Puccini - Il Trittico - Freni, Giacomini, Nucci, Algna - Bartoletti 19913CDs - DDD
Il Tabarro 51'53, Suor Angelica 57'34, Gianni Schicchi 53'04
DECCA 1994
Performer: Giuseppe Giacomini, Elena Suliotis, Roberto Alagna, Leo Nucci, Juan Pons, Mirella Freni
Conductor: Bruno Bartoletti
Orchestra/Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra, Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus
Date of Recording: 1991
Venue: Teatro Verdi, Florence
Angelica thanks her sisters and states she is happy (knowing she will soon die to be with her son). This scene is capped with a pianissimo high C that is jaw dropping in its beauty. If you loved Freni's high C# at the close of Butterfly's entrance, then you will love this. It's one of the most ravishing musical moments I have ever heard.
Bartoletti's conducting is inspired and thoughtful, full of passion and drama and he shapes the intermezzo beautifully. Listen to the inflection in Freni's voice as she sings goodbye to her sisters. You can hear her smiling; she is happy. --Amazon customer
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