Two Sleepwalkers

December 16, 2017, 4:30 pm

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“Out, out damned spot” sings Leontyne Price as Lady Macbeth as she sleepwalks with blood on her hands. Maria Callas, as Amina in La sonnambula, awakes from her nocturnal rambling to find that love conquers all.

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Verdi: “Una Macchia e qui Tuttora” from Macbeth
Leontyne Price with Corinna Vozza and Robert Hage with the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
Conducted by Francesco Molinari‐Pradelli
Recorded in Rome in 1967
RCA VICTOR 09026‐61236‐2

Bellini: “Ah! Non Credea Mirarti… Ah! Non Giunge” from La Sonnambula
Maria Callas with the Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Conducted by Tullio Serafin
Recorded in Milan in 1955
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