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Franca Mattiucci

Franca Mattiucci (Rome, 1938) is an Italian operatic mezzo-soprano who had an active international career from 1963 to 1987. In her native country she made appearances at the Arena di Verona Festival, the Baths of Caracalla, La Fenice, La Scala, the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, the Teatro della Pergola, the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, the Teatro di San Carlo, the Teatro Donizetti, the Teatro Margherita, the Teatro Massimo Bellini, the Teatro Massimo, the Teatro Regio di Parma, and the Teatro Regio di Torino. On the international stage she performed at the Hamburg State Opera, the Hungarian State Opera, the Liceu, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, the Sofia National Opera, the Teatro Colón, the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, the Teatro Real, and the Vienna State Opera among others.

Some of the roles Mattiucci performed on stage were Adalgisa in ''Norma'', Amneris in ''Aida'', Azucena in ''Il trovatore'', Beppe in ''L'amico Fritz'', Charlotte in ''Werther'', Climene in ''Saffo'', Dalila in ''Samson et Dalila'', Dorabella in ''Così fan tutte'', Fenena in ''Nabucco'', Giovanna in ''Anna Bolena'', Jocasta in ''Oedipus rex'', Laura Adorno in ''La Gioconda'', Leonor in ''La favorite'', Margarita in ''I quattro rusteghi'', Marina in ''Boris Godunov'', Preziosilla in ''La forza del destino'', the Princess in ''Suor Angelica'', Princess Eboli in ''Don Carlo'', Santuzza in ''Cavalleria Rusticana'', Sinaide in ''Mosè in Egitto'', Suzuki in ''Madame Butterfly'', Ulrica in ''Un ballo in maschera'', and the title roles in ''Carmen'' and ''Mignon''.

After retiring from the stage in 1987, Mattiucci embarked on a second career as a voice teacher. Her notable pupils include Marcelo Álvarez, Linda Campanella, Serena Gamberoni, Cho Kyoung, Natalia Lemercier Miretti, Francesco Meli, Monica Minarelli, Patrizia Patelmo, Matteo Peirone, Tatiana Serjan, and Erwin Schrott. Provided by Wikipedia