Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana & Leoncavallo: Pagliacci

Sinopsis Film

2-CDs + Blu-ray Audio disc, deluxe hardback edition presenting Herbert von Karajan’s glorious 1965 double-feature of Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci with Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Fiorenza Cossotto (Cavalleria) and Giuseppe Taddei and Rolando Panerai (Pagliacci); with both casts featuring the great Carlo Bergonzi in lead roles. Includes an essay on Cavalleria Rusticana by Bernhard Uske; on Pagliacci by Angelo Foletto; and a note by Recording Producer, Hans Weber.