CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA PAGLIACCI Domingo (DVD)

Tenor superstar Placido Domingo performs the rare feat of singing the lead roles in both Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci in a single evening, in this 1976 live performance from Japan. In the former, Domingo is partnered by the magnificent mezzo-soprano Fiorenza Cossotto; he is joined in Pagliacci by soprano Elena Mauti-Nunziata as Nedda and Benito di Bella as Tonio. NB: Embedded Japanese subtitles remain on screen throughout, with the option to view additional subtitles in English, French, German, Italian or Spanish. Color, 158 minutes, 4:3, All regions CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA Opera in One Act Music by Pietro Mascagni Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti & Guido Menasci, after the novella by Giovanni Verga Cast: Santuzza - Fiorenza Cossotto Turiddu - Plácido Domingo Alfio - Attilio d’Orazi Mamma Lucia - Nella Verri Lola - Gabriella Novielli PAGLIACCI Opera in Two Acts Music and Libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo Cast: Canio - Plácido Domingo Nedda - Elena Mauti-Nunziata Tonio - Benito di Bella Silvio - Lorenzo Saccomani Beppe - Piero De Palma Villagers - Paolo Mazzotta, Pietro di Vietri NHK Symphony Orchestra Union of Japan Professional Choruses Hibari Children’s Chorus Oliviero de Fabritiis, conductor Antonello Madau Díaz, stage director (September 5, 1976, NHK Hall, Tokyo)