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Claudia Muzio

also Claudina Muzzio, Claudina Emilia Maria Muzzio

1889Shawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Muzio, Claudia [Muzzio, Claudina]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, pp. 537-538.Wikipedia (2026) Claudia Muzio. (Accessed: 20 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Muzio, Claudia', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2061-2062.–1936Shawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Muzio, Claudia [Muzzio, Claudina]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, pp. 537-538.Wikipedia (2026) Claudia Muzio. (Accessed: 20 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Muzio, Claudia', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2061-2062. · Italian · sopranoShawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Muzio, Claudia [Muzzio, Claudina]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, pp. 537-538.Wikipedia (2026) Claudia Muzio. (Accessed: 20 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Muzio, Claudia', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2061-2062.

Birthplace: Pavia, Kingdom of ItalyShawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Muzio, Claudia [Muzzio, Claudina]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, pp. 537-538.Wikipedia (2026) Claudia Muzio. (Accessed: 20 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Muzio, Claudia', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2061-2062.

An Italian soprano, one of the most admired of her generationShawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Muzio, Claudia [Muzzio, Claudina]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, pp. 537-538. and known in South America as la divina ClaudiaWikipedia (2026) Claudia Muzio. (Accessed: 20 September 2026).. Born Claudina Muzzio to a stage director and a chorus singerShawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Muzio, Claudia [Muzzio, Claudina]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, pp. 537-538.Wikipedia (2026) Claudia Muzio. (Accessed: 20 September 2026)., she grew up partly in LondonWikipedia (2026) Claudia Muzio. (Accessed: 20 September 2026). and studied with Annetta Casaloni, who had created Verdi's MaddalenaShawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Muzio, Claudia [Muzzio, Claudina]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, pp. 537-538.Wikipedia (2026) Claudia Muzio. (Accessed: 20 September 2026).. She made her debut at Arezzo in 1910Shawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Muzio, Claudia [Muzzio, Claudina]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, pp. 537-538.Wikipedia (2026) Claudia Muzio. (Accessed: 20 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Muzio, Claudia', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2061-2062.Casaglia, G. (n.d.) 'Claudia Muzio', in L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia. (Accessed: 25 October 2026).Le Grandi Voci (2012) Claudia Muzio: documenti. (Accessed: 25 October 2026).Kutsch-Riemens gives 1911; Casaglia's almanac and Mondo lirico (1966, as quoted by Grandi Voci) both date the Arezzo debut to 15 January 1910, as the English Wikipedia article does, and 1910 is followed. and reached La Scala in 1913 as DesdemonaShawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Muzio, Claudia [Muzzio, Claudina]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, pp. 537-538.Wikipedia (2026) Claudia Muzio. (Accessed: 20 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Muzio, Claudia', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2061-2062.. At the Metropolitan Opera from 1916 she created Giorgetta in Il tabarroShawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Muzio, Claudia [Muzzio, Claudina]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, pp. 537-538.Wikipedia (2026) Claudia Muzio. (Accessed: 20 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Muzio, Claudia', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2061-2062., and she sang at Buenos Aires and Chicago through the 1920sWikipedia (2026) Claudia Muzio. (Accessed: 20 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Muzio, Claudia', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2061-2062.. She died at Rome at forty-sevenWikipedia (2026) Claudia Muzio. (Accessed: 20 September 2026)..

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