Born: 23 August 1904, Romania
Died: 12 February 1992
Country most active: Italy, United States
Also known as: Florica Viorica Alma Stela Blasu
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Romanian soprano Stella Roman trained in Italy, and established her career there during the 1930s singing in all of the large theaters in the Mediterranean, including La Scala and the Rome Opera. She was imported by the Metropolitan Opera to share dramatic soprano roles with Zinka Milanov from 1941 to 1950. Roman was rather short of stature, but her large, full voice, which she was able to shade at will, like Milanov, made her an interesting and welcome artist in Verdi and Puccini roles.