Picco, Guido

Maria Callas sings Casta Diva - Live and studio recordings from 1949 through two extraordinary live performances in 1955

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2012-07-05

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France; Serafin, Tullio; Picco, Guido; Gui, Vittorio; Votto, Antonino; Santini, Gabriele; Sebastian, Georges

Maria Callas, during her short and extraordinary career, Maria Callas played several times the role of Norma in Bellini's homonimous opera; making of this role...continue...

Thomas: Mignon / Giulietta Simionato, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Cesare Siepi, Verdad Luz Guajardo, Graciela Milera, Gilberto Cerda, Ignacio Rufino [Mexico 1949]

2 CD / Bongiovanni / 2012-06-02

Conductors: Picco, Guido
Ensemble: Mexico City

Jules Massenet: Werther

2 CD / Gala Import / 2010-10-12

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther
Conductors: Picco, Guido

Recording information: Mexico City (07/15/1952)....continue...

Giacomo Puccini: Tosca

2 CD / Myto Records / 2010-05-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Cerda, Gilberto
Conductors: Picco, Guido

This important live document from the early Maria Callas back in the catalog in good sound....continue...
Recording information: Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City (07/01/1952)....continue...

Rivals - Maria Callas, Renata Tebaldi

1 CD / Fono / 2010-02-12

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Aida, opera; La traviata; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Sanzogno, Nino; Votto, Antonino; Basile, Arturo; Mugnai, Umberto; Picco, Guido
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Professori

Giordano: Fedora; Puccini: Turandot, etc / Di Stefano

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; ...
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Beggiato, Ortensia; Buccini, Vittorio; Callas, Maria; Campi, Enrico; Campolonghi, Piero; Capecchi, Renato; Carbonari, Virgilio; Carlin, Mario; Carteri, Rosanna; Carturan, Gabriella;...
Conductors: Picco, Guido; Mugnai, Umberto; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Basile, Arturo

During his peak years, Giuseppe Di Stefano (b. 1921) had one of the most sensually beautiful tenor voices ever recorded. He was universally regarded as...continue...

Maria Callas - Gli anni d'oro Vol 1 1951-1953

10 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2005-09-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Gioachino Rossini: Armida; Luigi Cherubini: Medea
Performers: Albanese, Francesco; Andreassi, Maria; Barbieri, Fedora; Botteghelli, Raimondo; Callas, Maria; Campolonghi, Piero; Christoff, Boris; Corelli, Franco; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Elmo, Cloe; Filippeschi, Ma...
Conductors: Picco, Guido; Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Naples ...

Istituto Discografico Italiano is proud to present this 10-CD box-set featuring five memorable performances by Maria Callas, recorded when she was at the peak of...continue...

Bellini: I Puritani / Picco, Callas, Di Stefano, et al

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2004-05-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Picco, Guido
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra

Callas - A Verona

1 CD / Fono / 2004-03-02

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Il trovatore; Aida, opera
Performers: Albanese, Francesco; Amadini, Maria; Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Marietti, Ines; Poggi, Gianni; Savarese, Ugo; Silveri, Paolo; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Santini, Gabriele; Picco, Guido; de Fabritiis, Oliviero
Ensemble: Coro Cetra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Maria Callas in Mexico

1 CD / Bel Age / 2003-02-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il trovatore; La traviata; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Callas, Maria; Weede, Robert
Conductors: Picco, Guido; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mugnai, Umberto
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra

Bellini: I Puritani / Picco, Callas, Di Stefano, et al

2 CD / Archipel / 2003-01-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Campolonghi, Piero; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Rimoch, Rosa; Ruffino, Ignacio; Silva, Roberto
Conductors: Picco, Guido
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra

Callas - The Athens Years / Mugnai, Picco, de Fabritiis, etc

1 CD / Fono / 2002-10-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; La traviata; Aida, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; De Hidalgo, Elvira; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Magini-Coletti, Antonio
Conductors: Picco, Guido; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mugnai, Umberto
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra

