Painting by Karoly Gyurkovich, c. 1860s.Giuseppina Strepponi (c. 1845) (Museo Teatrale alla Scala)Giuseppina Strepponi (c. 1865)
Clelia Maria Giuseppa (Giuseppina) Strepponi (Lodi, 8 September 1815 – Villanova sull'Arda, 14 November 1897) was a nineteenth-century Italian operatic soprano of great renown and the second wife of composer Giuseppe Verdi.
She is often credited with having contributed to Verdi's first successes, starring in a number of his early operas, including the role of Abigaille in the world premiere of Nabucco in 1842. A highly gifted singer, Strepponi excelled in the bel canto repertoire and spent much of her career portraying roles in operas by Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Gioachino Rossini, often sharing the stage with tenor Napoleone Moriani and baritone Giorgio Ronconi. Donizetti wrote the title role of his opera Adelia specifically for Strepponi. She was described as possessing a "limpid, penetrating, smooth voice, seemly action, a lovely figure; and to Nature's liberal endowments she adds an excellent technique"; her "deep inner feeling" was also lauded.[1]
Both her personal and professional life were complicated by overwork, by at least three known pregnancies, and by her vocal deterioration which caused her to retire from the stage by the age of 31, in 1846 when she moved to Paris to become a singing teacher. While it is known that she had a professional relationship with Verdi from the time of his first opera, Oberto in 1839, they became a couple by 1847 when they lived together in Paris, then moved to Busseto in 1849, married in 1859, and remained together until the end of her life.
^Budden 1998, pp. 582–583
and 23 Related for: Giuseppina Strepponi information
Clelia Maria Giuseppa (Giuseppina) Strepponi (Lodi, 8 September 1815 – Villanova sull'Arda, 14 November 1897) was a nineteenth-century Italian operatic...
Parma, where the Teatro Regio di Parma was producing Nabucco with GiuseppinaStrepponi in the cast. For Verdi, the performances were a personal triumph...
first teacher of the opera singer GiuseppinaStrepponi who later became the second wife of Giuseppe Verdi. Strepponi was born in the northern Italian city...
decade later as Paulina (1993). In 1986, she played the soprano GiuseppinaStrepponi in After Aida at the Old Vic Theatre. On television Jones became...
style by Italian architect, Camillo Boito. Both Verdi and his wife, GiuseppinaStrepponi are buried there. A documentary film about life in the Casa di Riposo...
Gutiérrez play is uncertain, but Budden notes that it appears that GiuseppinaStrepponi, with whom Verdi had been living in Busseto since September 1849...
Short story in the form of a monologue by Ring Lardner. 1994 Verdi GiuseppinaStrepponi (voice) TV film 1995 The Politician's Wife Flora Matlock All 3 episodes...
Pasta, Maria Malibran, Giuseppina Ronzi de Begnis, Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient, Mary Ann Paton (Mrs. Wood), GiuseppinaStrepponi, Emma Calvé, Marianne...
commission was offered by Brenna, the secretary of La Fenice. Verdi and GiuseppinaStrepponi visited Paris from late 1851 and into March 1852. In February the...
1871. She became Verdi's companion after the death of his wife, GiuseppinaStrepponi, in 1897. Stolz died in Milan in 1902, the year after Verdi's death...
French archaeologist, ethnographer, and historian (d. 1874) 1815 – GiuseppinaStrepponi, Italian soprano and educator (d. 1897) 1822 – Karl von Ditmar, German...
Walker 1982, p. 473 Verdi to Ricordi, in Walker 1982, pp. 474–475 GiuseppinaStrepponi to Ricordi, 7 November 1879, in Walker 1982, p. 476 Budden 1992,...
would thank God, but I don't believe in it." Verdi's second wife, GiuseppinaStrepponi, wrote: “I exhaust myself in speaking to him about the marvels of...
since Shakespeare is one of Verdi's favourite authors. Verdi's wife GiuseppinaStrepponi, tired of seeing him moping about, also assists in the attempt to...
in aiming to achieve it, his partner of the previous four years, GiuseppinaStrepponi greatly encouraged it when she wrote to him at the time of his frustrations...
L'ombra della sera Eva Television film 1995 La famiglia Ricordi GiuseppinaStrepponi Miniseries Un orage immobile Flora de Margelasse Television film...
Nastro d'Argento – Best Breakout Actress 1982 The Life of Verdi GiuseppinaStrepponi Renato Castellani Miniseries; co-lead role (9 episodes) Venezia,...
Fenice presented it in April 1836 as I puritani e i cavalieri with GiuseppinaStrepponi as Elvira. It took until January 1837 before it was seen at the San...
Edouard Deldevez, conductor, composer and violinist, 80 November 14 – GiuseppinaStrepponi, operatic soprano, 82 December – Slavka Atanasijević, Serbian pianist...
at the Milan Conservatory, where she first became acquainted with GiuseppinaStrepponi, a fellow student and the future wife of Giuseppe Verdi. After her...
1980. La Donna del Rinascimento, Garzanti, 1986. Traviata. Vita di GiuseppinaStrepponi, Rizzoli, 1994. Servadio, Gaia (1993). Incontri. Forster, Sraffa...
Global Information
