Opera Singer Zinka Milanov

Zinka Milanov

Living place: Croatia

Birthday: 17-5-1906

Global rank: #60934

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Who is Opera Singer Zinka Milanov?
Best known for her roles in operas such as Giuseppe Verdi such as Il Trovatore, La forza del destino, and Aida, this Croatian-born soprano had a long career at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. Also a vocalist of sacred music, she was a soloist on Verdi's Requiem and Beethoven's Missa Solemnis.
She was, at one point, romantically involved with future Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito.
 
 

Young / Before famous

After training in Croatia, Italy and Germany, twenty-one-year-old Milanov sang Leonora's lead soprano in a Slovenian ensemble by Il Trovatore Verdi.

Family life info

Born Zinka Kunc in Zagreb, Croatia, she later assumed the name of Zinka Milanov and settled in New York City. She was married several times; Her third marriage was to a Yugoslav diplomat named Ljubomir Ilic.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Opera Singer Zinka Milanov?
The famous mezzo-soprano Regina Resnik was one of Milanov's many vocal students.

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Summary of Zinka Milanov profile

When was Opera Singer Zinka Milanov born?
Zinka Milanov was born in 17-5-1906, death year is , at the age of 118.
Where is Opera Singer Zinka Milanov's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Zinka Milanov was born in . is a Opera Singer, whose Zodiac is Taurus, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Horse. Zinka Milanov's global rank is 60934 and whose rank is 93 in list of famous Opera Singer.
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Events in 1906 and 17-5

Events in the world in the birth year of Zinka Milanov

  • Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer, locates Magnetic North Pole.
  • Ethiopia declared independent in a tripartite pact; country is divided into British, French, and Italian spheres of influence.
  • Finland is the first European country to give women the vote.

Birthday Zinka Milanov (17-5) in history

  • Day 17-5 year 1792: The New York Stock Exchange was established when a group of 24 brokers and merchants met by a tree on what is now Wall Street and signed the Buttonwood Agreement.
  • Day 17-5 year 1875: The first Kentucky Derby was held at Churchill Downs, in Louisville, Kentucky.
  • Day 17-5 year 1938: NBC aired the Information Please quiz show on the radio for the first time.
  • Day 17-5 year 1954: The Supreme Court ruled unanimously against segregation in schools in Brown v. Board of Education.
  • Day 17-5 year 1973: Televised Watergate hearings opened, headed by North Carolina senator Sam Ervin.
  • Day 17-5 year 1987: An Iraqi warplane attacked the U.S.S. Stark in the Persian Gulf, killing 37 American sailors and wounding 62.
  • Day 17-5 year 1997: Laurent Kabila declared himself president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • Day 17-5 year 2004: In Massachusetts, same-sex couples exchanged marriage vows for the first time in the United States.
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