Eugenia Ratti
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Eugenia Ratti (April 5, 1933) was an Italian soprano, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.
She was born in Genoa, Italy, and studied with her mother, and later took private lessons with Tito Schipa, and made her stage debut at Sestri Levante in 1954.
In January 1955, she first appeared at La Scala in Milan, in the premiere of Darius Milhaud 's David, later singing Lisa in La sonnambula, opposite Maria Callas and Cesare Valletti, in the famous Visconti-Bernstein production. In 1957, she created the role of Constance in Francis Poulenc 's Dialogues des Carmélites.
She appeared at the Holland Festival in 1955, as Elvira in L'Italiana in Algeri, and in 1956, at the Aix-en-Provence Festival as Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia. In 1957, she sang as Elisetta in Il matrimonio segreto, at the Edinburgh Festival. She also made guest appearances at the Paris Opera, the Munich State Opera, the Vienna State Opera, and the Glyndebourne Festival as the Italian singer in Capriccio.
In America, she appeared at the Dallas Opera in 1958, and the San Francisco Opera in 1959.
A light coloratura soprano of considerable charm, she excelled in the soubrette roles of Mozart, Susanna, Zerlina, Despina, and in light Donizetti such as Adina, Norina, as well as Verdi 's Oscar and Nanetta.
On discs, she can be heard in Il matrimonio segreto, Don Giovanni, La sonnambula, Un ballo in maschera, the latter two opposite Maria Callas.
