Album Summary
Performers
Frieda Hempel (Soprano)
Pasquale Amato (Baritone)
Amelita Galli-Curci (Soprano)
Lily Pons (Soprano)
Marcella Sembrich (Soprano)
Tito Schipa
Gina Bernelli (Soprano)
Marion Talley (Soprano)
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Toti Monte (Voice)
Luigi Montesanto (Baritone)
Titta Ruffo (Baritone)
Riccardo Stracciari (Baritone)
Celestina Boninsegna (Soprano)
Aureliano Pertile (Tenor)
Irene Minghini-Cattaneo (Mezzo Soprano)
Ernesto Badini (Baritone)
Bernardo Muro (Voice)
Ezio Pinza (Bass)
Claudia Muzio (Soprano)
Rosa Raisa (Soprano)
Giulio Crimi (Tenor)
Rosa Ponselle (Soprano)
Elisabeth Rethberg (Soprano)
Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
Tancredi Pasero (Bass)
Gino Bechi (Baritone)
Apollo Granforte (Baritone)
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Notes & Reviews:
This is the first release in a 4 volume series (8 CDs altogeher) surveying the greatest Verdi recordings made by the past century's most legendary opera singers. Each volume includes extended excerpts from the most popular operas plus representative selections from lesser-known works.
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Works Details
Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 1 - Performer: Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
- Running Time: 2 min. 3 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1851
Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 1 - Performers: Tancredi Pasero (Bass); Gino Bechi (Baritone)
- Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1851
Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 1 - Performer: Apollo Granforte (Baritone)
- Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1851
Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 1 - Performers: Frieda Hempel (Soprano); Pasquale Amato (Baritone)
- Running Time: 4 min. 23 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1851
Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 1 - Performer: Amelita Galli-Curci (Soprano)
- Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1851
Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 1 - Performer: Lily Pons (Soprano)
- Running Time: 6 min. 25 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1851
Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 1 - Performer: Marcella Sembrich (Soprano)
- Running Time: 4 min. 28 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1851
Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 2 - Performer: Tito Schipa
- Conductor: Carlo Sabajno
- Ensemble: La Scala Theater Orchestra
- Running Time: 5 min. 29 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1851
Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 2 - Performer: Pasquale Amato (Baritone)
- Running Time: 8 min. 20 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1851
Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 2 - Performer: Lily Pons (Soprano)
- Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1851
Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 2 - Performer: Gina Bernelli (Soprano)
- Conductor: Umberto Berrettoni
- Ensemble: La Scala Theater Orchestra
- Running Time: 6 min. 55 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1851
Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 3 - Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
- Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1851
Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 3 - Performers: Marion Talley (Soprano); Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
- Running Time: 6 min. 15 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1851
Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 3 - Performers: Toti Monte (Voice); Luigi Montesanto (Baritone)
- Conductor: Franco Ghione
- Ensemble: La Scala Theater Orchestra
- Running Time: 4 min. 24 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1851
Verdi, Giuseppe : Nabucco :: Part 1 - Performer: Titta Ruffo (Baritone)
- Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1842
Verdi, Giuseppe : Nabucco :: Part 2 - Performer: Tancredi Pasero (Bass)
- Running Time: 4 min. 33 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1842
Verdi, Giuseppe : Nabucco :: Part 2 - Performer: Riccardo Stracciari (Baritone)
- Running Time: 2 min. 23 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1842
Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Part 1 - Performer: Tancredi Pasero (Bass)
- Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Part 1 - Performer: Celestina Boninsegna (Soprano)
- Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Part 1 - Performer: Aureliano Pertile (Tenor)
- Running Time: 1 min. 36 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Part 2 - Conductor: Carlo Sabajno
- Ensemble: La Scala Theater Orchestra
- Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Part 2 - Performer: Irene Minghini-Cattaneo (Mezzo Soprano)
- Conductor: Carlo Sabajno
- Ensemble: La Scala Theater Orchestra
- Running Time: 4 min. 22 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Part 2 - Performer: Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
- Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Part 2 - Performer: Gino Bechi (Baritone)
- Conductor: Umberto Berrettoni
- Ensemble: La Scala Theater Orchestra
- Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Part 2 - Performer: Apollo Granforte (Baritone)
- Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Part 2 - Performers: Ernesto Badini (Baritone); Bernardo Muro (Voice)
- Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Part 3 - Performer: Ezio Pinza (Bass)
- Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Part 3 - Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
- Running Time: 5 min. sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Part 4 - Performer: Claudia Muzio (Soprano)
- Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Part 4 - Performers: Rosa Raisa (Soprano); Giulio Crimi (Tenor)
- Running Time: 3 min. 48 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Part 4 - Performers: Rosa Ponselle (Soprano); Riccardo Stracciari (Baritone)
- Running Time: 4 min. 12 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Part 4 - Performers: Riccardo Stracciari (Baritone); Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
- Running Time: 4 min. 23 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Verdi, Giuseppe : I lombardi :: Act 2 - Performer: Claudia Muzio (Soprano)
- Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1843
Verdi, Giuseppe : I lombardi :: Act 3 - Performers: Elisabeth Rethberg (Soprano); Ezio Pinza (Bass); Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
- Conductor: Rosario Bourdon
- Ensemble: La Scala Theater Orchestra
- Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1843
Verdi, Giuseppe : I due Foscari :: Act 1 - Performer: Pasquale Amato (Baritone)
- Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1844
Verdi, Giuseppe : Attila :: Act 3 - Performers: Ezio Pinza (Bass); Beniamino Gigli (Tenor); Elisabeth Rethberg (Soprano)
- Conductor: Rosario Bourdon
- Ensemble: La Scala Theater Orchestra
- Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1846

























