A divided duty
Today’s Chris’s Cache features live recordings of Otello most noteworthy for their Desdemonas: (in chronological order) Teresa Stratas, Julia Varady, Eva Marton and Karita Mattila.
Carlo Cossutta
8 pieces since 2016 — in 3 roles, at 2 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
8
pieces
3
roles
2
companies
11
years
By role
By company
2 pieces as Otello — stats above show all coverage for Carlo Cossutta.
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This is a gala day for you
On October 14, 1979 I spent my birthday attending my first all-star opera gala, thrilled at the chance to hear some of the great singers I’d only experienced on LPs, broadcasts or via my pirate reel-to-reel tapes.