Amelita Galli-Curci worked in music at a period when the art was changing shape around them.
The record lists Amelita Galli-Curci as Italian American opera singer.
Amelita Galli-Curci was born at Milan in 1882. Her recorded nationality is Italy. She trained at Milan Conservatory.
Recording arrived in this generation and changed everything: a performance could now outlive the performer.
She worked as opera singer.
The instruments recorded are voice.
Her work is classed as opera.
A musical reputation rests on a handful of works that refuse to date.
That the work came out of Italy shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Amelita Galli-Curci died in 1963, aged 81. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Instruments: voice
- Genres: opera
