Katia Ricciarelli

Katia Ricciarelli

Catiuscia Maria Stella Ricciarelli (born 16 January 1946), known as Katia Ricciarelli, is an Italian soprano and actress. Born in Rovigo, Veneto, to a very poor family, she struggled during her younger years. She studied at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice, won several vocal competitions in 1968, and made her professional debut as Mimì in Puccini's La bohème in Mantua in 1969. She appeared as Leonora in Verdi's Il trovatore in Parma in 1970. 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); Teatro alla Scala (1973); Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (1974); and the Metropolitan Opera in 1975. In 1981, 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 2005 she won the best actress prize Nastro d'Argento, awarded by the Italian film journalists, for her role in Pupi Avati's La seconda notte di nozze. 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 (Italian version of The Farm) on Canale 5. In 1986, on her 40th birthday, she married Pippo Baudo, a television personality; she filed for divorce in the summer of 2004. In 2021-2022 she participated in the reality show “Grande Fratello VIP” (Big Brother VIP 6), getting evicted after 165 days. Source: Article "Katia Ricciarelli" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Rovigo, Veneto, Italy
    Birthday
    1/16/1946
Un dottore quasi perfetto
Un dottore quasi perfetto
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The Friends at the Margherita Café
The Friends at the Margherita Café
5.6
Black and White
Black and White
5.4
The Second Wedding Night
The Second Wedding Night
6.3
Faccia d'angelo
Faccia d'angelo
7
La sedia della felicità
La sedia della felicità
5.6
Il viaggio a Reims
Il viaggio a Reims
0
Il ritmo della vita
Il ritmo della vita
2
Infernet
Infernet
5.1
Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera
Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera
0
Un Ballo in Maschera
Un Ballo in Maschera
0
Turandot
Turandot
0
Georges Bizet: Carmen
Georges Bizet: Carmen
0
Otello
Otello
5.9
Falstaff
Falstaff
0
First Happiness
First Happiness
0
Natural Lefty
Natural Lefty
6
Alfredo Kraus, Ruggero Raimondi and Katia Ricciarelli in Concert
Alfredo Kraus, Ruggero Raimondi and Katia Ricciarelli in Concert
0

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