Katia Ricciarelli

Personal Info

Birthday

January 16, 1946

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Rovigo, Veneto, Italy

Katia Ricciarelli

Biography

Catiuscia Maria Stella Ricciarelli (born 16 January 1946), known as Katia Ricciarelli, is an Italian soprano and actress. Born in Rovigo, Veneto, to a very poor family, she struggled during her younger years.

She studied at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice, won several vocal competitions in 1968, and made her professional debut as Mimì in Puccini's La bohème in Mantua in 1969. She appeared as Leonora in Verdi's Il trovatore in Parma in 1970. In the following year, she won RAI's "Voci Verdiane" award.

Known For

Father Matteo

Carabinieri

One Step from Heaven

Come una madre

Faccia d'angelo

Black and White

Otello

La sedia della felicità

Filmography

2022
Natural Lefty
as Maria
2016
Infernet
as Sara
2014
La sedia della felicità
as Norma Pecche
2011
First Happiness
as Madre della sposa
2010
Il ritmo della vita
as Katia
2009
The Friends At The Margherita Café
as Mamma di Taddeo
2008
Black and White
as Olga
2007
Un dottore quasi perfetto
as Luisa
2005
The Second Wedding Night
as Lilliana Vespero
2004
Alfredo Kraus, Ruggero Raimondi and Katia Ricciarelli in Concert
as Self
1986
Otello
as Desdemona
1984
Il viaggio a Reims
as Madame Cortese
1983
Turandot
as Liu (la giovane schiava, guida di Timur)
1982
Falstaff
as Mrs. Alice Ford
1980
Georges Bizet: Carmen
as Micaela
Un Ballo in Maschera
as Amelia, Renato's wife
1975
Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera
as Amelia