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Graziella Sciutti (17 April 1927 – 9 April 2001) was an Italian soprano opera singer and later vocal teacher and opera producer. ==Career== Sciutti was born in Turin, Italy. Her parents were musical, her father being an organist; her mother was French.〔Hughes JT. The Art of Graziella Sciutti. International Classical Record Collector, Spring 1997, p37-44.〕 She studied privately with Ginevra Marinuzzi, then in Rome at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia under Rachele Margliano-Mori with the intention of making a career on the concert platform. From 1948 she participated in broadcasts on Italian Radio, her first being ''L'oca del Cairo''. Sciutti's concert debut was in 1949 in Venice, with 18th-century Italian songs.〔Obituary in 'The Independent' http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/graziella-sciutti-729192.html〕 Her stage debut at Aix-en-Provence in 1951 singing Elisetta in ''Il matrimonio segreto'' and the woman in ''The Telephone'' and realized that she "was a person who could do opera".〔 She appeared as Rosina in Rossini's ''The Barber of Seville'' in 1954. Later she appeared in London at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (debut 1956 as Oscar in ''Un ballo in maschera''), at Salzburg, Vienna and in San Francisco. Referred to as "The Callas of the Piccola Scala" Sciutti was renowned for her interpretation of Mozart's "soubrette" characters, Susanna, Despina, and perhaps especially for her singing in the role of Zerlina in the 1959 recording of Mozart's ''Don Giovanni'', with the Philharmonia Orchestra under the direction of Carlo Maria Giulini. She created the title role in Sauguet’s ''Les caprices de Marianne'' in 1954. Although some found her voice to be thin on occasion, she was much sought after for her voice technique and her acting ability. Nobody could dispute her ability to project the innocence, perky cheerfulness and coquetry found in the many delightful roles written for that kind of voice. In later years she turned her attention to teaching and operatic production. She produced Poulenc's ''La voix humaine'' at Glyndebourne in 1977, and Donizetti's ''L'elisir d'amore'' at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and San Francisco, and in 1985 Mozart's ''The Magic Flute'' at Koblenz. She taught at London's Royal College of Music, where her pupils included Anna Maria Panzarella.〔 She died in Geneva. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Graziella Sciutti」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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