Marilyn Horne Enrico Di Guiseppe Metropolitan Opera Photo by Louis Melancon

Description

Marilyn Horne as Isabella and Enrico Di Giuseppe as Lindoro in a scene from Rossini's "L'Italiana in Algeri"
Marilyn Horne (born January 16, 1934) is
an American mezzo-soprano opera singer.
She specialized in roles requiring beauty of tone, excellent breath support, and the ability to execute difficult coloratura passages. She is a recipient of the National Medal of Arts, the Kennedy Center Honors, and has won four Grammy Awards.
Enrico Di Giuseppe (October 14, 1932 – December 31, 2005) was
a celebrated American operatic tenor who had an active performance career from the late 1950s through the 1990s.
He spent most of his career performing in New York City, juggling concurrent performance contracts with both the New York City Opera (NYCO) and the Metropolitan Opera during the 1970s and 1980s. In the latter part of his career he was particularly active with the New York Grand Opera. Possessing a lyric tenor voice with a bright timbre and easy upper extension, Di Giuseppe excelled in the Italian repertory. He was particularly successful in tackling the bel canto repertoire, notably partnering Beverly Sills in productions of Donizetti's Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, and Roberto Devereux, as well as Bellini's I puritani at the NYCO. Di Giuseppe performed in similar repertoire at the Met opposite other notable bel canto interpreters like Dame Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne and Renata Scotto.
Louis Mélançon
(1901-1974) was the in-house
photographer
for the Metropolitan Opera from 1947 to his death in 1974.