This triple-CD set clearly cannot give an exhaustive picture of the Martina Franca Festival’s first thirty years. It was only from 1981 that the operas staged in the courtyard of Palazzo Ducale began to be recorded live and printed in LP and later in CD. Since its beginning the festival has been a stepping stone for many young singers destined for great careers. Among the most memorable performances we remember Devia in Puritani and in a magical modern premiere of Adelaide di Borgogna (1984), one of Zedda’s most successful revivals; then Aliberti (Semiramide in 1986 and Il pirata in 1987); as well as Cura, Pratico, La Scola, Pertusi, Surian and Vargas, who were called to sing at Martina Franca in days when not many theatres would have believed in them In later years the Festival has decided to give ample room to the younger generations (Ciofi, Tamar, Papi, Rivenq, Scaini, Grassi, Allegretta, Raspagliosi...) and to stage modern premieres, proposed in new critical editions by famous musicologists.

Among the most successful rediscoveries of recent years we like to remember the original versions of Macbeth and Simon Boccanegra and the French versions of Lucia di Lammermoor and Trovatore.

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＜Disc 1＞

01. George Frideric Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act I: Aria: Va tacito e nascosto

Martine Dupuy - mezzo-soprano / Orchestra Pro Arte Bassano / Marcello Panni - conductor

錄音時間：1989, Marina Franca Festival

02. Antonio Vivaldi: Farnace, RV 711: Quel torrente

Susan Long Solustri - mezzo-soprano / Soloists of the Graz Symphony Orchestra / Massimiliano Carraro - conductor

錄音時間：1991, Martina Franca Festival

03. Giovanni Paisiello: Il duello comico: Voglio ognor que mon mari

Stefania Donzelli - soprano / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Giuliano Carella - conductor

錄音時間：2002, Martina Franca Festival

04. Domenico Cimarosa: Le astuzie femminili: Io son dottor di legge

Simone Alaimo - baritone / Martina Franca Festival Orchestra / Massimo De Bernart - conductor

錄音時間：1984, Martina Franca Festival

05. Gioachino Rossini: Adelaide di Borgogna: Occhi miei piangeste assai - O cara immagine

Mariella Devia - soprano / Martina Franca Festival Orchestra / Alberto Zedda - conductor

錄音時間：1984, Martina Franca Festival

06. Gioachino Rossini: Ottelo, Act I: Duetto: No, non temer, serena

Simon Edwards - tenor / Gregory Bonfatti - tenor / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Paolo Arrivabeni - conductor

錄音時間：2000, Martina Franca Festival

07. Gioachino Rossini: La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone), Act II: Quell'alme pupil＼限定版＼le

Luigi Romanelli / William Matteuzzi - tenor / Graz Symphony Orchestra / Bruno Aprea - conductor

錄音時間：1993, Martina Franca Festival

08. Giovanni Pacini: L'Ultimo giorno di Pompei, Act I: Sopprimerlo? Ah, no, mai!

Iano Tamar - soprano / Raul Gimenez - tenor / Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Orchestra / Giuliano Carella - conductor

錄音時間：1996, Martina Franca Festival

09. Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, Act II: Mira, o Norma

Grace Bumbry - soprano / Lella Cuberli - soprano / Bari Symphony Orchestra / Michael Halasz - conductor

錄音時間：1977, Martina Franca Festival

Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (excerpts)

10. Act I: Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni

11. Act II: Ah, non credea mirarti

Patrizia Ciofi - soprano / Giuseppe Morino - tenor / Ferruccio Furlanetto - bass / Bratislava Chamber Choir / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Giuliano Carella - conductor

錄音時間：1994, Martina Franca Festival

12. Vincenzo Bellini: Il pirata, Act II: Col sorriso d'innocenza

Lucia Aliberti - soprano / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Alberto Zedda - conductor

錄音時間：1987, Martina Franca Festival

Saverio Mercadante: Il bravo (excerpts)

13. All'eta dell'innocenza

14. Della vita nel sentiero

Dino Di Domenico - tenor / Stefano Antonucci - baritone / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Bruno Aprea - conductor

錄音時間：1990, Martina Franca Festival

＜Disc 2＞

01. Gaetano Donizetti: Maria di Rohan, Act II: A morire incominiciai

Mariana Nicolesco - soprano / Giuseppe Morino - tenor / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Massimo De Bernart - conductor

錄音時間：1988, Martina Franca Festival

02. Gaetano Donizetti: Il fortunato inganno, Act II: Scaccia dal cor colei

Nicolas Rivenq - baritone / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Arnold Bosman - conductor

錄音時間：1998, Martina Franca Festival

Gaetano Donizetti: La favorita (excerpts)

