{"id":11874,"date":"2023-08-21T15:41:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T15:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/?p=11874"},"modified":"2023-08-21T15:41:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T15:41:01","slug":"renata-scotto-one-20th-century-operas-great-divas-dies-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/2023\/08\/21\/renata-scotto-one-20th-century-operas-great-divas-dies-89\/","title":{"rendered":"Renata Scotto, One of 20th Century Opera’s Great Divas, Dies at 89"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Renata Scotto. (2023, August 20). In Wikipedia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Renata Scotto<\/strong> died last week in Savona, Italy after a reign as one of the Metropolitan Opera\u2019s most popular sopranos, where she appeared 314 times from 1965-1987.<\/p>\n

Who was Scotto?: The soprano Renata Scotto (1934-2023) is remembered as one of the most expressive singing actors of her generation. Her signature roles included Mim\u00ed in La boh\u00e8me–which she performed in PBS\u2019 first installment of \u201cGreat Performances at the Met\u201d<\/a> alongside Pavarotti–Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly, Bellini\u2019s Norma, all three heroines in Il Trittico, Adina in L\u2019elisir d\u2019amore and Violetta in La Traviata.<\/p>\n

What made her so special:<\/strong> Scotto imbued each note she sang with drama. The former Met Music Director James Levine championed her career, calling her a \u201cdirect descendant of the great, expressive Italian sopranos.\u201d Scotto\u2019s repertoire oscillated between that of a lyric soprano and a spinto. She preferred specific vocal characterizations to overblown, veristic singing in the style of Beniamino Gigli. Her performances were noted for their expressiveness as well as their musical cleanliness.<\/p>\n