She was born in Savona (Liguria, Italy) on 27/12/1897 (or 1901) and died on 4/6/1981 in Milan. She was trained in Milan under Manlio Bavagnoli and Alberto Caffo. She first appeared in Mantua as Leonora [The Τroubadour/Il Trovatore]. Thereafter she appeared at the Teatro dal Verme (Milan, 1923), the Teatro Carlo Felice (Genoa), the Teatro Donizetti (Bergamo) as Liú [Turandot] (1926), etc. In 1926, she made her first appearance at the Metropolitan Opera in New York as Musetta [La Bohème], where she then appeared as Nedda [Pagliacci). In 1931, she joined the roster of La Scala. There she excelled as Goose-Girl in the opera The King's Children [Königskindern] by Engelbert Humperdinck and as Mařenka [The Bartered Bride/Prodaná nevěsta], as well as in the title roles in Sister Angelica [Suor Angelica] and Madama Butterfly. She served as a principal soloist at La Scala for ten years. Among other works that she sang there, she also participated in the world premieres of new works by numerous contemporary Italian composers (1932,1934,1937,1938). She also appeared at the Royal Opera House in London (1936), the Festival of Salzburg under the baton of Toscanini (1936/38) and the Opera of Rome (1937). After the war, she was distinguished as Salome [Salome] and sang in operas by Gian Carlo Menotti, Renzo Rossellini, Raffaello de Banfield, etc. She taught in Milan. Her interpretations were recorded during the interwar years (HMV, CETRA) and are currently commercially available (Auradisc, Preisler Records, Music & Arts). At the GNO, she appeared as Adriana Lecouvreur [Adriana Lecouvreur] (1942/43), in a production organized by the Italian occupation authorities.