Katia Ricciarelli
Born: 1946-01-16 in Rovigo, Veneto, Italy
Known For: Acting
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. Between 1972 and 1975, engagements followed in the major European and American opera houses, including Lyric Opera of Chicago (1972); Teatro alla Scala (1973); Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (1974); and the Metropolitan Opera in 1975. In 1981, she began a decade-long association with the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, thus broadening her repertoire of Rossini's operas. Beside her many opera performances, she also appeared as Desdemona in Franco Zeffirelli's film version of Verdi's Otello in 1986, alongside Plácido Domingo. In 2005 she won the best actress prize Nastro d'Argento, awarded by the Italian film journalists, for her role in Pupi Avati's La seconda notte di nozze. In 1991 she founded Accademia Lirica di Katia Ricciarelli, and, since 2003, she has been Artistic Director of the annual summer Macerata Opera Festival. In 2006 she participated in the reality show La fattoria (Italian version of The Farm) on Canale 5. In 1986, on her 40th birthday, she married Pippo Baudo, a television personality; she filed for divorce in the summer of 2004. In 2021-2022 she participated in the reality show “Grande Fratello VIP” (Big Brother VIP 6), getting evicted after 165 days. Source: Article "Katia Ricciarelli" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
2022
- Natural Lefty as Maria
2020
- Come una madre as Elisa
2016
- Infernet as Sara
2014
- La sedia della felicità as Norma Pecche
2012
- Faccia d'angelo as Madre del boss
- Faccia d'angelo as madre del Toso
2011
- One Step from Heaven as Assunta
- 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
2002
- Carabinieri as Monica Grandi
2000
- Father Matteo as Giulia Baldeschi
1987
- Le monde est à vous 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
- Un Ballo in Maschera as Amelia, Renato's wife
- Georges Bizet: Carmen as Micaela
1975
- Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera as Amelia
1972
- Le Grand Échiquier as Self