00:13 Lotte Lehmann (Live 1939)
00:44 Maria Reining (Live 1949)
01:29 Eleanor Steber (Live 1949)
02:12 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Live 1952)
03:02 Lisa della Casa (
Full Orchestra. This is the version with Mezzo Soprano only so that Sopranos can sing with full orchestra and chorus.
The opening of Act II is ushered in by these two charac