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Arrigo BOITO (1842-1918) Meifstofele When the introduction of electrical recording in Europe began in the latter half of 1925 the Columbia Graphophone...

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Arrigo BOITO (1842-1918)

Meifstofele

When the introduction of electrical recording in Europe began in the latter half of 1925 the Columbia Graphophone Company started a big push to make new recordings with this system. They began recording in Italy in March 1926 with the new Westrex electrical system and adopted the prefixes WBX for 12-inch and WB for 10-inch matrices. Virtually all of the early recordings were devoted to singers then appearing in Milan, principally at the city's world famous opera house, the Teatro alla Scala. However, by the latter part of 1928 the British-owned company felt confident to undertake the recording of complete operas. The first three were Verdi's La Traviata, Aida and Puccini's La Boh�me, all made during November of that year. The initial artistic and commercial success of this enterprise was such that it was decided to continue the series of popular operas over the coming years. The world economic situation following the Wall Street crash in 1929, however, brought about a dramatic downturn in the fortunes of the recording industry. One result of this was the amalgamation of both the Columbia and Gramophone companies in April 1931 to form Electric and Musical Industries, now known as EMI Recorded Music.

Naturally existing commitments had to be honoured, either by making the agreed recordings or by paying off the artists from their contracts. Happily the demand for Italian opera remained relatively buoyant, so that the Italian branch of Columbia recorded Puccini's Manon Lescaut, Giordano's Fedora (in abbreviated form), Ponchielli's La Gioconda and Boito's Mefistofele during 1931. Then, during 1932, Verdi's Falstaff and Bizet's Carmen would be made. After this the series came to an end.

Mefistofele had been performed at La Scala during the 1923-24, 1924-25 and 1927-28 seasons on eight occasions each year but did not re-appear until 1934-35. The opera was presented fairly regularly, however, in other Italian opera houses, so the work was in no way unfamiliar. Nevertheless to record such an opera, especially the very dramatic Prologue must have presented great problems from the technical point of view. The venue regularly used by Columbia was situated in Via San Antonio. An internal EMI report, dated November 1931, stated "the room has proved far from satisfactory as it is too small, and the acoustics are bad". Its use was discontinued after March 1932.

The protagonist in the title r�le was the bass Nazzareno de Angelis, who was born in Rome in 1881 and died there in 1962. As a boy he had sung in the Choir of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. His debut took place in 1903 and his career continued until 1939 when he retired. He was one of the most distinguished Italian basses of his era and was particularly admired for his portrayal of Mefistofele, a r�le he sang over five hundred times between 1906 and 1938. He had a repertoire of 57 r�les and made over 1500 appearances. Other than singing in Chicago during the years 1910-11 and 1915-20, de Angelis's career was based in Europe. He was also admired as Rossini's Mos� and in the principal Verdi and Wagner r�les. His recording of Mefistofele was his sole complete recording, although he recorded a considerable number of arias for both Fonotipia and Columbia.

Antonio Melandri (1891-?) was born in Bologna and first studied oboe at the city's conservatorio. Discovering his voice in his late twenties, he made his debut in Novara in 1924. Melandri's Scala debut was as Calaf in Puccini's Turandot in 1926 and the following year he sang in Buenos Aires. In addition to appearances in Holland in 1937-38, Melandri also sang in Germany, Belgium, and Switzerland and throughout Italy. His other recordings included Cavalleria Rusticana and abridged versions of Ernani and Fedora.

The soprano Mafalda Favero (1903-1981) studied in Bologna and made her debut at Cremona in 1926 under the name of Maria Bianchi. Her second debut using the name Favero was as Li� in Turandot in Parma the following year. Success was swift so that she appeared at La Scala in 1928, remaining there until 1943 and returning once again during the years 1946-50. Favero sang the r�les of Li�, Norina in Don Pasquale and Zerlina in Don Giovanni at Covent Garden in the 1937 and 1939 seasons. Her American debut was in 1938 in San Francisco, with two performances of Mim� in La Boh�me at the Metropolitan in New York. Considered an attractive singer with a vibrant and appealing style, Favero was greatly admired as Manon, Tha�s, Adriana Lecouvreur and Zaz�. She also took part in the premi�res of Il Campiello (1936) and La dama boba (1939), both by Wolf-Ferrari.

