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16 Prologo da Pagliacci di Ruggero Leoncavallo

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2010-08-27

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Bechi, Gino; Borghese, Domenico Viglione; Del Monaco, Mario; Galeffi, Carlo; Gobbi, Tito; Mario Basiola, Jr.; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Protti, Aldo [Baritone Vocals]; Ruffo...

Il mito dell'opera - 26 "E lucevan le stelle" da Tosca di Giacomo Puccini

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2009-01-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Barioni, Daniele; Bjorling, Jussi; Borgatti, Giuseppe; Caruso, Enrico; Ciniselli, Ferdinando; Corelli, Franco; Cortis, Antonio; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Filippeschi, Mario; Fleta, Mig...

An opera becomes popular only if at least one of its arias is a success: Tosca contains many famous pieces, but one above all, "E...continue...

18 "Celeste Aida" da Aida di Giuseppe Verdi / Caruso, Bergonzi, Paoli, Björling, Corelli, Gigli, et al

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2008-09-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Björling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Corelli, Franco; Del Monaco, Mario; Filippeschi, Mario; Fleta, Miguel; Gigli, Beniamino; Labò, Flaviano; Lagares, Rafael; Martinelli, Gio...

'Aida' is the most widely-performed opera ever and the aria 'Celeste Aida' is what might be termed its calling card. After all, it is sung...continue...

Il Mito Dell'Opera - Mario Del Monaco - Rarities

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2007-09-01

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Del Monaco, Mario

Perhaps the only truly heroic tenor - what the Germans call a Heldentenor - to come out of Italy. And more to the point, he...continue...

Il mito dell'opera - 24 Nessun dorma da Turandot

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2005-07-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Barioni, Daniele; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Cecchele, Gianfranco; Corelli, Franco; Cortis, Antonio; Del Monaco, Mario; Filippeschi, Mario; Giacomini, Giuseppe; Gigli, Beniamino; Granda, Aless...

If it is true, as many claim, that the great epic age of opera ended with Puccini, there is no doubt that Calaf's aria, taken...continue...

Il Mito dell'Opera - Mario Del Monaco

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2001-03-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ave Maria; Un ballo in maschera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecourvreur; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier, opera
Performers: Del Monaco, Mario; Elmo, Cloe; Mascherini, Enzo; Petrella, Clara; Taddei, Giuseppe; Tebaldi, Renata; Tieri, Emidio

"...[Mario Del Monaco] had a voice of immense power. The two biggest tenor voices that I have ever heard in the theater were those of...continue...