Luisa Maragliano
Luisa Maragliano (born in 1931) is an Italian soprano. Life. Maragliano began her career in 1955 after an audition at Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, where she was chosen by the conductor Tristano Illersberg as one of the Flower Maidens in Wagner's "Parsifal". Between 1957 and 1959, Maragliano began to impose herself on the Italian opera scene; particularly important was her debut in 1959, replacing Antonietta Stella, in "La forza del destino" at the Verona Arena, where she was a constant presence until the beginning of the 1970s. She later sang later in all major theatres around  the world, including La Scala, the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, the Wiener Staatsoper, the Metropolitan Opera, the Chicago Opera House, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. The Neapolitan theatre is a favourite: among her numerous appearances are "Simon Boccanegra" in 1969 alongside Piero Cappuccilli in his debut role and "Attila" in 1971. Other important steps in her career are the opening of La Scala with "Luisa Miller" in 1969 (replacing Montserrat Caballé) and "I masnadieri" at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino under the direction of Riccardo Muti. She covers a wide repertoire ranging from  Handel's "Giulio Cesare" to verismo, with a preference for Verdi's "Aida" in over 500 performances, as well as performing in "Il trovatore", "Un ballo in maschera", "La traviata" and in the already mentioned "Luisa Miller" and "La forza del destino". She also interprets various titles of the first Verdi: "Attila", "I masnadieri", "Nabucco", "La battaglia di Legnano", "I due Foscari", "Ernani". From Puccini's repertoire, she performs "La bohème", "Manon Lescaut", "Tosca", "Madama Butterfly", "Suor Angelica", "Turandot" (Liù), and works by other "verismo" composers such as "Andrea Chénier", "Cavalleria rusticana", and "Francesca da Rimini".