** Licia Albanese

** Federico Castelluccio, Italian-born actor

** Franco Modigliani, Italian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 2003 )

** José Greco, Italian-born flamenco dancer ( d. 2001 )

** Gilbert Proesch, Italian-born artist ( Gilbert and George )

** Bruno Munari, Italian-born industrial designer ( b. 1907 )

** James Colosimo, Italian-born gangster ( b. 1877 )

** Salvador Luria, Italian-born biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( b. 1912 )

** Gian-Carlo Rota, Italian-born mathematician and philosopher ( d. 1999 )

** Lanza del Vasto, Italian-born philosopher, poet, and activist ( b. 1901 )

** Juan Zanotto, Italian-born Argentine comic book artist ( b. 1935 ).

** Nasim Pedrad is the first Iranian-American SNL cast member, the first ( and so far only ) female Asian cast member, the first ( and so far only ) full-blooded Asian cast member ( Fred Armisen is only part-Japanese, and Rob Schneider before him was half-Filipino ), and the fifth cast member to be born outside of North America ( after the Italian-born Tony Rosato, the New Zealand-born Pamela Stephenson, the England-born Morwenna Banks, and the Chilean-born Horatio Sanz ).

** Tarja Turunen, Finnish operatic soprano

** Birgit Nilsson, Swedish soprano ( d. 2005 )

** Elisabeth Grümmer, Alsatian soprano ( d. 1986 )

** Evelyn Lear, American soprano ( d. 2012 )

** Felicity Lott, English soprano

** Barbara Hendricks, American-born soprano

** Ileana Cotrubaş, Romanian soprano

** Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano ( b. 1798 )

** Andrea Zsadon, Hungarian soprano

** Edita Gruberova, Slovakian soprano

** Helen Traubel, American soprano ( d. 1972 )

** Lotte Lehmann, German soprano ( b. 1888 )

** Kirstin Flagstad, Norwegian soprano ( d. 1982 )

** Helen Donath, American soprano

** Andrea Rost, Hungarian lyric soprano

** Sena Jurinac, Bosnian operatic soprano ( died 2011 )

** Anna Netrebko, Russian operatic soprano

** Geraldine Farrar, American soprano ( b. 1882 )

** Victoria de los Angeles, Catalan soprano ( d. 2005 )

** Montserrat Caballé, Catalan soprano

** Roberta Peters, American soprano

** Régine Crespin, French operatic soprano ( d. 2007 )

** Renata Scotto, Italian soprano

** Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano ( b. 1922 )

* 1913 – Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano

Tenor Jan Peerce later said that Toscanini's deep involvement in the performances helped him to achieve the necessary emotions, especially in the final moments of the opera when the beloved Mimi ( played by Licia Albanese ) is dying.

Frank and Dyment also discuss Maestro Toscanini's performance history in the 50th anniversary issue of Classic Record Collector ( 2006, 47 ) Frank with ' Toscanini – Myth and Reality ' ( 10 – 14 ) and Dyment ' A Whirlwind in London ' ( 15 – 21 ) This issue also contains interviews with people who performed with Toscanini – Jon Tolansky ' Licia Albanese – Maestro and Me ' ( 22 – 6 ) and ' A Mesmerising Beat: John Tolansky talks to some of those who worked with Arturo Toscanini, to discover some of the secrets of his hold over singers, orchestras and audiences.

Such is Gigli's popularity that most of his recordings, including complete operas with Maria Caniglia, Rina Gigli, Licia Albanese and Toti dal Monte, have been converted to CD and are freely available.

The Met's experiments with television go back to 1948 when a complete performance of Verdi's Otello was broadcast live on ABC-TV with Ramón Vinay, Licia Albanese, and Leonard Warren.

Ramon Vinay was Otello, Licia Albanese was Desdemona, and Warren sang the role of Iago.

One of the highlights of the afternoon program was a moving performance of the love duet from Madama Butterly with soprano Licia Albanese and tenor Frederick Jaegel.

* Licia Albanese, Italian soprano

With Toscanini conducting, he eventually sang in two of the maestro's NBC broadcasts of famous operas, La traviata ( with Licia Albanese, in 1946 ), and Un ballo in maschera ( with Herva Nelli, in 1954 ).

In 1995, VAI issued an approved version of La bohème, from a 1959 performance in New Orleans, with the tenor starring opposite Licia Albanese, Audrey Schuh, Giuseppe Valdengo and Norman Treigle.

Of note is the monologue from Verdi's Otello ( with Lanza in blackface ) featuring Metropolitan Opera soprano Licia Albanese.

It includes early versions of a number of operatic arias associated with Lanza, together with the duet " Dio Ti Giocondi " from Otello with soprano Licia Albanese, the Improvviso (" Un Di all ' Azzurro Spazio ") from Andrea Chénier, the Monologue " Dio!