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A Star Is Born

Donald Macleod follows Puccini's path from small town church musician to fame and fortune on the operatic stage.

Donald Macleod follows Puccini's path from small town church musician to fame and fortune on the operatic stage.

Nessun Dorma (Turandot)
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta (conductor)

Straniero ascolta... Figlio del Cielo (Turandot, Act 2)
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Franco Corelli (tenor)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor)

A te
Placido Domingo (tenor)
Julius Rudel (piano)

Missa di Gloria (Kyrie)
Jose Carreras (tenor)
Hermann Prey (baritone)
Ambrosian Singers
Philharmonia Orchestra
Claudio Scimone (conductor)

Crisantemi
Martfeld Quartett

Ansia eternal, crude!... Presto! in fila! (Manon Lescaut, Act 3)
Kiri te Kanawa (soprano)
Jose Carreras, Carlo Gaifa (tenors)
Natale de Carolis (baritone)
Giorgio Tadeo (bass)
Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Riccardo Chailly (conductor).

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