ANDREW PORTER presents recordings from two Verdi operas: from Otello, archive recordings of FRANCESCO TAM-AGNO and VICTOR MAUREL who both sang in the La Scala premiere in 1887; and from La Traviata, GEMME BELLIN-CIONI as Violetta.
He also includes records made by their distinguished successors, GIOVANNI ZENATELLO. FERNANDO DE LUCIA . GIOVANNI MARTINELLI , CLAUDIA MUZIO and others.