The Golden Age of Singing: The Italians

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THE ITALIANS: The Golden Age of Singing

All performances digitally remastered for the first time

This collection of performances by legendary Italian singers and singers of Italian descent includes several selections available for the first time.

1. FRANCO CORELLI Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana - Viva il vino (6/2/1963) 4:04

2. FRANCO CORELLI Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana - Addio alla madre (6/2/1963) 4:12

3. FRANCO CORELLI Puccini: Turandot - Non piangere, Liù (6/2/1963) 2:19

4. LICIA ALBANESE Leoncavallo: Pagliacci - Stridono lassù (2/19/1951) 2:47

5. GABRIELLA TUCCI & DANIELE BARIONI Offenbach: Tales of Hoffmann - Barcarolle (2/24/1963) 2:29

6. FERRUCCIO TAGLIAVINI Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore - Una furtiva lagrima (3/2/1953) 3:52

7. FERRUCCIO TAGLIAVINI Flotow: Martha - M’apparì (10/6/1952) 2:46

8. GIUSEPPE CAMPORA & GIANNA D'ANGELO Verdi: La Traviata - Brindisi (Libiamo ne' lieti calici) (3/17/1963) 2:52

9. GIUSEPPE CAMPORA Verdi: La Traviata - De' miei bollenti spiriti (1/28/1957) 1:48

10. MARIO SERENI Verdi: La Traviata - Di Provenza il mar (3/17/1963) 2:04

11. CESARE SIEPI Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani - O tu, Palermo (1/26/1959) 4:00

12. CESARE VALLETTI Verdi: Rigoletto - La donna è mobile (1/26/1959) 2:11

13. CESARE VALLETTI, ROBERTA PETERS, BLANCHE THEBOM, & CESARE SIEPI

Verdi: Rigoletto - Quartet (1/26/1959) 3:55

14. CESARE VALLETTI, DOROTHY WARENSKJOLD, & CESARE SIEPI Gounod: Faust - Final Trio (11/24/1958) 3:21

15. GABRIELLA TUCCI & JAMES McCRACKEN Verdi: Otello - Ed io vedea (4/7/1963) 4:17

16. GABRIELLA TUCCI Verdi: Otello - Ave Maria (4/7/1963) 4:14

17. ANNA MOFFO Puccini: La Bohème - Quando m'en vo' (9/22/1958) 3:57

18. LISA DELLA CASA Puccini: Tosca - Vissi d'arte (9/22/1958) 3:18

19. RENATA TEBALDI Puccini: Madama Butterfly - Un bel dì (2/2/1959) 4:46

Encores:

20. LICIA ALBANESE Firestone: If I Could Tell You (2/19/1951) :50

21. GIUSEPPE CAMPORA di Capua: Maria, Mari' (2/3/1958) 2:27

22. GIUSEPPE CAMPORA di Capua: O sole mio (2/3/1958) 2:08

23. CESARE SIEPI de Crescenzo: Tarantella Sincera (10/20/1952) 2:34

24. FERRUCCIO TAGLIAVINI Rossini: La Danza (10/6/1952) 2:20

25. FERRUCCIO TAGLIAVINI Leoncavallo: Mattinata (3/2/1953) 1:39

26. FERRUCCIO TAGLIAVINI Gambardella-Capaldo: Comme facette mammeta (3/2/1953) 2:20

27. RENATA TEBALDI Firestone: In My Garden (2/2/1959) :45