Adriana Martino

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Adriana Martino
Baritone Sesto Bruscantini and soprano Adriana Martino.jpg
Martino with Sesto Bruscantini ( Radiocorriere magazine, 1972)
Born26 July 1931 (1931-07-26) (age 92)
Caserta, Italy
OccupationSoprano

Adriana Martino (born 26 July 1931) is an Italian operatic soprano, folk singer and stage director.

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Life and career

The elder sister of singer Miranda Martino, Adriana Martino studied at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, and made her professional debut as a soprano in 1956, playing Musetta in Giacomo Puccini's La bohème . [1]

Alongside her operatic activity, in which, among other things, she worked several times with Herbert von Karajan, [1] [2] she aòsp recorded folk and traditional songs, and in the 1970s she came to prominence as a performer of political songs. [1]

Married to composer Benedetto Ghiglia, with whom she founded the theater company "Teatro-Canzone", she was also active as a stage director, best known for the feminist play Nostro Fratello Donna ("Our Brother a Woman"). [1] She also served as singing teacher at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico. [2]

Partial discography

Albums

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ernesto Bassignano (1990). "Martino, Adriana". Dizionario della canzone italiana, cured by Gino Castaldo. Curcio Editore. pp. 1013-4.
  2. 1 2 "Adriana Martino "Ho sempre voluto essere una donna indipendente"". Il Sussidiario (in Italian). 21 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2024.