Katia Ricciarelli has been played on NTS in shows including The Last Playlist w/ Luis Felipe Farfán, featured first on 10 February 2021. Songs played include Il Trovatore and Don Carlos - Morte Di Rodrigo, Atto IV, Sc.2.

Born at Rovigo, Veneto to a very poor family, she struggled during her younger years when she studied music. She studied at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice, won several vocal competitions in 1968, and made her professional debut as Mimì in La bohème in Mantua in 1969, followed by a 1970 appearance in Il trovatore in Parma. In the following year, she won RAI's "Voci Verdiane"…