R. Leoncavallo - I Pagliacci - Nedda’s aria ’Stridono lassú’ by Maria Callas (1955) .

This beautiful scene from I Pagliacci begins with the Ding Dong chorus which is followed by Nedda’s celebrated ballatella ’Stridono lassú’. At the beginning you can hear Giuseppe Di Stefano in Canio’s final call for the show-piece later that night ’a ventitré ore’. This scene is taken from a vynil record with the complete I Pagliacci and Cavalleria Rusticana recordings made in 1955 with Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Tito Gobbi and Rolando Panerai. Tulio Serafin conducts the orchestra of the Scala