Mario del Monaco - my first concert - Del Monaco, Mario 1915-1982; Nelli, Herva 1909-1994; Callas, Maria 1923-1977; Taddei, Giuseppe 1916-2010; Merola, Gaetano 1881-1953; De Fabritiis, Oliviero 1902-1982 (Fono Enterprise, 2002)
Excerpts from operas. - The 1st 7 works originally broadcast on the Standard Hour radio program in Oct. 12, 1952. The program was narrated in English. The 8th-12 works recorded in 1951. - Program notes (32 p. : ill., ports.) inserted in container. - Mario del Monaco, tenor (2nd, 4th, 7th-12th) ; Herva Nelli (3rd, 5th-7th), Maria Callas (12th), sopranos ; Giuseppe Taddei, baritone (9th) ; San Francisco Opera Association Orchestra, Gaetano Merola, conductor (1st-7th works) ; Orchestra del Palacio de Bellas Artes ; Oliviero de Fabritiis, conductor (8th-11th)
I vespri siciliani. Sinfonia ; Luisa Miller. O fede negar potessi - Quando le sere al placido ; I vespri siciliani. Mercè dilette amiche' / Giuseppe Verdi -- La juive. Rachel, quand du Seigneur / Jacques Halevy -- Il trovatore. D'amor sull'ali rosee / Giuseppe Verdi -- La Gioconda. Suicidio / Amilcare Ponchielli -- Un ballo in maschera. Teco io sto - Non sei tu - M'ami, m'ami - O qual soave brivido ; Otello (in Mexico City). Esultate ; Quel fazzoletto - Sì pel ciel marmoreo ; Datemi ancor - Dio, mi potevi ; Niun mi tema ; Aida (with Maria Callas). La fatal pietra - O terra addio / Giuseppe Verdi
Keywords: Operas / Excerpts; Overtures