Emilia Goggi

also Emilia Goggi-Marcovaldi

Emilia Goggi was an Italian singer of soprano and mezzo-soprano roles who created Azucena in Il trovatore at the Teatro Apollo in Rome in 1853. Born in Prato into the Goggi-Marcovaldi family, she studied at the town's Conservatorio di Santa Caterina with Giuseppe Orlandi and in Florence with Antonio Giuliani, and, after secondary parts, made her name in Venice in 1841. She sang across northern and central Italy and in Barcelona, and took Azucena to Turin and Naples in 1854. She died suddenly in Florence in 1857, aged thirty-nine, while preparing a tour to London, and was buried in Prato.

Creations

Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Goggi, Emilia', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, p. 269.
Centro Ricerche Prato (n.d.) Marcovaldi Goggi Emilia. (Accessed: 15 October 2026).
Casaglia, G. (n.d.) 'Emilia Goggi', in L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia. (Accessed: 15 October 2026).
Wikipedia (2026) Emilia Goggi. (Accessed: 15 October 2026).