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Licia Albanese

1909 - 2014

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Licia Albanese (July 22, 1909 – August 15, 2014) was an Italian-born American operatic soprano. Noted especially for her portrayals of the lyric heroines of Verdi and Puccini, Albanese was a leading artist with the Metropolitan Opera from 1940 to 1966. She also made many recordings and was chairwoman of The Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation, which is dedicated to assisting young artists and singers. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Licia Albanese is the 1,288th most popular singer (down from 1,001st in 2019), the 3,560th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,215th in 2019) and the 85th most popular Italian Singer.

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Among singers, Licia Albanese ranks 1,288 out of 4,381. Before her are Lil Nas X, Lhasa de Sela, Maher Zain, Gordon Lightfoot, Beth Carvalho, and Aneela Mirza. After her are Ted Neeley, Clara Nunes, Mississippi John Hurt, Martha Mödl, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, and Billy Paul.

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Among people born in 1909, Licia Albanese ranks 277. Before her are James Agee, Margaret Mee, Massimo Pallottino, Reinhold Münzenberg, Ramón Villeda Morales, and Saul Alinsky. After her are Uku Masing, Ernst Andersson, Haruko Sugimura, Ahmed Bahnini, Willi Horn, and Konrad Frey. Among people deceased in 2014, Licia Albanese ranks 312. Before her are William Guarnere, Helen Johns, Urs Widmer, Zbigniew Messner, Leonid Stadnyk, and Gordon Tullock. After her are Stefan Bozhkov, Milan Horvat, Dorothy Tyler-Odam, Takako Doi, Bobby Keys, and Zbigniew Pietrzykowski.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Licia Albanese ranks 3,561 out of 5,161. Before her are Giorgio Bocchino (1913), Amedeo Carboni (1965), Luigi Radice (1935), Piero Carini (1921), Giorgio Pessina (1902), and Gino Rossetti (1904). After her are Aureliano Bolognesi (1930), Mario Tronti (1931), Aleardo Aleardi (1812), Enrico Maria Salerno (1926), Angelo Conterno (1925), and Valentina Monetta (1975).

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Among SINGERS In Italy

Among singers born in Italy, Licia Albanese ranks 85. Before her are Alessandro Safina (1963), Nilla Pizzi (1919), Claudio Baglioni (1951), Tony Renis (1938), Claudia Muzio (1889), and Gala (1975). After her are Valentina Monetta (1975), Daniela Dessì (1957), Anna Oxa (1961), Den Harrow (1962), Jovanotti (1966), and Tiziano Ferro (1980).

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