Despite careful restoration, some defects and artifacts from the partially damaged mono tapes are audible, but the recording's historical significance justifies its release.
Composer Biography
Gaetano Donizetti, born in Bergamo in 1797, was one of Italy's most prolific opera composers, writing 58 operas by 1838.
Performer Biography
Fritz Wunderlich (1930-1966), a renowned German tenor, is featured as Ernesto, a role that demands both lyrical and ornamented singing skills.
Recording & Production
The original analog tapes for this recording were provided by the Fritz Wunderlich Society in Kusel and restored by TechneAudio.
Composition History
The libretto for Don Pasquale was written by Giovanni Ruffini and Gaetano Donizetti himself, using the pseudonym Michele Accursi.
Recording & Production
This album is a live recording from a performance at the Prinzregententheater in Munich on January 18, 1962, and was performed in German.
Composition History
Don Pasquale premiered to great success on January 3, 1843, at the Théâtre Italien in Paris, which was then the European capital of music.
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