Italian mezzo dies, at 98
mainMiriam Pirazzini, one of Italy’s foremost mezzo-sopranos of the post-War decades, died on Christmas Day.
Born in 1918 she sang opposite Maria Callas in the 1958 Rome Norma that the diva abandoned at the end of Act 1.
MOST READ TODAY:
-
RIP
Bass legend, RIP
The US jazz bassist Barre Phillips, resident in…
-
Orchestras
Cellist retires tonight after 63 years in the Symphony
Colorado will never sound the same without Margaret…
-
Opera
Breaking: Vienna replaces Netrebko with Lise Davidsen
We’re hearing that the Vienna State Opera has…
-
Opera
UPDATE: Miss Netrebko regrets
Message from the Vienna-based Russian soprano: “I am…
Comments