Curved Air presents:

Including the complete Act II from a 1938 La Scala performance of La bohème, featuring Benjamin Gigli, Licia Albanese, and Tatiana Menotti. Also, scenes and arias from Tosca, Turandot, and Madama Butterfly.

[Above: Giacomo Puccini in 1908; Below: Renata Scotto in 1967.]

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Playlist:

    Time: October 17 - 11:00:00 am
  • Puccini : Messa di Gloria etc

    Antonio Pappano, “Preludio Sinfonico for Orchestra, Op.1”

    from Puccini : Messa di Gloria etc

    Warner Classics - 2001

  • Time: October 17 - 11:08:00 am
  • Anna Moffo, “La Boheme: Quando m'en vo' (Musetta's Waltz Song)”

    from La Bellissima: The Debut Recordings: 1956-1959

    EMI - 1990

    recorded 1956

  • Time: October 17 - 11:13:00 am
  • Benjamin Gigli, Licia Albanese, etc., “Act II”

    from La Bohème Acts 1 & 2 - The Classic 1938 La Scala Recording

    Music For Pleasure - 1956

    recorded 1938

  • Time: October 17 - 11:32:00 am
  • Puccini Discoveries

    Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi & Riccardo Chailly, “Scherzo”

    from Puccini Discoveries

    Decca Music Group Ltd. - 2004

  • Time: October 17 - 11:37:00 am
  • Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Zubin Mehat & London Philharmonic Orchestra, “Act II, Scene 2”

    from Puccini: Turandot

    Decca - 1973

  • Time: October 17 - 11:59:00 am
  • Puccini : Messa di Gloria etc

    Antonio Pappano, “Crisantemi for string orchestra”

    from Puccini : Messa di Gloria etc

    Warner Classics - 2001

  • Time: October 17 - 12:07:00 pm
  • Opera Arias

    Renata Scotto, “Madama Butterfly (2001 Remastered Version): Un bel dì vedremo (Act 2)”

    from Opera Arias

    Warner Classics - 2001

  • Time: October 17 - 12:11:00 pm
  • Fabrizio Detteri & Nadia Lencioni, “Madame Butterfly, Op. 309 (Fantasia for piano 4 Hands)”

    from Transcizioni da Puccini

    Tactus

  • Time: October 17 - 12:20:00 pm
  • Anna Moffo, Cesare Valletti, Erich Leinsdorf & Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus, “Act II "Bimba, bimba, non piangere" (Love Duet)”

    from Puccini: Madama Butterfly

    RCA - 1957

  • Time: October 17 - 12:39:00 pm
  • Montserrat Caballé, Jose Carreras, Sir Colin Davis & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, “Act Three”

    from Puccini: Tosca

    Philips - 1976

    Curved Air    October 17th, 2023

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