Patrick O'Connor revisits some classic opera recordings from the 1930s, including Puccini's Tosca with Maria
Caniglia (soprano) and Beniamino Gigli (tenor), Verdi's Rigoletto with Riccardo Stracciari (baritone) and Mercedes Capsir (soprano), a Toscanini performance of Mozart's Die
Zauberflote at the 1937 Salzburg Festival, and an extended excerpt from Bellini's Norma with Gina Cigna (soprano) and Ebe Stignani (mezzo). Producers Clive Portbury and Patrick Lambert Discs
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