Anna Moffo Italy

Biography

Anna Moffo (June 27, 1932 - March 9, 2006) was an Italian-American lyric-coloratura soprano admired for her warm and radiant voice and great beauty. Anna Moffo was born in Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA to Italian parents, Nicola Moffo, a shoemaker, and his wife Regina Cinti. After graduating from Radnor High School, she turned down an offer to go to Hollywood and went instead to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where she studied with Eufemia Giannini-Gregory, sister of soprano Dusolina Giannini.

Popular Songs

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  Dinorah: Act II. "Ombre légère (Shadow Song)" (Dinorah)

  Arias from Faust, La bohème, Dinorah, Carmen, Semiramide, Turandot, Lakmé
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  Lakmé: Act II. "Air des clochettes (Bell Song)" (Lakmé, Nilankantha)

  Arias from Faust, La bohème, Dinorah, Carmen, Semiramide, Turandot, Lakmé
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  Faust: Act III. "Air des bijoux (Jewel Song)" (Marguerite)

  Arias from Faust, La bohème, Dinorah, Carmen, Semiramide, Turandot, Lakmé
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  La bohème: Act I. "Mi chiamano Mimì" (Mimì)

  Arias from Faust, La bohème, Dinorah, Carmen, Semiramide, Turandot, Lakmé
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  Carmen: Act III. "Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante (Micaela's Air)" (Micaela)

  Arias from Faust, La bohème, Dinorah, Carmen, Semiramide, Turandot, Lakmé

Discography

One Night of Love

1965

A Verdi Collaboration

1963

Arias from Faust, La bohème, Dinorah, Carmen, Semiramide, Turandot, Lakmé

1961