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Katia Ricciarelli

ActorBorn January 16, 1946 (78 years)
Catiuscia Maria Stella Ricciarelli (born 16 January 1946), known as Katia Ricciarelli, is an Italian soprano and actress.

Born in Rovigo, Veneto, to a very poor family, she struggled during her younger years. She studied at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice, won several vocal competitions in 1968, and made her professional debut as Mimì in Puccini's La bohème in Mantua in 1969. She appeared as Leonora in Verdi's Il trovatore in Parma in 1970. In the following year, she won RAI's "Voci Verdiane" award. Between 1972 and 1975, engagements followed in the major European and American opera houses, including Lyric Opera of Chicago (1972); Teatro alla Scala (1973); Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (1974); and the Metropolitan Opera in 1975. In 1981, she began a decade-long association with the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, thus broadening her repertoire of Rossini's operas.

Beside her many opera performances, she also appeared as Desdemona in Franco Zeffirelli's film version of Verdi's Otello in 1986, alongside Plácido Domingo. In 2005 she won the best actress prize Nastro d'Argento, awarded by the Italian film journalists, for her role in Pupi Avati's La seconda notte di nozze.

In 1991 she founded Accademia Lirica di Katia Ricciarelli, and, since 2003, she has been Artistic Director of the annual summer Macerata Opera Festival. In 2006 she participated in the reality show La fattoria (Italian version of The Farm) on Canale 5.

In 1986, on her 40th birthday, she married Pippo Baudo, a television personality; she filed for divorce in the summer of 2004.

In 2021-2022 she participated in the reality show “Grande Fratello VIP” (Big Brother VIP 6), getting evicted after 165 days.

Source: Article "Katia Ricciarelli" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
  • Otello
  • La seconda notte di nozze
  • Black and White
  • One Step From Heaven
  • Mancino naturale
  • Shakespeare: The Legacy
  • Il ritmo della vita

Filmography

2021
Mancino naturale · as Maria
2020
Angela (TV Series) · as Elisa
2016
Infernet · as Sara
2016
Shakespeare: The Legacy · as Desdemona
2014
2013
Un Matrimonio (TV Series) · as Zia Amabile
2013
La sedia della felicità · as Norma Pecche
2012
Faccia d'angelo · as Madre Del Boss
2012
Faccia d'angelo (TV Series) · as Madre Del Toso
2012
Faccia d'angelo · as Madre Del Boss
2011
One Step From Heaven (TV Series) · as Assunta
2010
2009
2008
Black and White · as Olga
2007
2005
La seconda notte di nozze · as Lilliana Vespero
2002
Carabinieri (TV Series) · as Monica Grandi
2000
Don Matteo (TV Series) · as Giulia Baldeschi
1986
Otello · as Desdemona
1983
1977
The Metropolitan Opera Presents (TV Series) · as Amelia, Renato's Wife
1975

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