Adalgisa Giana (June 27, 1888, in Lasnigo, Como Province – February 25, 1970 in Lasnigo) was an Italian operatic soprano. Adalgisa Giana began her career in the United States, appearing in San Francisco in 1907 with the Milan Opera Company and in New Orleans in 1911 as a member of Lambardi Opera Company. From 1912 she managed her career in Italy, where she worked as a touring singer in minor opera houses, including the Teatro della Pergola in Florence and the Teatro Carcano in Milan. In 1918 Giana was engaged for the season at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, where she sang a few roles, including Mallika in Leo Delibes's Lakmé, Principessa Elisa in Umberto Giordano's opera Madame Sans-Gêne and, notably, Musetta in Puccini's La bohème opposite Beniamino Gigli and Claudia Muzio under the di