Santa Chiara - An opera by Prince Albert's brother

[BerlinExpat]

The recording is now in the downloads file with 3 mp3 files with a text file with cast list and synopsis.

My previous comment that the performance is "trimmed" was a bit of an understatement. How can one make an objective assessment of such a rare piece when its value is destroyed by additions and sometimes substantial cuts. Try following the opera with Litolff's vocal score and you will see!

[eschiss1]

Another alternate name for Tony was Die Hand der Vergeltung - the Hand of Vengeance.

[Jonathan]

Thanks for everyone's input on this regarding the origin and connection to the Liszt transcription (which is great fun to play!)