Giuseppe Verdi – Otello (Private Live Recording)

Overview

This private 1948 Penzance Records LP captures highlights from Verdi’s dramatic Otello with Ramón Vinay in the title role, Licia Albanese as Desdemona, Leonard Warren as Iago, Clifford Har, John Garnis, Thomas Hayward and Nicola Morcona rounding out the cast. Fritz Busch conducts this rare live concert excerpt of Acts I–II and the conclusion of Act III, preserving the fervor of mid‑20th‑century Verdi interpretation.

Product Features

• Format: 12″ Vinyl LP, Mono (private pressing)
• Label & Catalog: Penzance Records – #18
• Country: USA (private release)
• Recorded: December 18, 1948 (live)
• Genre: Classical – Opera Excerpts

• Principal Cast:

  • Otello – Ramón Vinay (tenor)
  • Desdemona – Licia Albanese (soprano)
  • Iago – Leonard Warren (baritone)
  • Cassio – John Garnis (tenor)
  • Roderigo – Thomas Hayward (tenor)
  • Lodovico – Nicola Morcona (bass)
  • Emilia – Marthe Lyon (mezzo‑soprano)
• Conductor: Fritz Busch

• Content:

  • Side 1: Act I highlights; Act II opening up to Cassio’s exile
  • Side 2: Continuation of Act II; key duets and ensembles
  • Side 3: Conclusion of Act III

Publishers and Artists

• Label: Penzance Records (#18), private pressing
• Conductor: Fritz Busch
• Cast: Ramón Vinay, Licia Albanese, Leonard Warren, John Garnis, Thomas Hayward, Nicola Morcona, Marthe Lyon
• Recording: Live concert excerpts, December 18, 1948

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