2023-08-16 19:37:53
The Italian soprano Renata Scottoone of the most important voices of Italian poetry and considered its last diva, has passed away at 89 years after a very long career that led her to sing in the best theaters in the world, as well as to direct and teach in recent years.
The great Maria Callas, whom she replaced with notable success in 1957; Luciano Pavarotti, José Carreras and Alfredo Kraus were some of Scotto’s scene partners (Savona, 1934), who since 2011 was the widow of violinist Lorenzo Anselmi, according to local media.
He debuted very young, in 1952in the theater of his hometown in the role of Violetta in Traviata and a year later he made his debut at La Scala in Milan with Renata Tebaldi and Mario Del Monaco.
In his long career, in which he was primordial his Spanish teacher Mercedes Llopartsang on the main operatic stages of the world, such as the Metropolitan in New York, the Bolshoi in Moscow and the Royal Opera House in London, among others.
He also dedicated himself to directing opera: the first was Madama Butterfly in 1986 at the Metropolitan Opera and then he took it to the Verona Arena, the Miami Opera and Genoa, while in 1995 he directed La Traviata, also in New York.
The soprano, who since 1997 was a member of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia, has lived in the United States in recent years, where she taught at the Juillard School of Music in New York and at Yale University.
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