Actor
Katia Ricciarelli
January 16, 1946 · Rovigo, Veneto, Italy
Catiuscia Maria Stella Ricciarelli (born 16 January 1946), known as Katia Ricciarelli, is an Italian soprano and actress.
Born in Rovigo, Veneto, to a very poor family, she struggled during her younger years. She studied at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice, won several vocal competitions in 1968, and made her professional debut as Mimì in Puccini's La bohème in Mantua in 1969. She appeared as Leonora in Verdi's Il trovatore in Parma in 1970. In the following year, she won RAI's "Voci Verdiane" award. Between 1972 and 1975, engagements followed in the major European and American opera houses, including Lyric Opera of Chicago (1972); Teatro alla Scala (1973); Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (1974); and the Metropolitan Opera in 1975. In 1981, she began a decade-long association with the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, thus broadening her repertoire of Rossini's operas.
Often works with
Antonio Albanese
2 titles together
La sedia della felicità, The Second Wedding Night
Neri Marcorè
2 titles together
The Friends at the Margherita Café, The Second Wedding Night
Bob Messini
2 titles together
The Friends at the Margherita Café, Black and White
Terence Hill
2 titles together
Father Matteo, One Step from Heaven
Simone Montedoro
2 titles together
Father Matteo, Come una madre
Elio Germano
2 titles together
Faccia d'angelo, Angel Face
Full filmography · 23
Natural Lefty
as Maria
2022
Infernet
as Sara
2016
La sedia della felicità
as Norma Pecche
20145.6
Faccia d'angelo
as Madre del boss
20126.9
First Happiness
as Madre della sposa
2011
Il ritmo della vita
as Katia
2010
The Friends at the Margherita Café
as Mamma di Taddeo
20095.6
Black and White
as Olga
20085.4
Un dottore quasi perfetto
as Luisa
2007
The Second Wedding Night
as Lilliana Vespero
20056.2
Le Grandi Operette : La vedova allegra
cast
2005
Otello
as Desdemona
1986