I Lombardi The Met (1993)

James Levines love for this seldomheard score infuses every measure of Verdis music Superstar Luciano Pavarotti heads the cast as the Muslim warrior prince Oronte who converts to Christianity out of love for the Italian Giselda Lauren Flaniganbefore dying of the wounds he received in battling the Crusaders Samuel Ramey is the Crusaderturnedhermit Pagano Mark Lamoss striking production has sets by John Conklin and costumes by Dunya Ramicova