Lisa Della Casa's lyrics & chords

Lisa della Casa, one of the loveliest singers ever to grace the operatic stage, was born in Burgdorf near Berne in February 1919. Casa was 15 when she began vocal studies with Margarete Haeser in Zurich. In 1941 Casa made her debut as Butterfly in Solothurn-Biel and was later engaged by the Stadttheater in Zurich, remaining there for a number of years. Her other roles have included Gilda ('Rigoletto'), Cleopatra (Handel's 'Giulio Cesare'), Antonia ('Hoffman'), Nedda ('Pagliacci'), both Donna Anna and Donna Elvira ('Don Giovanni'), Marguerite (B...read more