It’s Corelli two ways and across nearly two decades in this dream double bill of Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci.

Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana

Metropolitan Opera
Carlo Felice Cillario, conductor
18 June 1973

In-house recording

Santuzza – Elinor Ross
Turiddu – Franco Corelli
Alfio – Guillermo Sarabia
Lola – Judith Forst
Mamma Lucia – Batyah Godfrey Ben-David

Ruggiero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci

RAI Orchestra and Chorus, Milano
Alfredo Simonetto, conductor
26 September 1954

Canio – Franco Corelli
Tonio – Tito Gobbi
Nedda – Mafalda Micheluzzi
Silvio – Lino Puglisi
Beppe – Maro Carlin