
This recording, sung in Italian, is from the opera Don Carlos by Verdi. In it, Margherita Grandi plays the role of Elisabeth of Valois, a woman who is torn between keeping her commitment to help Don Carlos and her desire for her life to end.
The Australian-born Grandi had an impressive career as a dramatic soprano in Europe, also performing in South America and Egypt.
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