Personalities | Rosa Ponselle | Modern Era | Classical
1897–1981
American soprano
Ponselle’s first appearance on stage was opposite Caruso in Verdi’s La forza del destino at the Metropolitan Opera in 1918. She sang there regularly till 1937, mostly in nineteenth-century Italian opera; she did not sing Puccini. Her most celebrated role was Norma, with which she made her debut at Covent Garden in 1929.
Introduction | Modern Era | Classical
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