Simionato

Back in my youth, Simionato, while I venerated her, seemed to me a lighter and more elegant singer than the force-of-nature Ebe Stignani, another idol.

RIP Giulietta Simionato 2010

Simionato won the overall World Cup title last season.

USATODAY.com - Showing mettle 2006

Chiara Simionato, considered a strong medal contender for host-nation Italy, was in tears after placing 13th.

USATODAY.com - Timmer takes gold in women's 1,000m 2006

Simionato was fourth with 75.115 points and Witty was 16th in the overall standings (76.525).

USATODAY.com - Miller's chance for sweep ends with Kitzbuehel event scrapped 2005

Italian Chiara Simionato just missed a world record in the 1,000 with a time of 1: 13.89, six-hundreths of a second off the mark American Chris Witty set at the 2002 Olympics.

USATODAY.com - Miller's chance for sweep ends with Kitzbuehel event scrapped 2005

In 1957, the Greek-American diva and future yacht ornament of Ari Onassis, triumphed in a fabled La Scala production directed by Luchino Visconti and starring another legend, Giulietta Simionato, as Giovanna Jane Seymour, who will take her place on the throne.

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In a tribute to the Lyric to mark its 50th anniversary, Simionato recalled one of her subsequent performances in Chicago when she fell onstage during a performance of Cilea's

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Simionato, a great friend of Maria Callas and the president of the Maria Callas

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Simionato and Callas sang a historic duet in 1957 in Donizetti's "Anna Bolena."

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Simionato, acknowledged as one of the greatest opera singers in post-war Italy, passed away in Rome on Wednesday (05May10).

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