https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fot7g0vKlK50lGwghKew3CpGB5KsLLki/view?usp=sharing
La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian
Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1954(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Plinio Clabassi
Leonora di Vargas - Maria Callas
Don Carlo - Carlo Tagliabue
Don Alvaro - Richard Tucker
Preziosilla - Elena Nicolai
Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi
Curra - Rina Cavallari
Padre Guardiano - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Mastro Trabuco - Gino Del Signore
Un Chirurgo - Dario Caselli
Un Alcalde - Dario Caselli
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti7B9V0jbV0
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VrhCtdtCSjLeRv5NVU50_Suty_ItRiUR/view?usp=sharing
Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian
Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1957(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Manon Lescaut - Maria Callas
Des Grieux - Giuseppe di Stefano
Lescaut - Giulio Fioravanti
Geronte - Franco Calabrese
Edmondo - Dino Formichini
Una voce sola - Fiorenza Cossotto
L'oste - Carlo Forti
Il maestro di ballo - Vito Tatone
Un sergente degli arcieri - Giuseppe Morresi
Lampionaio - Franco Ricciardi
Un comandante di Marina - Franco Ventriglia
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LhopfQGR4M
Two performances of Callas' Aida in 1950 are recorded, one is on May 30, another one is on June 3. The June 3 recording is incomplete, only the Act II finale (with high E flat), Act III and Act IV are recorded.
The performance on May 30, 1950 (complete opera with the same cast): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpfePJUXXDs
Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian
Conductor Guido Picco - 1950(LE)
Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes
Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes
Aida - Maria Callas
Radamès - Kurt Baum
Amneris - Giulietta Simionato
Amonasro - Robert Weede
Ramphis - Nicola Moscona
Il Re di Egitto - Ignacio Ruffino
Una Sacerdotessa - Rosa Rodríguez
Un Messaggero - Carlos Sagarminaga
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MQrlwkOxO0
She was very young when she recorded una voce poco fa, other versions are EVEN WORSE. Gruberova's coloratura is always woofy and constricted, and her phrasing is very strange. She is the worst Rossini singer ever, the worst of the worst!
GREAT examples - Mercedes Capsir, Bidu Sayao, Amelita Galli-Curci
ps. Bidu Sayao is soooooooooooo beautiful! I love her!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ypl6YlS5xo
00:00 La rivedra nell'estasi
02:59 Di tu se fedele
06:09 Teco io sto
13:23 Morro ma prima in grazia
16:44 Eri tu
21:10 Final scene
Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in German
Conductor Wilhelm Loibner - 1953(SE)
Orchestra - Wiener Volksoper
Chorus - Wiener Volksoper
Riccardo - Helge Roswaenge
Renato - Theo Baylé
Amelia - Carla (Dragica) Martinis
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_OOxxNdlo4
Tacea la notte placida - Di tale amor from Verdi's Il Trovatore.
Gabriella Tucci (1929 - 2020) - Leonora
Conducted by Thomas Schippers.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ownvfxmfEM
Mozart is for HUGE voices!!!
0:00 Non piu andrai (Le nozze di Figaro)
3:37 Deh vieni alla finestra (Don Giovanni)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIslCszcUNA
Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in German
Conductor Arthur Rother - 1942(RE)
Orchestra - Berliner Staatsoper
Chorus - Berliner Staatsoper
Aida - Hilde Scheppan
Radamès - Helge Roswaenge
Amneris - Margarete Klose
Amonasro - Hans Hotter
Ramphis - Wilhelm Schirp
Il Re di Egitto - Wilhelm Lang
0:00 Celeste Aida
4:19 Ritorna vincitor
11:51 Chi mai fra gl'inni e i plausi
17:48 Fu la sorte dell'armi
27:03 Salvator della patria
29:56 Quest'assisa ch'io vesto
40:04 Oh patria mia
46:58 Ciel mio padre
54:53 Pur ti riveggo mia dolce Aida
1:04:14 Ma dimmi per qual via
1:07:20 Ohime morir mi sento
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePjN0YM9H4c