Hunter & Bergonzi RARE excerpt from Il Trovatore Covent Garden 1978

Rita Hunter & Carlo Bergonzi

Rita Hunter deputises for Martina Arroyo as Leonora in Verdi's Il Trovatore with Carlo Bergonzi as Manrico. At the time of this recording, Miss Hunter had not learned the Italian of this role. Therefore, she sang it in English while everyone else sang it in Italian.

3 April 1978

Chorus & Orchestra of
The Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Conducted by Edward Downes

D'amor sull'ali rosee
Miserere d'un alma gia vicina
Ah! che la morte ognora
Tu vedrai che amore in terra

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