Lina Cavalieri was an Italian operatic soprano known for her great beauty. Born Natalina Cavalieri in Viterbo, Latium, Italy, she lost her parents at the age of fifteen and became a ward of the state, sent to live in a Roman Catholic orphanage. The vivacious young girl was extremely unhappy under the strict raising of the nuns, and at the first opportunity she ran away with a touring theatrical group.

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  • Lina Cavalieri was an Italian operatic soprano known for her great beauty. Born Natalina Cavalieri in Viterbo, Latium, Italy, she lost her parents at the age of fifteen and became a ward of the state, sent to live in a Roman Catholic orphanage. The vivacious young girl was extremely unhappy under the strict raising of the nuns, and at the first opportunity she ran away with a touring theatrical group. Blessed with a good singing voice, a young Cavalieri made her way to Paris, France, where her stunning good looks opened doors and she obtained work as a singer at one of the city's café-concerts. From there she performed at a variety of music halls and other such venues around Europe while still working to develop her voice for the opera. A soprano, Cavalieri took voice lessons and made her opera debut in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1900, the same year she married her first husband, the Russian Prince Bariatinsky. Eventually she followed in the footsteps of Hariclea Darclée as one of the first stars of Puccini's Tosca. In 1904 she sang at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo then in 1905, at the Sarah Bernhardt Theatre in Paris, Cavalieri starred opposite Enrico Caruso in the Umberto Giordano opera, Fedora. From there, she and Caruso took the show to New York City, debuting with it at the Metropolitan Opera on 5 December 1906. Cavalieri remained with the Metropolitan Opera for the next two seasons performing again with Caruso in 1907 in Puccini's Manon Lescaut. Renowned as much for her great beauty as for her singing voice, she became one of the most photographed stars of her time. Frequently referred to as the "world's most beautiful woman," she was part of the tightlacing tradition that saw women use corsetry to create an "hour-glass" figure. During the 1909–1910 season she sang with Oscar Hammerstein's Manhattan Opera Company. Her first marriage long over, she had a whirlwind romance and marriage with Robert Winthrop Chanler (1872–1930), a member of New York's prominent Astor family. However, this marriage lasted only a very short time and Cavalieri returned to Europe where she became a much-loved star in pre-Revolutionary St. Petersburg, Russia, and in the Ukraine. During her career, Cavalieri sang with other opera greats such as the Italian baritone Titta Ruffo and the French tenor Lucien Muratore, whom she married in 1913. After retiring from the stage, Cavalieri ran a cosmetic salon in Paris. In 1914, on the eve of her fortieth birthday — her beauty still spectacular — she wrote an advice column on make-up for women in Femina magazine and published a book, My Secrets of Beauty. In 1915, she returned to her native Italy to make motion pictures. When that country became involved in World War I, she went to the United States where she made four more silent films. The last three of her films were the product of her friend, the Belgian film director Edward José. Married for the fourth time to Paolo d’Arvanni, Cavalieri returned to live with her husband in Italy. Well into her sixties when World War II broke out, she nevertheless worked as a volunteer nurse. Cavalieri was killed in 1944 during an Allied bombing raid that destroyed her home in the outskirts of Florence. La Cavalieri's discography is slim. In 1910, for Columbia, she recorded arias from Faust, Carmen, Mefistofele, La bohème, Manon Lescaut and Tosca, as well as the song, "Maria, Marì! (Ah! Marì! Ah! Marì!). " In 1917, for Pathé, the soprano recorded "Le rêve passé," with Muratore. She was painted by the Italian artist Giovanni Boldini (acquired by Maurice Rothschild) and by the Swiss-born American artist Adolfo Müller-Ury (1862-1947). The latter is now the property of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, the gift of Nicholas Meredith Turner in memory of his wife the soprano Jessica Dragonette. Hers is the face that appears repeatedly, obsessively in Piero Fornasetti's designs. In 1955, Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida portrayed Cavalieri in the film The World's Most Beautiful Woman. In 2004, a book was published authored by Paul Fryer and Olga Usova titled Lina Cavalieri -The Life of Opera’s Greatest Beauty, 1874–1944.
  • Natalina Cavalieri war eine italienische Opernsängerin in der Stimmlage Sopran.
  • Lina Cavalieri, (ou Natalina Cavalieri), née le 25 décembre 1874 à Viterbo et décédée le 8 février 1944 à Florence, est une chanteuse d’opéra italienne. Elle a débuté dans le vaudeville, chantant dans des cafés-concerts et se faisant remarquer par ses prestations aux Folies Bergères. Lors d’une tournée en Russie, elle épouse le prince Bariatinsky qui la convainc de se produire sur les scènes lyriques. Elle débute à l’opéra dans la Bohème (rôle de Mimi), puis chante à Paris et au Met avec comme partenaire le grand Caruso dans l’opéra de Giordano, Fedora. Divorcée, elle épouse en 1908 le millionnaire Robert Winthrop Chanler, mais ils se séparent au bout d’une semaine. L’évènement fait scandale et est à l’origine de la rupture de son contrat avec le Met. Entre 1914 et 1921, elle s’essaie au cinéma à Hollywood, sans grand succès. Elle épouse en 1913 le ténor français Lucien Muratore dont elle se séparera en 1919. En 1926, elle fait ses adieux à la scène et ouvre un institut de beauté à Paris. Elle meurt avec son quatrième mari dans le bombardement de Florence le 8 février 1944. Sa voix, limitée, était plutôt faite pour le répertoire léger, mais elle séduisait et fascinait par sa beauté. Elle a écrit un livre de souvenir Le Mie Verita, Rome (1936). Le film La donna più bella del mondo lui a été consacré par le réalisateur Robert Z. Leonard en 1955 avec Gina Lollobrigida interprétant son personnage.
