THIS PERFORMANCE FEATURES THE INCOMPARABLE TENOR MARIO DEL MONACO IN ONE OF HIS MOST CELEBRATED PORTRAYALS, AS WELL AS UNFORGETTABLE PERFOMANCES BY GABRIELLA TUCCI AS NEDDA AND ALDO PROTTI AS SILVIO. THE NHK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & ITALIAN OPERA CHORUS, THE FUJIWARA OPERA CHORUS, AND THE TOKYO CHORALIERS ARE ALL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GIUSEPPE MORELLI.