Rosa Raisa

A Polish-born American dramatic sopranoRosenthal, H. (1992) 'Raisa, Rosa [Burchstein, Rose]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 1219.Wikipedia (2026) Rosa Raisa. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Raisa, Rosa', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2396-2397., and the first TurandotRosenthal, H. (1992) 'Raisa, Rosa [Burchstein, Rose]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 1219.Wikipedia (2026) Rosa Raisa. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Raisa, Rosa', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2396-2397.. She fled a pogrom at fourteen and settled in NaplesRosenthal, H. (1992) 'Raisa, Rosa [Burchstein, Rose]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 1219.Wikipedia (2026) Rosa Raisa. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Raisa, Rosa', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2396-2397., where she studied with Barbara MarchisioRosenthal, H. (1992) 'Raisa, Rosa [Burchstein, Rose]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 1219.Wikipedia (2026) Rosa Raisa. (Accessed: 22 September 2026)., and made her debut at Parma in 1913 as Leonora in Verdi's ObertoRosenthal, H. (1992) 'Raisa, Rosa [Burchstein, Rose]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 1219.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Raisa, Rosa', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2396-2397.. Later that year she began a long association with ChicagoRosenthal, H. (1992) 'Raisa, Rosa [Burchstein, Rose]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 1219.Wikipedia (2026) Rosa Raisa. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Moore, E. C. (1930) Forty Years of Opera in Chicago. New York: Horace Liveright, pp. 125-126. (Accessed: 15 October 2026)., singing there regularly until 1936Rosenthal, H. (1992) 'Raisa, Rosa [Burchstein, Rose]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 1219., and in the first American performances of works by Mascagni, Montemezzi and RespighiRosenthal, H. (1992) 'Raisa, Rosa [Burchstein, Rose]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 1219.. At La Scala she created Asteria in Boito's Nerone in 1924 and Turandot in 1926Rosenthal, H. (1992) 'Raisa, Rosa [Burchstein, Rose]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 1219.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Raisa, Rosa', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2396-2397.Wikipedia (2026) Rosa Raisa. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).. She married the baritone Giacomo RiminiKutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Raisa, Rosa', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2396-2397.Wikipedia (2026) Rosa Raisa. (Accessed: 22 September 2026)., and after retiring the two ran a singing school in ChicagoKutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Raisa, Rosa', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2396-2397.Wikipedia (2026) Rosa Raisa. (Accessed: 22 September 2026)..