"She (Margharita Carosio) appeared in public at the extraordinarily young age of 14. In 1924, still only 16, she made her operatic debut in the taxing role of Lucia di Lammermoor at the Teatro Cavour in Novi Ligure. In 1928, she was recommended by soprano Margherita Sheridan to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to sing the role of Feodor in Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov, with Feodor Chaliapin. She, like the rest of the company, sang in Italian, Chaliapin sang in Russian, and the chorus used French. The death scene was recorded live and Carosio's clear tones can easily be discerned. Later she said that working with the great Russian basso made her realise what it meant not just to take on a role but to become it."
Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian & Italian.
Conductor Vincenzo Bellezza - 1928(LE)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Boris - Fyodor Ivanovich Chaliapin
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Dino Borgioli
Varlaam - Salvatore Baccaloni
Shuisky - Angelo Bada
Missail - Giuseppe Nessi
Fyodor - Margherita Carosio
Simpleton - Octave Dua
Tchelkalov - Aristide Baracchi
Lavitsky - Dennis Noble
Cherniovsky - Aristide Baracchi
