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Margherita Carosio

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Voice: Soprano
Nationality: Italian
Year of Birth: 1908
Year of Death: 2005

About Margherita Carosio:

Margherita Carosio (7 June 1908 – 10 January 2005) was an Italian operatic soprano. Her voice is preserved in many Parlophone and Ultraphon recordings made before World War II, as well as a memorable series made for HMV in London, beginning in 1946. She was still singing leading roles in her early sixties and was considered one of the leading bel canto sopranos of her day. She was born and died in Genoa.

Carosio was born in Genoa, the daughter of a singing teacher and composer, Natale Carosio, who not only supervised her studies but launched her on a career in public concerts at 14. She once said of her father: "Everything I became I owe to him. I used to say to him: 'I am good wool, but you are an extraordinary weaver.'"

She appeared in public at the extraordinarily young age of 14. In 1924, still only 16, she made her operatic debut in the taxing role of Lucia di Lammermoor at the Teatro Cavour in Novi Ligure. Soon after, she was recommended by soprano Margherita Sheridan to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to sing the role of Feodor in Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov, with Feodor Chaliapin. She, like the rest of the company, sang in Italian, Chaliapin sang in Russian, and the chorus used French. The death scene was recorded live and Carosio's clear tones can easily be discerned. Later she said that working with the great Russian basso made her realise what it meant not just to take on a role but to become it.

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Nr.Title scenePopularityOperaComposerActTypeVoicesLang.Roles
1Sulla tomba che rinserra Popularity:

Opera: Lucia di LammermoorComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.10

Type: duetVoice: T SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Edgardo/Lucia
2Io son docile Popularity:

Opera: Barbiere di Siviglia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 1.12-2

Type: ariaVoice: contralto or mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Rosina
3Piangi fanciulla Popularity:

Opera: RigolettoComposer: VerdiAct: 3.06-2

Type: duetVoice: Br SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Rigoletto/Gilda
4O tu che regoli Popularity:

Opera: Linda di ChamounixComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.27

Type: quintet,choirVoice: B Br S cA SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Prefect/Antonio/Maddalena/Pierotto/Linda
5Ed ecco in qual maniera abbiamo Popularity:

Opera: Linda di ChamounixComposer: DonizettiAct: 3.12

Type: duetVoice: cA SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Pierotto/Linda
6Al bel destin che attendevi Popularity:

Opera: Linda di ChamounixComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.02

Type: duetVoice: cA SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Pierotto/Linda
7Troppo omai mi cimentaste Popularity:

Opera: Linda di ChamounixComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.07

Type: duetVoice: B/Br SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Marquis/Linda
8In quelle trine morbide Popularity:

Opera: Manon LescautComposer: PucciniAct: 2.03

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Manon
9Appressati Lucia Popularity:

Opera: Lucia di LammermoorComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.02

Type: ariaVoice: baritoneLanguage: Italian

Roles: Enrico
10Gia scorsero tre mesi Popularity:

Opera: Linda di ChamounixComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.01

Type: recitativeVoice: S cALanguage: Italian

Roles: Linda/Pierotto
11Come calma e conforta Popularity:

Opera: Linda di ChamounixComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.03

Type: duetVoice: S B/BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Linda/Marquis
12Io vi dico che partiate Popularity:

Opera: Linda di ChamounixComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.04

Type: duetVoice: S B/BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Linda/Marquis
13Non so quella canzon m'intenerisce Popularity:

Opera: Linda di ChamounixComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.15

Type: recitativeVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Linda/Carlo
14Ah! tardai troppo Popularity:

Opera: Linda di ChamounixComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.09

Type: recitativeVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Linda
15O luce di quest'anima Popularity:

Opera: Linda di ChamounixComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.10

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Linda
16D'amor sull'ali rosee Popularity:

Opera: Trovatore, IlComposer: VerdiAct: 4.02

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Leonora
17Miserere d'un alma gia vicina Popularity:

Opera: Trovatore, IlComposer: VerdiAct: 4.03-1

Type: recitative,choirVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Leonora
18Qui la voce sua soave Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 2.05-2

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Elvira
19Quanto amore ed io spietata Popularity:

Opera: Elisir d'amore, L'Composer: DonizettiAct: 2.10

Type: duetVoice: B SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Dulcamara/Adina
20Di tue pene sparve il sogno Popularity:

Opera: Linda di ChamounixComposer: DonizettiAct: 3.19

Type: duet,ensemble,finaleVoice: T SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Carlo/Linda
21Da quel di che t'incontrai Popularity:

Opera: Linda di ChamounixComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.16

Type: duetVoice: T SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Carlo/Linda
22A consolarmi affrettisi Popularity:

Opera: Linda di ChamounixComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.17

Type: duetVoice: T SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Carlo/Linda
23Cantiamo cantiam Popularity:

Opera: Elisir d'amore, L'Composer: DonizettiAct: 2.01

Type: Voice: Br S B SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Belcore/Adina/Dulcamara/Giannetta
24Intanto o mia ragazza Popularity:

Opera: Elisir d'amore, L'Composer: DonizettiAct: 1.08

Type: recitativeVoice: Br SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Belcore/Adina
25Alto fronte Popularity:

Opera: Elisir d'amore, L'Composer: DonizettiAct: 2.15

Type: recitativeVoice: Br SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Belcore/Adina
26Ambo nati in questa valle Popularity:

Opera: Linda di ChamounixComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.04

Type: duetVoice: Br SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Antonio/Maddalena
27Io vi lascio permettete Popularity:

Opera: Linda di ChamounixComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.16

Type: recitativeVoice: Br SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Antonio/Linda
28Ah! che il ciel vi benedica Popularity:

Opera: Linda di ChamounixComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.15

Type: duetVoice: Br SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Antonio/Linda
29Piangete voi? Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.17

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Anna
30Ah! non credea mirarti Popularity:

Opera: Sonnambula, LaComposer: BelliniAct: 2.12

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Amina
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