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Giulietta Simionato
An Italian mezzo-soprano greatly beloved at Lyric, the Vienna State Opera, and La Scala, the irresistible Giulietta Simionato (1910 – 2010) sang every kind of mezzo role, from Mozart's Cherubino to the rip-roaring Verdi parts. Venerated by the entire operatic community, she was a diminutive dynamo, gifted with a uniquely versatile voice and the kind of electrifying personality that is given to few in any age of singing.
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Giulietta Simionato as Princess Eboli in Don Carlo, 1960.
Renata Tebaldi (Alice Ford ), Tito Gobbi (Sir John Falstaff), Anna Maria Canali (Meg Page), and Giulietta Simionato (Mistress Quickly) in Falstaff, 1958.
Photo: Nancy Sorensen
Giulietta Simionato (Azucena), Ettore Bastianini (Count di Luna), and Elinor Ross (Leonora) in Il trovatore, 1958.
Photo: Nancy Sorenson
Tito Gobbi and Giulietta Simionato in Il barbiere di Siviglia.
Photo: Nancy Sorensen
Giulietta Simionato's roles at Lyric
Main photo: Giulietta Simionato at Lyric. Photo by Nancy Sorensen.