Mamma Lucia in Franco Zeffirelli's Cavalleria rusticana, again with Domingo and conducted by Georges Prêtre (all three recorded in her very mature age). In 1996, she sang and spoke in Jan Schmidt-Garre's film Opera Fanatic. Honour : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (7 june 2000) References 1920 births 2003 deaths Musicians from Trieste Operatic mezzo-sopranos Italian mezzo-sopranos 20th-century Italian women opera singers Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic