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Fiorenza Cossotto

Wenza i-debut yakhe ngo-1957 (uMilan, njengoMatilda ku-Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmelites). Kusukela ngo-1959 wacula eCovent Garden (izingxenye ze-Azucena, Santuzza in Rural Honor). Impumelelo enkulu yeza ngo-1961 (La Scala, Leonora kwekaDonizetti ethi The Favorite). Ukudlala komculi eMetropolitan Opera kwaqala ngokunqoba (kusukela ngo-1968, wenza i-debut yakhe njengo-Amneris).

I-Cossotto ingenye yama-mezzo-soprano amakhulu kakhulu phakathi nekhulu lama-20. Ububanzi bezwi lakhe lwamvumela ukuba enze izingxenye ezimangalisayo ze-soprano (isibonelo, iSantuzza). Wavakashela noLa Scala eMoscow (1964, 1974). I-repertoire ihlanganisa izingxenye zikaRosina, uCarmen, i-Eboli ku-opera ethi Don Carlos, uRenata ku-Prokofiev's Fiery Angel.

Phakathi kwemidlalo yeminyaka yamuva kukhona ingxenye ye-Ulrika e-Un ballo e-maschera (1990, Vienna Opera). Okurekhodiwe kufaka phakathi u-Lady Macbeth (umqhubi uMuti, EMI), u-Leonora ku-Donizetti ethi The Favorite (umqhubi u-Boning, u-Decca).

E. Tsodokov, 1999