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Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

Varnay, Hopf, Pease, Scholl, Munch; Sawallisch

München, 1954

$9.95


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Well it is true that this German language Cavalleria rusticana is about as Italianate as Bratwurst but it's not without its merits.  Astrid Varnay, always a consummate actress, brings genuine anguish to Santuzza.  Hans Hopf's voice does not have the vocal glamour Corelli had but he matches Varnay in intensity and their duet is quite hair-raising.  Italianate or not, it is a worthy rendering a much loved opera.  Wolfgang Sawallisch conducts.  The sound is excellent.

OD 10068-1

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