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Start Date: October 8, 2017
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Puccini: Carlo Bergonzi / Renata Scotto / Gwendolyn Killebrew / Vicente Sardinero / Opera Orchestra Of New York / Eve Queler ‎–

    Puccini's Edgar

Label:
Columbia Masterworks ‎– M2 34584
Format:
2 × Vinyl Box Set, LP, Quadraphonic, 12", 33rpm, Stereo
Country:
US
Released:
1977
Genre:
Classical
Style:
Romantic, Opera

Tracklist

A     Act I (Beginning)     26:09
B1     Act I (Conclusion)     7:51
B2     Act II     18:32
C     Act III (Beginning)     17:58
D     Act III (Conclusion)     24:16

Companies, etc.

    Copyright (c) – CBS Inc.
    Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Inc.
    Manufactured By – Columbia Records
    Recorded At – Carnegie Hall

Credits

    Baritone Vocals [Frank] – Vicente Sardinero
    Bass Vocals [Gualtiero] – Mark Munkittrick
    Chorus – New York City Opera Children's Chorus, Schola Cantorum Of New York
    Chorus Master [New York City Opera Children's Chorus] – Mildred Hohner
    Chorus Master [Schola Cantorum Of New York] – Hugh Ross
    Composed By – Giacomo Puccini
    Conductor [Opera Orchestra Of New York] – Eve Queler
    Engineer – Mike Ross-Trevor, Milton Cherin, Stanley Tonkel
    Liner Notes – B. L. Scherer
    Orchestra – Opera Orchestra Of New York
    Producer – Paul Myers, Steven Epstein
    Soprano Vocals [Fidelia] – Renata Scotto
    Soprano Vocals [Mezzosoprano, Tigrana] – Gwendolyn Killebrew
    Tenor Vocals [Edgar] – Carlo Bergonzi

Notes

16-page booklet of libretto, English liner notes and translations of the original Italian lyrics.

- Edgar is an operatic dramma lirico in three acts (originally four acts) by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Ferdinando Fontana, freely based on the play in verse La Coupe et les lèvres (The Cup and the Lips) by Alfred de Musset.

The first performance was given at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan on 21 April 1889. The opera was not a success. Puccini repeatedly revised it, before eventually giving up in frustration, declaring the work irredeemable.

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