Giannina Arangi-Lombardi (1891-1951) studied in her native Naples before first appearing as a mezzo-soprano. The singer's first appearance as a soprano took place at La Scala in 1924 where she would perform regularly until 1930. Her r�les there included Santuzza, Aida, La Gioconda, Leonora in Il Trovatore and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, the last also sung at the Salzburg Festival in 1935. Her sole American season was in Buenos Aires in 1926. Although Arangi-Lombardi possessed a large and beautiful voice, it was thought that she lacked dramatic fire in her singing. After retiring she taught first in Milan (1938-47) and then in Ankara until shortly before her death.

Giuseppe Nessi (1889-1961) studied at the Bergamo Conservatorio before making his debut at Saluzzo in 1910. After a short career as a lyric tenor, he began to specialise in comprimario r�les and became one of the leading Italian exponents of his generation. Nessi sang at La Scala from 1921 for 38 years, creating there the r�le of Pong in Turandot in 1926 and Gobrias in Boito's Nerone. He appeared at Covent Garden in the 1927-29, 1931 and 1937 seasons, returning with La Scala Company in 1950. Nessi's farewell performance was as Pinellio in Gianni Schicchi in 1959 in his seventieth year. He was a fine actor with considerable stage personality.

Emilio Venturini (1878-1952) was another lyric tenor who changed to comprimario parts after his debut in 1900. After appearances in Paris (1905), Covent Garden (1907), and Chicago (1910-17) he joined

La Scala in 1921, remaining until 1948. Like Giuseppe Nessi he was also a fine actor with a keen knowledge of singing and singers.

The facts surrounding the career of the conductor Lorenzo Molajoli are obscure. He was born in Rome in 1868 and studied there at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia. His career began in 1891 and it would appear that much of his career prior to the First World War was spent in both North and South America, South Africa and various provincial Italian opera houses. Claims have been made that Molajoli conducted at La Scala in the inter-war years but there is no published documentation to substantiate this assumption. What can be established is that he served with considerable distinction as the house conductor in Milan for Columbia, accompanying a large number of singers in addition to making recordings of a number of operatic overtures. Molajoli conducted twenty complete or abridged operas for Columbia between 1928 and 1932, a number of which have already been released on Naxos. He died in Milan on 4th April 1939.

Malcolm Walker

Synopsis

CD 1

Prologue in Heaven

[1] In the Prelude trumpets are heard off-stage.

[2] An invisible mystical chorus of angels is heard, through the clouds and mist.

[3] Mephistopheles is seen, addressing the angels, excusing his appearance and declaring the folly of mankind.

[4] In a dramatic interlude the angels ask if he knows Faust. Mephistopheles certainly is aware of Faust's insatiable search for knowledge and proposes a wager that he can lure him into his power.

[5] A chorus of cherubims sings a vocal scherzo, flying in joy to Heaven, but dreaded by Mephistopheles.

[6] In a final psalm a chorus of penitents sings a Salve Regina and Ave Maria, unseen and joined in song by the cherubim.

Act I

Scene 1: Easter Sunday

[7] The scene opens by the city gates and ramparts of Frankfurt. Bells ring out for Easter. Students, citizens and huntsmen take their ways, girls pass by, singing. Town criers appear with a proclamation, heralded by trumpets, while on the other side a quack-doctor is seen. Men gather round a beer-seller, while a grey friar passes by. There is a procession of knights, led by the Elector, followed by his court ladies, pages and attendants.

[8] Faust and Wagner observe the scene. Wagner has reservations about what he sees, walking with his master.

[9] A crowd of peasants dance in celebration of the festival.

[10] Dusk draws on, and Faust suggests that they sit and admire the scene. For Wagner evening is a time for ghosts. The grey friar is seen again and turns towards Faust, approaching and seeming to leave a track of fire, as he circles round. They go out, followed by the friar, while the distant sound of the celebration is heard.

Scene 2: The Pact

[11] The scene is Faust's study. Distant voices are heard, as Faust comes in, followed by the friar, who hides in the study alcove. Faust sees good in his love for mankind, intending meditation on sacred texts. He puts a book on the lectern, but is interrupted by a loud cry, as the friar comes out of the alcove, greeted by Faust. The friar throws off his disguise, revealing himself as Mephistopheles, dressed as a knight and carrying a black cloak. Faust seeks to know the identity of his visitor.

