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Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani Music

List Price	$35.98 (You save $9.73)
Label	RCA
Orig Year	8/10/1999
All Time Sales Rank	10374
CD Universe Part number	1132043
Catalog number	63492
Discs	3
Release Date	Aug 10, 1999

Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani Classical Review

Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars) 5 stars

5 stars This version is in italian language.
This studio recording was made on 1974 and digitally remastered on 1999 by BMG Music. This opera has not much version and this is a good production. The notes of the libreto are in english and the lyrics of the opera are in italian and the translate in english. The total playing time is 188 minutes. This recording is a complete italian version with dances, this opera was premiered in Paris on June 13, 1855.
Submitted by indelec (Santiago de Chile)
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Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani Music

Composers on Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani CD : Giuseppe Verdi

Conductors on Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani CD : James Levine

Genres on Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani CD : Opera, Romantic Period

Performers on Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani CD : Alan Byers, Placido Domingo, Kenneth Collins, Leo Goeke, Maria Ewing, Martina Arroyo, Sherrill Milnes, James Morris, Richard van Allan [Bass / Baritone Vocal], Ruggero Raimondi, Terence Sharpe

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