Renata Scotto, Italian opera singer, dies at 89

The soprano, who made 314 appearances at the Metropolitan Opera, was a ‘profound connoisseur of voice and repertoire’

Renata Scotto, a soprano of uncommon intensity who became a successful director after her singing career, died on Wednesday in her hometown of Savona, Italy. She was 89.

Scotto’s New York-based manager, Robert Lombardo, said he was called by her family and informed of her death. “I had spoken to her several weeks ago and I didn’t get any any indication that anything was going on,” he said.