03. Act II: Vien, Leonora, a' piedi tuoi

04. Act II: De' nemici tuoi lo sdegno

Paolo Coni - baritone / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Fabio Luisi - conductor

錄音時間：1989, Martina Franca Festival

05. Gaetano Donizetti: La zingara, Act I: Quid est homo sine femina?

Manuela Custer - contralto / Domenico Colajanni - bass / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Arnold Bosman - conductor

錄音時間：2001, Martina Franca Festival

Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani (excerpts)

06. Act I: Merce, diletti amici - Come rugiada al cespite

07. Act I: Ernani, involami

08. Act I: Che mai vegg'io? - Infelice, e tuo credevi

Daniela Dessi - soprano / Vincenzo La Scola - tenor / Michele Pertusi - bass baritone / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Giuliano Carella - conductor

錄音時間：1991, Martina Franca Festival

09. Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth, Act IV: Una macchia e qui tutt'ora

Iano Tamar - soprano / Sonia Lee - mezzo-soprano / Han-Gweong Jang - bass / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Marco Guidarini - conductor

錄音時間：1997, Martina Franca Festival

Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (excerpts)

10. Prologue: A te l'estremo addio

11. Prologue: Suona ogni labbro il mio

12. Act I: Come in quest'ora bruna

Annalisa Raspagliosi - soprano / Vittorio Vitelli - baritone / Francesco Ellero d' Artegna - bass / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Renato Palumbo - conductor

錄音時間：1999, Martina Franca Festival

13. Giacomo Puccini: Le Villi, Act II: Torna ai felici di

Jose Cura - tenor / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Bruno Aprea - conductor

錄音時間：1994, Martina Franca Festival

14. Umberto Giordano: Siberia, Act II: E' qui con te

Francesca Scaini - soprano / Jeong-Won Lee - tenor / Bratislava Chamber Choir / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Manlio Benzi - conductor

錄音時間：2003, Martina Franca Festival

＜Disc 3＞

01. Niccolo Piccinni: Roland, Act III: Viens. Je sais quelle route - De l'aimable objet

Luca Grassi - baritone / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / David Golub - conductor

錄音時間：2000, Martina Franca Festival

02. Giovanni Paisiello: Proserpine, Act II: Rendez-moi donc

Sara Allegretta - soprano / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Giuliano Carella - conductor

錄音時間：2003, Martina Franca Festival

03. Daniel-Francois Auber: Fra Diavolo: Or son sola

Luciana Serra - soprano / Martina Franca Festival Orchestra / Alberto Zedda - conductor

錄音時間：1981, Martina Franca Festival

Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots (excerpts)

04. Act II: O beau pays de la Touraine!

05. Act II: Ah! Si j'etais coquettte

Desiree Rancatore - soprano / Warren Mok - tenor / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Renato Palumbo - conductor

錄音時間：2002, Martina Franca Festival

06. Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert le diable (Robert the Devil), Act III: Voici donc les debris du monastere antique

Giorgio Surjan - bass / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Renato Palumbo - conductor

錄音時間：2000, Martina Franca Festival

07. Gaetano Donizetti: Lucie de Lammermoor, Act I: Que n'avons-nous des ailes? - Toi par qui mon coeur rayonne

Patrizia Ciofi - soprano / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Maurizio Benini - conductor

錄音時間：1997, Martina Franca Festival

Giuseppe Verdi : Le trouvere (excerpts)

08. Act I: L'amour ardent, l'amour sublime et tendre

09. Act I: La nuit est calme … Exile sure la Terre

Iano Tamar - soprano / Warren Mok - tenor / Nikola Mijalovic - baritone / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Marco Guidarini - conductor

錄音時間：1998, Martina Franca Festival

10. Charles-Francois Gounod: La reine de Saba (The Queen of Sheba), Act II: Faiblesse de la race humaine!

Jeong-Won Lee - tenor / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Manlio Benzi - conductor

錄音時間：2001, Martina Franca Festival

11. Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880): La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein, Act I: Ah! Que 'j'aime les militaires

Lucia Valentini-Terrani - mezzo-soprano / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Emmanuel Villaume - conductor

錄音時間：1996, Martina Franca Festival

12. Georges Bizet (1838-1875): Les pecheurs de perles (The Pearl Fisher), Act I: Au fond du temple saint

Giuseppe Morino - tenor / Bruno Pratico - bass baritone / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Carlos Piantini - conductor

錄音時間：1990, Martina Franca Festival

13. Leo Delibes: Lakme, Act II: Ou va la jeune hindoue, "Bell Song"

Alessandra Ruffini - soprano / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Carlos Piantini - conductor

錄音時間：1991, Martina Franca Festival

14. Jules Massenet: Roma: Soir admirabile

Warren Mok - tenor / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Marco Guidarini - conductor

錄音時間：1999, Martina Franca Festival