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    Pass on La Rondine
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    Quote Originally Posted by sospiro View Post
    Pass on La Rondine
    Same here..

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    Quote Originally Posted by notreally View Post
    La Rondine by Giacomo Puccini
    This one. Great recording. And Alagna doesn't sound so annoying as he does now.

    But has anyone heard the Anna Moffo recording? I'm constantly thinking of buying it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by notreally View Post
    La Rondine by Giacomo Puccini
    My only version so default vote......

    Not a favorite opera for me, I skip the begining and end and just listen to middle nightclub sequence

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    My pick is the Maazel with Te Kanawa and Domingo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DarkAngel View Post
    My only version so default vote......

    Not a favorite opera for me, I skip the begining and end and just listen to middle nightclub sequence
    But the first act is so great! At least when you have a proper Prunier.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aksel View Post
    But the first act is so great! At least when you have a proper Prunier.
    It reminds me of the 1st act of Arabella/Capriccio.......

    idle parlor chit chat among a group of bored rich people

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    Quote Originally Posted by DarkAngel View Post
    It reminds me of the 1st act of Arabella/Capriccio.......

    idle parlor chit chat among a group of bored rich people
    Yes, but it's so much FUN!

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    3 votes for Pappano (Aksel, DarkAngel, notreally)
    1 vote for Maazel (MAuer)


    Conductor Antonio Pappano - 1996(STU)
    Orchestra - London Symphony Orchestra
    Chorus - London Voices
    Magda de Civry - Angela Gheorghiu
    Ruggero Lastouc - Roberto Alagna
    Ramblado Fernandez - Alberto Rinaldi
    Lisette - Inva Mula(-Tchako)
    Prunier - William Matteuzzi
    Yvette - Patrizia Bicciré
    Bianca - Patrizia Ciofi
    Suzy - Monica Bacelli
    Perichaud - Riccardo Simonetti
    Gobin - Toby Spence
    Crebillon - Enrico Fissore
    Georgette - Patrizia Bicciré
    Gabriella - Patrizia Ciofi
    Lolette - Monica Bacelli
    Rabonier - Enrico Fissore
    Uno Studente - Andrew Busher
    Maggiordomo - Enrico Fissore
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    Compact Disc - EMI CDS 5 56338-2 {2CDS}


    Conductor Lorin Maazel - 1981(STU)
    Orchestra - London Symphony Orchestra
    Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus
    Magda de Civry - Kiri Te Kanawa
    Ruggero Lastouc - Plácido Domingo
    Ramblado Fernandez - Leo Nucci
    Lisette - Mariana Nicolesco
    Prunier - David Rendall
    Yvette - Lilian Watson
    Bianca - Gillian Knight
    Suzy - Linda Finnie
    Perichaud - Lindsay Benson
    Gobin - Vernon Midgley
    Crebillon - David Beavan
    Georgette - Maryetta Midgley
    Gabriella - Mary Thomas
    Lolette - Ursula Connors
    Rabonier - Bruce Ogston
    Uno Studente - Alan Byers
    Maggiordomo - Oliver Broome
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
    Black Disc; - CBS «Masterworks» D2 37852 {2LPS} (UK) (1983)ª
    Compact Cassette; - CBS «Materworks» 40-D2 37852 (UK) (1983)ª
    Compact Disc; - CBS «Masterworks» M2K-37852 {2CDS} (1985)ª; *CBS/SONY 60DC 150-1 {2CDS} (Japan)

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    La sonnambula by Vincenzo Bellini

    Pass.

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    This one for me

    Annie

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    1955 live Callas.....Bernstein conducting
    Compromised sound in a thrilling live performance, a great artist captured in full glorious flight

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    Have to pass on La Sonnambula.

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    1 vote for Bernstein (DarkAngel)
    1 vote for De Marchi (sospiro)


    Conductor Leonard Bernstein - 1955(LI)
    Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
    Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
    Amina - Maria Callas
    Elvino - Cesare Valletti
    Rodolfo - Giuseppe Modesti
    Lisa - Eugenia Ratti
    Alessio - Pier Luigi Latinucci
    Notaro - Giuseppe Nessi
    Teresa - Gabriella Carturan
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    Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 32/3 {3LPS}; Turnabout THS 65151/3 {3LPS} Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 108 {3LPS}
    Compact Disc; - Myto MCD 890.06 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1139 {2CDS} (1998)ª; EMI CMS 5 67906-2 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 5001 (+La traviata +Tosca +Medea) {8CDS} (2002)ª; Myto «Historical» 2MCD 89006 {2CDS} (2008)ª; Dynamic 552 (Bellini operas) {24CDS} (2008)ª


    Conductor Alessandro De Marchi - 2008(STU)
    Orchestra - La Scintilla
    Chorus - Opernhaus Zürich
    Amina - Cecilia Bartoli
    Elvino - Juan Diego Flórez
    Rodolfo - Ildebrando d' Arcangelo
    Lisa - Gemma Bertagnolli
    Alessio - Peter Kálmán
    Notaro - Javier Camarena
    Teresa - Liliana Nikiteanu
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    Compact Disc; - Decca 478 1084 {2CDS} (2008)ª

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