Friday 2 October 2020

Handel - Serse (Piero Bellugi) [2CD]


G.F. Handel


SERSE, opera in tre atti, HWV 40


performed by

Luigi Alva, tenor (Serse)

Mirella Freni, soprano (Romilda)

Rolando Panerai, baritone (Arsamene)

Fiorenza Cossotto, mezzo-soprano (Atalanta)

Irene Companez, alto (Amastris)

Leonardo Monreale, bass (Ariodate)

Franco Calabrese, bass (Elviro)

 

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala

(on modern instruments)

Piero Bellugi, dir.


Edition: Urania 2012
Recorded live, 1962
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bonus:

Handel - Alcina (selection)


Joan Sutherland (Alcina)
Mirella Freni (Oberto)
Luigi Alva (Oronte)
Graziella Sciutti (Morgana)
Teresa Berganza (Ruggiero)

London Symphony Orchestra

Richard Bonynge, dir.

Recording: 3-4/1962

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TT: 99'54'' (Serse), 39'50'' (Alcina)