Lucia Valentini-Terrani sings Brahms

While best-remembered as an interpreter of the great Rossini mezzo-soprano roles, Lucia Valentini-Terrani here shows another facet of her artistry, singing Johannes Brahms’ Alto Rhapsody. Peter Maag conducts.

Lucia Valentini-Terrani – Brahms ~ Alto Rhapsody – Peter Maag cond – RAI 1979

Valentini-Terrani, born in Padua, sang at all the major Italian opera houses, as well as at Paris, Moscow, Buenos Aires, Chicago, and Washington DC. She debuted at The Met as Isabella in L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI in 1974, and had a huge success at Covent Garden in 1976 in LA CENERENTOLA. Beyond Rossini, her repertoire extended to such diverse roles as Eboli, Carmen, Charlotte in WERTHER, and Jocasta in OEDIPUS REX. 

Diagnosed with leukemia in 1996, Lucia Valentini-Terrani passed away in 1998 at the age of 51.