ZANDONAI: Francesca da Rimini From: Opera News | Date: January 1, 2008| Author: Siff, Ira | Copyright Metropolitan Opera Guild, Incorporated Jan 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

ZANDONAI: Francesca da Rimini

Scotto; Domingo, MacNeil, Lewis; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Levine. Production: Faggioni. DG 00440 073 4313, 150 mins., subtitkd

In 1984, Renata Scotto was queen of the Met, although her brilliant star was descending. Some vocal problems that had crept into her upper register were now descending as well, and it appeared that the remainder of her voice was threatened. It seemed odd at the time that James Levine chose Zandonai's Francesc...

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