Fiorenza Cossotto as Lady Macbeth sings "Nel di della vittoria...Or tutti sorgete" from Verdi's Macbeth. This is from a performance for the italian television, she is lip-synching her studio record.
Rimango legato a questa straordinaria interpretazione della Cossotto (insieme a Milnes) di un'opera grandiosa.... sin dai tempi della mia gioventù.... Ho ancora il disco....
Magnificence--I love the brilliance in her voice, and appreciate the absence of heavy chesty vocal production. Her voice actually has the heft without having to beef it up in other ways. Fabulous!
Fiorenza Cossotto una delle voci verdiane piu belle , un soprano falcon che alterna ruoli da soprano e da mezzo soprano una delle mie cantanti preferite . Grande Fiorenza
This is an extraordinary Lady on the league of Callas, Souliotis, Sass, and Dimitrova. Only these five singers gave unique interpretations which imbued a menacing viciousness within the character that would ice the blood of anyone who would be foolhardy enough to attempt to get in their way. Another stunning tour de force performance by Miss Cossotto.
Watching this is like seeing the 1976 Muti-led studio recording brought to life! I like the firmness, evenness, and incisiveness of Cossotto's voice and think it strange that she's so rarely mentioned in discussions of great mezzos. And overall, I do prefer a mezzo Lady Macbeth to a soprano.
