THE ITALIANS: The Golden Age of SingingAll performances digitally remastered for the first time!Available on DVD at
https://www.vaimusic.com/product/4704.htmlThis collection of performances by legendary Italian singers and singers of Italian descent includes several selections available for the verry first time on home video. These exciting highlights from the Golden Age of Television include:
FRANCO CORELLI
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana – Viva il vino and Addio alla madre (6/2/63)
Puccini: Turandot - Non piangere, Liù (6/2/63)
RENATA TEBALDI – Puccini: Madama Butterfly – Un bel dì (2/2/59)
FERRUCCIO TAGLIAVINI
Donizetti: L’Elisir d’Amore - Una furtiva lagrima (3/2/53)
Leoncavallo: Mattinata (3/2/53)
Gambardella: Comme facette mammeta (3/2/53)
Flotow: Martha - M’appari (10/6/52)
Rossini: La Danza (10/6/52)
LICIA ALBANESE
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci – Ballatella (2/19/51)
Rogers: The Star (2/19/51)
CESARE VALLETTI
Verdi: Rigoletto – La donna è mobile (1/26/59)
Verdi: Rigoletto – Quartet, with Peters, Thebom, and Siepi (1/26/59)
CESARE SIEPI
Verdi: I Vespri siciliani - O tu, Palermo (1/26/59)
SIEPI – de Crescenzo: Tarantella sincera (10/20/52)
SIEPI – Di Capua: Maria, Mari (10/19/53)
GIUSEPPE CAMPORA
Verdi: La Traviata – Libiamo & Un dì, felice, with Gianna d’Angelo (3/17/63)
Verdi: La Traviata – De’ miei bollenti spiriti (1/28/57)
Singers of Italian descent:
ANNA MOFFO – Puccini: Boheme – Quando m’en vo’ (9/22/58)
LISA DELLA CASA – Puccini: Tosca – Vissi d’arte (9/22/58)
FRANK GUARRERA – Bizet: Carmen - Toreador Song (2/6/56)