A favorite Donizetti performance from Ortrud Jones

Leyla Gencer cussing out Shirley Verrett’s Elisabetta so convincingly the audience spontaneously breaks out in applause and bravas.

By Ortrud Jones

April 7, 2025

Scott Grunow agrees: “Two titans.”

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