What is Renata Scotto?
[[File:Renata Scotto 1967.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Renata Scotto in Milan in 1967]] '''Renata Scotto''' (February 24, 1934 &ndash; August 16, 2023) was an [[Italians|Italian]] operatic [[soprano]] who enjoyed a long and distinguished international career. ==Life and Career== Born in [[Savona]], Italy, she studied at the [[Milan]] Conservatory of Music, under Ghirardini and Merlini, and later in [[Rome]] with Mercedes Llopart. She made her stage debut in her hometown on Christmas Eve 1952, as Violetta in ''[[La traviata]]''. After winning first place in a singing competition, she was invited to sing Violetta at the Teatro Nuovo in Milan on July 2, 1953, which led to her [[debut]] at [[La Scala]], the following December, as Walter in Catalani's ''La Wally'', opposite [[Renata Tebaldi]] and [[Mario Del Monaco]]. She quickly appeared in several other cities throughout [[Italy]]. She sang in [[Cairo]] in 1956 and at The Stoll Theatre in [[London]] in 1957. That same year, she replaced [[Maria Callas]] in ''[[La sonnambula]]'' at the Edimburg Festival to considerable acclaim. This was the start of long and distinguished international career, with appearances in Chicago, San Francisco, Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Moscow, Tokyo, etc. She made her debut at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in New York, on October 13, 1965, as Cio-Cio-San in ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' and sang there regularly until 1987. Scotto was mostly known for the Italian repertoire of which she sang a wide range of roles from [[bel canto]] to [[verismo]]. Although essentially a lyric soprano, as the years went on she tackled more dramatic roles in operas such as ''[[Norma (opera)|Norma]]'', ''[[Macbeth (opera)|Macbeth]]'', ''[[La Gioconda]]'', ''[[Tosca]]'', etc. After retiring from the stage, she turned to teaching, coaching and stage directing. She married violinist Lorenzo Anselmi in 1960 and had two children. Scotto died in her home town of [[Savona]], Italy on August 16, 2023, at the age of 89.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Redacción |date=2023-08-16 |title=Fall