[12] Mephistopheles declares himself the spirit that denies everything, his aim universal ruin.

[13] Faust sees him as the son of Chaos, and Mephistopheles proposes a bargain: he will serve Faust in every way, until their positions are reversed below.

[14] Faust consents, in return for one hour in which he may satisfy his desire by seizing the fleeting moment. Now Mephistopheles promises to obey.

[15] Mephistopheles will lead Faust on his new course that very night.

Act II

Scene 1: The Garden

[16] Faust, now under the name of Enrico, Margherita, Mephistopheles and Martha walk in couples in a country garden. Margherita asks Faust to tell her why he loves her, while Mephistopheles makes overtures to Martha.

[17] Margherita asks Faust if he believes in religion. Faust's reply stresses his love for her. He gives her a phial, a sleeping draught for her mother, so that they may be together in secret.

[18] The two couples, Martha and Mephistopheles in a whisper, express their supposed feelings, and all is of love, as the scene ends.

Scene 2: Walpurgis Night

[19] The scene is a wild and lonely place in the valley of the Schirk, by the hill of the witches. The moon is rising. On one side is a cavern, and on the other the peak of Rosstrappe is seen. The wind blows, as Mephistopheles helps Faust to climb ever higher up the devil's mountain.

[20] Flames appear and one of them seems to lead them on, guiding them ever higher. They reach a peak and hear the sound of witches approaching from below. They draw near and Mephistopheles calls on them to bow down before their king.

[21] He calls impatiently for his sceptre and robe, and, donning the latter, proclaims his ambition to dominate the world. The witches circle round a cauldron and offer Mephistopheles what he wants.

[22] In the Ballad of the World Mephistopheles, holding a glass orb in his hand, sings of his power over the world, in all its wickedness, laughing at the human predicament. He dashes the glass orb to the ground, and the witches celebrate the shattering of the world.

[23] Faust seems to see a girl, pale and in chains, his Margherita. Mephistopheles tells him it is only a dream, but Faust still sees her tears and the mark on her neck. The witches continue their celebration in a round dance and fugue.

CD 2

Act III

The Death of Margherita

[1] The scene is a prison. Margherita is lying on a heap of straw, distracted and singing. It is night and there is a lighted lamp against the wall. At the back is a grating. She sings of the drowning of her baby, which they say was her doing. Her soul seems to fly, as she calls for pity. Her mother had died, and she was accused of killing her. Faust, outside, asks Mephistopheles to save her, and the latter, with some reluctance, gives him the key.

[2\ Faust enters the prison, and Margherita calls on him to help her, remembering, in her delusion, their first meetings. She tells him that she has murdered her mother and drowned her baby, and he must dig graves for them and for her. He urges her to fly with him.

[3] They embrace, imagining the distant haven to which they will escape together.

[4] Mephistopheles appears, announcing the dawn and her coming execution. Margherita recognises Satan and prays to be saved from him. Mephistopheles moves to look at the grating, while Margherita lies fainting in the arms of Faust.

[5] She prepares to meet her death, praying to Heaven and the angels, and rejecting Faust, who leaves with Mephistopheles, while the executioner approaches.

Act IV

The Night of the Classical Sabbath

[6] The scene is set in the vale of Tempe. There are limpid streams and thickets of laurel and oleander, lit by the light of the moon. Helen and Pantalis call on the sirens and nymphs to sing to them. Faust calls out to Helen.

[7] Mephistopheles declares this the night of the classical Sabbath. Faust, entranced, goes out, while Mephistopheles too seems under the spell of the place, so unlike his familiar Harz mountains, with their witches.

[8] He leaves, as dancers enter, praising Helen.

[9] Helen, however, recalls the horrors of the fall of Troy. Faust enters, dressed as a knight of the fifteenth century. He kneels to Helen, protesting his love, observed by fauns and sirens, and by Mephistopheles, in some wonder at the sight.

Epilogue

The Death of Faust

[10] The scene is again Faust's study, now marked by the passing of time. There are voices in the air, as Faust meditates, sitting in his chair. Behind him stands Mephistopheles. It is night and the book stands, as before, on the lectern. Mephistopheles urges Faust on his journey, as death draws near. Faust has experienced real and ideal love, but the real was sorrow and the ideal a mere dream.

