VERDI - I MASNADIERI - ADELAIDA NEGRI's COLLECTION

I MASNADIERI is an Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, from the first period. It is completely influenced by Bel Canto: Recitative-Aria-Cabaletta (Example: Big Scene - Aria - Carlo Vive In the final Concertante the tenor says: Io v’offro un angelo! (then Carlo stabs Amalia and she dies) But Adelaida Negri is still alive to be able to crown the Opera with a High D. Joan Sutherland on the 1982 commercial recording of her (sounds Like Amalia’s Grandma) is also kept alive to sing a High D.