Tracklist

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
A1	Prima parte
B1	Seconda parte
C1	Terza parte
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
D1	Atto I (Prima parte)
E1	Intermezzo
E2	Atto II
F1	Atto I (Conclusione)

Credits

• Baritone Vocals – Afro Poli (tracks: D1 to F1), Aldo Protti
• Choir – Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala (tracks: A1 to C1), Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (tracks: D1 to F1)
• Conductor – Alberto Erede (tracks: A1 to C1), Franco Ghione (tracks: A1 to C1)
• Contralto Vocals – Annamaria Anelli (tracks: A1 to C1)
• Engineer – Gil Went (tracks: D1 to F1)
• Libretto By – Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (tracks: A1 to C1), Guido Menasci (tracks: A1 to C1), Ruggiero Leoncavallo (tracks: D1 to F1)
• Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Elena Nicolai (tracks: A1 to C1), Laura Didier (tracks: A1 to C1)
• Music By – Pietro Mascagni (tracks: A1 to C1), Ruggiero Leoncavallo (tracks: D1 to F1)
• Orchestra – Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala (tracks: A1 to C1), Orchestra Dell' Accademia Di Santa Cecilia (tracks: D1 to F1)
• Producer – Eduardo Pedrazzoli (tracks: D1 to F1), Victor Olof (tracks: D1 to F1)
• Soprano Vocals – Clara Petrella (tracks: D1 to F1)
• Tenor Vocals – Mario del Monaco, Piero De Palma (tracks: D1 to F1)

Notes

A1 to C1 (Cavalleria Rusticana) original issue on Decca LXT2928-29, recorded on January 1954 at Teatro Alla Scala, Milan. The chorus and orchestra were not identified on the discs as La Scala had signed an exclusive contract with EMI in Mar 1954.
D1 to F1 (Pagliacci) original issue on Decca LXT2845-46, recorded on July 1953 at Santa Cecilia, Rome

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
XLLA-40	Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Pietro Mascagni, Franco Ghione, Alberto Erede, Clara Petrella, Afro Poli, Aldo Protti, Mario del Monaco, Piero De Palma, Annamaria Anelli, Elena Nicolai, Laura Didier	Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Pietro Mascagni, Franco Ghione, Alberto Erede, Clara Petrella, Afro Poli, Aldo Protti, Mario del Monaco, Piero De Palma, Annamaria Anelli, Elena Nicolai, Laura Didier - Pagliacci (complete) and Cavalleria Rusticana (complete) (3 records) ‎(LP)	London Records	XLLA-40	UK	Unknown