Great Italian Operas
Renata Tebaldi (Tosca), Ferruccio Tagliavini (Cavaradossi) & Tito Gobbi (Baron Scarpia), Rolando Panerai (Figaro), Teresa Berganza (Rosina), Luigi Alva (Count Almaviva), Fernando Corena (Bartolo), Fernando Corena (Falstaff), Anna Maria Rovere (Alice Ford), Fernanda Cadoni (Meg Page), Oralia Dominguez...
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Puccini: Tosca
- Michael Langdon (bass), Noreen Berry (mezzo-soprano), Howell Glynne (bass), Ronald Lewis (baritone), Ferruccio Tagliavini (tenor), Rhydderch Davies (baritone), Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Tito Gobbi (baritone), David Tree (vocals)
- Covent Garden Orchestra, Covent Garden Opera Chorus, Covent Garden Opera Orchestra
- Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
- Recorded: 30 June 1955
- Recording Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Act I: Ah! Finalmente! … E sempre lava! (Angelotti, Sagrestano, Cavaradossi)
Act I: Dammi i colori … Recondita armonia (Cavaradossi, Sagrestano)
Act I: Gente la dentro! (Cavaradossi, Angelotti, Tosca)
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
- Josephine Veasey (mezzo-soprano), Ronald Lewis (baritone), Robert Bowman (tenor), Luigi Alva (tenor), Rolando Panerai (baritone), Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Fernando Corena (baritone), Ivo Vinco (bass)
- Covent Garden Orchestra, Covent Garden Chorus
- Carlo Maria Giulini
- Recorded: 21 May 1960
- Recording Venue: Royal Opera House, London
Overture
Act I Scene 1: Introduction: Piano, pianissimo, senza parlar (Fiorello, Conte d'Almaviva, Chorus)
Act I Scene 1: Cavatina: Ecco, ridente in cielo (Conte d'Almaviva)
Verdi: Falstaff
- Fernanda Cadoni (mezzo-soprano), Dermot Troy (tenor), Anna Maria Rovere (soprano), Fernando Corena (baritone), Oralia Dominguez (mezzo-soprano), Daniel McCoshan (tenor), Marco Stefanoni (bass), Eugenia Ratti (soprano), Kevin Miller (baritone), Walter Monachesi (bass)
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus
- Carlo Maria Giulini
- Recorded: 25 August 1955
- Recording Venue: Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh
Act I Part I: Falstaff! … Ola! (Dr. Caius, Falstaff, Bardolfo, Pistola)
Act I Part I: So che se andiam, la notte
Act I Part I: Ma e tempo d' assottigliar l'ingegno (Falstaff, Pistola, Bardolfo)