Poliuto FULL 1960 audio & PHOTOS Corelli Callas Bastianini Votto LIVE La Scala +SUBTITLES

Recorded at the Teatro alla Scala on 7 December 1960. The 200+ 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.) I&like to dedicate this video to our co-contributor on the channel, Graziano Corelli (Franco&good friend and second cousin), on the occasion of his 80th birthday 🎂❤️ Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto Teatro alla Scala, December 7, 1960 Poliuto, magistrate of Melitene, Roman convert to Christianity - Franco Corelli (tenor) Paolina, Poliuto&wife - Maria Callas (soprano) Severo, Roman Proconsul, former love of Paolina - Ettore Bastianini (baritone) Callistene, High Priest of Jupiter - Nicola Zaccaria (bass) Nearco, Christian leader, Poliuto&friend - Piero De Palma (tenor) Felice, Paolina&father, Governor of Armenia - Rinaldo Pelizzoni (tenor) Two Christians - Virgilio Carbonari, Giuseppe Morresi Conductor: Antonino Votto Chorus master: Norberto Mola Stage director: Herbert Graf Sets and costume designs: Nicola Benois Photos by Erio Piccagliani Place: Melitene Time: 257 A.D. Poliuto is a three-act tragic opera by Gaetano Donizetti from the Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, which was based on Pierre Corneille&play Polyeucte written in 1641–42. It reflected the life of the early Christian martyr Saint Polyeuctus. Although Donizetti wrote the opera in 1838, censorship forbade it from being performed. After a revised...