Fedora Barbieri (born 4 June 1920, Trieste - died 4 March 2003) was an Italian mezzo-soprano opera singer. June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A mezzo-soprano (meaning medium soprano in Italian) is a female singer with a range usually extending from the A below middle C to the F an eleventh above middle C. Mezzo-sopranos generally have a darker (or lower) vocal tone than sopranos, and their vocal range is between that... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan. ...

She made her official debut in Florence in 1940, but soon retired in 1943 because of her marriage, although she re-emerged in 1945. She was one of the first performers to investigate and perform in early opera by Monteverdi and Pergolesi. Her debut at the Teatro alla Scala, where she was to live her greatest successes, came in 1942, performing in Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony, conducted by Victor de Sabata. Florences skyline Florence (Italian: ) is the capital city of the region of Tuscany, Italy. ... Portrait of Claudio Monteverdi in Venice, 1640, by Bernardo Strozzi. ... Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (January 4, 1710 - March 16, 1736) was an Italian composer, violinist and organist. ... La Scala The Teatro alla Scala (or La Scala for short), in Milan, Italy, is one of the worlds most famous opera houses. ... Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized December 17, 1770 – March 26, 1827) was a German composer of Classical music, the predominant musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras. ... Vittorio (Victor) De Sabata (April 10, 1892 – December 11, 1967) was an Italian conductor and composer. ...

She made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera on 6 November 1950 in the role of Princess Eboli in Verdi's Don Carlo. Altogether, she gave 96 performances of 11 operas in that house, and also sang Eboli in the famous Luchino Visconti production of the Verdi opera for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden's centenary in 1958. Though she never officially retired, she more or less discontinued performing live in the 1990's, making hers one of the longest careers in opera history. The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, seen from Lincoln Center Plaza A full house at the old Metropolitan Opera House, seen from the rear of the stage, at the Metropolitan Opera House for a concert by pianist Józef Hofmann, November 28, 1937. ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Giuseppe Verdi, by Giovanni Boldini, 1886 (National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome). ... Don Carlos is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi. ... Luchino Visconti, Duke of Modrone (November 2, 1906 - March 17, 1976) was an Italian theatre and cinema director and writer. ... The Floral Hall of the Royal Opera House, home of the Royal Opera The Royal Opera is London and the United Kingdoms most famous and most wealthy opera company. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Although generally considered a formidable actress and singer in her own right, she is now mostly remembered for regularly partnering Maria Callas on as well as off stage during the 1950's. Many of their collaborations (together with other regular partners Giuseppe di Stefano,Boris Christoff, Tito Gobbi, Rolando Panerai and Tulio Serafin were recorded by Fonit Cetra (mainly La Gioconda, 1952) and EMI. Her most famous assumptions include Amneris in Aïda, Azucena in Il Trovatore, Quickly in Falstaff, Eboli in Don Carlo and Ulrica in Un Ballo in Maschera. Maria Callas on book cover; portrait taken by Cecil Beaton, London, 1957 Maria Callas (Greek: Μαρία Κάλλας) (December 3, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano and perhaps the best-known opera singer of the post-World War II period. ... The Italian tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano (born 24 July 1921) is a famous opera singer whose career spanned from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. ... Boris Christoff Boris Christoff (Bulgarian: ) (May 18, 1914, Plovdiv, Bulgaria – June 28, 1993, Rome, Italy) was a Bulgarian opera singer, one of the greatest basses of the 20th century. ... Tito Gobbi (October 24, 1913 – March 5, 1984) was an Italian baritone. ... La Gioconda is an opera in four acts by Amilcare Ponchielli to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Angelo by Victor Hugo. ... The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Kensington in London, in the United Kingdom. ... Aida is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, based on a story by Auguste Mariette. ... Il trovatore (The Troubadour) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Leone Emanuele Bardare and Salvatore Cammarano, based on the play El Trobador by Antonio García Gutiérrez. ... Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare primarily as a companion to Prince Hal, the future King Henry V. Round and glorious, tradition holds that Shakespeare wrote the part for his second comedian, a fat man, John Heminges, who played a bold... Don Carlos is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi. ... Un ballo in maschera, or A Masked Ball, is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi with text by Antonio Somma. ...