Il barbiere di Siviglia / Gioachino Rossini.
This is a cast to cherish in one of opera's greatest comic masterpieces. Robert Merrill's wily Figaro combines brio with one of the most beautiful baritone voices ever--heard here in its prime. No wonder the clueless Almaviva (an elegant Cesare Valletti) begs him to help win the beautiful...
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| Format: | Audio |
| Language: | Italian |
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[New York, New York] :
[Metropolitan Opera],
[1954]
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| Summary: | This is a cast to cherish in one of opera's greatest comic masterpieces. Robert Merrill's wily Figaro combines brio with one of the most beautiful baritone voices ever--heard here in its prime. No wonder the clueless Almaviva (an elegant Cesare Valletti) begs him to help win the beautiful Rosina (Roberta Peters at her virtuosic best) and to outwit her determined guardian and the scheming singing teacher (Fernando Corena and Cesare Siepi) |
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| Item Description: | Duration: 2 hr., 14 min., 32 sec. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 audio file (2 hr., 14 min., 32 sec.)) |
| Playing Time: | 02:14:32 |
| Participant or Performer: | Roberta Peters ; Cesare Valletti ; Robert Merrill ; Fernando Corena ; Cesare Siepi ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Alberto Erede, conductor. |
| Language: | Sung in Italian. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | Recorded live in 1954 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York. |