Renata Scotto and Jose Carreras sing the love duet from Act I of Puccini’s MADAMA BUTTERFLY from a live performance given at San Francisco in 1974.
Tag: Renata Scotto
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Renata Scotto & Beniamino Prior ~ BALLO duet
Renata Scotto and Beniamino Prior sing the love duet from Verdi’s UN BALLO IN MASCHERA from a performance given at Dallas, Texas, in 1978.
Listen here.
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FAUST ~ Final Trio: Scotto/Kraus/Ghiaurov
Renata Scotto, Alfredo Kraus, and Nicolai Ghiaurov sing the final trio from Gounod’s FAUST from a performance given at Tokyo in 1973.
Watch and listen here.
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Renata Scotto’s “Ah! non giunge”
At the end of October 1972, Renata Scotto was alternating performances of Amina in SONNAMBULA and the title-role of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR at The Met. I came down from Syracuse NY to see her as Amina on a Thursday night and her Lucia two nights later. Her tenor co-stars were Nicolai Gedda (Elvino) and Alfredo Kraus (Edgardo). The diva scored back-to-back triumphs.
SONNAMBULA ends with Amina’s joyous cabaletta “Ah! non giunge”. Scotto, having held a rapt audience in the palm of her hand throughout the opera, now came down past the prompter’s box to the very edge of the stage and sang directly to us. As the second verse progressed, the house lights were slowly raised to full brightness; and so, in the end, singer and audience were “…uniti in una speme.“
Scotto sings ‘Ah non giunge!’ – SONNAMBULA – Met 10~28~72(1)
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