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Composer of the Week: Puccini

on BBC Radio 3

With Donald Macleod. 5: Viareggio
Puccini moved to a new villa at Viareggio in 1921 and spent the last four years of his life writing Turandot.
II Tabarro (excerpt) London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Lorin Maazel
// Tabarro (opening scene) Renata Scotto (soprano), Placido Domingo ,
John Treleaven and Michel Sénéchal (tenors),
Ingvar Wixell (baritone), Denis Wicks (bass), Ambrosian Opera Chorus, conductor Lorin Maazel
Senza Mamma , 0 Bimbo (Suor Angelica) Julia Varady (soprano), Berlin RSO, conductor Marcello Viotti
Finale: Gianni Schicchi Ileana Cotrubas
(soprano), Placido Domingo (tenor),
Tito Gobbi and Guido Mazzini (baritones), LSO, conductor Lorin Maazel
Liu's Torture and Death (Turandot, Act 3) Barbara Hendricks and Katia Ricciarelli
(sopranos), Placido Domingo (tenor), Ruggero Raimondi (baritone), Vienna State Opera Chorus,
Vienna PO, conductor Herbert von Karajan Requiem Aeternam (Edgar) New York Schola Cantorum, New York City Opera Children's Chorus, New York Opera Orchestra, conductor Eve Queler

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Conductor:
Lorin Maazel
Soprano:
Renata Scotto
Soprano:
Placido Domingo
Soprano:
John Treleaven
Baritone:
Ingvar Wixell
Baritone:
Denis Wicks
Conductor:
Lorin Maazel
Conductor:
Senza Mamma
Soprano:
Julia Varady
Conductor:
Marcello Viotti
Tenor:
Tito Gobbi
Tenor:
Guido Mazzini
Conductor:
Lorin Maazel
Unknown:
Barbara Hendricks
Sopranos:
Katia Ricciarelli
Baritone:
Ruggero Raimondi

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