A second night of the Opera de Paris Il trovatore run of February 1975 under Jesus Lopez Cobos, distinct from recording 7952 (18 February 1975, Cortez and Cossutta). Evidence, and its limits. (1) The cast sheet that came with this recording, a French-language Word document in the folder called "TROUVERE SCOTTO.doc", is headed "VERDI - IL TROVATORE, PARIS, 5 FEVRIER 1975" and gives the full cast -- Leonora Renata Scotto, Manrico Juan Lloveras, Azucena Fiorenza Cossotto, Il Conte di Luna Sherrill Milnes, Ferrando Ivo Vinco, Ines Jocelyne Taillon, Ruiz Jean Dupouy, Un messo Enzo La Selva, Un vecchio zingaro Fernand Dumont -- with "Orchestre et Choeurs de l Opera de Paris" and "Direction musicale: Jesus Lopez-Cobos", followed by a track listing with timings that matches the files exactly. (Un messo is omitted here only because Il trovatore has no such character in this database.) (2) operadis (http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLVETROV.HTM) independently documents the run: its only 1975 Lopez Cobos Paris entry is "Recording of a performance in the Palais Garnier, Paris (18 February 1975)" with Scotto, Milnes and Vinco alongside Cortez and Cossutta -- the performance already in findopera as 7952. (3) The audio settles that these are two different nights: the copy filed against 7952 runs 71:24 + 64:05, this one 66:34 + 76:32 (the second disc carrying Scotto recital bonus tracks), and a decoded-audio comparison of the opening finds no alignment between them. What rests on the cast sheet alone, and on nothing else I could find, is the exact date (5 February 1975) and the two changed principals, Lloveras and Cossotto; no catalogue or archive I can reach lists this performance. The house, conductor, year, and Scotto, Milnes and Vinco are corroborated by operadis.

A second night of the Opera de Paris Il trovatore run of February 1975 under Jesus Lopez Cobos, distinct from recording 7952 (18 February 1975, Cortez and Cossutta). Evidence, and its limits. (1) The cast sheet that came with this recording, a French-language Word document in the folder called "TROUVERE SCOTTO.doc", is headed "VERDI - IL TROVATORE, PARIS, 5 FEVRIER 1975" and gives the full cast -- Leonora Renata Scotto, Manrico Juan Lloveras, Azucena Fiorenza Cossotto, Il Conte di Luna Sherrill Milnes, Ferrando Ivo Vinco, Ines Jocelyne Taillon, Ruiz Jean Dupouy, Un messo Enzo La Selva, Un vecchio zingaro Fernand Dumont -- with "Orchestre et Choeurs de l Opera de Paris" and "Direction musicale: Jesus Lopez-Cobos", followed by a track listing with timings that matches the files exactly. (Un messo is omitted here only because Il trovatore has no such character in this database.) (2) operadis (http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLVETROV.HTM) independently documents the run: its only 1975 Lopez Cobos Paris entry is "Recording of a performance in the Palais Garnier, Paris (18 February 1975)" with Scotto, Milnes and Vinco alongside Cortez and Cossutta -- the performance already in findopera as 7952. (3) The audio settles that these are two different nights: the copy filed against 7952 runs 71:24 + 64:05, this one 66:34 + 76:32 (the second disc carrying Scotto recital bonus tracks), and a decoded-audio comparison of the opening finds no alignment between them. What rests on the cast sheet alone, and on nothing else I could find, is the exact date (5 February 1975) and the two changed principals, Lloveras and Cossotto; no catalogue or archive I can reach lists this performance. The house, conductor, year, and Scotto, Milnes and Vinco are corroborated by operadis.

