DESCRIPTION:
A comparison of Joan Sutherland singing the same cabaletta 20 years apart. The first comes from her recital "Command Performance" the second from her studio recording of the opera.

London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
Richard Bonynge

Giuseppe Verdi: I Masnadieri - Act 2, Scene 1
Dall'infame banchetto io m'involai... Tu del mio Carlo al seno... Carlo vive? O caro accento

English Translation:

Carlo lives? O sweet words,
heavenly melody!
God heard my lament
and was merciful to my grief.
Carlo lives? Now earth and heaven
are again wreathed in smiles;
the stars and sun are no longer veiled
in mourning; the world is filled with love.