Maria Caniglia & Mario Basiola - Madamigella Valery? [La traviata Violetta/Germont duet ] - 1939

One used to be able to listen to this recording track by track on Spotify, but it's been removed and now only exists as a full-length recording uploaded to YouTube. But this scene deserves its own place for separate admiration and study, not least because of the incisive and tender(!) Germont of Basiola, one of my favorite baritones of all time, and for the tragic inflections of Caniglia, who gives one the sense that what was used to be made of Violetta was not new or unique to Callas, masterful interpreter that she was. The musical drama of the character and the use of the voice was something that had been "in the air" for at least two or three generations earlier.

Violetta Valery - Maria Caniglia
Giorgio Germont - Mario Basiola
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Vittorio Gui
May 22, 1939

00:00 Madamigella Valery?
02:59 Pura siccome un angelo
06:11 È grave il sacrifizio
10:02 Dite all giovine
14:15 Imponete

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