L’ELISIR D’AMORE:Donizetti
Original Air Date: 03/14/1981
Rescigno; Pavarotti, Blegen, Bruscantini, Ellis
SID.19150530
This cast is represented (at least Blegen and Pavarotti) as far back as 1974 AND 1978 for on Met Opera on Demand (MOoD) as is this one in its video incarnation. Ellis is not what I want in Belcore and Bruscantini is an OK Dulcamara, but I was raised on Corena, and until Maestri started singing these roles we really did not have dependable buffo basses for almost 30 years. The 1978 performance documents Pavarotti’s only broadcast L’Elisir with Corena, but my preferred Corena broadcast is 1972 which features four natives at the top of their form: Scotto, Bergonzi, Sereni, and Corena. That performance is available on MOoD as well. L’Elisir is programmed on Sirius as frequently as Boheme. It’s a more fragile piece and along with Don Pasquale need to be rotated more sparingly.
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