VERDI

 

Il Corsaro

 

CD 1:

Preludio - Atto I - Atto II

 

CD 2:

Atto III

 

José Carreras

Jessye Norman

Montserrat Caballé

New Philharmonia Orchestra/ Lamberto Gardelli

 

A superb performance by a star-studded cast including José Carreras, Jessye Norman and Montserrat Caballé in Verdi's exotic and passionate opera, based on Lord Byron's poem The Corsair, which tells of the pirate Corrado, and the two women who love him.

 

Recorded: London, August 1975

 

Philips 2cds 4756769