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25 YEARS: Classical Music Daily celebrates twenty-five years of daily publication with an hour-long video featuring some of our regular contributors.
The Italian mezzo Fedora Barbieri was born in Trieste on 4 June 1920.
She sang at La Scala, The Met and Covent Garden, had 110 roles in her repertoire and made many recordings.
Fedora Barbieri died in Florence on 4 March 2003 aged eighty-two.
CD Spotlight. Most Electrifying - Toscanini's Verdi Requiem from Carnegie Hall, enjoyed by Howard Smith. '... I find the 1951 adrenalin rush positively exhilarating.'