[11] He wishes only for the good of humanity, the happiness of mankind, and Heaven, as he journeys towards life's end.

[12] Mephistopheles seeks to exert his power, but Faust seems to hear the celestial choir. The tempter does his utmost, but Faust falls, leaning on the sacred volume before him, as the heavenly vision appears to him. Mephistopheles finally sinks down, under the flowers scattered by the celestial beings, as Heaven finally prevails.

Keith Anderson

Producer's Note

This recording of Boito's Mefistofele, the only one to appear during the 78rpm era, was originally released by Italian Columbia in 1932 and three years later by Columbia's American counterpart. I began to work on this project using three sets of Italian pressings and four sets pressed in America which I carefully compared. I soon found that although the American discs played with less surface noise than those pressed in Italy, the sound was so distorted as to render them totally useless. Apparently, the American sets were all pressed from defective metal stampers. This defect also mars the American Columbia pressings of Il trovatore and Andrea Chenier. This transfer had to be made, therefore, exclusively from the somewhat noisier Italian Columbia pressings. The original recording was made in a studio with no acoustic ambiance. Therefore, I have taken the liberty of adding a slight amount of artificial digital reverberation in order to give the voices a sense of space and to soften the effects of the often too close microphone placement. I have, likewise, added reverberation to the group of De Angelis solo recordings at the end of CD two.

Ward Marston

In 1997 Ward Marston was nominated for the Best Historical Album Grammy Award for his production work on BMG's Fritz Kreisler collection. According to the Chicago Tribune, Marston's name is 'synonymous with tender loving care to collectors of historical CDs'. Opera News calls his work 'revelatory', and Fanfare deems him 'miraculous'. In 1996 Ward Marston received the Gramophone award for Historical Vocal Recording of the Year, honouring his production and engineering work on Romophone's complete recordings of Lucrezia Bori. He also served as re-recording engineer for the Franklin Mint's Arturo Toscanini issue and BMG's Sergey Rachmaninov recordings, both winners of the Best Historical Album Grammy.

Born blind in 1952, Ward Marston has amassed tens of thousands of opera classical records over the past four decades. Following a stint in radio while a student at Williams College, he became well-known as a reissue producer in 1979, when he restored the earliest known stereo recording made by the Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1932.

In the past, Ward Marston has produced records for a number of major and specialist record companies. Now he is bringing his distinctive sonic vision to bear on works released on the Naxos Historical label. Ultimately his goal is to make the music he remasters sound as natural as possible and true to life by 'lifting the voices' off his old 78 rpm recordings. His aim is to promote the importance of preserving old recordings and make available the works of great musicians who need to be heard.

Disc 1

Mefistofele

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Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Milan Symphony Orchestra Munich Radio Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra Sofia National Opera Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Studio orchestra Cologne West German Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Enrico Caruso Arrigo Boito
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Julius Rudel Argeo Quadri Lorenzo Molajoli Rosario Bourdon Tullio Serafin Ivan Marinov Richard Bradshaw Jonel Perlea Vincenzo Bellezza Helmut Froschauer David Parry Ivan Anguelov
John McCormack, tenor
Rina Gigli, soprano
Lina Bruna-Rasa, soprano
Licia Albanese, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, soprano
Giuseppe Nessi, tenor
Stefka Evstatieva, soprano
Nazzareno de Angelis, bass
Mafalda Favero, soprano
Samuel Ramey, bass
Emilio Venturini, tenor
Cheryl Barker, soprano
Kaludi Kaludov, tenor
Antonio Melandri, tenor
Rita Monticone, mezzo-soprano
Vittore Veneziani, choirmaster
Nicola Ghiuselev, bass
Carlo Scattola, bass
Gemma Bosini, soprano
Salvatore Cottone, piano
Maria Callas, soprano
Franz Hawlata, bass
Renata Tebaldi, soprano
Peter Dicke, organ
Rumiana Bareva, soprano
Mincho Popov, tenor
Richard Margison, tenor
Recording date: 17 October 1918

