"Sola, Perduta, Abbandonata", 1959

Renata Tebaldi sings this beautiful an touching aria in a live performance of Puccini's Manon Lescaut.
The details of this performance are the following, according to the Met archives:
Metropolitan Opera House
January 17, 1959 Matinee Broadcast
MANON LESCAUT
Manon...................Renata Tebaldi
Des Grieux..............Richard Tucker
Lescaut.................Frank Guarrera
Geronte.................Fernando Corena
Edmondo.................Charles Anthony
Innkeeper...............George Cehanovsky
Solo Madrigalist........Helen Vanni
Dancing Master..........Alessio De Paolis
Sergeant................Calvin Marsh
Lamplighter.............Robert Nagy
Captain.................Osie Hawkins
Conductor...............Fausto Cleva