Luba Mirella

Luba Mirella was born in Rostov to a family of Polish musicians who emigrated to Italy during the First World War.

She is believed to have made her debut in Russia and subsequently enjoyed a successful career in Italy, appearing widely in the province as well as at the principal opera houses.

At La Scala Mirella also appeared in the 1940/1941 season in Richard Strauss's opera Die Frau ohne Schatten.

[2] Mirella recorded for Odeon and Columbia, including two complete operas on the latter label (Musetta in Puccini's La bohème in 1928[3] and Olga Sukarev in Giordano's Fedora in 1931[4] ).

For Odeon Mirella recorded excerpts from Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, arias and duets by Bellini, Bizet and Rossini and a few songs.