A second night of the Opera de Paris Il trovatore run of February 1975 under Jesus Lopez Cobos, distinct from recording 7952 (18 February 1975, Cortez and Cossutta). Evidence, and its limits. (1) The cast sheet that came with this recording, a French-language Word document in the folder called "TROUVERE SCOTTO.doc", is headed "VERDI - IL TROVATORE, PARIS, 5 FEVRIER 1975" and gives the full cast -- Leonora Renata Scotto, Manrico Juan Lloveras, Azucena Fiorenza Cossotto, Il Conte di Luna Sherrill Milnes, Ferrando Ivo Vinco, Ines Jocelyne Taillon, Ruiz Jean Dupouy, Un messo Enzo La Selva, Un vecchio zingaro Fernand Dumont -- with "Orchestre et Choeurs de l Opera de Paris" and "Direction musicale: Jesus Lopez-Cobos", followed by a track listing with timings that matches the files exactly. (Un messo is omitted here only because Il trovatore has no such character in this database.) (2) operadis (http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLVETROV.HTM) independently documents the run: its only 1975 Lopez Cobos Paris entry is "Recording of a performance in the Palais Garnier, Paris (18 February 1975)" with Scotto, Milnes and Vinco alongside Cortez and Cossutta -- the performance already in findopera as 7952. (3) The audio settles that these are two different nights: the copy filed against 7952 runs 71:24 + 64:05, this one 66:34 + 76:32 (the second disc carrying Scotto recital bonus tracks), and a decoded-audio comparison of the opening finds no alignment between them. What rests on the cast sheet alone, and on nothing else I could find, is the exact date (5 February 1975) and the two changed principals, Lloveras and Cossotto; no catalogue or archive I can reach lists this performance. The house, conductor, year, and Scotto, Milnes and Vinco are corroborated by operadis.

A second night of the Opera de Paris Il trovatore run of February 1975 under Jesus Lopez Cobos, distinct from recording 7952 (18 February 1975, Cortez and Cossutta). Evidence, and its limits. (1) The cast sheet that came with this recording, a French-language Word document in the folder called "TROUVERE SCOTTO.doc", is headed "VERDI - IL TROVATORE, PARIS, 5 FEVRIER 1975" and gives the full cast -- Leonora Renata Scotto, Manrico Juan Lloveras, Azucena Fiorenza Cossotto, Il Conte di Luna Sherrill Milnes, Ferrando Ivo Vinco, Ines Jocelyne Taillon, Ruiz Jean Dupouy, Un messo Enzo La Selva, Un vecchio zingaro Fernand Dumont -- with "Orchestre et Choeurs de l Opera de Paris" and "Direction musicale: Jesus Lopez-Cobos", followed by a track listing with timings that matches the files exactly. (Un messo is omitted here only because Il trovatore has no such character in this database.) (2) operadis (http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLVETROV.HTM) independently documents the run: its only 1975 Lopez Cobos Paris entry is "Recording of a performance in the Palais Garnier, Paris (18 February 1975)" with Scotto, Milnes and Vinco alongside Cortez and Cossutta -- the performance already in findopera as 7952. (3) The audio settles that these are two different nights: the copy filed against 7952 runs 71:24 + 64:05, this one 66:34 + 76:32 (the second disc carrying Scotto recital bonus tracks), and a decoded-audio comparison of the opening finds no alignment between them. What rests on the cast sheet alone, and on nothing else I could find, is the exact date (5 February 1975) and the two changed principals, Lloveras and Cossotto; no catalogue or archive I can reach lists this performance. The house, conductor, year, and Scotto, Milnes and Vinco are corroborated by operadis.

