Giuditta Pasta
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Giuditta Pasta (1798-1865), born in Saronno, Italy was a soprano considered among the greatest of opera singers. She studied in Milan but her appearances in Brescia in 1815 and London in 1817, were both failures. Further studies with Scappa were followed by a successful debut in Venice in 1819. She caused a sensation in Paris in 1821-22, where the immense range of her voice and her dramatic gifts were matched by poignancy of expression. She sang regularly in London, Paris, and St. Petersburg between 1824 and 1837. She created the roles of Amina in Bellini's "La Sonnambula" in Milan in 1831, Norma in Milan in 1832 and Donizetti's "Anna Bolena", Milan in 1830. She died in Blevio.