1930 Il TROVATORE Aureliano PERTILE Apollo GRANFORTE Irene Minghini Ital HMV78

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IL TEATRO A CASA: Il TROVATORE

First Electric Complete recording of Verdis Il Trovatore from 1930 in single Volume Voce Del Padrone set.

The Stars of the Italian opera of the late 1920:

Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by La Scala Theater Orchestra with Giordano Callegari Bruno Carmassi

Apollo Granforte - great sinister Italian Baritone

Irene Minghini-Cattaneo Aureliano Pertile - One of the greatest Italian Heldentenors

Maria Carena Olga de Franco Antonio Gelli
Conducted by Carlo Sabajno

Here is a review from the web:

This Trovatore (recorded in the La Scala Opera House between October 24 - November 26 1930) is a thrilling release. Gino NastrucciÆs vivid expansive conducting provides much of the excitement in this performance. Nastrucci is responsible for the greater part of the conducting and not the originally credited Carlo Sabajno. Sabajno actually conducted only two sides of the 15 discs which comprised the original recording. The performance practice of the time has been observed. There are transpositions; cadenzas are simplified. There are cuts in codas and cabalettas with one or both verses sometimes stricken out . But donÆt let this put you off this fine recording for there is plenty of music left. I imagine the changes were done to accommodate the singers who though perhaps not the greatest exponents of florid singing perform this work with great passion and abandon. PertileÆs impassioned over the top style suits Manrico. He displays a sweetness and sensitivity to his tone that is quite ravishing in a voice of his size. CarenaÆs Leonora is a passionate lively characterization no doubt due to her expertise in the verismo repertoire. Granforte makes a totally credible Count di Luna with his zestful visceral baritone. Minghini-CattaneoÆs Azucena is splendidly sung with an exciting chest voice that lends her portrayal a powerful conviction her confrontations with di Luna are hair-raising! As Ferrando Bruno Carmassi provides some chillingly atmospheric singing at the beginning of the opera.

Original Albums with 15 records w original album

Condition records: EXCELLENT, rare scuffs, ALbum is good: damage on front cover to cloth, discoloration wateer spot on inner cover

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