Adriana Guerrini

Who was Adriana Guerrini?

Adriana Guerrini was an Italian operatic soprano, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.

Guerrini studied at the Music Conservatory in Florence and at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. She made her debut on Italian Radio in 1940, singing in Giordano's Siberia and Puccini's Il tabarro.

She made her stage debut in 1942, as Leonora in Il trovatore, at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo. She then appeared at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma in 1944, as Madama Butterfly and Maddalena in Andrea Chénier, at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna in 1950, as La traviata and Aida. Her greatest triumphs occurred at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, where she sang in Un ballo in maschera, La forza del destino, Cavalleria rusticana, Tosca, etc. She also won considerable acclaim at the Verona Arena in the title role in Gluck's Iphigénie en Aulide, and as Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier. During the celebration of Verdi's 50th death anniversary in 1951, she sang on Italian radio the roles of Amalia in I masnadieri, and Lina in La battaglia di Legnano.

Outside Italy, she made guest appearances at the Zurich Opera, the Vienna State Opera, the Opéra de Paris, the Liceo in Barcelona, the Teatro Nacional Sao Carlos in Lisbon.