Sunday palate cleanser: Plácido in Zeffirelli’s Pagliacci

Zeffirelli does the most lush stagings, so here we go,

Pagliacci, by Leoncavallo. Full movie. Canio: Placido Domingo. Nedda: Teresa Stratas. Tonio: Juan Pons. Peppe: Florindo Andreolli. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Alla Scala. Conductor: Georges Pretre. Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli.

Libretto.

From the Amazon blurb:
Elena Obraztsova, Placido Domingo, and Renato Bruson star in this Mascagni opera production. Teresa Stratas, Placido Domingo, and Juan Pons star in this Leoncavallo opera production. Both are performed at La Scala with George Pretre conducting.

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