Licia Albanese worked in music at a period when the art was changing shape around them.
The record lists Licia Albanese as Italian-born American operatic soprano.
Licia Albanese was born at Torre a Mare in 1909. Her recorded nationality is Italy.
Recording arrived in this generation and changed everything: a performance could now outlive the performer.
She worked as opera singer, pianist and 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.
The honours record reads: National Medal of Arts (1995) and Handel Medallion.
That the work came out of Italy shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Licia Albanese died in 2014, aged 105. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- National Medal of Arts — 1995
- Handel Medallion
- Instruments: voice
- Genres: opera
