Dramma marlnaresco In two acts. Music by Pietro Mascagni Libretto by GIOVANNI TARGIONI-TOZZETTI (sung in Italian)
(first broadcast in this country) Silvano, formerly on the run for smuggling, returns home with a pardon to find his sweetheart has fallen victim to a rival: he exacts a bloody vengeance. Fishermen:
MILAN CHORUS AND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF ITALIAN RADIO cborus-master GIULIO BERTOLA conducted by PIETRO ARGENTO
The action takes place in a country on the Southern Adriatic coast, at the end of the 19th century.
(Recording made available by courtesy of Italian Radio)