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Katia Ricciarelli

Katia Ricciarelli

Actor · Born 1946-01-16 · Rovigo, Veneto, Italy

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Biography

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 d…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. La sedia della felicità (2014) — Norma Pecche
  2. The Friends at the Margherita Café (2009) — Mamma di Taddeo
  3. Father Matteo (2000) — Giulia Baldeschi
  4. Black and White (2008) — Olga
  5. Faccia d'angelo (2012) — Madre del boss
  6. The Second Wedding Night (2005) — Lilliana Vespero
  7. One Step from Heaven (2011) — Assunta
  8. Natural Lefty (2022) — Maria
  9. Carabinieri (2002) — Monica Grandi
  10. Otello (1986) — Desdemona
  11. Angel Face (2012) — madre del Toso
  12. Infernet (2016) — Sara
  13. Le Grand Échiquier (1972) — Self
  14. Come una madre (2020) — Elisa
  15. Il ritmo della vita (2010) — Katia
  16. Un Ballo in Maschera (1980) — Amelia, Renato's wife
  17. Turandot (1983) — Liu (la giovane schiava, guida di Timur)
  18. Georges Bizet: Carmen (1980) — Micaela
  19. Un dottore quasi perfetto (2007) — Luisa
  20. Il viaggio a Reims (1984) — Madame Cortese
  21. Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera (1975) — Amelia
  22. Falstaff (1982) — Mrs. Alice Ford
  23. First Happiness (2011) — Madre della sposa
  24. Alfredo Kraus, Ruggero Raimondi and Katia Ricciarelli in Concert (2004) — Self
  25. Le Grandi Operette : La vedova allegra (2005)
  26. Le monde est à vous (1987) — Self