Katia Ricciarelli and Lucia Valentini-Terrani are the soloists in this performance of Pergolesi’s STABAT MATER conducted by Claudio Abbado.
Watch and listen here.
Tag: Katia Ricciarelli
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Carreras/Ricciarelli/Zancanaro TRAVIATA ~ 1976
An audio-only 1976 TRAVIATA from Trieste brings together Katia Ricciarelli (above), Jose Carreras, and Giorgio Zancanaro, under the baton of Bruno Bartoletti. I find it a very moving performance, though the singers and conductor occasionally part company.
Listen here.
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BALLO IN MASCHERA @ Covent Garden ~ 1975
Above: Elizabeth Bainbridge
A performance of Verdi’s UN BALLO IN MASCHERA in 1975 was televised live.
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Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Riccardo – Plácido Domingo; Renato – Piero Cappuccilli; Amelia – Katia Ricciarelli ; Ulrica – Elizabeth Bainbridge; Oscar – Reri Grist; Silvano – William Elvin; Samuele – Gwynne Howell; Tom – Paul Hudson
Placido Domingo and Reri Grist were in my first-ever BALLO at The Met in 1970. And Ms. Bainbridge is a grand, Olde School English contralto Ulrica.
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Verdi REQUIEM @ La Fenice ~ 1972
Many, many years ago, my fellow opera-lover Susan Gould sent me a poster from a performance of the Verdi REQUIEM given at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice in 1972. With her usual thoughtfulness, Susan very kindly took the time to have it autographed for me by the four soloists – Katia Ricciarelli, Beverly Wolff, Nicolai Gedda, and Bonaldo Giaiotti – and by Maestro Thomas Schippers. It’s one of my treasures.
Today, completely by chance, I found the performance on YouTube. Listen to it here.
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Abbado conducts Pergolesi ~ STABAT MATER
Katia Ricciarelli and Lucia Valentini-Terrani are the soloists in this performance of Pergolesi’s STABAT MATER conducted by Claudio Abbado.
Watch and listen here.
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Ricciarelli & Pavarotti
This lovely rendering of the OTELLO love duet from Katia Ricciarelli (above) and Luciano Pavarotti is one of hundreds of items – both live and studio – that I’ve rescued from my huge collection of cassettes.
Oberon's Glade 
