Notes: | Opera; side 6 includes historical recordings of 2 arias from the opera. Sung in Italian; originally in French. Original French libretto by Eugène Scribe. Program notes by Thomas G. Kaufman, and Italian libretto with English translation ([40] p. : ill. ; 22 cm.) laid in container. "Private record." Automatic sequence. In the opera: Fedora Barbieri, mezzo-soprano; Gianni Poggi, tenor; Enzo Mascherini, baritone; Giulio Neri, bass; with assisting soloists; Orchestra and chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor. In the arias: Apollo Granforte, baritone; Ferruccio Corradetti, baritone; with orchestra. The opera recorded live in Florence, May 16, 1955.
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