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Virginia Zeani, Commendatore OMRI〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news-archive/23089.html )〕 (born 21 October 1925) is a Romanian dramatic coloratura soprano, regarded as one of the great sopranos of the 20th century〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Virginia Zeani, Legendary Prima Donna: Celebrating the Golden Age of Opera | Venetian Arts Society )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tributes and Awards | Virginia Zeani )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Quiet Diva: Virginia Zeani was one of the world’s great... )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Studio & Master Classes | )〕 and one of the great musical personalities in the history of Romania.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Blogul Cristinei Bazavan: Virginia Zeani: Intotdeauna m-am simtit servitoarea publicului )〕 The Venetian Arts Society named her "one of the most vocally and artistically gifted of the Grand Divas of the Golden Age" and a "Super Star in the history of opera".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Virginia Zeani, Legendary Prima Donna: Celebrating the Golden Age of Opera at The Society of The Four Arts Palm Beach | Venetian Arts Society )〕 Known both for her golden voice and her impeccable technique, Virginia Zeani is also famous for being one of the most beautiful opera singers of all time.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Opera Today : An Interview with Virginia Zeani )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Faultbook: Virginia Zeani: My Favorite Soprano Turns 85 )〕 Federico Fellini said that Virginia Zeani personified for him "the beauty of the opera singer" and confessed in a letter that he used to secretly admire her in the mornings when she was making vocalizations.〔 Maria Callas's former husband, Giovanni Battista Meneghini, once told Zeani: "Virginia, I have to tell you, you are one of the very few sopranos my wife is frightened of!"〔http://virginiazeani.com/?page_id=166〕 She is one of the greatest interpreters of the role of Violetta Valéry (from Verdi's ''La traviata'') in recorded history, being often called by the press and opera lovers "Violetta supreme".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ArtActMagazine – La più grande Violetta Valéry )〕 She is also the artist with the greatest number of performances in the role of Violetta ever, with an estimated 648 interpretations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Making the Cult Diva – The Legend of Virginia Zeani – Venetian Arts Society )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Virginia Zeani – 'L'Assoluta': povestea unei dive )〕 In addition to her success as Violetta, Zeani was one of the first sopranos in the world to sing all three principal soprano roles of ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' in a single performance and the first one to do so in the history of La Scala.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Virginia Zeani – ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' 3 – Barcarolle – YouTube )〕 For a quarter of a century, from 1981 to 2004, Zeani was a professor at Indiana University in Bloomington.〔 Besides her native language, Romanian, Zeani also speaks Italian, French, Spanish and English.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Virginia Zeani: “A cânta bine înseamnă a desena un tablou de cuvinte…” | Despre Opera )〕 ==Early life== Zeani was born Virginia Zehan in Solovăstru, Romania. She studied first in Bucharest, with Lucia Anghel, then with famed coloratura soprano Lydia Lipkowska. Her singing for the Italian Cultural Society in Bucharest so impressed the Italian ambassador, the consul and the press attaché that they quickly arranged for her to study in Italy, and in March 1947 she traveled to Milan to work with the tenor Aureliano Pertile. 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「Virginia Zeani」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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