Rosa Raisa


Foto potret Rosa Raisa pada tahun 1917, dengan penyerahan tanda tangan kepada penerbit Italia
Rosa Raisa, 1924

Rosa Raisa (30 Mei 1893 – 28 September 1963) adalah seorang penyanyi soprano sekaligus pemain opera dramatis Rusia-Yahudi kelahiran Polandia dan Italia lantas dinaturalisasi menjadi warga Amerika.[1] Dia memiliki suara kekuatan yang luar biasa dan pencipta peran judul opera terakhir Puccini, Turandot, di La Scala, Milan.

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  1. ^ General books and reference works identify Raisa as either Polish-Jewish or Russian-Jewish. For her views, see the interviews for The Jewish Forum (vol. 5, January 1922, pg. 234) and Harriette Brower, Vocal Mastery: Talks with Master Singers and Teachers (Frederick A. Stokes Co.: New York 1920, p. 94). This and other aspects of her life and career are presented in greater details in Charles Mintzer, Rosa Raisa, a Biography of a Diva with Selections from Her Memoirs (Northeastern University Press: Boston 2001).

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  • Charles Mintzer, Rosa Raisa, a Biography of a Diva with Selections from Her Memoirs. Northeastern University Press: Boston, 2001.
  • Michael Scott, The Record of Singing. Vol 2: 1914-1925. Duckworth: London, 1979, pg. 71–73.

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