Gioachino Rossini Otello Assisa a pie dun salice ( Frederica von Stade)

Finally, the most important woman in Rossini s life mezzosoprano Isabella Colbran has an opportunity to enchant us. If we were to choose a crown jewel of Barbaja s and Rossini s cast, the choice would be all to obvious: Isabella Colbran. She was one of the first in a line of brilliant dramatic singers that would bless belcanto operas for decades: Pasta, Grisi, de Bengis, She appeared in ten Rossini operas, and the love that formed between the primadonna and the maestro is evident in ev