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In Print

Jean-Jacques Hanine Roussel, Giulietta Simionato: How Cinderella Became Queen, Baskerville, 1997

This excellent biography of the great diva was originally published in Italian in 1987 under the title Come Cenerentola Divenne Regina.

The author met with Simionato and the reader is presented with a comprehensive insight into her early life and career as well as someinformation on her personal life and many tributes by colleagues and admirers. The book gives many contemporary reviews of her performances as well as a chronology of her role debuts and complete performance chronology, as well as detailed information

in regards to her discography. With kind permission of the publisher, Baskerville, some of this material had informed the

information on this site, though the book contains much more detailed information and many beautiful photographs otherwise unavailable. The book also includes an astounding CD with arias from live performances that Simionato chose herself. It is a wonderful tribute.

To purchase the book or browse the other impressive singer biographies also published by the same company, please visit their website:

Simionato with Hanine Rousel choosing photographs for his book

www.baskervillepublishers.com

G. Gualerzi and A. Vitalini, Omaggio a Giulietta Simionato, Edizione La Scala

This beautiful book published by the La Scala Press celebrates Simionato's career at La Scala, Milan (1936-1966).

It includes extraordinarily beautiful performances images from photographs by Erio Piccagliani. It has 170 pages and is in Italian.

To buy this book visit the La Scala book shop at:

www.lascalabookstore.com/excat/index.exml

Lanfranco Rasponi, The Last Prima Donnas, Knopf, 1982

Rasponi's book is an invaluable source for anyone interested the art of singing. It contains over fifty interviews with

some of the greatest singers of the past. The interviews focus on their careers as well as their opinion on how the medium has changed and the voices of today (apparently Caballe is the only soprano of the proceeding generation that the majority of these Prima Donni approved of).Some of the interviews appeared in the OperaNews magazine and were later expanded and others added for the publishing of the book.

Simionato's own interview covers her remarkable departure from the lyric stage, the differences that one encounters in the teaching and production of opera singing today, her early years, her voice, her opinion on her roles, offers of soprano roles, her opinion on other singers and other anecdotes. The interview shows a remarkably keen mind and a sensitive and thoughtful attitude.

Other singers represented in the book range from the mega-stars; Flagstad, Tebaldi, and Milanov

To less commercially celebrated greats; Adami-Corradetti, Favero, Pacetti

And everyone in between; Stignani, dal Monte, Cigna, Caniglia, Penderzini, Oltrabella, Swarthout, Bori, Seefried, Streich, Modl Cerquetti and Roman. Even if you don't recognise the name or know the voice, each interview is extremely insightful into the female operatic voice.

The book is no longer in print but second hand copies abound and can be found at that ABE books, the greatest source for second hand and out-of-print books on the internet.

www.abebooks.com

Stephen Hastings, 'The Spirit of Giulietta', OperaNews, 2002

This wonderfully frank interview with Simionato covers many aspects of her career, and when given Simionato claimed it would be her very last.

The article includes a a charming photograph of the artist at home in Milan, 2002.

The article is archived on the OperaNews site and is available after purchasing membership