Really excellent sound and some extremely enthusiastic applause.

Mirella Parutto began her career at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, as Elena in Boito’s Mefistofele, in 1958, and the following year, appeared for the first time at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, as Amelia in Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera. She then sang widely in Italy, appearing in Florence, Naples, Parma, Genoa, Palermo, Trieste, Venice, Cagliari, Catania, etc. Her roles included Matilde in Guglielmo Tell, Abigail in Nabucco, Leonora in both Il trovatore and La forza del destino, the title role in Aida, Maddalena in Andrea Chénier, etc.

In 1965, she turned to mezzo-soprano roles, as you can hear intimations of here. This distinguished recording has all the principals in freshest voice and includes the oft-cut ‘Ciel!... non m’inganna’ [track 18 CD2]