Death of an Italian diva

Death of an Italian diva

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norman lebrecht

June 08, 2016

The death is reported of Maria Luisa Cioni, a celebrated Lucia at La Scala and a sought-after performer at most other European opera houses. She was 93.

For sports fans her greatest fame was as wife of the champion cyclist Adolfo Leoni, who died young in 1970.

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