Gli Ugonotti (Les Huguenots) FULL 1962 audio & PHOTOS Corelli Sutherland Simionato Ghiaurov LIVE sub

Recorded at the Teatro alla Scala on June 7*, 1962. (*some editions give May 28 as the recording date) The 170+ photos illustrating the performance are the work of Scala&in-house photographer, Erio Piccagliani. (Some were taken during rehearsals, so the costumes/hair are different here and there.) Giacomo Meyerbeer: Gli Ugonotti (Les Huguenots) - sung in Italian Teatro alla Scala, 1962 Raoul de Nangis, a Protestant gentleman - Franco Corelli (tenor) Valentine, daughter of Count de Saint-Bris - Giulietta Simionato (mezzo-soprano) Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre - Joan Sutherland (soprano) Marcel, a Huguenot soldier, Raoul&servant - Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass) the Count of Saint-Bris, a Catholic gentleman - Giorgio Tozzi (bass) Urbain, the Queen&page - Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo-soprano) the Count of Nevers, a Catholic gentleman - Wladimiro Ganzarolli (baritone) Thavannes, a Catholic gentleman - Piero De Palma (tenor) Cossé, a Catholic gentleman - Giuseppe Bertinazzo (tenor) Thoré, a Catholic gentleman - Manuel Spatafora (baritone) De Retz, a Catholic gentleman - Antonio Cassinelli (bass) Méru, a Catholic gentleman - Alfredo Giacomotti (bass) Bois-Rosé, a Huguenot soldier - Walter Gullino (tenor) Maurevert, a Catholic gentleman - Silvio Maionica (bass) An archer of the night guard - Virgilio Carbonari (bass) A lady-in-waiting of Queen Marguerite - Clara Foti (mezzo-soprano) A servant of the Count of Nevers - Angelo Mercuriali (tenor) Four gentlemen - Walter Gullino...