Adriana Martino
Adriana Martino | |
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 Martino with Sesto Bruscantini (Radiocorriere magazine, 1972) | |
| Born | 26 July 1931 (age 93) Caserta, Italy |
| Occupation | Soprano |
Adriana Martino (born 26 July 1931) is an Italian operatic soprano, folk singer and stage director.
Life and career
[edit]The elder sister of singer Miranda Martino, Adriana Martino studied at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, and made her professional debut as a soprano in 1956, playing Musetta in Giacomo Puccini's La bohème.[1]
Alongside her operatic activity, in which, among other things, she worked several times with Herbert von Karajan,[1][2] she also recorded folk and traditional songs, and in the 1970s she came to prominence as a performer of political songs.[1]
Married to composer Benedetto Ghiglia, with whom she founded the theater company "Teatro-Canzone", she was also active as a stage director, best known for the feminist play Nostro Fratello Donna ("Our Brother a Woman").[1] She also served as singing teacher at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico.[2]
Partial discography
[edit]- Albums
- 1958 - Antologia della canzone napoletana (Columbia)
- 1971 - Donna... Amore... Dolore (with Miranda Martino) (RCA Italiana)
- 1972 - Cosa posso io dirti (Fonit Cetra)
- 1974 - Conosci il paese dove fioriscono i cannoni? (CBS)
- 1976 - Adriana Martino canta Brecht e Eisler (I Dischi dello Zodiaco)
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Adriana Martino at AllMusic
- Adriana Martino discography at Discogs
- Adriana Martino at IMDb
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