Province of Pesaro and Urbino
Born in Fano in the Province of Pesaro and Urbino, Capuana was the older sister of conductor Franco Capuana. She was trained in the art of singing and piano performance at the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella in Naples where she was a pupil of Beniamino Carelli. She made her stage debut in 1916 at the opera house in Reggio Emilia as Amneris in Giuseppe Verdi's "Aida"; a role which she would repeat at many major opera houses internationally later in her career and notably record for the opera's first commercial recording in 1928.