Italiana in Algeri Baltsa-Lopardo-Raimondi Claudio Abbado

A few days before my beloved Agnes' birthday (on November the 19th she turns 62!) i begin this personal Agnes Baltsa Festival! I m gonna be uploading a rare or less rare Baltsa recording everyday till the 19th! Today, it is my all time favourite Italiana in Algeri. A most amazing performance, and i mean it, sooooo much energy, so humorous, so sexy! Its the radio broadcast of the original Jean Pierre Ponnelle performance and its a looooot better than the Deutsche Grammophon recording.

Here s the cast:

Isabella - Agnes Baltsa
Lindoro: Frank Lopardo
Mustafa: Ruggiero Raimondi
Taddeo: Enzo Dara
Elvira: Patricia Pace

Claudio Abbado
Vienna 28 September 1987

http://rapidshare.com/files/3184930/ItalianaBaltsa1987-1.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/3193994/ItalianaBaltsa1987-2.rar

Enjoy!