Celestina casapietra biography of martin
Today we pay tribute to the 60 members of the music industry who died during August.
Born in , Celestina Casapietra attended the Milan Conservatory, studying with the acclaimed soprano Gina Cigna and Costaguta..
East Berlin’s Italian diva has died, at 85
RIP
norman lebrecht
August 13, 2024
The Italian soprano Celestina Casapietra died this week in her homeland.
After early successes in Milan she married the DDR conductor Herbert Kegel and became half of the regime’s operatic glamour couple.
In Berlin, she performed Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Elsa in Lohengrin and Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, among many leading roles.
Elsewhere she sang at Vienna, Salzburg, Munich, Hamburg, Venice and Turin.
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