De Banfield - Lord Byron’s Love Letter | Naxos - Historical 8111362

De Banfield - Lord Byron’s Love Letter

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Label: Naxos - Historical

Cat No: 8111362

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 31st January 2011

Contents

Artists

Astrid Varnay
Gertrude Ribla
Nicoletta Carruba
Mario Carlin
Academy Symphony Orchestra of Rome

Conductor

Nicola Rescigno

Artists

Astrid Varnay
Gertrude Ribla
Nicoletta Carruba
Mario Carlin
Academy Symphony Orchestra of Rome

Conductor

Nicola Rescigno

About

The RCA Victor recording of Raffaello de Banfield’s 1955 opera Lord Byron’s Love Letter is a true rarity, remaining in their catalogue for only a short time and never reissued on CD before now.

Based on a Tennessee Williams play set in late 19th-century New Orleans during the Mardi Gras, it revolves around an eccentric old lady, lost in the past, who displays to visitors an old love letter for money, purportedly by the rakish English poet. The opera was praised by Time magazine for its ‘vocal beauty’.

Cast:
- The Old Woman: Astrid Varnay
- The Spinster (Ariadne): Gertrude Ribla
- The Matron: Nicoletta Carruba
- The Husband: Mario Carlin

Recorded in Rome in 1958.

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