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Maria Callas & Nicola Rossi Lemeni – “Credete alle femmine” Duet Fiorilla-Selim – II Act I Scene “Il Turco in Italia” (1814) – Gioacchino Rossini. Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala – Milano – I M.° Gianadrea Gavazzeni Conductor Cast: Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Maria Callas, Franco Calabrese, Nicolai Gedda, Mariano Stabile. Album EMI – 1954.

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Maria Callas was in every sense the pioneer of the so-called “Rossini Renaissance”. Here, a musically impeccable “Terzetto”, full of “spirit”, really “buffo” and cynical, in the most appropriate “Rossini buffo” style. Maria Callas – Franco Calabrese & Mariano Stabile – “Si, mi e forza partir … Son la vite sul campo appassita”” Recitative and […]

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Montserrat Caballé – “Squallida veste e bruna” Aria of Fiorilla II Act – “Il Turco in Italia” (1814) – Gioacchino Rossini. Cast: Samuel Ramey – Leo Nucci – Enzo Dara – Ernesto Palacio – Paolo Barbacini – Jane Berbié. National Philarmonic Orchestra Ambrosian Opera Chorus Conductor M.° Riccardo Chailly SONY – 1990 (Remaster 2000 – […]

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“Il Turco in Italia” (1814) – Quintet II Act II Scene PART 3 (FINAL PART) “Questo vecchio maledetto” – Gioacchino Rossini. Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala – Milano – I M.° Gianadrea Gavazzeni Conductor Cast: Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Maria Callas, Franco Calabrese, Nicolai Gedda, Mariano Stabile. Album EMI – 1954 (1997 Digitally Remaster).

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Maria Callas – “Non si dà follia maggiore dell’amare un solo oggetto” Aria of Fiorilla – “Il Turco in Italia” (1814) – Gioacchino Rossini. Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala – Milano – I M.° Gianadrea Gavazzeni Conductor Cast: Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Maria Callas, Franco Calabrese, Nicolai Gedda, Mariano Stabile. Album EMI – 1954 (1997 Digitally Remaster). […]

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Teresa Berganza – “Amici, in ogni evento m’affido a voi. … Pensa alla Patria” – Recitative and Aria of Isabella – “L’Italiana in Algeri” (1813) – Gioacchino Rossini. Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino M.° Silvio Varviso Conductor Firenze – 1963.

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ACT I. In Algiers, at the seaside palace of the bey Mustafà, his wife, Elvira, complains that her husband no longer loves her; her attendants reply there is nothing she can do. Mustafà himself bursts in. Asserting he will not let women get the better of him, he sends Elvira away when she complains. Mustafà […]

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Lucia Valentini Terrani – “Cruda Sorte! Amor Tiranno!” Aria of Isabella – “L’Italiana in Algeri” (1813) – Gioacchino Rossini. Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino M.° Roberto Abbado Conductor LIVE at Teatro Comunale di Firenze, 22.10.1986.

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Lucia Valentini & Enzo Dara – “Ai capricci della sorte” Duet Isabella-Taddeo – “L’Italiana in Algeri” (1813) – Gioacchino Rossini. Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino M.° Roberto Abbado Conductor LIVE at Teatro Comunale di Firenze, 22.10.1986 “L’Italiana in Algeri” (“The Italian Girl in Algiers”) is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini […]

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It’s often said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But when it comes to music there are times when that flattery winds up more famous than its inspiration. For example, who comes to mind when the soul hit “Respect” is mentioned? Aretha Franklin, right? Well, fair enough. Still, the first version of the […]