Fiorenza Cossotto in Judgement Scene from Aida (1966) [English subs]

conductor Franco Capuana
director Herbert Graf
choir master Giulio Bertola
stage designer Pino Casarini
choreographer Constantin Sergueev
Aida Leyla Gencer
The King Franco Pugliese
Amneris Fiorenza Cossotto
Radames Carlo Bergonzi
Ramfis Bonaldo Giaiotti
Amonasro Anselmo Colzani
Orchestra and Chorus from the Arena di Verona
Corps de Ballet from Kirov Theatre of Leningrado
Recorded live in the Arena di Verona on August 9th 1966

[@jmiller05]

This is the one character and scene in Aida which I love. The great Egyptian Princess (daughter of the Pharaoh), endowed with tremendous power and authority becomes even lower than Aida here, as she realises she has been the catalyst for her lover's death as well as the even more painful revelation that Radames can never love her. Wonderful theatre.

[@WingedSchoolgirl]

I absolutely love "Aida" as a whole but Cossotto of course could steal the show from anyone!

[@waltertheus3467]

Good gosh. Where was this? Pretty amazing for a very old video recording. I was a little guy in 1966.