This is an exciting performance of Verdi's warhorse. Caballe was in her finest voice and Leonora was one of her finest roles. The "D'amor sull'ali rosee" is heavenly. The audience begs for an encore, but Caballe demurs (or Schippers in the pit did). She ends the first act on a ringing D-flat, a note she had but didn't always use. Incidentally her Inez sings along with her at the end of "Di tale amor", accompanying her to both B-flats and sustaining the final A-flat with her. Odd.Tucker sings very well, the voice a little muscular by this time. He trills when required and lets out an excellent top B at the end of "Di quella pira". Mattiucci was considered a second-stringer at the time, but she is a true Verdi mezzo even throughout her range. She'd be a star today. Zanasi delivers a fine "Il balen" and shows why he was so well-regarded by his peers. Vinco begins the opera very powerfully; he was also taken for granted. Schippers sometimes rushes his singers and makes most of the traditional cuts. The sound is very good broadcast mono. If you haven't heard this Trovatore, you must!