  • Dal 1887 alla fine del XIX secolo, si affermò clamorosamente prima a Roma, poi nel resto d'Italia ed in Europa, come canzonettista di caffè-concerto, rivaleggiando perfino con La Bella Otero. La Belle époque fu affascinata dalla sua bellezza e dalla sua grazia. Nonostante le sue origini modeste (era stata fioraia e piegatrice di giornali), aveva il portamento ed i modi della gran dama. Gabriele d'Annunzio le dedicò una copia del romanzo Il piacere definendola la massima testimonianza di Venere in Terra. Giunta al culmine della popolarità, la Cavalieri si trasformò in cantante lirica, debuttando nel 1900 ne La Bohème di Giacomo Puccini al Teatro San Carlo di Napoli. Ebbe ancora enorme successo e da allora si dedicò alla nuova carriera. Cantò in quasi tutti i maggiori teatri d'opera del mondo. I suoi mezzi canori come soprano lirico erano piuttosto limitati, ma al pubblico interessava più vederla che udirla, per la splendida bellezza, l'eleganza del portamento, le acconciature sontuose. Nel puritanesimo della scena lirica, la Cavalieri portava una eccitante atmosfera di raffinata sensualità. Durante il soggiorno a San Pietroburgo si legò sentimentalmente al principe Aleksandr Bariatinsky (1870-1910) che forse sposò in gran segreto negli ultimi anni del XIX secolo. Nel 1908 sposò il milionario Robert Winthrop Chanler (1872-1930), ma si separò dopo appena 8 giorni ed ottenne il divorziò nel 1912. Un terzo matrimonio lo contrasse nel 1913 con il tenore francese Lucien Muratore (1878-1954) dal quale ebbe una figlia, Elena, e dal quale divorziò nel 1927. Sposò poco dopo il pilota automobilistico Giuseppe Campari (1892-1933) ma anche quest'ultimo matrimonio durò poco. Infine si legò sentimentalmente, gìà sessantenne, ad Arnaldo Pavoni che con lo pseudonimo di Paolo d'Arvanni ne curò la pubblicazione di memorie. Si racconta anche che ai primi del XX secolo il famoso industriale Davide Campari (1867-1936), follemente innamorato della cantante, l'abbia seguita da Nizza in numerose tournéé in Europa e in Russia, approfittando per pubblicizzare il proprio aperitivo. Dubbio il matrimonio con il re di Kazan che voleva costringerla ad abbandonare le scene teatrali; gran parte delle leggende nate attornno alla figura di Lina Cavalieri vennero fatte circolare dall'attrice stessa per aumentare la fama, il mistero e gli ingaggi. Famoso per audacia restò il bacio appassionato che diede ad Enrico Caruso sul palcoscenico del Metropolitan Opera di New York, al termine del gran duetto d'amore della Fedora. Da allora la Cavalieri fu soprannominata negli Stati Uniti the kissing primadonna (la primadonna che bacia). Nel 1914 esordì anche nel cinema con Manon Lescaut e fino al 1920 interpretò altri sette film; ma sullo schermo era deludente. Nel 1920 diede il suo addio alle scene dicendo: Negli ultimi anni si ritirò con Arnaldo Pavone nella villa Cappucina presso Rieti. Morì sotto un bombardamento aereo. La sua vita fu rievocata da Gina Lollobrigida nel film La donna più bella del mondo.
  • Lina Cavalieri foi uma cantora de ópera italiana, da belle epoque. Muito bonita, dela se enamorou o príncipe russo Sergei, que lhe custeou os estudos.
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  • Lina Cavalieri was an Italian operatic soprano known for her great beauty. Born Natalina Cavalieri in Viterbo, Latium, Italy, she lost her parents at the age of fifteen and became a ward of the state, sent to live in a Roman Catholic orphanage. The vivacious young girl was extremely unhappy under the strict raising of the nuns, and at the first opportunity she ran away with a touring theatrical group.
  • Natalina Cavalieri war eine italienische Opernsängerin in der Stimmlage Sopran.
  • Lina Cavalieri, (ou Natalina Cavalieri), née le 25 décembre 1874 à Viterbo et décédée le 8 février 1944 à Florence, est une chanteuse d’opéra italienne. Elle a débuté dans le vaudeville, chantant dans des cafés-concerts et se faisant remarquer par ses prestations aux Folies Bergères. Lors d’une tournée en Russie, elle épouse le prince Bariatinsky qui la convainc de se produire sur les scènes lyriques.
  • Dal 1887 alla fine del XIX secolo, si affermò clamorosamente prima a Roma, poi nel resto d'Italia ed in Europa, come canzonettista di caffè-concerto, rivaleggiando perfino con La Bella Otero. La Belle époque fu affascinata dalla sua bellezza e dalla sua grazia. Nonostante le sue origini modeste (era stata fioraia e piegatrice di giornali), aveva il portamento ed i modi della gran dama.
  • Lina Cavalieri foi uma cantora de ópera italiana, da belle epoque. Muito bonita, dela se enamorou o príncipe russo Sergei, que lhe custeou os estudos.
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