Amongst the many singers of the twentieth century there have been a handful who achieved a greatness that places them on a different plane from all the others. In that Pantheon one must include the Spanish mezzo, Conchita Supervia.
She was quite unique, both vocally and in terms of power of personality.
In new, Roger Beardsley transfers are her finest operatic recordings, from Carmen, Samson et Dalila, Mignon, Faust, Hansel and Gretel, L'Italiana in Algeri, La Cenerentola, Le Nozze di Figaro and La Bohème.