Notes: | EMI Classics: 7243 5 65448 2 6 (7243 5 65449 2 5--7243 5 65450 2 7) (on container: CDMB 7243 5 65448 2 6). Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, based on the play Polyeucte by Pierre Corneille. Compact discs. Program notes in English by J. Steane and M. Parouty, synopsis by D. Ashman and Italian libretto with English translation by T. Kaufman in accompanying booklet. Maria Callas, soprano ; Franco Corelli, tenor ; Ettore Bastianini, baritone ; Nicola Zaccaria, bass ; other soloists ; Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano ; Antonino Votto, conductor. Recorded Dec. 7, 1960, Teatro alla Scala, Milano. Sung in Italian.
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