In 1961 two great singers made their Met Opera debuts together in Verdi's Il Trovatore. As Franco Corelli and Leontyne Price ended their first performance on the famous New York stage their curtain calls went on for forty minutes.
A week later they were back to do it all again, still with Fausto Cleva's masterly direction from the podium, and this time for the benefit also of radio listeners. This stunning performance, heard now in Pristine's superb Ambient Stereo XR remastered sound, is truly unmissable.
We also celebrate the 150th birthday of legendary conductor Pierre Monteux, with a 20% discount on all his Pristine releases this week.