| Description |
1 sound disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Title from container spine. |
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Originally released on RCA Victor: LSC-7028 (CD 1 and CD 2, tracks 1-9), LSC-6154 (CD 2, track 10), LSC-6135 (CD 2, tracks 11-12), LSC-6170 (CD 2, tracks 13-14) and LSC 6095 (CD 2, track 15). |
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Compact discs. |
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Program notes in English with German and French translations (11 p. : ports.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Manon. Excerpts / Jules Massenet (57:17) -- Manon Lescaut. Excerpts / Giacomo Puccini (55:02) -- La traviata. Parigi, o cara / Giuseppe Verdi (3:37) -- Madama Butterfly. Bimba, bimba, non piangere (11:28) ; O dolce notte, quante stelle (3:13) / Giacomo Puccini -- Lucia di Lammermoor. Sulla tomba che rinserra (5:29) ; Verranno a te sull'aura (4:39) / Gaetano Donizetti -- La bohème. O soave fanciulla / Giacomo Puccini (3:37). |
| Performer |
Anna Moffo, soprano ; Rosalind Elias (4th work), mezzo-soprano ; Giuseppe Di Stefano (1st work), Flaviano Labò (2nd work), Manlio Rocchi (2nd work), Richard Tucker (2nd, 6th works), Cesare Valletti (4th work), Carlo Bergonzi (5th work), tenors ; Robert Kerns (1st-2nd works), Robert Merrill (6th work), baritones ; RCA Italiana Opera Chorus & Orchestra (1st-2nd, 5th works) ; Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (3rd-4th works) ; René Leibowitz (1st-2nd works), Fernando Previtali (3rd work), Erich Leinsdorf (4th, 6th works), Georges Prêtre (5th work), conductors. |
| Event |
Recorded in Rome at the Opera House or RCA Italiana Studios between July 1, 1957 and Aug. 12, 1965. |
| Language |
Sung in French and Italian. |
| Subject |
Operas -- Excerpts.
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| Added Author |
Elias, Rosalind. Performer.
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Di Stefano, Giuseppe, 1921-2008. Performer.
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Labò, Flaviano. Performer.
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Rocchi, Manlio. Performer.
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Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975. Performer.
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Valletti, Cesare. Performer.
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Bergonzi, Carlo. Performer.
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Kerns, Robert, 1933-1989. Performer.
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Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004. Performer.
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Leibowitz, René, 1913-1972. Conductor.
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Previtali, Fernando. Conductor.
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Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993. Conductor.
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Prêtre, Georges. Conductor.
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Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912.
Manon. Selections.
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Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Manon Lescaut. Selections.
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Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Traviata. Parigi, o cara, noi lasceremo.
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Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Madama Butterfly. Bimba, non piangere.
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Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Madama Butterfly. O dolce notte, quante stelle.
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Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Bohème. O soave fanciulla.
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Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
Lucia di Lammermoor. Sulla tomba che rinserra.
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Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
Lucia di Lammermoor. Verranno a te sull'aure.
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RCA Italiana Opera Chorus. Performer.
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RCA italiana orchestra. Performer.
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Teatro dell'opera (Rome, Italy) Performer.
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| Added Title |
Portrait of Manon |
| Standard No. |
749677142025 |
| Music No. |
SBT2 1420 Testament |
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