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Remembering Ileana Cotrubas (1939–2026)

October 10, 2026, 4:00 pm

Collage of three Ileana Cotrubas albums; red curtain background. From left to righr: Salzburg Festival Lieder Recital, Carlos Kleiber conducts La Traviata, Opera Arias with John PRitchard.

Select Ileana Cotrubas recordings.

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.

Meet the Host

Oliver Camacho joined the announcer team in February of 2019. He is the co-host and creative consultant of Opera Box Score and co-host of OperaNow! Podcast. A proud graduate of Chicago’s Lane Technical High School, where he was mentored by George Rico, Oliver went on to study music at Northwestern University, and historically informed performance practice at the Amherst Early Music Festival and Early Music Vancouver. His musical passions are opera, art song, choral music, Early Music, and discovering new composers as well as those who have been previously marginalized or disenfranchised. In January of 2021, Oliver began hosting Listening to Singers, and in October of the same year, he was named WFMT’s Music Director.

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Remembering Ileana Cotrubas (1939–2026)