Renata Scotto

Seven complete operas starring Renata Scotto—great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set! Exciting live recordings taped 1965–1973! Renata Scotto is an artist unique for the intensity of her acting combined with a co

La straniera (The Foreigner) had a triumphant premiere on February 14, 1829 at La Scala,Milan. Bellini wrote to his librettist Felice Romani that the audience was enthusiastic “beyond belief,” and that the success surpassed that of Il pirat

Live performance,Tokyo, September 18, 1973. La traviata is among the most popular operas ever written. Today it is probably the most frequently performed of all 28 operas by Verdi. Based on one of the greatest love stories — La Dame aux Ca

Italian soprano Renata Scotto is perhaps the most acclaimed of all singers in the role of Madame Butterfly which was one of her specialties. She brought to it a perfection of style and youthful voice which have never been surpassed. At the

The Elixir of Love was the result of a commission from a panicked Milanese impresario in 1832. He needed a new opera to replace one that had fallen through, and who better to go to than Donizetti, the man who was known to churn out an entir