The Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation

The Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation is a musical organisation founded in 1974 whose scope is to provide assistance to young American and international artists by means of scholarships, study grants, and master classes.

The foundation is named after composer Giacomo Puccini and was created by Italian soprano Licia Albanese together with her husband Joseph Gimma. The foundation assisted hundreds of young artists, singers, instrumentalists, conductors, and composers who have appeared in opera houses throughout the United States and the world, including the Metropolitan Opera and New York City Opera. Albanese served as chairwoman, and donated the proceeds from master classes she held well into her 90s to the foundation.

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