Gloria Banditelli

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Gloria Banditelli (Assisi, 16 February 1954) is an Italian mezzo-soprano. She debuted in La Cenerentola in Spoleto in 1979. She is well known both for late-classical early-bel canto era roles of Rossini, Cimarosa and Paisiello, and also baroque opera, such as Monteverdi and Cavalli. [1]

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  1. Gramophone – Volume 68 Page 1893 1991 "Judith herself is sung by Gloria Banditelli whose Medea in Cavalli's Giasone (Harmonia Mundi, 7/89) impressed me very "