Tecla Vigna (died April 1927) was an Italian opera singer and educator based in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Tecla Vigna | |
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 Tecla Vigna, from a 1907 publication | |
| Born | Savigliano, Piedmont, Italy |
| Died | April 1927 Milan, Italy |
| Education | Milan Conservatory |
| Occupation(s) | Opera singer, educator |
| Years active | 1882-1925 |
Tecla Vigna was born at Savigliano in northern Italy, and studied music at the Conservatory of Milan, where she earned her diploma in 1879. [1] She trained with voice teacher Francesco Lamperti. [2]
Vigna, a contralto, performed roles in opera in several Italy cities [3] before being recruited by pianist Albino Gorno to the faculty of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music in 1882. [4] Vigna wrote a text, 90 Daily Vocal Exercises (1894), published while she was teaching at the conservatory. After years of contentious disagreements with the school's administration, [5] she resigned from the college in 1906, [6] and soon she was teaching at her own school. [7] [8] Her vocal method was described as "distinctly Italian, and distinctly modern, and dramatic in the very best sense of the term." [1] Her students gave well-reviewed recitals and were active in the Euterpe Society of Cincinnati. [9] [4]
Vigna became an American citizen in 1920. [10] In ill health, she closed her school and retired in 1925, [11] [12] and moved back to Milan, where she died in 1927. [13] In 1932, one of her American students visited her grave in Milan, and left a bouquet of gardenias in tribute. [14]
