 1969, followed by a 1970 appearance in Il trovatore in Parma. In the following year, she won RAI’s “Voci Verdiane” award. Between 1972 and 1975, engagements followed in the major European and American opera houses including Lyric Opera of Chicago (1972); La Scala (1973); Royal Opera House Covent Garden (1974); and the Metropolitan Opera in 1975. In 1981, when she began a decade-long association with the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, thus broadening her repertoire of Rossini’s operas.
Beside her many opera performances, she also appeared as Desdemona in Franco Zeffirelli’s film version of Verdi's Otello in 1986 alongside Plácido Domingo.
In 1991 she founded Accademia Lirica di Katia Ricciarelli, and, since 2003, she has been Artistic director of the annual summer Macerata Opera Festival. In 2006 she participated in the reality show La fattoria on Rete 4.
She was married to Pippo Baudo, a television personality, on her 40th birthday, but filed for divorce in the summer of 2004.
Discografia
V.BELLINI - I PURITANI (Versione Malibran)
Ricciarelli, Merritt, Carmona, Scandiuzzi, Jankovic, Gaifa, Riva Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Coro Ente Artistico Teatro Petruzelli - FERRO FONIT CETRA 1986 - Live Rec. (10.04.1986)
V.BELLINI - ZAIRA
Ricciarelli, Alaimo, Vargas, Papadjakou Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania - OLMI NUOVA ERA 1991 - Live Rec. (23./25./27.09.1990)
V.BELLINI - I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI
Ricciarelli, Luchetti, Merighi, Monachesi, Marangoni Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice di Venezia - BELLUGI MONDO MUSICA 1999 - Live Rec. (16.05.1973)
V.BELLINI - I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI
Ricciarelli, Montague, Raffanti, Lippi, Salvadori Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice di Venezia - CAMPANELLA NUOVA ERA 1991 - Live Rec. (30.04. - 07.05.1991)
G.VERDI - I DUE FOSCARI
Ricciarelli, Carreras, Cappuccilli, Ramey Coro e New Philharmonia Orchestra - GARDELLI PHILIPS 1976
G.VERDI - AIDA
Freni, Carreras, Baltsa, Cappuccilli, Raimondi, van Dam, Ricciarelli (Sacerdotessa) Coro and Wiener Philharmoniker - KARAJAN EMI Classics (Fine '70)
G.VERDI - LUISA MILLER
Ricciarelli, Carreras, Bruson, Rinaudo Coro e Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino - 5.9.1976 Opera d'Oro - Live Rec.
G.PUCCINI - LA BOHEME
Ricciarelli, Carreras, Wixell, Hagegard, Putnam, Lloyd, Elvin Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus - Sir C.DAVIS PHILIPS 1979
G.PUCCINI - TOSCA
Ricciarelli, Carreras, Raimondi, Nimsgern, Zednik Coro e Berliner Philharmoniker - KARAJAN DG 1980
G.VERDI - UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
Domingo, Ricciarelli, Bruson, Obratzova Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano - ABBADO DG 1980
G.VERDI - MESSA DA REQUIEM
Ricciarelli, Verret, Domingo, Ghiaurov Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano - ABBADO DG 1980
G.VERDI - IL TROVATORE
Carreras, Ricciarelli, Toczyska, Masurok, Lloyd Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus - Sir C.DAVIS PHILIPS 1980
G.PUCCINI - TURANDOT
Ricciarelli, Domingo, Araiza, Hendricks, Raimondi, Hornik Coro and Wiener Philharmoniker - KARAJAN DG 1981
G.ROSSINI - LA DONNA DEL LAGO
Ricciarelli, Valentini-Terrani, Gonzales, Raffanti, Ramey Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Coro Filarmonico di Praga - POLLINI FONIT CETRA 1983
G.VERDI - LUISA MILLER
Ricciarelli, Domingo, Bruson, Obratsova Coro e Orchestra del Royal Opera House, Covent Garden di Londra - MAAZEL DG
G.VERDI - AIDA
Ricciarelli, Domingo, Obratsova, Nucci, Valentini-Terrani, Ghiaurov, De Palma Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano - ABBADO DG 1983
G.VERDI - OTELLO
Ricciarelli, Domingo, Diaz, Malakova Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano - MAAZEL EMI 1985 (Colonna sonora del film di Franco Zeffirelli)
G.VERDI - DON CARLOS
Domingo, Raimondi, Ghiaurov, Ricciarelli, Valentini-Terrani, Nucci, Murray Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano - ABBADO DG 1983-84
V.BELLINI - MESSA N°2/ GEREMIA - MISSA PRO DEFUNCTIS - TANTUM ERGO
Ricciarelli, Fisichella, Zanasi Orchestra Polifonica Siciliana - APARO / BOSTOCK Scandinavian Classics
G.ROSSINI - STABAT MATER
Ricciarelli, Valentini-Terrani, Gonzales, Raimondi Philarmonhia Orchestra - GIULINI DG - DDD
P. MASCAGNI - AMICA
Ricciarelli, Armiliato, Padovan - Dir. Marco Pace - Prima Registrazione Mondiale - KIKKO Music 1996 - (2 CD)
