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RENATA SCOTTO

as Vitellia in MOZART's *La Clemenza di Tito*, 1984 (ph 1&2)

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as Violetta Valery in VERDI's *La Traviata* (ph 3)

as Amina in BELLINI's *La Sonnambula* (ph 4)

as La Gioconda (PONCHIELLI) (ph 5)

as Lady Macbeth in VERDI's *Macbeth*

as Elisabetta di Valois in VERDI's *Don Carlo*

as Lucía in DONIZETTI's *Lucía di Lammermoor* Copyright ©️ Tamino Autographs

as Anna Bolena in DONIZETTI's opera of the same name.

in *Iván Susanin*

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fam WHAT

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Renata Scotto

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RENATA SCOTTO as Violetta Valery in VERDI's La Traviata with Luciano Pavarotti and José Carreras

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Renata Scotto

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RIP to the great opera diva Renata Scotto (February 24, 1934 - August 16, 2023)

[vera-dauriac]

Farewell to an absolute fucking legend.

[operaportugues]

Morre, em 16/agosto/2023, Renata Scotto, aos 89 anos

Renata Scotto foi uma das maiores sopranos italianas. Reportagem do falecimento: link.

Recital Tokyo 1984

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[drgeoduck]

Renata Scotto (1934-2023)

We've lost one of the greats of opera. Renata Scotto was one of the greatest sopranos of the 20th century. She had a beautiful voice but also knew when to sacrifice beauty of tone for dramatic effect. She had a hell of a career, starting with light lyrical roles like Adina in Elisir d'amore, moving on to the more dramatic roles in the bel canto repertoire, then to her bread and butter, the great soprano roles of Verdi and Puccini. She had a later career as stage director and educator, as well as moving on to different repertory including German roles like Kundry and the Marschallin.

How big was she? She was one of the last sopranos, if not the last, to earn top billing over Pavarotti and Domingo. In fact there was a memorable diva moment when, during a performance of La Gioconda, the stage manager had the temerity to allow Pavarotti the final solo bow in an opera where she was the main character, she screamed at them in front of TV cameras and never sang with Pavarotti again.

Her greatest role, in my opinion, was as the title character in Madama Butterfly, which in my opinion has never been bettered.

For a sample of her greatness, try the end of the letter scene: it's at 1:19:00 in the below video.

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Renata Scotto as Musetta in PUCCINI's *La Boheme*, singing "Quando m'en vo" (Musetta's Waltz); Metropolitan Opera House NY, 1982

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tag game: post 5 songs you’ve been listening to and tag 10 people

tagging (if you want): @malcolm-f-tucker, @leporellian, @kerfluffel, @monotonous-minutia, @supercantaloupe, @enigma-the-anomaly, @zornofzorna-blog, @widevibratobitch, @verdiesque, @rayatii, and anyone else who wants to partake!o

oh and thanks @vera-dauriac for the tag

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Renata Scotto - Madama Butterfly

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RENATA SCOTTO & Tatiana Troyanos in BELLINI's Norma, Metropolitan Opera House NY 🇺🇲 1981. Copyright ©️ Getty Images

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MARIO del MONACO nei panni di Don José ne BIZET: *Carmen* e nei panni di Samson (ALT).

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Happy birthday Renata Scotto