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International Record Review 

 '... here we have a pair of verismo operas... The translations used are by Edmund Tracey and... convey the flavour of the dramas vividly... these operas work in English. Dennis O'Neill is the Canio and Turiddu and he's equally exciting as both... The menace in Canio's First Act mini-lecture to the locals about the difference between life on stage and real life is palpable and his rising lack of control on the play scene is suitably terrifying... This is strong stuff, served hot.'

CHAN 3005

5 January 2009

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Cavalliera Rusticana
Country Manners, (1890-Rome)
Melodrama in one act
Libretto by G. Targioni-Tozzetti & G Menasci
English translation by Edmund Tracey

The Cast
Dennis O'Neill, tenor - Turiddu
Nelly Miricioiu, soprano - Santuzza
Phillip Joll, baritone - Alfio
Diana Montague, soprano - Lola
Elizabeth Bainbridge, contralto - Lucia

Pagliacci
The Touring Company
Opera in a prologue and two acts

The Cast
Alan Opie, baritone - Tonio
Dennis O'Neill, tenor - Canio
Peter Bronder, tenor - Beppe
Rosa Mannion, soprano - Nedda
William Dazeley, baritone - Silvio
Paul Parfitt, bass-baritone - local
Peter Hall, tenor - local 
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
The Peter Kay Children`s Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
David Parry - conductor
Brad Cohen - assistant conductor

Recorded in Blackheath Halls, London
7-10 August 1997
Producer - Brian Couzens
Sound engineer - Ben Connellan
Assistant engineer - Richard Smoker

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