Montserrat Caballé sings the title role in Bellini’s NORMA in a performance given at Madrid in 1978.
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Ivo Vinco (above) is an impressive Oroveso, Pedro Lavirgen sings Pollione, and Fiorenza Cossotto – though somewhat past her peak – has many wonderful passages as Adalgisa. But…it’s all about Montserrat.
Ilva Ligabue and Franco Corelli in the final moments of Verdi’s AIDA, with Fiorenza Cossotto as Amneris.
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Nicolai Ghiaurov, Fiorenza Cossotto, Renata Tebaldi, Leontyne Price and Carlo Bergonzi backstage at Carnegie Hall following a performance of the Verdi REQUIEM in 1964. Price, Cossotto, Bergonzi and Ghiaurov were the soloists, and Tebaldi was visiting her colleagues in the green room after the performance. Herbert von Karajan conducted.
Oberon's Glade 