The Music of Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), feat. Joan Sutherland, Anna Moffo, and Renata Scotto
Including the complete Act II from a 1938 La Scala performance of La bohème, featuring Benjamin Gigli, Licia Albanese, and Tatiana Menotti. Also, scenes and arias from Tosca, Turandot, and Madama Butterfly.
[Above: Giacomo Puccini in 1908; Below: Renata Scotto in 1967.]
Show archive
Playlist
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Antonio Pappano, “Preludio Sinfonico for Orchestra, Op.1”
from Puccini : Messa di Gloria etc
Warner Classics - 2001
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Anna Moffo, “La Boheme: Quando m'en vo' (Musetta's Waltz Song)”
from La Bellissima: The Debut Recordings: 1956-1959
EMI - 1990
recorded 1956
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Benjamin Gigli, Licia Albanese, etc., “Act II”
from La Bohème Acts 1 & 2 - The Classic 1938 La Scala Recording
Music For Pleasure - 1956
recorded 1938
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Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi & Riccardo Chailly, “Scherzo”
from Puccini Discoveries
Decca Music Group Ltd. - 2004
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Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Zubin Mehat & London Philharmonic Orchestra, “Act II, Scene 2”
from Puccini: Turandot
Decca - 1973
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Antonio Pappano, “Crisantemi for string orchestra”
from Puccini : Messa di Gloria etc
Warner Classics - 2001
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Renata Scotto, “Madama Butterfly (2001 Remastered Version): Un bel dì vedremo (Act 2)”
from Opera Arias
Warner Classics - 2001
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Fabrizio Detteri & Nadia Lencioni, “Madame Butterfly, Op. 309 (Fantasia for piano 4 Hands)”
Tactus
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Anna Moffo, Cesare Valletti, Erich Leinsdorf & Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus, “Act II "Bimba, bimba, non piangere" (Love Duet)”
from Puccini: Madama Butterfly
RCA - 1957
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Montserrat Caballé, Jose Carreras, Sir Colin Davis & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, “Act Three”
from Puccini: Tosca
Philips - 1976