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Composer of the Week: Giuseppe Verdi(1813-1901)

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Five First Nights
Donald Macleod re-creates the first performances of five different Verdi operas in five different cities. 1/5. Rome: Saturday 27 January 1849. In the heady months of 1848, a year of upheavals across Europe, Verdi wrote La Battaglia di Legnano for the Teatro Argentina, demonstrating his political sympathies through this powerful historical subject.
Austrian Radio Chorus and Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Lamberto Gardelli
Producer Piers Burton-Page Repeated on Sunday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
La Battaglia Di Legnano
Arrigo:
Jose Carreras(tenor)
Rolando:
Matteo Manuguerra(baritone)
Lida:
Katia Rlcciarelli(soprano)
Frederick Barbarossa:
Nicolai Ghluselev(bass)
Mayor of Como:
Franz Handlos(bass)
Source: Radio Times

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