Giuseppina Strepponi
Musical Artist
1815 – 1897
Who was Giuseppina Strepponi?
Clelia Maria Josepha Strepponi was a nineteenth-century Italian operatic soprano of great renown and the second wife of composer Giuseppe Verdi.
She is often credited with having been responsible for the Verdi's first successes, starring in a number of his early operas, including the role of Abigaille in the world premiere of Nabucco in 1842. A highly gifted singer, Strepponi excelled in the bel canto repertoire and spent much of her career portraying roles in operas by Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Gioachino Rossini, often sharing the stage with tenor Napoleone Moriani and baritone Giorgio Ronconi. Donizetti wrote the title role of his opera Adelia specifically for Strepponi. She was described as possessing a "limpid, penetrating, smooth voice, seemly action, a lovely figure; and to Nature’s liberal endowments she adds an excellent technique"; her "deep inner feeling" was also lauded.
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- Born
- Sep 8, 1815
Lodi - Also known as
- Clelia Maria Josepha Strepponi
- Giuseppina Strepponi-Verdi
- Clelia Maria Josepha Strepponi
- Spouses
- Giuseppe Verdi
(1859/08/29 - 1897/11/14)
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Education
- Milan Conservatory
- Died
- Nov 14, 1897
- Resting place
- Casa di Riposo per Musicisti
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on July 23, 2013
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