Opera D'Oro > Cossotto, Fiorenza

Pavarotti & The Divas / Verdi, Donizetti, Mozart, Bellini / Scoto, Freni, Janowitz, Caballe, Cossotto

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2013-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Favorita; Lucia di Lammermoor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Vincenzo Bellini: ...
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Freni, Mirella; Janowitz, Gundula; Pavarotti, Luciano; Scotto, Renata

This disc presents Pavarotti in duets with several of the great ladies of opera. Renata Scotto was noted for the beauty of her voice, her...continue...

Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbier di Siviglia / Gabriele Santini, Luigi Alva, Sesto Bruscatini, Carlo Badioli

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2009-09-08

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Badioli, Carlo; Bruscantini, Sesto; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Forti, Carlo; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Malagu, Stefania
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

"This performance was recorded live at La Scala on January 20, 1964. Gabriele Santini - who would pass away toward the end of that year...continue...

Grand Tier - Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi / Maazel

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-04-11

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera
Performers: Cossotto, Fiorenza; Gavarini, Renato; Pastori, Antonietta; Tatozzi, Vittorio; Vinco, Ivo
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

"This live performance...is of particular interest to fans of mezzo Fiorenza Cossotto, here caught early in her career, before the voice had grown into the...continue...

Legendary Performances of Franco Corelli - 7 Operas

14 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-03-14

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovat...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Callas, Maria; Capecchi, Renato; Carbonari, Virgilio; Carlin, Mario; Cassinelli, Antonio; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Dutoit, Laurence; Equ...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Matacic, Lovro von; Votto, Antonino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von

Franco Corelli (1921-2003), by virtue of his thrilling tenor voice and handsome stage presence, was one of the most popular opera singers on the international...continue...

Spontini: Olimpia / Molinari-Pradelli, Lorengar, Tagliavini

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-10-07

Works: Gaspare Spontini: Olympia, opera
Performers: Cossotto, Fiorenza; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Lorengar, Pilar; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Rizzati, E.; Tagliavini, Franco; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France

Spontini was one of the most important Italian composers just before Rossini swept all before him. Long neglected, his operas have been revived with great...continue...

Grand Tier - Verdi: Aida / Abbado, Arroyo, Domingo, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-10-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Cappuccilli, Piero; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Ligi, Josella; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

"Domingo has recorded Radames commercially four times, but I dare say that this performance, taped live in Munich in 1972 under the baton of Claudio...continue...

Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi /Maazel, Cossotto, Pastori

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-10-07

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera
Performers: Cossotto, Fiorenza; Gavarini, Renato; Pastori, Antonietta; Tatozzi, Vittorio; Vinco, Ivo
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome

Bellini's version of the Romeo and Juliet story, first stage in 1830, is one of his finest early works, and after decades of neglect it...continue...

Bellini: Norma / Bonynge, Sutherland, Cossotto, Vinco, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-02-04

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Cossotto, Fiorenza; Craig, Charles; Mastrango, Horacio; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Vinco, Ivo; Zlatar, Tatiana
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Orchestra

One of the very greatest of all Italian operas, "Norma" is filled with brilliant melodies and singing requirements of the highest order. Only the greatest...continue...

Gluck: Iphigenia in Tauride / Sanzogno, Callas, Dondi, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-05-07

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Callas, Maria; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Dondi, Dino; Ego, Costantino; Malagu, Stefania; Martelli, Edith; Perotti, Eva; Piva, Franco; Vocals], Anselmo Colzani [Baritone
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Opera Obsession! - Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-03-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La traviata; Il Trovatore; Otello; Rigoletto; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Jules Massenet: Manon; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del...
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Brendel, Wolfgang; Bruscantini, Sesto; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Cor...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Basile, Arturo; Maag, Peter; Verchi, Nino; Santi, Nello; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gardelli, Lamberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Rennert, Wolf...

Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits!From the 20th century's most exciting live opera performances come nineteen spectacular tracks starring Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, Montserrat Caballe, Franco Cor...continue...

Verdi: Aida / Sanzogno, Norman, Cossotto, Lavirgen, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-07-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Alberti, Walter; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Lavirgen, Pedro; Norman, Jessye; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: ORTF Chorus

The headline here is of course the title role taken by the young Jessye Norman, before her international fame as complete, but the supporting cast...continue...

Verdi: Don Carlo / Inbal, Domingo, Caballé, Petkov, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-05-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Bertagna, Gianfranco; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Foiani, Giovanni; Kamura, Takao O; Manganotti, Gianfranco; Pedretti, Maria Cristina; Petkov, Dimit...
Conductors: Inbal, Eliahu
Ensemble: Verona Teatro Arena Orchestra

Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina / Leskovich, Ghiaurov, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-05-16

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanschina
Performers: Bosco, Carlo del; Carosi, Ubaldo; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Handt, Herbert; Luchetti, Veriano; Marchiandi, Angelo; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Rovetta, Teodoro; Siepi, Cesare; Sighele, Mietta; S...

Mussorgsky's "second" opera (after Boris Godunov) has really come into its own in recent years, and it is fair to say that it has never...continue...

Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots / Sutherland, Corelli, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-05-16

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten
Performers: Cassinelli, Antonio; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Ganzarolli, Wladimiro; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Gullino, Walter; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]...
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

The excuse always given as to why Meyerbeer's brilliant masterpiece is not more often mounted is that seven great singers are needed for the principal...continue...

Verdi: Don Carlo / Ghiaurov, Prevedi, Abbado, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-05-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Casula, Maria; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Guglielmi, Margherita; Manganotti, Gianfranco; Prevedi, Bruno; Talvela, Martti; Zerbini, Anton...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

A star-studded performance of this dark Verdi masterpiece makes for an evening of great opera....continue...

Bizet: Carmen / Prêtre, Cossotto, Domingo, Van Dam, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-05-16

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Allegri, Maria Grazia; Bosco, Carlo del; Carta, Nino; Ciliento, Nicoletta; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Maliponte, Adriana; Mantovani, Dino; Poli, Pier Francesco; Santelli, Giovanna; Testa, ...
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges

A Carmen to contend with, especially at the opera d'Oro price, is this lively performance with Domingo in vocal full bloom and the great mezzo...continue...

Donizetti: La Favorita / Pavarotti, Cossotto, Verchi, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-03-23

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Macchinizzi, Luisa; Pavarotti, Luciano; Romani, Renzo; Vinco, Ivo
Conductors: Verchi, Nino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Verdi: Aida / Abbado, Arroyo, Domingo, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-08-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Cappuccilli, Piero; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Ligi, Josella; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia / Santini, Cossotto, Alva

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1997-09-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Badioli, Carlo; Bertinazzo, Giuseppe; Bruscantini, Sesto; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Forti, Carlo; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Malagu, Stefania
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra