Moffo, Bergonzi, Sereni, Flagello - "Chi mi frena in tal momento?" Sextet + Scene

The second act Sextet and the rest of the scene (the Act 2 Finale - "T'allontana sciagurato...").

Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor
Anna Moffo
Carlo Bergonzi
Mario Sereni
Ezio Flagello

Georges Pretre conducting the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus.
1966

I have the full recording, so let me know if you want anything else posted.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• anna
• moffo
• carlo
• bergonzi
• lucia
• di
• lammermoor
• donizetti
• sextet

[Glenmed]

Wonderful blend of perfect voices. As good as it gets - and what a wonderful balance was achieved by the recording technicians. TY

[oegaziz43]

Ah Bergonzi--if we had him now! Thanks for post.

[lordpuas]

thank you

[TheMmesser]

What a recording and what a cast! Moffo at her best, and then the shear joy of Bergonzi.. This is my favorite Lucia. The engineers got it absolutely right; I feel that I was in the audience! Thanks

[andyrawn]

MARVELOUS simply MARVELOUS, thanks for posting a virtually perfect recording, featuring Moffo taking some extra & welcome artistic license! ANDY

[izwbcalico]

What a perfect version of this song. Gorgeous; thank you for posting!

[delora33]

So thrilling. Thank you so much for sharing.

[opera888able]

although i have fond memories of the old classic gigli,galli-curci,version, thisis a very worthy sub. Shame that Moffo's career was relitavely breif. Bergonz,i great.

[operablogger]

i love the fact you can hear someone draw their sword from its scabbard (listen closely to the point a few bars after the sextet ends), even though this was a studio recording rather than a fully staged performance. Now THAT's attention to detail!

[operablogger]

This is my absolute favorite recording of the opera "Lucia" -- every singer is letter-perfect throughout (the first act duet between Bergonzi and Moffo is simply magnificent!) and the reproduction is spectacular. The best of the RCA Italiana discs, to be sure.

[gverdi45]

thanks so much for posting this