A remembrance of Romanian soprano Ileana Cotrubas (1939–2026), who was widely acclaimed for her portrayals of the fragile Romantic heroines, most notably Violetta in La traviata and Mimì in La bohème.
Remembering Ileana Cotrubas (1939–2026)
Select Ileana Cotrubas recordings.
Playlist
All performances feature soprano Ileana Cotrubas.
Giacomo Puccini: ‘O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi
London Symphony Orchestra/Lorin Maazel
George Frideric Handel: “Lascia ch’io pianga” from Rinaldo
La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy/Jean-Claude Malgoire
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: “Et in carnatus est” from Mass in C minor, K. 427
New Philharmonia Orchestra/Raymond Leppard
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Tatyana’s Letter Scene (fragment) from Eugene Onegin
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Georg Solti
Puccini: “Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì” from La bohème
New Philharmonia Orchestra/John Pritchard
Giuseppe Verdi: “Sempre libera” from La traviata
Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera/Josef Krips
Verdi: “Pura siccome un angelo…Dite alla giovine” from La traviata
Sherill Milnes, baritone
Bavarian State Orchestra/Carlos Kleiber
Gaetano Donizetti: “Quanto amore!” from L’elisir d’amore
Geraint Evans, bass-baritone
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/John Pritchard
Verdi: “V’ho ingannato” from Rigoletto
Piero Cappuccilli, baritone
Vienna Philharmonic/Carlo Maria Giulini