Puccini Edgar Teatro Regio di Torino

Puccinis operas are among the most beloved and bestknown works in the classical repertoire but Edgar may be unknown even to aficionados at least as it is presented here This original fouract version of Edgar first performed in 1889 was believed lost for over a century when Puccinis granddaughter Simonetta discovered the score fully intact in 2008 In addition to the third acts funeral music which Arturo Toscanini conducted at Puccinis funeral in 1924 listeners may recognize the duet from the nowrestored fourth act cut by Puccini in subsequent revisions of the work it bears more than a passing similarity to the thirdact duet in Tosca