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Tending the
sacro fuoco this week at
Unnatural Acts of Opera will be that priestess of the primo ottocento
Leyla Gencer. The diva sings the title role in Spontini's
La Vestale in a performance from Teatro Massino di Palermo, December 4, 1969.
Ferando Previtali conducts, and the young
Renato Bruson is heard as Cinna. Also in the company:
Robleto Merolla (Licinio),
Agostino Ferrin (Il Sommo Sacerdote),
Franca Mattiucci (La Gran Vestale),
Enrico Campi (Un Console) and
Sergio Sisti (Un Aruspice).
For those of you in a more contemporary mood, Unnatural Acts of Video presents
Denise Duval in one of her Poulenc specialties.
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