Program notes and synopses in English, French, and German (118 p. : ill.) in container.
Dépouillement
Manon Lescaut (Mario Del Monaco, tenor ; Mario Boriello, baritone ; Fernando Corena, bass) (106:06) -- La Bohème (Gianna d'Angelo, sopranos ; Carlo Bergonzi, tenor ; Ettore Bastianini, baritone) (110:53) -- Tosca (Mario Del Monaco, tenor ; George London, bass baritone) (113:04) -- Madama Butterfly (Fiorenza Cossotto, mezzo-soprano ; Carlo Bergonzi, tenor ; Enzo Sordello, baritone) (143:30) -- La fanciulla del West (Mario Del Monaco, tenor ; Cornell MacNeil, baritone ; Giorgio Tozzi, bass) (133:31) -- Turandot (Inge Borkh, soprano ; Mario Del Monaco, tenor ; Nicola Zaccaria, bass) (117:45) -- Il trittico. Il tabarro (Mario Del Monaco, tenor ; Robert Merrill, baritone) (53:41) ; Suor Angelica (Dora Carral, soprano ; Giulietta Simionato, Lucia Danieli, mezzo-soprano) (51:16) ; Gianni Schicchi (Agostino Lazzari, tenor ; Fernando Corena, bass) (51:34).
Distribution
Renata Tebaldi, soprano ; various soloists ; Orchestra e coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma (1st-6th works) ; Orchestra e coro del Maggio musicale fiorentino (Il trittico) ; Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (1st & 3rd works), Tullio Serafin (2nd & 4th work), Franco Capuana (5th work), Alberto Erede (6th work), Lamberto Gardelli (Il trittico), conductors.
Note
Recorded at l'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome, July 1954-Aug. 1959 (1st-6th works); and at the Teatro della Pergola, Florence, July 1962 (Il trittico).
