AIDA from 1929

Published: Dec. 9, 2011, 4:57 a.m.

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The very first recording of opera I heard and still my favorite opera. This 1929 commercial recording under Carlo Sabajno with the Scala orchestra and chorus brings back so many fond memories.(Despite my having to lug all those 78 r.p.m. discs home from the library.)

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\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The cast features Dusolina Giannini,Aureliano Pertile, Irene Minghini-Cattaneo, Giovanni Inghilleri, and Luigi Manfrini (Ramfis.)\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 (72 min.)

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\\xa0\\xa0 If not for this recording, I would have been a normal human being.

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