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Recording Details

Pietro Mascagni – Cavalleria Rusticana

Recording Details

Checked:
Label: Guild
Catalog Number: GHCD 2241
Number of Media(s): 1
Media Type: CD
Digital Process: AAD
Channels: Mono
Release Date: 2003
 

Recording Notes

Notes on the performance by Richard Caniell (in English)Recording notes by Richard Caniell (in English)Short notes "Mascagni and Cavalleria" (in English)Synopsis (in English)The passage from "Avete altro a dirmi" to "c'intenderemo bene a quel che pare" (from 68:05 to about 69:48), missing from the original discs, is filled out with an earlier 1930 performance with Antonio Melandri (some other recordings feature a passage by Gigli from 1940)The CD is produced by Guild Gmbh, Switzerland, but made and printed in EnglandRestored by Richard Caniell, IPRMS, British Columbia, CanadaSource: Immortal Performances Recorded Music Society, a Non-Profit, Educational Organization, British Columbia and Irwin Elkins, Omega Opera ArchivesFeatures two pictures of Mascagni, and four pictures of the set of the operaNo libretto

Performances on this Recording

Cavalleria rusticana
Santuzza: Lina Bruna Rasa
Turiddu: Antonio Melandri
Alfio: Afro Poli
Mamma Lucia: Rina Gallo Toscani
Lola: Maria Meloni
Orchestra: Orchestra dell'Opera Italiana d'Olanda
Chorus: Coro dell'Opera Italiana d'Olanda
Chorus Master:
Conductor: Pietro Mascagni
Place: The Hague [L'Aja, Den Haag]
Date: November 7, 1938
Studio: Live