Dec 11 Rossini on film (before HD, but oh my!)

While ROF goers will have to wait until 2026 for Turco ( due to an opaque programming change) we can console ourselves with this snippet from a sizzling Italian film. Sergio Ragni who contributed this excerpt writes that this excerpt “is from a Rai recording dating back to 1958. You can see it all on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVqSBTcTvzk where you will also find the list of performers ( Sciutti, Calabrese, Lazzari, Sanzogno etc). The recording [ in the posting here] is probably from another source but I think the quality is the same as the video on YouTube.”  Thanks, as always to Sergio Ragni for generously sharing his treasures and knowledge.