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Puccini's three strongly contrasted one-act operas as they were intended - in a triple bill.
(sung in Italian): records 11 tabarro
Libretto by adami after a play by DIDIERGOLD
Love and death under the shadow of Notre Dame AMBROSIAN OPERA CHORUS chorus-master JOHN MCCARTHY NEW PHILHARMONIA/LORIN MAAZEL
8 0* Interval Reading
8 5* Suor Angelica
Libretto by GIOVACCHINO FORZANO Set in a convent at the end of the 17th century, the story of a mother's love for her illegitimate child 9 5* Interval Reading
9 10* Gianni Schicchi Libretto by GIOVACHINOFORZANO
Puccini's comic masterpiece set in Florence in 1299 LSO/LORIN MAAZEL
AMBROSIAN OPERA CHORUS
DESBOROUGH SCHOOL CHOIR
NEW PHILHARMONIA/LORIN MAAZEL

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Chorus-Master:
John McCarthy
Source: Radio Times

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