Giannina Arangi-Lombardi (20 June 1891, Marigliano – 9 July 1951, Milan) was a spinto soprano, particularly associated with the Italian operatic repertory.
[1] After studies in Naples at the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella with Beniamino Carelli, she made her debut in Rome in 1920, singing mezzo-soprano roles for the next three years.
[1] She sang at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan from 1924 to 1930, making her debut as Elena in Boito's Mefistofele, under the baton of Arturo Toscanini.
The tour included Arangi-Lombardi creating the title role in the Australian premiere of Puccini's Turandot.
[citation needed] Arangi-Lombardi can be heard to impressive effect in four complete opera recordings: Aida (1928), Cavalleria Rusticana (1930), La Gioconda (1931), and Mefistofele (1931).