I vespri siciliani
VERDI Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Orchestra & Chorus of Radiotelevisione Italiana Turin - Mario Rossi (Dir)
Label : Preiser Records
Artikelnummer: PR20048
1 CD
CHF 18.00
Soloists: Anita Cerquetti, Mario Ortica, Carlo Tagliabue, Boris Christoff, Giuliano Ferrein, Mario Zorgnotti, Miti Truccato Pace, Tommaso Soley, Walter Artioli, Cristiano Dalmangas, Sante Andreoli // The opera remembers the massacre of some 2000 French at Palermo in 1282. On that day a Frenchman molested a passing Sicilian woman, pretending to search her. She clutched at her husband who cried "Death to the French". From all sides the cry was taken up as the bell tolled for Vespers.