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Magda Olivero (née Maria Maddalena Olivero, 25 March 1910) is a soprano of the verismo-school of singing. She was born in Saluzzo, Italy.

Life and career

Olivero made her operatic debut in 1932 on radio in Turin radio singing Nino Cattozzo (1886–1961)'s oratorio, I misteri dolorosi.^[1]

She performed widely and increasingly successfully until 1941, when she married and retired from performing. She returned to the stage ten years later, at the request of Francesco Cilea, who asked her to sing again the title role in his opera Adriana Lecouvreur.^[2]^[3]

From 1951 until her final retirement, Olivero sang in opera houses around the world. Among her most renowned interpretations were the leading parts in Adriana Lecouvreur, Iris, Fedora, La bohème, La fanciulla del West, La traviata, La Wally, Madama Butterfly, Manon Lescaut, Mefistofele, and Turandot (as Liù).

She sang in Cherubini's Médée at the Dallas Opera in 1967 and in Kansas City in 1968.^[4] In 1975, an international star for four decades, Olivero made her début at the Metropolitan Opera House in Tosca. Her last performances on stage were in March 1981 in the one-woman opera, La voix humaine by Poulenc.^[5] Her stage career ended at age 71, after spanning nearly 50 years. She continued to sing sacred music locally and, well into her eighties, made a recording of several arias. Recordings exist of many of her great performances of both full operas and arias and scenes. {{cn|date=March 2014} Among them, a live Adriana Lecouvrer from Naples in 1959 with Franco Corelli and Ettore Bastianini, conducted by Mario Rossi is available online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNTypfekHJY

Recordings

Among her studio recordings are Turandot (as Liù, with Gina Cigna, for Cetra, 1938), Fedora (with Mario Del Monaco and Tito Gobbi, conducted by Lamberto Gardelli, for Decca, 1969) and highlights from Francesca da Rimini (with Del Monaco, conducted by Nicola Rescigno, for Decca, 1969). In 1993, she recorded, with piano accompaniment, Adriana Lecouvreur (with Marta Moretto as the Princesse de Bouillon); excerpts from this recording were published on the Bongiovanni label. At age 86, she performed Adriana's monologue in Jan Schmidt-Garre's film Opera Fanatic. She made occasional singing appearances well into her nineties.

References

^ Randel, Don M. (ed.), "Olivero, Magda", The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Harvard University Press, 1999, p. 464; ISBN 0-674-00084-6
^ Rosenthal, H. and Warrack, J., "Olivero, Magda", The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 1979, pp. 358–359; ISBN 0-19-311318-X
^ Hastings, Stephen, "Magnificent Obsession: Why Magda Olivero is Adriana Lecouvreur", Opera News, Vol. 58, No. 13, March 1994.
^ Riggs, Geoffrey S., The Assoluta Voice in Opera, McFarland, 2003, pp. 28–29; ISBN 0-7864-1401-4
^ Masó, Gonzalo Badenes, "Magda Olivero", Voces: Ritmo, 1987–2000, Universitat de València, 2005, pp. 90–91. ISBN 84-370-6255-1

Further sources

Hastings, Stephen, "Verismo Muse", Opera News, Vol. 70, No. 7, January 2006. (accessed via subscription 28 March 2010)
Quattrocchi, Vincenzo, Magda Olivero: Una voce per tre generazioni, Azzali, 1984
Stinchelli, Enrico, "L'art n'a pas d'âge: Magda Olivero", Les stars de l'opéra: Grands artistes lyriques de l'histoire de l'opéra, Gremese Editore, 2002, pp. 80–81. ISBN 88-7301-499-2

External links

Magda Olivero on YouTube, "Vissi d'arte" from Tosca (1960)

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[1] Randel, Don M. (ed.), "Olivero, Magda", The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Harvard University Press, 1999, p. 464; ISBN 0-674-00084-6

[2] Rosenthal, H. and Warrack, J., "Olivero, Magda", The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 1979, pp. 358–359; ISBN 0-19-311318-X

[3] Hastings, Stephen, "Magnificent Obsession: Why Magda Olivero is Adriana Lecouvreur", Opera News, Vol. 58, No. 13, March 1994.

