LIVE: Germana Di Giulio & Ferracuti - No, Turiddu, rimani ancora [Cavalleria rusticana] - 1949

I can't get enough of her! And now I'm finally getting around to splitting up a couple of her live recordings into separate tracks so that you can enjoy too.
Cavalleria rusticana
Live from Auckland, New Zealand
March 9, 1949
Santuzza - Germana Di Giulio
Turridu - Aldo Ferracuti
Conductor - Manno Wolf-Ferrari
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[@jlb9368]

This is singing at a completely different level 🎉 No wonder people were enthralled with this art form - how could be anything but devastated when you listen to this supreme level of commitment?

[@gabrioxxx]

Che brava.

[@alvarodecampostabacaria4223]

WOW! I'd never heard her before… speechless, amazing, thanks for sharing!

[@Ruffiello]

I love her, too! Her recordings are so hard to come by. First became familiar through the Rasponi book. Thank you for sharing this!

[@Ruffiello]

@@DramaticTenor The Last Prima Donnas by Lanfranco Rasponi. A "must read"!

[@Tkimba2]

Niente meno che divina

[@kyleaustin7045]

Not a single applause. What's wrong with the audience?
Di Giulio is awesome

[@alvarodecampostabacaria4223]

and she never made it in big theatres.. Guess how rich opera was back then!!!

[@Tkimba2]

​@@alvarodecampostabacaria4223 it was rich but even than it was corrupted by nepotism and politics.

[@alvarodecampostabacaria4223]

@@Tkimba2 so true.

[@Praenestinus]

Conductor - Ermanno Wolf Ferrari

[@trrill]

The conductor is Manno Wolf-Ferrari, nephew of the composer Ermanno.

[@Praenestinus]

Thanks!!

[@goldenagerecordings5295]

Do you know if there are more live recordings of her existing?

[@trrill]

The rest of this Cavalleria recording can be found in part or whole here on UA-cam. There is also a live Aida with her, Mario Basiola, Rafael Lagares, and Dora Minarchi. You can find excerpts on my channel, and another channel has recently uploaded the complete recording.

[@goldenagerecordings5295]

@@trrill Yes, but i mean other live performances except of these two. I hope so much that there is more with Di Giulio live...

[@trrill]

@@goldenagerecordings5295 There exists a live Pagliacci from the New Zealand tour with Basiola and Lagares, and though I can find no official mention of Di Giulio in the cast, there's a strong possibility it is she. Unfortunately it exists only on cassette in a library in New Zealand.

[@trrill]

@@goldenagerecordings5295 I take that back. If Di Giulio were the Santuzza in Cavalleria, she would not have been Nedda in the same night.

[@goldenagerecordings5295]

@@trrill Thanks! That Pagliacci would be great to have... But i believe that it is more likely that Mercedes Fortunati or Rina Malatrasi sang Nedda instead of Di Giulio. I read also that many of the New Zealand performances were broadcasted through a collaboration with the government. So, there survived maybe even more!