Milan, La Scala. June 18, 1962 (live). Dir. Thomas Schippers. Teresa Stratas (Queen Isabella), Juliet Simionato (Queen of the Pyrenees), Gustavo Halley (Columbus), Roger Brown (Alcides). - The oratorio was completed by Ernesto Halffter (1905-1989), the first edition of his work, 1961 (the final one appeared in 1976).