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.

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

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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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