Rigoletto

Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe

Librettist/Text Author: Piave, Francesco Maria

Conductor: Ventura, Alberto

Orchestra: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Andrea Chenier

Composer: Giordano, Umberto

Librettist/Text Author: Illica, Luigi

Conductor: Ventura, Alberto

Orchestra: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

L'Africaine (Sung in Italian)

Composer: Meyerbeer, Giacomo

Librettist/Text Author: Scribe, Eugene

Conductor: Ventura, Alberto

Orchestra: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

La boheme

Composer: Puccini, Giacomo

Librettist/Text Author: Giacosa, Giuseppe

Librettist/Text Author: Illica, Luigi

Conductor: Ventura, Alberto

Orchestra: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

La Fanciulla del West

Composer: Puccini, Giacomo

Librettist/Text Author: Zangarini, Carlo

Librettist/Text Author: Civinini, Guelfo

Conductor: Ventura, Alberto

Orchestra: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Le Cid

Composer: Massenet, Jules

Librettist/Text Author: Blau, Edouard

Librettist/Text Author: Gallet, Louis

Librettist/Text Author: Ennery, Adolphe d'

Conductor: Ventura, Alberto

Orchestra: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

O sole mio

Composer: Capua, Eduardo di

Librettist/Text Author: Capurro, Giovanni

Core 'ngrato

Composer: Cardillo, Salvatore

Librettist/Text Author: Cordiferro, Riccardo

Tu, ca nun chiagne!

Composer: De Curtis, Ernesto

Librettist/Text Author: Bovio, Libero

A vucchella, "Arietta di Posillipo"

Composer: Tosti, Francesco Paolo

Librettist/Text Author: D'Annunzio, Gabriele

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Venue: Kosei Nenkin Kaikan, Tokyo

Playing Time: 00:51:34

Catalogue Number: 33515

UPC: 8007144335151

Libretto

Rigoletto

La boheme

Synopsis

La Fanciulla del West

Andrea Chenier

Rigoletto

La boheme

Le Cid

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In the course of Franco Corelli's long artistic career, year 1971 was an important one. The tenor, then at the apex of his international fame, turned fifty, twenty years of which had been spent busily active on stage. Few opera singers, in the 20th century, could compare with him for passion, variety of repertoire and quality of interpretation. These short but memorable performances wish to trace the most important stages his incredible artistic parabola, during which the Italian singer appeared beside the all the greatest protagonists of the operatic world