Verdi/ Callas/ Penno/ Votto - Il Trovatore Format:CD By her own admission

By her own admission

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Linda Catlin Smith

even with the benefit of the composer himself in charge

Verdi/ Callas/ Penno/ Votto - Il Trovatore Format:CD By her own admissionThis by now and long legendary 1953 live recording of Giuseppe Verdi's Il Trovatore features a cast, conductor and orchestra that makes it difficult to imagine better. Led by Maria Callas and Carlo Tagliabue as Leonora and Count di Luna, the cast also features Ebe Stignani, Gino Penno and Giuseppe Modesti, among others. The legendary conductor Antonino Votto, often partnered with Ms. Callas, in this period, leads the Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala,