Menno Feenstra reflects on opera.
Today: Rossini, Wagner & Mozart.
1. Gioacchino Rossini. L’Italiana in Algeri: Finale II.
Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Fernando Corena, Rolando Panerai, and others
Orchestra e coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
conducted by Silvio Varviso
Decca 417 828-2
14.20
2. Richard Wagner. Die Walkuere: act I scene 2.
Gre Brouwestijn, Jon Vickers, David Ward
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Leinsdorf.
Decca 430 391-2
24.13
3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Don Giovanni: finale II
Eberhard Waechter, Giuseppe Taddei, Joan Sutherland, Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Luigi Alva, Graziella Sciutti, Piero Cappuccilli.
Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini.
EMI 7472608
14.00
