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Amelita Galli-Curci (18 November, 1882 – 26 November, 1963) was an operatic coloratura soprano, one of the best regarded of the early 20th century.

She was born as Amelita Galli into an upper-middle-class family in Milan, where she studied piano in her youth. She was inspired to sing by her grandmother. Pietro Mascagni also encouraged Galli-Curci's singing career. By her own choice, Galli-Curci's singing was largely self-trained, from listening to other sopranos, reading old singing method books, and practicing piano exercises with her voice.

Galli-Curci's debut was in the role of Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto in 1906. She quickly achieved fame.

In 1908 she married the Marchése Luigi Curci, and added his last name to hers.

She toured widely in Europe and South America.In 1915 Galli-Curci sang two performances of "Lucia Di Lammermoor" with Enrico Caruso in Buenos Aires. These were to be her only appearances with the legendary tenor. A 1916 visit to the United States was intended to be brief, but the acclaim she received for her performances as Gilda in "Rigoletto" in Chicago, Illinois was so wildly enthusiastic that she accepted an offer to star with the Chicago Opera Company. She stayed with the company through 1924. Also in 1916, Galli-Curci signed a recording contract with the Victor Talking Machine Company and recorded extensively for the company until 1930. In 1921 Galli-Curci joined the Metropolitan Opera in New York remaining with this organization until her retirement from opera in 1930.

Galli-Curci was a student of the Indian yoga master Paramhansa Yogananda. She wrote the foreword to his 1929 book Whispers from Eternity.

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