[4] Riggs, Geoffrey S., The Assoluta Voice in Opera, McFarland, 2003, pp. 28–29; ISBN 0-7864-1401-4

[5] Masó, Gonzalo Badenes, "Magda Olivero", Voces: Ritmo, 1987–2000, Universitat de València, 2005, pp. 90–91. ISBN 84-370-6255-1

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 From 1951 until her final retirement, Olivero sang in opera houses around the world. Among her most renowned interpretations were the leading parts in ''Adriana Lecouvreur'', ''[[Iris (opera)|Iris]]'', ''[[Fedora (opera)|Fedora]]'', ''[[La bohème]]'', ''[[La fanciulla del West]]'', ''[[La traviata]]'', ''[[La Wally]]'', ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'', ''[[Manon Lescaut (Puccini)|Manon Lescaut]]'', ''[[Mefistofele]]'', and ''[[Turandot]]'' (as Liù).
-She sang in [[Luigi Cherubini|Cherubini]]'s ''[[Médée (Cherubini)|Médée]]'' at the [[Dallas Opera]] in 1967 and in Kansas City in 1968.<ref>Riggs, Geoffrey S., [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GhXggJliLF8C&pg=PA28&dq=%22Olivero,+Magda%22&lr=&as_brr=3&cd=14#v=onepage&q=%22Olivero%2C%20Magda%22&f=false ''The [[Prima donna|Assoluta]] Voice in Opera''], McFarland, 2003, pp. 28–29; ISBN 0-7864-1401-4</ref> In 1975, an international star for four decades, Olivero made her début at the [[Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center)|Metropolitan Opera House]] in ''[[Tosca]]''. Her last performances on stage were in March 1981 in the one-woman opera, ''[[La voix humaine]]'' by [[Francis Poulenc|Poulenc]].<ref>Masó, Gonzalo Badenes, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=T76itblzFK8C&pg=PA90&dq=%22Olivero,+Magda%22&lr=&as_brr=3&cd=11#v=onepage&q=%22Olivero%2C%20Magda%22&f=false "Magda Olivero"], ''Voces: Ritmo, 1987–2000'', Universitat de València, 2005, pp. 90–91. ISBN 84-370-6255-1</ref> Her stage career ended at age 71, after spanning nearly 50 years. She continued to sing sacred music locally and, well into her eighties, made a recording of several arias. Recordings exist of many of her great performances of both full operas and arias and scenes. {{cn|date=March 2014}}
+She sang in [[Luigi Cherubini|Cherubini]]'s ''[[Médée (Cherubini)|Médée]]'' at the [[Dallas Opera]] in 1967 and in Kansas City in 1968.<ref>Riggs, Geoffrey S., [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GhXggJliLF8C&pg=PA28&dq=%22Olivero,+Magda%22&lr=&as_brr=3&cd=14#v=onepage&q=%22Olivero%2C%20Magda%22&f=false ''The [[Prima donna|Assoluta]] Voice in Opera''], McFarland, 2003, pp. 28–29; ISBN 0-7864-1401-4</ref> In 1975, an international star for four decades, Olivero made her début at the [[Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center)|Metropolitan Opera House]] in ''[[Tosca]]''. Her last performances on stage were in March 1981 in the one-woman opera, ''[[La voix humaine]]'' by [[Francis Poulenc|Poulenc]].<ref>Masó, Gonzalo Badenes, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=T76itblzFK8C&pg=PA90&dq=%22Olivero,+Magda%22&lr=&as_brr=3&cd=11#v=onepage&q=%22Olivero%2C%20Magda%22&f=false "Magda Olivero"], ''Voces: Ritmo, 1987–2000'', Universitat de València, 2005, pp. 90–91. ISBN 84-370-6255-1</ref> Her stage career ended at age 71, after spanning nearly 50 years. She continued to sing sacred music locally and, well into her eighties, made a recording of several arias. Recordings exist of many of her great performances of both full operas and arias and scenes. {{cn|date=March 2014}  Among them, a live Adriana Lecouvrer from Naples in 1959 with [[Franco Corelli]] and [[Ettore Bastianini]], conducted by [[Mario Rossi]] is available online:
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNTypfekHJY
 ==Recordings ==

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Life and career

Recordings

References

Further reading

External links