Prima Donna Autentica:Italian soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci
OUTLINE / Anna Caterina Antonacci’s powerful performances have made her one of opera’s most admired sopranos;hut the singular nature of her repertory makes her almost impossible to categorize. Nevertheless;she can seem a mass of paradoxes.She tits no stereotype and no precise vocal specialty.She was an early starter yet a late developer;she made headlines in Handel and Rossini but still had the courage to reinvent herself entirely at the age of 38.Her voice defies classification;yet she can fit it to an eclectic range of music;from great mezzo roles such as Carmen to Monteverdi;Berlioz and Gluck; as well as the songs of Respighi;Chausson and Faure;to name a few.
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