Puccini: TOSCARenata Tebaldi, Gianni Poggi & Gian Giacomo Guelfi head the cast in this live performance from the 1961. The NHK Symphony Orchestra, NHK Italian Opera Chorus, and the Tokyo Broadcasting Chorus are under the direction of Arturo Basile. Embedded Japanese subtititles remain on screen throughout, with optional subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, & Spanish. 132 min. Genre: Opera Catalogue #: 4416 Label: Vai #CDs: 1 Format: DVD

Catalogue #: H/CD 9347

Kathleen Smyth

Catalogue #: WLCD0012

along with excerpts from a performance by the Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra

Ingrid Bjorner/ G

In 1959 Pierre Founier appeared at the CBC and performed two landmark works for solo cello – the Suite No

Artist: Elisabeth Grümmer under the baton of Ferenc Fricsay

and Frederick Ashton in the Sadler’s Wells (Royal Ballet) production of Tchaikovsky’s classic

Jo Vincent

Louis Armstrong

Genre: Opera Catalogue #: 2MCD906

Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall