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Susanna Rigacci

Susanna Rigacci
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Background information
Born (1960-05-16) May 16, 1960 (age 56)
, Sweden
Genres Classical, operatic
Occupation(s) Singer
Instruments Soprano
Labels Euroarts, Bongiovanni, Arts Music
Website www.susannarigacci.it

Susanna Rigacci is a Swedish-born Italian singer/soprano. She is best known for her vocalizations of Ennio Morricone’s compositions for Sergio Leone’s, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, Fistful of Dynamite and The Ecstasy of Gold.

Susanna Rigacci was born in 1960 in , Sweden, the daughter of composer and conductor M.° Bruno Rigacci. She graduated in musical training at the Luigi Cherubini conservatory in Florence, and attended successfully a post graduate experience with Iris Adami Corradetti. Under her guidance, Susanna was awarded at the International "Maria Callas" Competition (Concorso RAI, 1983), and for the "Sängerförderungspreis", at the Mozarteum (Salzburg, 1985).

In Italy, Susanna Rigacci has performed in the most prestigious theaters such as: La Scala in Milan, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, La Fenice in Venice, The Opera House in Rome, Filarmonico in Verona, Massimo in Palermo, Regio in Parma, Bellini in Catania, and Comunale in Bologne.

She has also performed at the Carnegie Hall in New York, Opéra Comique and Théatre Châtelet in Paris, Prague Philharmonic, the Royal Albert Hall and the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, Opéra de Wallonie in Liège, Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Fundaçao Gulbenkian in Lisbon, Wexford Festival, Teatro Municipale in Mallorca, and Staatteater in Bern.


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