Igea Lissoni Research Paper

Luciano truly believed that Igea Lissoni was a blessing. “I first set eyes on Igea Lissoni before the Christmas holidays in 1947. There was a lot of days in my whole lifetime that was especially important and they stayed with me clear as crystal. But that was the most important one.” (Gosch, 1975, p. 335). Igea Lissoni was then twenty-six; Luciano was fifty. Lissoni early revealed a talent for dance and was encouraged by her family, who enrolled her in the ballet school of La Scala Opera Company. It soon became apparent to her that she did not have the talent to become a prima ballerina and turned from ballet to nightclubs. Igea became a featured performer in some of the better clubs in Italy immediately after the war (Gosch, 1975). Luciano began to court Igea in an old-fashioned, gallant way, sending her flowers and presents, waited for her every night at a cafe, calling on every lesson in charm and polish he had learned. “All my life until then, I never needed anybody. It was always easy come, easy go, and there was always another broad another night… when I began thinkin’ about her all day long, about …show more content…
In the spring of 1948, a few months after they had met, Igea Lissoni went to live with him as his mistress. “I wanted to marry her. She was the only girl I ever loved in my whole life; in fact, she was my whole life, and she was the only girl I ever wanted to marry.” (Gosch, 1975, p.337). Unfortunately, Igea would not agree to marry Charlie even though she agreed to live with him and wear a wedding ring. Despite being twenty years younger than him, Igea, lived a peaceful life with her vicious mate. Then on one fateful day, Luciano’s rivals began hunting the couple down, sending them on the run. Igea followed her mate from flat to flat until the chase was called off, and the happy couple subsequently retired to Luciano’s home in Naples, where she eventually died of breast