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110258 rr PagliacciUS 21/01/2004 11:21am Page 1 N 8.110258 Ruggiero ADD AXOS Historical LEONCAVALLO Playing (Suite 509) Franklin, Tennessee, 37067, USA. Tennessee, (Suite 509) Franklin, America Inc., 416 Mary Lindsay Polk Drive, Distributed by: Naxos of h broadcasting and copying of this compact disc prohibited. translations reserved. Unauthorised public performance, All rights in this sound recording, artwork, texts and 8.110258 (1857-1919) Time 2004 & Pagliacci 68:54 g 2004 Naxos Rights International Ltd. Canio . Jussi Björling Ruggiero Leoncavallo’s two-act opera Pagliacci has always been Nedda . Victoria de los Angeles popular on record, with the first Tonio . Leonard Warren ‘complete’ recording made in 1907, under the supervision of the Silvio . Robert Merrill LEONCAVALLO: composer himself. The present Beppe . Paul Franke recording, described by the 1955 Villager . George Cehanovsky edition of the American Record Guide Pagliacci Villager . Richard Wright as “the most enjoyable performance we have ever heard” features Victoria de los Angeles in a rôle she The Columbus Boychoir (Herbert Huffman, director) had yet to sing on stage, and Jussi Björling whose interpretation of The Robert Shaw Chorale (Robert Shaw, director) Canio is far removed from the over- RCA Victor Orchestra • Renato Cellini dramatic portrayal favoured by some of his Italian contemporaries. Recorded 10th, 11th, 15th, 19th and 29th January, 1953 in The inclusion of two of the Metropolitan Opera’s finest Pagliacci Manhattan Center, New York baritones of the day, Leonard First issued on RCA Victor LM-6106 Warren and Robert Merrill, LEONCAVALLO: LEONCAVALLO: completes a memorable cast. 1 Prologue 7:44 ( Act II 2:55 2-& Act I 38:03 )-§ Commedia 17:05 MADE IN * Intermezzo 2:59 CANADA Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn www.naxos.com 8.110258 Acomplete track list can be found in the booklet Cover Image: Costume design for Canio from Pagliacci , 1892 (anonymous) AXOS Historical Credit: [The Art Archive / Museo Teatrale alla Scala Milan / Dagli Orti] N.

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