Pavarotti Sings Again: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Active Preservation of the Audio Collection at the Arena di Verona

This article presents the results of the research project REVIVAL (2009–2012), aimed at the development of a hardware/software platform to support the preservation of the audio collection of the Fondazione Arena di Verona, with a special attention on protocols and tools for quality control. The most significant achievements of the project are (i) the set up of a working environment inside the archive; (ii) the knowl- edge transfer to the archival personnel; (iii) the realization of chemical analyses on magnetic tapes; (iv) the development of software tools. On the cultural side: the recovery of unique copies of unpublished live recordings of artists the caliber of Domingo and Pavarotti.