Delilah betrays Sampson, Radamès betrays his country in Aida, Lt. Pinkerton betrays Butterfly, and more. Among the betrayers and the betrayed are Christa Ludwig, Angela Gheorghiu, Maria Callas, Beniamino Gigli, James King, and Carlo Bergonzi.
Betrayed!!!
Nedda and Canio from Pagliacci by Leoncavallo - The Victrola Book of the Opera, 1917.
Playlist
“Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix” from Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saëns
Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano; James King, tenor; Munich Radio Orchestra; Giuseppe Patanè, conductor
(Munich 1973. EURODISC 7793‐2‐RG)
“Vesti La Giubba” from Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Beniamino Gigli, tenor; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano; Franco Ghione, conductor
(Milan 1934. NAXOS 8.11055)
“Con onor muore” from Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
Maria Callas, soprano; Nicolai Gedda, tenor; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
(Milan 1955. EMI CDC 7 47960 2)
“Tu…Amonasro!…tu!…il Re?” from Aida by Giuseppe Verdi
Renata Tebaldi, soprano; Giulietta Simionato, mezzo-soprano; Carlo Bergonzi, tenor; Cornell MacNeil, baritone; Arnold van Mill, bass; Vienna Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
(Vienna 1959. DECCA 289 460 980‐2)