Carolina Ferni, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Carolina Ferni

singer and violinist

Date of Birth: 20-Aug-1839

Place of Birth: Como, Lombardy, Italy

Date of Death: 04-Jun-1926

Profession: singer, violinist, opera singer, music pedagogue

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Carolina Ferni

  • Carolina Ferni (20 August 1846 – 4 June 1926) was an Italian violinist and operatic soprano. Ferni was born in Como.
  • She began her career as a violinist in Paris and Brussels, and later studied voice with famed soprano Giuditta Pasta.
  • She made her stage debut in Turin in 1862 as Leonora in Donizetti's La favorite.
  • She sang at La Scala in Milan (1866–68) as Norma, Selika and Saffo, among other roles.
  • In Agostino Mercuri's opera Il Violino del Diavolo, she both sang and played the violin. She was married to the prominent Verdi baritone Leone Giraldoni (1824–1897).
  • They had a son, Eugenio Giraldoni, whom she taught.
  • Like his father, Eugenio became an operatic baritone, creating the role of Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca in 1900. Ferni retired from the stage in 1883, and opened a singing school in Milan, and later in St.
  • Petersburg, Russia.
  • Among her students was the soprano Eugenia Burzio.
  • She died in Milan in 1926, two years after her son.

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