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person_profile-Katia Ricciarelli

Katia Ricciarelli Age: 79

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Katia Ricciarelli

Date of Birth:

Jan 16, 1946

Country of birth:

Italy

Biography of

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 when she studied music.

    She studied at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice, won several vocal competitions in 1968, and made her professional debut as Mimì in La bohème 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); 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.

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Filmography of

Katia Ricciarelli

Found 13 Movies in total

Natural Lefty

Maria ( Actor )

... 2022

Infernet

Sara ( Actor )

... 2016

La sedia della felicità

Norma Pecche ( Actor )

... 2014

The Friends At The Margherita Café

Mamma di Taddeo ( Actor )

... 2009

Black and White

Olga ( Actor )

... 2008

The Second Wedding Night

Lilliana Vespero ( Actor )

... 2005

... 2004

Otello

Desdemona ( Actor )

... 1986

Il viaggio a Reims

Madame Cortese ( Actor )

... 1984

Turandot

Liu ( Actor )

... 1984

Georges Bizet: Carmen

Micaela ( Actor )

... 1980

Un Ballo in Maschera

Amelia, Renato's wife ( Actor )

... 1980

... 1975