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Rosa Raisa

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Operatic soprano (1893-1963)

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Indonesia
Active from
1990-06-06
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Rosa Raisa (30 May 1893 – 28 September 1963) was a Polish-born, Italian-trained, and Russian-Jewish dramatic operatic soprano. In 1926, she created the role of Turandot at La Scala, Milan. She was born as Raitza Burchstein, daughter of Herschel and Frieda Leah (Constantanovsky) Burchstein, in Białystok in 1893. Her mother died in 1899 and Herschel remarried, Chaya. Along with her cousins (Sasha Vigdorchik and his family) she fled Poland when she was 14 due to the pogroms, emigrating to the Isle

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Rosa
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Białystok
Place of death
Santa Monica
Occupation
actor
Languages spoken
Italian
Native language
English language
Genre
opera
Instrument
voice
Image
Rosa Raisa (1917) - Archivio Storico Ricordi FOTO002701 - Restoration.jpg
Voice type
soprano
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date of death
1963-09-28
date of birth
1893-05-30
Commons category
Rosa Raisa
place of burial
Holy Cross Cemetery
cause of death
disease
writing language
English language
birth name
Raitza Burchstein
manner of death
natural causes
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