Rosa Raisa

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

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Raisa annotated this photo of her teacher Barbara Marchisio and her sister Carlotta, planning to use in her autobiography. "Barbara Marchisio my vocal teacher in Adalgisa Norma. Carlotta Marchisio as Norma. Both sisters great singers with glorious careers." (1860s)

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^ 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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[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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