Tag: Anna Maria Rota

Anna Maria Rota is perhaps best known to opera-lovers for her appearance as Maddalena on the old, classic RCA recording of Verdi’s RIGOLETTO, with Roberta Peters, Jussi Bjoerling, and Robert Merrill. It was one of the first LP opera sets I owned as a youngster. I loved it, and played it til it wore out, though I was somewhat put off by what seems to be the noticeable sound of the conductor Jonel Perlea breathing heavily much of the time.

Lately, in a quest for tracking down souvenirs of some of the voices I enjoyed in my earliest days of listening to opera, I found some good Rota-rarities, such as these:

Anna Maria Rota – Liber Scriptus~Verdi REQUIEM – RTF 1960

Anna Maria Rota – O don fatale ~ DON CARLO 1961

{Note: It takes a few moments for the “O don fatale” to start playing.}