Vinco’s favorite composer was Giuseppe Verdi. In a 1988 interview Vinco said of Verdi, “…(Verdi) teaches us to connect the tones, in phrases; to create cello-like singing lines, a legato which is perhaps greater even than Bellini’s, not to mention Mozart.” Among Vinco’s many recordings over his career, some notables are La Gioconda with Maria Callas (1959), Rigoletto with Ettore Bastianini, Renata Scotto, Alfredo Kraus and Gianandrea Gavazzeni on the podium (1960) and Don Carlo with Flaviano Labò, Antonietta Stella, Boris Christoff, Bastianini and Fiorenza Cossotto (under the baton of Gabriele Santini for Deutsche Grammophon) (1961). Many of these recordings were also performed with Fiorenza Cossotto as well. Vinco was married for a time to mezzo-soprano Fiorenza Cossotto, during which time they had a son, Roberto. Ivo Vinco passed away in Verona, Italy on June 8, 2014 at the age of 86.