In the history of music, Luisa Tetrazzini is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Luisa Tetrazzini as Italian opera singer (1871-1940).
Luisa Tetrazzini was born at Florence in 1871. Her recorded nationality is Italy. She trained at Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini.
This was the century of the virtuoso and the touring soloist, when a performer could become famous across a continent.
She worked as opera singer, music educator and singer.
The instruments recorded are voice.
Her work is classed as opera.
Performance is the most perishable art and recording the most durable; a career sits between the two.
Recognition followed: Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal (1912).
That the work came out of Italy shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Luisa Tetrazzini died in 1940, aged 69. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal — 1912
- Instruments: voice
- Genres: opera
