Cerquetti, Anita > Bellini, Vincenzo

A Vocal Portrait: Operatic recital 1957; RAI broadcasts 1955/56, etc. / Anita Cerquetti, soprano

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-11-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; I Vespri Siciliani; Nabucco; Ernani; La Forza del Destino; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Gaspare Spontini: Agnese di Hohenstraufen; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Amilcare Pon...
Performers: Cerquetti, Anita; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Rossi, Mario; Gui, Vittorio;
Ensemble: ; RAI Concerto, Milan

Born in 1931, Anita Cerquetti had a short (eight-year) period of fame from 1952 to 1960, receiving great acclaim for her performances of Norma, Aida...continue...

Il Mito dell'Opera - Anita Cerquetti

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2008-07-04

Works: Gasparo Spontini: Agnes von Hohenstaufen; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; I vespri siciliani; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Umbert...
Performers: Cerquetti, Anita; Pola, Arrigo

Anita Cerquetti was a most accomplished artist and could handle the roles of very different types of operatic heroines. Whatever the character she played, the...continue...

Bellini: Norma / Santini, Cerquetti, Corelli, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-04-12

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Borelli, Giannella; Cerquetti, Anita; Corelli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Nero, Giulio; Pirazzini, Miriam
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

"...One of the best live recordings available. Cerquetti made few recordings; this performance makes you wonder why... Corelli sings magnificently throughout, with an exhuberance that...continue...