"lyric-coloratura soprano" Anna Moffo Signed FDC Dated 1969 JG Autographs COA

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"lyric-coloratura soprano"  Anna Moffo Signed First DayCover Dated 1969.
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Anna Moffo
(June 27, 1932 – March 9, 2006) was an American opera singer, television personality, and actress. One of the leading lyric-
coloratura sopranos
of her generation, she possessed a warm and radiant voice of considerable range and agility. Noted for her physical beauty, she was nicknamed "La Bellissima".
Winning a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Italy, Moffo became popular there after performing leading operatic roles on three RAI television productions in 1956. She returned to America for her debut at the
Lyric Opera of Chicago
on October 16, 1957. In New York, her
Metropolitan Opera
debut took place on November 14, 1959. She performed at the Met for over seventeen seasons. Moffo's earliest recordings were made for
EMI Records
; she signed an exclusive contract with
RCA Victor
in 1960, recording for the company until the late 1970s. In the early 1960s, she hosted her own show on Italian television and appeared in several operatic films along with other non-singing roles. In the early 1970s Moffo extended her international popularity to Germany through operatic performances, TV appearances, and several films, all while continuing her American operatic performances. Due to an extremely heavy workload, Moffo suffered a serious vocal-breakdown from which she never fully recovered. Her final appearance at the Metropolitan Opera was in 1983.