Prologue in Heaven: Prelude - 4:53
Prologue in Heaven: Ave, Signor degli angeli - 3:23
Prologue in Heaven: Ave, Signor - 3:57
Prologue in Heaven: T'e noto Faust? - 3:19
Prologue in Heaven: Siam nimbi volanti dai limbi - 2:05
Prologue in Heaven: Salve, Regina! - 5:51
Act 1: Scene 1: Sunday: Perche di la? - 3:46
Act 1: Scene 1: Sunday: Al soave raggiar - 1:52
Act 1: Scene 1: Sunday: Juhe! Juhe! Juheisa! Juhe! - 2:41
Act 1: Scene 1: Sunday: Sediam sovra quel sasso - 5:11
Act 1: Scene 2: The Pact: Dai campi, dai prati - 4:31
Act 1: Scene 2: The Pact: Son lo Spirito che nega sempre tutto - 3:29
Act 1: Scene 2: The Pact: Strano figlio del Caos - 0:57
Act 1: Scene 2: The Pact: Se tu mi doni un'ora di riposo - 1:03
Act 1: Scene 2: The Pact: Fin da stanotte - 2:32
Act 2: Scene 1: The Garden: Cavaliero illustre e saggio - 4:43
Act 2: Scene 1: The Garden: Dimmi se credi, Enrico, nella religione? - 4:16
Act 2: Scene 1: The Garden: Dio clemente, nuova, ignara son del mondo - 1:40
Act 2: Scene 2: Walpurgis Night: Su, cammina, cammina, cammina - 2:49
Act 2: Scene 2: Walpurgis Night: Folleto!...Folletto! - 4:48
Act 2: Scene 2: Walpurgis Night: Popoli! E scettro e clamide - 2:23
Act 2: Scene 2: Walpurgis Night: Ecco il mondo, vuoto e tondo - 3:14
Act 2: Scene 2: Walpurgis Night: Stupor! Stupor! - 5:29

Disc 2

Mefistofele

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Act 3: The Death of Margherita: L'altra notte in fondo al mare - 7:20
Act 3: The Death of Margherita: Dio di pieta! Son essi...eccoli...aita! - 3:47
Act 3: The Death of Margherita: Lontano, lontano, lontano - 2:16
Act 3: The Death of Margherita: Sorge il di! - 1:48
Act 3: The Death of Margherita: Spunta...l'aurora pallida... - 3:05
Act 4: The Night of the Classical Sabbath: La luna immobile innonda - 3:27
Act 4: The Night of the Classical Sabbath: Ecco la notte del classico Sabba - 2:29
Act 4: The Night of the Classical Sabbath: Ah! Trionfi ad Elena - 2:50
Act 4: The Night of the Classical Sabbath: Notte cupa, truce, senza fine, funebre! - 4:31
Act 4: The Night of the Classical Sabbath: Forma ideal purissima della bellezza eterna - 7:35
Epilogue: The Death of Faust: Cammina, cammina...superbo pensier - 4:11
Epilogue: The Death of Faust: Giunto sul passo estremo - 3:33
Epilogue: The Death of Faust: All'erta! All'erta! - 4:26

Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)

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Performed by: Latvian National Symphony Orchestra Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Frankfurt Brandenburg State Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Rome Opera Orchestra Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra English National Opera Orchestra Torino Teatro Regio Orchestra RAI Symphony Orchestra, Milan Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Pietro Cimara Lawrence Tibbett Nathaniel Shilkret Pietro Mascagni Gioachino Rossini Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Lodovico Zocche Josef A. Pasternack Will Humburg Bruno Campanella Rudolf Kempe Alberto Erede Lorenzo Molajoli Rosario Bourdon Mario Bernardi Gabriele Bellini Michael Halasz Pier Giorgio Morandi Alexander Rahbari Tullio Serafin Percy Pitt Richard Bradshaw Heribert Beissel Vincenzo Bellezza David Parry Alexandrs Vilumanis
Bruno Pola, baritone
Paolo Montarsolo, bass
Alberto Carusi, baritone
John McCormack, tenor
Nicoletta Curiel,
Aaron St. Clair Nicholson, baritone
Elina Garanca, soprano
Friedemann Rohlig, bass
Hao Jiang Tian, bass
Luciana Serra,
Arno Schellenberg, baritone
Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Richard Tauber, tenor
Luisa Tetrazzini, soprano
Thomas Allen, baritone
Nazzareno de Angelis, bass
Titta Ruffo, baritone
Maria Bayo, soprano
Tito Schipa, tenor
Benno Ziegler, baritone
Sonia Ganassi, mezzo-soprano
Franco de Grandis, bass
Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano
Studio pianist, piano
Alan Opie, baritone
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Bruce Ford, tenor
Andrew Shore, bass
Robert Merrill, baritone
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Risto Lauriala, piano
Kazmer Sarkany, baritone
Laszlo Orban, baritone
Ferenc Korpas, bass
Maria Callas, soprano
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Ewa Podles, contralto
Mario Sammarco, baritone
Angelo Romero, bass
Michael Schade, tenor
Roberto Servile, baritone
Rockwell Blake, tenor
Enzo Dara, bass
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Ramon Vargas, tenor
Marion Talley, soprano
Rinaldo Alessandrini, harpsichord
Allan Monk, baritone
Aurelio Faedda, bass
Russell Braun, baritone
Recording date: 1911