A second night of the Opera de Paris Il trovatore run of February 1975 under Jesus Lopez Cobos, distinct from recording 7952 (18 February 1975, Cortez and Cossutta). Evidence, and its limits. (1) The cast sheet that came with this recording, a French-language Word document in the folder called "TROUVERE SCOTTO.doc", is headed "VERDI - IL TROVATORE, PARIS, 5 FEVRIER 1975" and gives the full cast -- Leonora Renata Scotto, Manrico Juan Lloveras, Azucena Fiorenza Cossotto, Il Conte di Luna Sherrill Milnes, Ferrando Ivo Vinco, Ines Jocelyne Taillon, Ruiz Jean Dupouy, Un messo Enzo La Selva, Un vecchio zingaro Fernand Dumont -- with "Orchestre et Choeurs de l Opera de Paris" and "Direction musicale: Jesus Lopez-Cobos", followed by a track listing with timings that matches the files exactly. (Un messo is omitted here only because Il trovatore has no such character in this database.) (2) operadis (http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLVETROV.HTM) independently documents the run: its only 1975 Lopez Cobos Paris entry is "Recording of a performance in the Palais Garnier, Paris (18 February 1975)" with Scotto, Milnes and Vinco alongside Cortez and Cossutta -- the performance already in findopera as 7952. (3) The audio settles that these are two different nights: the copy filed against 7952 runs 71:24 + 64:05, this one 66:34 + 76:32 (the second disc carrying Scotto recital bonus tracks), and a decoded-audio comparison of the opening finds no alignment between them. What rests on the cast sheet alone, and on nothing else I could find, is the exact date (5 February 1975) and the two changed principals, Lloveras and Cossotto; no catalogue or archive I can reach lists this performance. The house, conductor, year, and Scotto, Milnes and Vinco are corroborated by operadis.

A second night of the Opera de Paris Il trovatore run of February 1975 under Jesus Lopez Cobos, distinct from recording 7952 (18 February 1975, Cortez and Cossutta). Evidence, and its limits. (1) The cast sheet that came with this recording, a French-language Word document in the folder called "TROUVERE SCOTTO.doc", is headed "VERDI - IL TROVATORE, PARIS, 5 FEVRIER 1975" and gives the full cast -- Leonora Renata Scotto, Manrico Juan Lloveras, Azucena Fiorenza Cossotto, Il Conte di Luna Sherrill Milnes, Ferrando Ivo Vinco, Ines Jocelyne Taillon, Ruiz Jean Dupouy, Un messo Enzo La Selva, Un vecchio zingaro Fernand Dumont -- with "Orchestre et Choeurs de l Opera de Paris" and "Direction musicale: Jesus Lopez-Cobos", followed by a track listing with timings that matches the files exactly. (Un messo is omitted here only because Il trovatore has no such character in this database.) (2) operadis (http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLVETROV.HTM) independently documents the run: its only 1975 Lopez Cobos Paris entry is "Recording of a performance in the Palais Garnier, Paris (18 February 1975)" with Scotto, Milnes and Vinco alongside Cortez and Cossutta -- the performance already in findopera as 7952. (3) The audio settles that these are two different nights: the copy filed against 7952 runs 71:24 + 64:05, this one 66:34 + 76:32 (the second disc carrying Scotto recital bonus tracks), and a decoded-audio comparison of the opening finds no alignment between them. What rests on the cast sheet alone, and on nothing else I could find, is the exact date (5 February 1975) and the two changed principals, Lloveras and Cossotto; no catalogue or archive I can reach lists this performance. The house, conductor, year, and Scotto, Milnes and Vinco are corroborated by operadis.

A second night of the Opera de Paris Il trovatore run of February 1975 under Jesus Lopez Cobos, distinct from recording 7952 (18 February 1975, Cortez and Cossutta). Evidence, and its limits. (1) The cast sheet that came with this recording, a French-language Word document in the folder called "TROUVERE SCOTTO.doc", is headed "VERDI - IL TROVATORE, PARIS, 5 FEVRIER 1975" and gives the full cast -- Leonora Renata Scotto, Manrico Juan Lloveras, Azucena Fiorenza Cossotto, Il Conte di Luna Sherrill Milnes, Ferrando Ivo Vinco, Ines Jocelyne Taillon, Ruiz Jean Dupouy, Un messo Enzo La Selva, Un vecchio zingaro Fernand Dumont -- with "Orchestre et Choeurs de l Opera de Paris" and "Direction musicale: Jesus Lopez-Cobos", followed by a track listing with timings that matches the files exactly. (Un messo is omitted here only because Il trovatore has no such character in this database.) (2) operadis (http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLVETROV.HTM) independently documents the run: its only 1975 Lopez Cobos Paris entry is "Recording of a performance in the Palais Garnier, Paris (18 February 1975)" with Scotto, Milnes and Vinco alongside Cortez and Cossutta -- the performance already in findopera as 7952. (3) The audio settles that these are two different nights: the copy filed against 7952 runs 71:24 + 64:05, this one 66:34 + 76:32 (the second disc carrying Scotto recital bonus tracks), and a decoded-audio comparison of the opening finds no alignment between them. What rests on the cast sheet alone, and on nothing else I could find, is the exact date (5 February 1975) and the two changed principals, Lloveras and Cossotto; no catalogue or archive I can reach lists this performance. The house, conductor, year, and Scotto, Milnes and Vinco are corroborated by operadis.

