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La Fanciulla del West

Frazzoni, Corelli, Gobbi, Sordello, Zaccaria; Votto
Milano, 1956

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La Fanciulla del West

Cast

Minnie
Gigliola Frazzoni
Jack Rance
Tito Gobbi
Dick Johnson
Franco Corelli
Nick
Franco Ricciardi
Ashby
Ugo Novelli
Sonora
Enzo Sordello
Trin
Athos Cesarini
Sid
Michele Cazzato
Bello
Pierluigi Latinucci
Harry
Gino Del Signore
Joe
Angelo Mercuriati
Happy
Carlo Forti
Larkens
Giuseppe Morresi
Billy Jackrabbit
Eraldo Coda
Wowkle
Maria Amadini
Jake Wallace
Nicola Zaccaria
José Castro
Vittorio Tatozzi
Pony Express Rider
Erminio Benatti

DETAILS

Location: Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Date: April 4, 1956
Conductor: Antonino Votto
Catalogue Number: 10154-2

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Rosemary R.✓ Verified Buyer

United States

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Sound Quality Superb! Thank you!

There are excerpts from this performance on YouTube, none of which come close to this recording’s sound quality. Thank you.
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Richard✓ Verified Buyer

United Kingdom

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performance 4 stars + file tags zero stars = not a good result

I like the performance very much - Corelli is only matched by Tucker as Rance - Votto doesn't let anyone down.BUT the files arrived without any helpful info at all. They just say track1 track2 etc...and the accompanying PDF doesn't help. I like OperaDepot a lot, and have found them generous and helpful. But this is really substandard. Even their recent freebies have informative tags. This is poor.
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John S.✓ Top Reviewer

Australia

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John Stanton

This is a marvellous recording with a palpable chemistry between the two principles. Gigliola Frazzoni had a full bright lyric spinto, easy here to confuse with Tebaldi (I think), and her Minnie is a moving portrait with a toughness when needed. Corelli is the ideal Johnson, his voice at his peak, big handsome and sensual. His extraordinary facility for such a big voice to deliver beguiling smortzandos brings a gentleness and lovingness to his scenes with Frazzoni, that In my experience with this opera is unrivalled.Gobbi's is not in this class. His Rance is unrelentingly nasty, which makes it difficult to understand why Minnie would have anything to do with him. That hooty lock on the top of his voice that spoilt much of his singing is not so much on display here.The sound is excellent
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