"We even toured," she boasts, like any Broadway baby. Closest to the soprano's heart is the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation she launched 30 years ago to assist young singers through scholarships ...

Licia Albanese, a revered Metropolitan Opera soprano who achieved superstar status in the postwar era for her emotionally intense and technically accomplished portrayals, particularly of the ...

Licia Albanese, the acclaimed soprano who ennobled the tragic heroines of Puccini and Verdi in hundreds of performances with the Metropolitan Opera and on other leading world stages, died Aug. 15 ...

A performance held on Oct. 26 at Rose Hall-Jazz at Lincoln Center was dedicated to the memory of the beloved Metropolitan Opera soprano Licia Albanese (1909-2014), who passed away on Aug. 15 at ...

It is for all these reasons that Virgil Thomson was able to write of Licia's first Violetta: 'She did not sing the role, she recreated it for our times.' As we all know, Albanese's art is capable ...

Licia Albanese, who has died aged 105, was a lyric soprano who excelled in projecting the charm and fragility of Puccini’s heroines, notably Cio-Cio San (“Madame Butterfly”), a role which ...

(Reuters) - Italian-born American soprano Licia Albanese, whose technical skill and emotional intensity in works like "Madama Butterfly" and "La Traviata" made her a leading opera star, has died ...

It's not every day a great opera diva makes it to the century mark. So let's take a moment to cheer for Licia Albanese, the beloved Metropolitan Opera star, who celebrates her 100th today and who ...

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Image caption, Licia Albanese was a revered soprano at the height of her career in the 1940s and 50s The US opera star, Licia Albanese, has died at her home in New York aged 105. The Italian-born ...