A second night of the Opera de Paris Il trovatore run of February 1975 under Jesus Lopez Cobos, distinct from recording 7952 (18 February 1975, Cortez and Cossutta). Evidence, and its limits. (1) The cast sheet that came with this recording, a French-language Word document in the folder called "TROUVERE SCOTTO.doc", is headed "VERDI - IL TROVATORE, PARIS, 5 FEVRIER 1975" and gives the full cast -- Leonora Renata Scotto, Manrico Juan Lloveras, Azucena Fiorenza Cossotto, Il Conte di Luna Sherrill Milnes, Ferrando Ivo Vinco, Ines Jocelyne Taillon, Ruiz Jean Dupouy, Un messo Enzo La Selva, Un vecchio zingaro Fernand Dumont -- with "Orchestre et Choeurs de l Opera de Paris" and "Direction musicale: Jesus Lopez-Cobos", followed by a track listing with timings that matches the files exactly. (Un messo is omitted here only because Il trovatore has no such character in this database.) (2) operadis (http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLVETROV.HTM) independently documents the run: its only 1975 Lopez Cobos Paris entry is "Recording of a performance in the Palais Garnier, Paris (18 February 1975)" with Scotto, Milnes and Vinco alongside Cortez and Cossutta -- the performance already in findopera as 7952. (3) The audio settles that these are two different nights: the copy filed against 7952 runs 71:24 + 64:05, this one 66:34 + 76:32 (the second disc carrying Scotto recital bonus tracks), and a decoded-audio comparison of the opening finds no alignment between them. What rests on the cast sheet alone, and on nothing else I could find, is the exact date (5 February 1975) and the two changed principals, Lloveras and Cossotto; no catalogue or archive I can reach lists this performance. The house, conductor, year, and Scotto, Milnes and Vinco are corroborated by operadis.

A second night of the Opera de Paris Il trovatore run of February 1975 under Jesus Lopez Cobos, distinct from recording 7952 (18 February 1975, Cortez and Cossutta). Evidence, and its limits. (1) The cast sheet that came with this recording, a French-language Word document in the folder called "TROUVERE SCOTTO.doc", is headed "VERDI - IL TROVATORE, PARIS, 5 FEVRIER 1975" and gives the full cast -- Leonora Renata Scotto, Manrico Juan Lloveras, Azucena Fiorenza Cossotto, Il Conte di Luna Sherrill Milnes, Ferrando Ivo Vinco, Ines Jocelyne Taillon, Ruiz Jean Dupouy, Un messo Enzo La Selva, Un vecchio zingaro Fernand Dumont -- with "Orchestre et Choeurs de l Opera de Paris" and "Direction musicale: Jesus Lopez-Cobos", followed by a track listing with timings that matches the files exactly. (Un messo is omitted here only because Il trovatore has no such character in this database.) (2) operadis (http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLVETROV.HTM) independently documents the run: its only 1975 Lopez Cobos Paris entry is "Recording of a performance in the Palais Garnier, Paris (18 February 1975)" with Scotto, Milnes and Vinco alongside Cortez and Cossutta -- the performance already in findopera as 7952. (3) The audio settles that these are two different nights: the copy filed against 7952 runs 71:24 + 64:05, this one 66:34 + 76:32 (the second disc carrying Scotto recital bonus tracks), and a decoded-audio comparison of the opening finds no alignment between them. What rests on the cast sheet alone, and on nothing else I could find, is the exact date (5 February 1975) and the two changed principals, Lloveras and Cossotto; no catalogue or archive I can reach lists this performance. The house, conductor, year, and Scotto, Milnes and Vinco are corroborated by operadis.