Libretto by Eugène Scribe and Charles Duveyrier ; Italian translation by Arnaldo Fusinato. Maria Callas, soprano (Elena) ; Mafalda Masini, mezzo-soprano (Ninetta) ; Giorgio Kokolios-Bardi (Arrigo), Gino Sarri (Danieli), Aldo de Paoli (Tebaldo), Brenno Ristori (Manfredo), tenors ; Enzo Mascherini (Guido di Monforte), Lido Pettini (Roberto), baritones ; Boris Christoff (Giovanni da Procida), Bruno Carmassi (Bethune), Mario Frosini (Vaudemont), basses ; Coro e orchestra del Maggio musicale fiorentino ; Erich Kleiber, conductor. Recorded live May 26, 1951 in the Teatro comunale, Florence. Compact discs. Program notes by Tony Locantro, biographical notes on the performers, and synopsis, in English with French and German translations (29 pages : ports.) inserted in container.
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