Sutherland, Pavarotti & Verrett: TROVATORE of the DECADE (Opening Night, 1975)

Описание: ERROR: This video is THE COMPLETE RECORDING, Acts 1, 2, 3, and 4!

Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti make their debuts as Leonora and Manrico respectively, here heard on opening night and joined by Shirley Verrett.
A fiery performance from start to finish (hear, for instance, Verrett's lines before the final curtain--wow!).

Verdi: Il trovatore
Live in San Francisco, September 17, 1975.

Full cast:
Ferrando: Clifford Grant
Inez: Linda Roark
Leonora: Joan Sutherland*
Conte di Luna: Ingvar Wixell
Manrico: Luciano Pavarotti*
Azucena: Shirley Verrett (later replaced by Elena Obraztsova)
A Gypsy: John Davies
Messenger: John Duykers
Ruiz: Gary Burgess
Conductor: Richard Bonynge

role debut

My work on the sound here entails a little bit of EQ to increase the clarity and depth of the orchestra and voices and an adjustment of the playing speed in order to correct the pitch.

Enjoy!