| Notes: | London: 414 590-2 (set); 414 591-2--414 592-2 (discs).
The first work is an opera in 1 act; the 2nd is an opera in 2 acts.
Librettos by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci after Giovanni Verga (1st work) and Ruggerio Leoncavallo (2nd work)
Originally issued in 1978.
Compact discs.
Durations: 1:08:00; 1:19:00.
Booklet, with program notes and synopses in English, French, German and Italian, and librettos in Italian, with English, French, and German translations (203 p. : ports.) laid in container.
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor ; Julia Varady (1st work), Mirella Freni (2nd work), sopranos ; Piero Cappuccilli, Ingvar Wixell, baritones ; Ida Bormida (1st work), Carmen Gonzales (1st work), Vincenzo Bello (2nd work), Lorenzo Saccomani (2nd work), Pacho Panocia (2nd work), Fernando Pavarotti (2nd work), supporting soloists ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Gianandrea Gavazzeni (1st work), Giuseppe Patanè€ (2nd work), conductors ; London Opera Chorus, Terry Edwards, chorus master.
Recorded June 1976 (1st work) and Mar.-Apr. 1977 (2nd work) in the Kingsway Hall, London.
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