ROSSINI: Barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia - 3:53

Moise et Pharaon (Moses and Pharaoh)

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Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra
Composed by: Gioachino Rossini
Conducted by: Lorenzo Molajoli Richard Bradshaw
Nazzareno de Angelis, bass
Michael Schade, tenor
Russell Braun, baritone
Recording date: 4 October 1929

ROSSINI: Mose: Invocazione - 4:29

Nabucco

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Performed by: Polish National Opera Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Orchestra Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra RAI Symphony Orchestra, Rome Europa Symphony Linz Bruckner Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Cologne Radio Orchestra Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Giuseppe Verdi Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Jacek Kaspszyk Oliviero De Fabritiis Daniel Oren Lorenzo Molajoli Mario Bernardi Oliver Dohnanyi Pier Giorgio Morandi Alexander Rahbari Richard Bradshaw Helmut Froschauer Ivan Anguelov Wolfgang Grohs Bernhard Klee
Masatoshi Uehara, tenor
Taemi Kohama, soprano
Maria Guleghina, soprano
Hao Jiang Tian, bass
Carlo Striuli, bass
Ferruccio Furlanetto,
Nazzareno de Angelis, bass
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Marian Vach, choirmaster
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Maria Callas, soprano
Franz Hawlata, bass
Fabio Armiliato, tenor
Renato Bruson, baritone
Elena Zaremba, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: 27 March - 1 April 1990

VERDI: Nabucco: Sperate o figli - 3:48
VERDI: Nabucco: Tu sul labbro dei veggenti - 4:20

Don Carlo

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Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Trois-Rivieres Symphony Orchestra Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Rome Opera Orchestra Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Studio orchestra
Composed by: Enrico Caruso Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by: Gabriele Santini Eri Klas Lawrance Collingwood Gilles Bellemare Carlo Sabajno Lorenzo Molajoli Renato Cellini Nicolas Braithwaite Frieder Weissmann Fausto Cleva Oliver Dohnanyi Michael Halasz Pier Giorgio Morandi Alexander Rahbari Charles Rosekrans Richard Bradshaw Alberto Hold-Garrido David Parry Ivan Anguelov
Antonio Scotti, baritone
Plinio Clabassi, bass
Mattia Battistini, tenor
Hao Jiang Tian, bass
Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Frida Leider, soprano
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Marian Anderson, contralto
Thomas Allen, baritone
Nazzareno de Angelis, bass
Giacomo Aragall, tenor
Miriam Gauci, soprano
Jaakko Ryhanen, bass
Ingrid Tobiasson, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Harper, tenor
Marian Vach, choirmaster
Antonietta Stella,
Philip Tebb, bass
Orietta Moscucci,
Elena Nicolai,
Loretta Di Lelio,
Marina Mescheriakova, soprano
Robert Merrill, baritone
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Lars Cleveman, tenor
Peter Mattei, baritone
Bengt Rundgren, bass
Hillevi Martinpelto, soprano
Iwa Sorenson, soprano
Klas Hedlund, tenor
Martti Wallen, bass
Hilde Leidland, soprano
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Giulio Neri, bass
Blanche Thebom, mezzo-soprano
Boris Christoff, bass
Emil Markow, bass
Ezio Pinza, bass
Gwyn Hughes Jones, tenor
Mariusz Kwiecien, baritone
Meta Seinemeyer, soprano
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Mario Filippeschi, tenor
Paolo Caroli, tenor
Eduard Tumagian, baritone
Richard Margison, tenor
James Westman, baritone
Gretan Laperriere, baritone
Recording date: April 1925

VERDI: Don Carlo: Ella giammai m'amo - 7:16

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