Listening and discussion begin at 2:00 PM.

In addition to this Vestale, 1970 saw Scotto performing a number of operas much identified with Callas: La Sonnambula in Madrid, La Traviata in Verona, and Lucia di Lammermoor in Marseille, as well as her controversial debut in I Vespri Siciliani on La Scala’s opening night, the occasion of a widely-seen backstage photo of Scotto (still in costume) greeting Callas. — Christopher Corwin

Spontini: La Vestale (in Italian)

Florence Maggio Musicale
5 May 1970

Giulia: Renata Scotto
Gran Vestale: Oralia Dominguez
Licinio: Franco Tagliavini
Cinna Mirto Picchi
Grande sacerdote: Graziano Del Vivo
Aruspice: Giorgio Giorgetti

Vittorio Gui, conductor

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