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Giulietta Simionato (12 May 1910 – 5 May 2010) was an Italian mezzo-soprano. Her career spanned the period from the 1930s until her retirement in 1966. Born at Forlì, Romagna, she studied in Rovigo and Padua, and made her operatic debut at Montagnana in 1928. In 1928, she sang in Verdi's "Rigoletto The first fifteen years of her career were frustrating, she was only given small parts, but she attracted growing attention in the late 1940s, and by the end of her career was recognised as one of the most respected singers of her generation. In 1936, she made her...

Brother Simion was the lead singer of the first Christian rock band of Brazil, called Katsbarnea, precursor of the gospel musical movement. He composed melodies to the letters written by Estevam Hernandes, founder of Renascer Church, such as "Extra, extra", "Revolução", "Gênesis", among others. Simion left the Katsbarnea band in 1999 to dedicate himself to his solo career. .

Nicolas Simion was born 1959 in Dumbravita, a small village in the Carpathian Mountains of Transylvania. He showed his musical talent very early and was sent to the Brasov Music School at the age of ten. After that he appointed the Music Academy in Bucharest where he completed his classial music studies. During that time he discovered his affection for improvised music and founded his first jazz Band Opus 4 in the early eighties, with pianist Mircea Tiberian and sax player Dan Mândrilă. This band soon became the most successful jazz band in Romania. After numerous appearances in the country...