Italian Verismo — Mascagni.org

Label: Time Life
Catalog Number: STI-OP06
Series: The Metropolitan Centennial Collection of Great Opera
Media: 4 × LP
Channels: Stereo

Notes:

With large booklet about the four operas presented: Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, La Gioconda, and Andrea Chénier
Unsure if the operas are complete
Libretto in Italian and English translation

Italian Verismo cover 1

Italian Verismo cover 2

Performance & Cast

August 1979 [1978?], Walthamstow Town Hall, London — Cavalleria rusticana

studio

Santuzza: Renata Scotto
Turiddu: Plácido Domingo
Alfio: Pablo Elvira
Mamma Lucia: Jean Kraft
Lola: Isola Jones
A peasant girl: Anne Simon
Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus: Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Chorus Master: John McCarthy
Conductor: James Levine