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Verdi: Luisa Miller / Cleva, Moffo, Bergonzi, MacNeil

Verdi / Moffo / Rca Italiana Orchestra / Cleva Release Date: 08/28/2015
Label: Sony Catalog #: 88875073462
Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi Performer:  Anna Moffo ,  Carlo Bergonzi ,  Cornell MacNeil ,  Giorgio Tozzi  ...  Conductor:  Fausto Cleva Orchestra/Ensemble:  RCA Italian Opera Orchestra ,  RCA Italian Opera Chorus Number of Discs: 2

One of RCA’s great stars was the glamorous American soprano Anna Moffo, and one of her most celebrated Verdi roles is featured in this new release. From 1965, we have Moffo in the title role of Luisa Miller, “one of her best recordings” (MusicWeb International). The rest of the cast is no less distinguished: “Carlo Bergonzi is his usual, aristocratic self and also is in excellent voice. Cornell MacNeil is exactly right for Miller, the quintessential Verdi baritone role” (ClassicsToday). (ClassicsToday). Read less