Fiorenza Cossotto
Fiorenza Cossotto made her career as one of Italy’s leading mezzo-sopranos, celebrated in Verdi, bel canto and verismo repertory. Her voice was known for its power, focus and dramatic intensity.
In the Pristine catalogue she appears in Ponchielli’s La Gioconda with Maria Callas, Antonino Votto and a distinguished La Scala cast.
Cossotto’s singing brought a fierce lower-register presence and strong dramatic profile to th...
VERDI Rigoletto
Stereo studio recording, 1960
Total duration: 1hr 59:23
Rigoletto - Ettore Bastianini
Gilda - Renata Scotto
Duca di Mantova - Alfredo Kraus
Sparafucile - Ivo Vinco
Maddalena - Fiorenza Cossotto
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
conducted by Gianandrea Gavazzeni
BELLINI La sonnambula
Studio recording, 1957
Total duration: 2hr 00:32
Maria Callas - Amina
Fiorenza Cossotto - Teresa
Nicola Zaccaria - Il conte Rodolfo
Nicola Monti - Elvino
Eugenia Ratti - Lisa
Giuseppe Morresi - Alessio
Franco Ricciardi - Un notaro
Choir & Orchestra of Teatro Alla Scala, Milan
Conducted by Antonino Votto
CHERUBINI Medea
Live recording, 30 June 1959, Royal Opera House, London
Producer and XR Remastering: Andrew Rose
Cover artwork based on a photograph of Maria Callas and Jon Vickers
as Medea and Giasone in the 1959 Royal Opera House production
Total duration: 2hr 14:22
Medea - Maria Callas
Giasone- Jon Vickers
Glauce - Joan Carlyle
Neris - Fiorenza Cossotto
Creonte - Nicola Zaccaria
Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Covent Garden Opera
Nicola Rescigno, conductor
PONCHIELLI La Gioconda
Stereo studio recording, 1959
Total duration: 2hr 46:10
La Gioconda - Maria Callas
Laura Adorno - Fiorenza Cossotto
La Cieca - Irene Companeez
Alvise Badoero - Ivo Vinco
Enzo Grimaldo - Pier Miranda Ferraro
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
conducted by Antonino Votto
NB The earlier 1952 mono version of this recording is also available on Pristine PACO216
PUCCINI Manon Lescaut
Studio recording, 1957
Total duration: 2hr 0:35
Manon Lescaut - Maria Callas
Chevalier des Grieux - Giuseppe di Stefano
Lescaut - Giulio Fioravanti
Geronte di Ravoir - Franco Calabrese
Edmondo - Dino Formichini
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
conducted by Tullio Serafin
