Giuditta Pasta

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Giuditta Pasta (October 26, 1797 - April 1, 1865), born in Saronno, Italy was a soprano considered among the greatest of opera singers.

She studied in Milan but her appearances in Brescia in 1815 and London in 1817, were both failures. Further studies with Scappa were followed by a successful debut in Venice in 1819. She caused a sensation in Paris in 1821-22, where the immense range of her voice and her dramatic gifts were matched by poignancy of expression. She sang regularly in London, Paris, Milan and Naples between 1824 and 1837. She created Donizetti's Anna Bolena in Milan (Teatro Carcano) in 1830 and Amina in Bellini's La sonnambula and Norma (both in Milan in 1831). She died in Blevio, a town in the province of Como.