Annotation

Cavalleria rusticana: 1953 studio recording
Conductor - Fausto Cleva
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera Association
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera Association

Santuzza - Margaret Harshaw
Turiddu - Richard Tucker
Alfio - Frank Guarrera
Lola - Mildred Miller
Lucia - Thelma Votipka

Pagliacci: Recorded 4 & 5 June 1951
Conductor - Fausto Cleva
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera Association
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera Association

Canio - Richard Tucker
Nedda - Lucine Amara
Tonio - Giuseppe Valdengo
Beppe - Thomas Hayward
Silvio - Clifford Harvuot

Annotation last modified on 2021-03-17 11:42 UTC.

Tracklist

CD 1
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1Cavalleria rusticana: Preludio
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Fausto Cleva (conductor)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: Preludio
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni2:24
2Cavalleria rusticana: “O Lola ch'ai di latti la cammisa … Ah!”
tenor vocals [Turiddu]:
Richard Tucker (tenor)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Fausto Cleva (conductor)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: “O Lola ch'ai di latti la cammisa” (Turiddu) (“Siciliana”)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor) (in 1890)
librettist:
Guido Menasci (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.) and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni5:07
3Cavalleria rusticana: “Gli aranci olezzano”
choir vocals:
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Fausto Cleva (conductor)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: N°4. Coro d'introduzione “Gli aranci olezzano” (Peasant's Chorus)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni7:32
4Cavalleria rusticana: “Dite, mamma Lucia”
mezzo-soprano vocals [Lucia]:
Thelma Votipka (mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals [Santuzza]:
Margaret Harshaw (US opera singer)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Fausto Cleva (conductor)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: “Dite, mamma Lucia …” (Santuzza, Lucia)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni4:26
5Cavalleria rusticana: “Il cavallo scalpita”
baritone vocals [Alfio]:
Frank Guarrera (baritone)
choir vocals:
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Fausto Cleva (conductor)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: “Il cavallo scalpita” (Alfio, Coro)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor)
librettist:
Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni1:55
6Cavalleria rusticana: “Beato voi, compar Alfio … Regina Coeli“
baritone vocals [Alfio]:
Frank Guarrera (baritone)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Lucia]:
Thelma Votipka (mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Fausto Cleva (conductor)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: “Beato voi, compar Alfio” (Lucia, Alfio)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni7:04
7Cavalleria rusticana: “Voi lo sapete, o mamma“
mezzo-soprano vocals [Lucia]:
Thelma Votipka (mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals [Santuzza]:
Margaret Harshaw (US opera singer)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Fausto Cleva (conductor)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: “Voi lo sapete, o mamma” (Santuzza, Lucia)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor)
librettist:
Guido Menasci (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.) and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni5:21
8Cavalleria rusticana: “Tu qui, Santuzza?”
soprano vocals [Santuzza]:
Margaret Harshaw (US opera singer)
tenor vocals [Turiddu]:
Richard Tucker (tenor)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Fausto Cleva (conductor)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: “Tu qui, Santuzza?” (Turiddu, Santuzza)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni3:18
9Cavalleria rusticana: “Fior di giaggiolo”
mezzo-soprano vocals [Lola]:
Mildred Miller (classical mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals [Santuzza]:
Margaret Harshaw (US opera singer)
tenor vocals [Turiddu]:
Richard Tucker (tenor)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Fausto Cleva (conductor)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: “Fior di giaggiolo” (Lola, Turiddu, Santuzza)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni2:57
10Cavalleria rusticana: “Ah! lo vedi, che hai tu detto?”
soprano vocals [Santuzza]:
Margaret Harshaw (US opera singer)
tenor vocals [Turiddu]:
Richard Tucker (tenor)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Fausto Cleva (conductor)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: "Ah! Lo vedi che hai tu detto?" (Turiddu, Santuzza)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni5:15
11Cavalleria rusticana: “Oh! Il Signore vi manda, compar Alfio!”
baritone vocals [Alfio]:
Frank Guarrera (baritone)
soprano vocals [Santuzza]:
Margaret Harshaw (US opera singer)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Fausto Cleva (conductor)
recording of:
Cavalleria Rusticana: "Oh! il Signore vi manda" (Santuzza, Alfio)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni4:49
12Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Fausto Cleva (conductor)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor) (in 1888)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana (german lyrics)
Pietro Mascagni3:08
13Cavalleria rusticana: “A casa, a casa, amici”
choir vocals:
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
mezzo-soprano vocals [Lola]:
Mildred Miller (classical mezzo-soprano)
tenor vocals [Turiddu]:
Richard Tucker (tenor)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Fausto Cleva (conductor)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: “A casa, a casa, amici” (Coro, Turiddu, Lola)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni2:31
14Cavalleria rusticana: “Viva il vino spumeggiante”
choir vocals:
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
mezzo-soprano vocals [Lola]:
Mildred Miller (classical mezzo-soprano)
tenor vocals [Turiddu]:
Richard Tucker (tenor)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Fausto Cleva (conductor)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: Brindisi “Intanto amici, qua … Viva il vino spumeggiante” (Turridu, Lola, coro)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor)
librettist:
Guido Menasci (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.) and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni2:11
15Cavalleria rusticana: “A voi tutti, salute”
baritone vocals [Alfio]:
Frank Guarrera (baritone)
choir vocals:
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
mezzo-soprano vocals [Lola]:
Mildred Miller (classical mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Fausto Cleva (conductor)
recording of:
Cavalleria Rusticana: "A voi tutti salute!" (Alfio, Coro, Lola)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni4:47
16Cavalleria rusticana: “Mamma, quel vino è generoso”
choir vocals:
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
mezzo-soprano vocals [Lucia]:
Thelma Votipka (mezzo-soprano)
tenor vocals [Turiddu]:
Richard Tucker (tenor)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Fausto Cleva (conductor)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: “Mamma, quel vino è generoso, è certo” (Turiddu, Lucia, Donne) (Addio alla madre)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor) (in 1890)
librettist:
Guido Menasci (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.) and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni5:19
CD 2