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Popular As | Zinka Milanov |
Occupation | Opera Singer |
Age | 114 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
Born | May 17, 1906 (Croatia) |
Birthday | May 17 |
Town/City | Croatia |
Nationality | Croatia |
Zinka Milanov’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Zinka Milanov was born in the Year of the Horse. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Horse love to roam free. They’re energetic, self-reliant, money-wise, and they enjoy traveling, love and intimacy. They’re great at seducing, sharp-witted, impatient and sometimes seen as a drifter. Compatible with Dog or Tiger.
Famous for her roles in such Giuseppe Verdi operas as Il Trovatore, La forza del destino, and Aida, this Croatian-born soprano had a lengthy career at New York's Metropolitan Opera. Also a singer of sacred music, she was a soloist in Verdi's Requiem and Beethoven's Missa Solemnis.
After training in Croatia, Italy, and Germany, the twenty-one-year-old Milanov sang the lead soprano role of Leonora in a Slovenian staging of Verdi's Il Trovatore.
She was, at one point, romantically involved with future Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito.
Born Zinka Kunc in Zagreb, Croatia, she later assumed the stage 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.
The famous mezzo-soprano Regina Resnik was one of Milanov's many vocal pupils.