Verdi: La Traviata
Renata Scotto (Violetta), Gianni Raimondi (Alfredo), Ettore Bastianini (Giorgio Germont)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Antonino Votto
The first of Scotto's two studio recordings of Traviata finds her in fresher voice than her later attempt under Muti, though her colleagues here are less distinguished.
Verdi: La Traviata
Renata Scotto (Violetta), Gianni Raimondi (Alfredo), Ettore Bastianini (Giorgio Germont)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Antonino Votto
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The first of Scotto's two studio recordings of Traviata finds her in fresher voice than her later attempt under Muti, though her colleagues here are less distinguished.
About
Contents and tracklist
- Renata Scotto (soprano), Norberto Mola, Gianni Raimondi (tenor), Franco Ricciardi (tenor), Virgilio Carbonari (bass), Giuliana Tavolaccini (soprano), Giuseppe Morresi (bass), Silvio Maionica (bass), Armanda Bonato (mezzo-soprano), Ettore Bastianini (baritone), Angelo Mercuriali (tenor)
- Teatro alla Scala
- Antonino Votto
- Recorded: 1962-07-02
- Recording Venue: Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Awards and reviews
October 2007
The first of Scotto's two studio recordings of Traviata finds her in fresher voice than her later attempt under Muti, though her colleagues here are less distinguished.
2010 edition
It is worth having the 1962 DG La Scala set for the moving and deepy considered singing of Renata Scotto as Violetta...she gives one of the most complete portraits, with thrilling coloratura in Act I and with the closing scene unforgettably moving.
