Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, Muti/MMFO (CD)

“Muti’s Pagliacci [exhibits] a magnificent and powerful sound, phonic images from time to time extraordinary or unexpected.” — Musica

Three years after his debut at the Teatro Comunale di Firenze, Florence, Riccardo Muti returned to the podium in a double bill of Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci and Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana. Here, experience this historic performance of Leoncavallo’s sole masterwork.

Leoncavallo Pagliacci
Mietta Sighele Nedda
Richard Tucker Canio
Kari Nurmela Tonio
Ermanno Lorenzi Peppe
Walter Alberti Silvio
Orchestra & Chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
January 1971, Teatro Comunale di Firenze, Florence

Discs: 1
Record Label: Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Release Year: 2018