Giuditta Angiola Maria Costanza Pasta was an Italian opera singer. A soprano, she has been compared to the 20th-century soprano Maria Callas.
Portrait held at Villa Roccabruna, by an unknown artist
As Anna Bolena (Anne Boleyn), 1830, by Karl Bryullov
Giuditta Pasta as Amina, May 1831 premiere
Pasta in 1821 by Gioacchino Giuseppe Serangeli
Maria Callas was an American and Greek soprano, and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Critics praised her bel canto technique, wide-ranging voice, and dramati
Giuditta Pasta
…Costanza Pasta (née Negri; 26 October 1797 – 1 April 1865) was an Italian opera singer. A soprano, she has been compared to the 20th-century soprano Maria Callas. Pasta was born Giuditta Angiola Maria Costanza Negri in Saronno, near Milan, on 26 October 1797. She was born of the Negri family, who came from…
The apartment house in Athens where Callas lived from 1937 to 1945
Callas with her husband Giovanni Battista Meneghini in 1957
The Villa in Sirmione where Callas lived with Giovanni Battista Meneghini between 1950 and 1959