"When my nonno passed away, I realised I had his beautiful voice"

Soprano Cristina Russo

Soprano Cristina Russo Source: courtesy of Cristina Russo

Soprano Cristina Russo inherited the passion for classical music (and the voice) from his grandfather.


Cristina Russo is an Italian-Australian singer who approached Italian at the end of high school. Her parents used to talk in Italian between themselves to avoid being understood by their children; this practice sparked an interested in Cristina, who now is a soprano and a teacher.

Listen to her story of bilingualism with SBS Italian.

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