Anhaltische Philharmonie Dessau - Santa LuciaDuring the late nineteenth century countless composers modeled their operas on Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana, hoping that this strategy would likewise bring them success. These composers included not only Leoncavallo with his Pagliacci but also the young composer Pierantonio Tasca. Although Tasca had grown up in Sicily, in A Santa Lucia he depicted Naples, Italy's largest city and a metropolitan world plagued by poverty and the everyday

The programme "Flute Tales" is very exciting and accessible for every listener

with a total of twenty-one songs

The germ of the concept of this album for Ellen Rose

Dick Haymes was one of the most stylish and popular vocalists of the 1940s and '50s

the protagonist is given a new aria "Donne vaghe i studi nostri"

in the vein of SLOW or CANAAN

as well as works by Michel Legrand and Leonard Bernstein

Having established their reputations as soloists

] After reaching a milestone with their Top 5 album on the Billboard 200

) for the resumption of television broadcasting in 1946

If Vesi ise here functions as a prelude

with a selection of airs by Rameau (from Hippolyte et Aricie