ponders who might have changed her so much. He reviews the list of men who have shared in their lives but dismisses each of them as improbable. Michele lights his pipe and Luigi, seeing it from afar, thinks that it is Giorgetta's signal. He returns to the barge and is confronted by Michele. In the ensuing fight, Michele disarms Luigi and forces him to confess his affair with Giorgetta before strangling him to death and hiding Luigi's body under his cloak. Giorgetta returns to the barge, approaching him remorsefully after their fight earlier, and when she is close enough Michele opens his cloak to reveal her dead lover, Luigi's lifeless body falling on Giorgetta. Michele smothers her to death on Luigi's body. Arias "Hai ben ragione! meglio non pensare" — Luigi "Nulla! Silenzio!" — Michele "Scorri, fiume eterno" — Michele. This more contemplative aria for Michele was later replaced by Puccini with the vengeful "Nulla! Silenzio!" The Leinsdorf and Gardelli recordings both include it as an addendum. Recordings {| class="wikitable" !Year !width="160"|Cast(Michele, Giorgetta, Luigi) !Conductor,Opera House and Orchestra !Label<ref>[http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLPUTABA.HTM Recordings of Il tabarro on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk]</ref> |- | 1949 || Antenore Reali,Clara Petrella,Glauco Scarlini || Giuseppe Baroni,Orchestra Lirica di Torino della RAI||Audio CD: Cetra Records |- | 1955 || Tito Gobbi,Margaret Mas,Giacinto Prandelli || Vincenzo Bellezza,Chorus and Orchestra of the Rome Opera House||Audio CD: EMI ClassicsCat: 5099921294921 |- | 1962 || Robert Merrill,Renata Tebaldi,Mario del Monaco || Lamberto Gardelli,Orchestra e coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino ||Audio CD: Decca Cat: 000289 475 7625 9 |- | 1971 || Sherrill Milnes,Leontyne Price,Plácido Domingo || Erich Leinsdorf,New Philharmonia Orchestra ||Audio CD: RCA Red Seal Cat: 8985436162 |- | 1977 || Ingvar Wixell,Renata Scotto,Plácido Domingo || Lorin Maazel,New Philharmonia Orchestra ||Audio CD: Sony Classical Cat: 88697527292 |- | 1981 || Cornell MacNeil,Renata Scotto,Vasile Moldoveanu || James Levine,Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus ||DVD Video: MET OPERA Cat: 1000008349 |- | 1994 || Juan Pons,Mirella Freni,Giuseppe Giacomini || Bruno Bartoletti,Orchestra e coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino ||Audio CD: Decca Cat: 000289 478 0341 6 |- | 1994 || Juan Pons,Teresa Stratas,Plácido Domingo || James Levine,Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus ||DVD Video: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 000440 073 4024 0 |- | 1997 || Carlo Guelfi,Maria Guleghina,Neil Shicoff || Antonio Pappano,London Voices & London Symphony Orchestra || Audio CD: EMI ClassicsCat: 0724355658722 |} References Notes Sources Holden, Amanda (Ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam, 2001.