Luisa Mandelli, Maria Callas’ Annina at La Scala, died last night, just short of her 96th birthday. Daniel Barenboim called her the ‘eternal Annina’ having sung alongside Callas in Luchino Visconti’s production of La traviata at La Scala under the baton of Carlo Maria Giulini.
Mandelli was a constant presence in the theatre travelling on the metro from her home in Verdi’s retirement home for musicians to La Scala to attend all the season’s operas, many several times over.
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