ELEVENTH
EUROPEAN MEETING
ON HYPERTENSION

She was born in Rovigo and she graduated from the "Benedetto Marcello Conservatory" in Venice with Iris Adarni Corradetti. In 1969 she made her debut in Mantova with La Boheme and the year after she performed in Il Trovatore at the Regio Theatre of Parma. In 1971 she won the Contest for new Verdian voices organized by RAI. During the 1971/1972 season she performed in Verdi's Il Corsaro at the Regio Theatre of Parma and at the Comunale of Trieste; she played the main role in Giovanna D'Arco at the Fenice Theatre in Venice, in Trieste and at the Opera of Rome. Soon after she participated in La Scala's tour in Munich with Verdi's La Messa di Requiem, in September 1972 she made her debut in Verdi's I Due Foscari in Chicago. In 1973 she sang at the Teatro, Nuovo in Turin, she made her debut at La Scalds with Suor Angelica, she also performed in Brussels (Othello) at the Arena of Verona (Simon Boccanegra) and in Los Angeles (La Boheme). In 1973 she sang in the Don Carlos at the Fenice of Venice, in Capuleti e Montecchi in Trieste and she made her debut at the Covent Garden in London with La Boheme and at the Opera of Paris with La Boheme and Don Carlos. In 1975 she made her first appearance at the Metropolitan in New York with La Boheme and Carmen, she then returned to the Covent Garden in London with Un Ballo in Maschera which she soon performed at the Metropolitan and the Opera of Paris. During the 1974/1975 season she returned to La Scala (Simon Boccanegra) and she made her debut with Traviata in Trieste, Verona and Turin. Since then many other important experience have influenced her career: Luisa Miller at the Covent Garden, Anna Bolena at the Opera of Rome, Il Trovatore and La Traviata at the Arena of Verona, in 1978/1979 Lucrezia Borgia at the Teatro Comunale of Florence, Maria di Rudenz at the Fenice of Venice, Don Giovanni in Genoa and once again at La Scala with I Due Foscari. She made her performances of Rossini's operas: Semiramide in Turin, Tancredi and La Donna del Lago at the Rossini Festival in Pesaro, L'Assedio di Corinto in Florence, Il Viaggio a Reims in Pesaro and soon after at La Scala of Milan. At the Stadtsoper in Vienna she made her debut with Fedora at the beginning of October 1995; on this occasion she has been awarded of the title of Kammersaengerin. 
She has been directed by the most famous music masters such as Von Karajan, Giulini, Gavazzeni. 
In 1998 she became artistic director of Teatro Politeama of Lecce; the last performance at Lecce's Theatre with Sabbatini tenor in Werther. 
In occasion of her 30 years of career she has been celebrated in Italy and in the world with many important events such as Opera Opening Season, concerts and exhibitions.

The fee per person is Euro 50 (VAT 20% included).

The Duomo of Milan will be exceptionally open for the Congress participants.

Due to the limited number of available places, bookings for the social event will be accepted on a time priority basis.

WHAT IS THE DUOMO OF MILAN?

For the citizens of Milan it represents the temple of their faith, the place where in the more difficult moments in the history of Milan the people have found their unity again - close to their priests hoping and praying - for them the Duomo is the heart of the town, the living symbol of the industrious metropolis. For the visitors it is always an exciting discovery that stirs up an admiring emotion from the immortal ideals of mankind, from the spiritual values that take shape in the marble and architectural structures of the Cathedral-Monument, speaking the everlasting art language. People who come from far away or look at the town from the top of modern buildings, see it rise solemn and severe. It still overlooks the large metropolis - even with the powerful modern buildings around - and people feel the same astonishment felt by Renzo Tramaglino when, in view of the Duomo <<he saw that big machine of the Duomo... and stood on his feet, forgetting all his troubles to admire even from far away that eighth marvel about which he had heard since his childhood)>>. (<<The Betrothed>> by Alessandro Manzoni, chapter Xl).