Opera star Rosa Raisa waves from a train platform in Chicago in the 1920s. Opera star Rosa Raisa in an early, undated photo in Chicago. Italian baritone Cesare Formichi holds famous soprano Rosa Raisa ...
Did you know that the role of Rosina in Gioachino Rossini’s The Barber of Seville was originally written for contralto, but a general shortage of contraltos — who apparently are the operatic ...