Eileen Farrell in New Orleans 1963/1967 (CD)

Live performances from the New Orleans Opera feature one of the great sopranos of the twentieth century in scenes from La Forza del Destino and La Gioconda.
[2006, Mono, 73 minutes]

Scenes from LA FORZA DEL DESTINO (Verdi)

Act I, scene 1 (complete) [16:19]
Act II, scene 2 (complete) [30:14]
Act IV, scene 2 (complete) [13:21]

Leonora - Eileen Farrell
Marquis of Calatrava - Ara Berberian
Curra - Lydia Neumann
Don Alvaro - Richard Cassilly
Fra Melitone - Raymond Michalski
Padre Guardiano - Nicola Moscona
Don Carlo - Dino Dondi

Orchestra and Chorus of the New Orleans Opera
Renato Cellini, conductor
(Live performance, November 16, 1963)

*****

Scenes from LA GIOCONDA (Ponchielli)

E un anatèma! [3:24]
Suicidio! [4:22]
Ora posso morire (to end of opera) [5:25]

Gioconda - Eileen Farrell
Laura - Nell Rankin
Barnaba - Chester Ludgin

Orchestra of the New Orleans Opera
Anton Guadagno, conductor
(Live performance, March 2, 1967)