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Fiorenza Cossotto

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Voice: Mezzo
Nationality: Italian
Year of Birth: 1935

About Fiorenza Cossotto:

Fiorenza Cossotto (born April 22, 1935) is an Italian mezzo-soprano. She is considered by many to be one of the greatest mezzo-sopranos of the 20th century.

Born on April 22, 1935 in Crescentino, Province of Vercelli, Italy, Cossotto attended the Turin Academy of Music and studied with Mercedes Llopart. She made her operatic debut as Sister Matilde in the world premiere of Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites in 1957 at La Scala in Milan. Her international debut was at the 1958 Wexford Festival as Giovanna Seymour in Donizetti's Anna Bolena. Her Covent Garden debut was in 1959 as Neris in Cherubini's Médée, with Maria Callas in the title role. A 1962 performance of the lead in La favorita at La Scala led to wider fame and she made her American debut in the same role in 1964 at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and as Amneris at the Metropolitan Opera in 1968.

Altogether, between the seasons of 1967–68 and 1988–89, Cossotto gave 148 performances at the Met (exclusively leading roles). She was considered an expert in portrayals of major mezzo/contralto roles in mid-19th-century Italian opera such as Favorita (La favorita), Amneris (Aida), Azucena (Il trovatore), Eboli (Don Carlos), Preziosilla (La forza del destino), Maddalena (Maddalena), Ulrica (Un ballo in maschera) and Laura (La Gioconda). She also portrayed Carmen, Mozart's Cherubino, Urbain in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots, Bellini's Romeo and Marfa in Khovantschina.

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Nr.Title scenePopularityOperaComposerActTypeVoicesLang.Roles
211Al suon del tamburo Popularity:

Opera: Forza del destino, LaComposer: VerdiAct: 2.05

Type: trio,choirVoice: Mz Br BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Preziosilla/Carlo/Mayor
212Vedi o madre Popularity:

Opera: Sonnambula, LaComposer: BelliniAct: 2.03-1

Type: duetVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Amina/Elvino
213Quale insolita gioia nel tuo sguardo Popularity:

Opera: AidaComposer: VerdiAct: 1.04

Type: recitativeVoice: Mz TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Amneris/Radames
214Sire io ti deggio Popularity:

Opera: Favorita, LaComposer: DonizettiAct: 3.10

Type: sextet,choirVoice: Mz Br B S T TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Léonor/Alphonse/Balthazar/Inès/Gaspar/Fernand
215Tutto e gioia tutto e festa Popularity:

Opera: Sonnambula, LaComposer: BelliniAct: 1.01-2

Type: aria,choirVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Lisa
216In braccio al mio rival Popularity:

Opera: Trovatore, IlComposer: VerdiAct: 3.03

Type: recitativeVoice: Br B MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Count/Ferrando/Azucena
217Leonora ei del suo cor Popularity:

Opera: Favorita, LaComposer: DonizettiAct: 3.02

Type: recitativeVoice: Mz BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Léonor/Alphonse
218Ti scosta Popularity:

Opera: Trovatore, IlComposer: VerdiAct: 4.16

Type: Voice: T SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Manrico/Leonora
219Gaie comari di Windsor Popularity:

Opera: FalstaffComposer: VerdiAct: 2.08

Type: quartet,recitativeVoice: S cA Mz SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Alice/Quickly/Meg/Nannetta
220A tal colpa e nulla il pianto Popularity:

Opera: Ballo in maschera, UnComposer: VerdiAct: 3.01

Type: duetVoice: S BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Amelia/Renato
221Di mie discolpe i giudici Popularity:

Opera: AidaComposer: VerdiAct: 4.02

Type: duetVoice: Mz TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Amneris/Radames
222Ecco l'orrido campo ove s'accoppia Popularity:

Opera: Ballo in maschera, UnComposer: VerdiAct: 2.02

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Amelia
223Ma chi vien? Popularity:

Opera: Gioconda, LaComposer: PonchielliAct: 2.06

Type: trioVoice: T Br MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Enzo/Barnaba/Laura
224Della citta all'occaso Popularity:

Opera: Ballo in maschera, UnComposer: VerdiAct: 1.15

Type: trioVoice: S cA TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Amelia/Ulrica/Riccardo
225A casa, a casa Popularity:

Opera: Cavalleria RusticanaComposer: MascagniAct: 1.18

Type: duet,choirVoice: mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Lola
226Per questa fiamma indomita Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.10

Type: ariaVoice: mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Giovanna
227Date almen per pieta un asilo Popularity:

Opera: MedeaComposer: CherubiniAct: 2.02

Type: recitativeVoice: S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Médée/King Créon
228L'usato messo Ruiz invia Popularity:

Opera: Trovatore, IlComposer: VerdiAct: 2.08

Type: Voice: T SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Manrico/Leonora
229Regna il sonno su tutti Popularity:

Opera: MacbethComposer: VerdiAct: 1.09-1

Type: duetVoice: Br SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Macbeth/Lady McB
230Venti scudi hai tu detto Popularity:

Opera: RigolettoComposer: VerdiAct: 4.05-2

Type: recitativeVoice: Br B T cALanguage: Italian

Roles: Rigoletto/Sparafucile/Duke/Maddalena
231A lui vivo la tomba Popularity:

Opera: AidaComposer: VerdiAct: 4.10-1

Type: recitativeVoice: Mz BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Amneris/Ramfis
232Ove son io Popularity:

Opera: MacbethComposer: VerdiAct: 3.03

Type: recitativeVoice: Br SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Macbeth/Lady McB
233Perche piangete Popularity:

Opera: Trovatore, IlComposer: VerdiAct: 2.16

Type: recitativeVoice: S T Br SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Leonora/Manrico/Count/Ines
234Fra le tue braccia, amore! Popularity:

Opera: Manon LescautComposer: PucciniAct: 4.04-2

Type: duetVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Manon/Chevalier
235Deh! proteggimi o Dio Popularity:

Opera: NormaComposer: BelliniAct: 1.13

Type: ariaVoice: mezzo or sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Adalgisa
236Ten va serenata Popularity:

Opera: Gioconda, LaComposer: PonchielliAct: 4.06

Type: Voice: S T MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Gioconda/Enzo/Laura
237Viva viva Amina Popularity:

Opera: Sonnambula, LaComposer: BelliniAct: 1.01-1

Type: choirVoice: S BrLanguage: Italian

Roles:
238Zitti l'incanto non dessi turbare Popularity:

Opera: Ballo in maschera, UnComposer: VerdiAct: 1.10-1

Type: ariaVoice: contraltoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Ulrica
239Dammi quel ferro Popularity:

Opera: NormaComposer: BelliniAct: 2.15

Type: recitativeVoice: S T BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Norma/Pollione/Oroveso
240Oh! ciel che tento? Popularity:

Opera: Sonnambula, LaComposer: BelliniAct: 1.19

Type: duetVoice: S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Amina/Rodolfo
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