Giovanni Martinelli (1885-1969)
Lawrence Tibbett (1896-1960)

“Si pel ciel” from Otello by Giuseppe Verdi

Two legendary singers perform the extraordinarily powerful duet from Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello. The great heroic tenor Giovanni Martinelli, seasoned and still in his prime, and Lawrence Tibbett, at the height of his vocal and dramatic power, join forces as Otello and Iago in the molto macho duet that ends act 2 of this dramatic masterpiece. This is a recording of the Metropolitan performance of January 18, 1941 under the direction of Ettore Panizza.