Carlotta Rapazzini

Carlotta Rapazzini was an Italian soprano who created Medora in Verdi's Il corsaro at Trieste in 1848. She is found at Como and Cuneo in 1844 and 1845, at Messina and Parma, and in the autumn of 1847 at the Carlo Felice in Genoa, where she sang four roles, among them the title role of Ricci's Chiara di Rosemberg. In 1849 she sang Romeo in Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi at La Scala. Later engagements took her to Barcelona, Malta, Innsbruck and Piacenza, and her Verdi roles included Amalia, Giovanna d'Arco, Leonora in Il trovatore and Violetta.