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About Nicoletta Panni
- Nicoletta Panni (August 27, 1933 – September 12, 2017) was an Italian lyric soprano. Born in Rome, Panni was the niece of Giuseppe De Luca, and was trained as a singer at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia under Giannina Arangi Lombardi.
- Her debut came in Trieste in 1957, when she sang Blanche in Dialogues of the Carmelites by Francis Poulenc.
- She bowed at La Scala in 1962, singing Euridice in Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- During her career she sang throughout Italy, appearing at the Piccola Scala, the Teatro la Fenice, the Teatro San Carlo, and the Teatro Regio di Torino.
- She appeared abroad as well, singing at the Liceu and Teatro Nacional de São Carlos.
- 1962 saw her American debut, as Marguerite in Faust by Charles Gounod at the Philadelphia Opera.
- The following year saw her debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Mimi in La Bohème.
- She later sang Margurite at the Met.
- She appeared with Lyric Opera of Chicago in 1964 as Zerlina in Don Giovanni and Micaela in Carmen, and in 1965 performed Leonora in Il trovatore for Baltimore.
- Her career continued at various European houses until ending during the 1970s.Panni died in Rome.
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