“The World’s Most Beautiful Woman“ / Soprano Lina Cavalieri ~ L’Altra Notte (1910)

Italian soprano Lina Cavalieri (1874-1944) / L’Altra Notte / (Mefistofele (Boito) Recorded: February 1910 -- Italian operatic soprano Lina Cavalieri (December, 25, 1874-February 7, 1944), known for her great beauty. Born Natalina Cavalieri in Viterbo, Latium, Italy, she lost her parents at the age of fifteen and became a ward of the state, sent to live in a Roman Catholic orphanage. The vivacious young girl was extremely unhappy under the strict raising of the nuns, and at the first opportunity she