The Earliest Testimonial / Maria Callas, et al

1 CD / Fono / 2002-09-03

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bechi, Gino; Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Gui, Vittorio; Picco, Guido; Mugnai, Umberto
Ensemble: ; Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Chorus; Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Orchestra

Debut Series - Giuseppe Di Stefano - My First Puccini

1 CD / Fono / 2002-08-06

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; La Bohème; Madama Butterfly; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Callas, Maria; Cehanovsky, George; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Moscona, Nicola; Moser, Edoardo; Munsel, Patrice; Sayao, Bidu; Tebaldi, Renata; Warren, Leonard
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Erede, Alberto; Cellini, Renato; Picco, Guido; Ackermann, Otto
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Lausanne Radio Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra; RCA Victor Symp...

Début Series - Simionato - My First Record

1 CD / Fono / 2002-07-02

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act;...
Performers: Bechi, Gino; Bossi, Renzo; Caniglia, Maria; Conti, Gino; Huder, Maria; Rasa, Lina Bruna; Simionato, Giulietta; Taddei, Giuseppe; Tagliavini, Ferruccio
Conductors: Quadri, Argeo; Mascagni, Pietro; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Capuana, Franco; Picco, Guido
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra; Milan Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Recitals - Giuseppe Di Stefano - Arias & Scenes

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-06-04

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther; Manon; Le Cid; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohè...
Performers: Alonso, Francisco; Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Tieri, Emidio; Picco, Guido; Mugnai, Umberto

Opera Obsession! - Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-03-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La traviata; Il Trovatore; Otello; Rigoletto; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Jules Massenet: Manon; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del...
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Brendel, Wolfgang; Bruscantini, Sesto; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Cor...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Basile, Arturo; Maag, Peter; Verchi, Nino; Santi, Nello; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gardelli, Lamberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Rennert, Wolf...

Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits!From the 20th century's most exciting live opera performances come nineteen spectacular tracks starring Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, Montserrat Caballe, Franco Cor...continue...

Callas - Verdi: Nabucco, Aida, Il Trovatore

1 CD / Fono / 2001-10-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il trovatore; Nabucco
Performers: Baum, Kurt; Callas, Maria; Simionato, Giulietta; Warren, Leonard
Conductors: Picco, Guido; Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra

Verdi: Il trovatore / Pico, Callas, Baum, Simionato, et al

2 CD / Fono / 2001-09-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore
Performers: Baum, Kurt; Callas, Maria; Feuss, Ana Maria; Moscona, Nicola; Sagarminaga, Carlos; Simionato, Giulietta; Warren, Leonard
Conductors: Picco, Guido
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra

Verdi: Trovatore, Aida Highlights / Callas, Simionato, et al

1 CD / Archipel / 2001-06-03

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Baum, Kurt; Callas, Maria; Falchi, Raffaele de; Moscona, Nicola; Neri, Giulio; Petrov, Ivan; Picchi, Mirto; Stignani, Ebe [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Bellezza, Vincenzo; Picco, Guido

Verdi: Aida / Picco, Callas, Baum, Simionato, Weede, et al

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2000-09-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Baum, Kurt; Callas, Maria; Moscona, Nicola; Ruffino, Ignacio; Sagarminaga, Carlos; Simionato, Giulietta; Weede, Robert
Conductors: Picco, Guido
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra

Puccini: Tosca / Picco, Callas, Di Stefano, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-06-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Alonso, Francisco; Callas, Maria; Campolonghi, Piero; Cerda, Gilberto; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Farfan, Luz Maria; Sagarminaga, Carlos
Conductors: Picco, Guido
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra

Another ideal role for the mighty Callas, flaming to life in a riveting interpretation, and paired with her greatest partner, Giuseppe Di Stefano....continue...

Verdi: Rigoletto / Picco, Callas, Di Stefano, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-06-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Campolonghi, Piero; Cerda, Gilberto; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Garcia, Maria Teresa; Ruffino, Ignacio; Sagarminaga, Carlos
Conductors: Picco, Guido
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus

Again the unbeatable team of Callas and Di Stefano, in one of the most powerful and beloved of all operas, creating a masterpiece of the...continue...

Bellini: I Puritani / Callas, Di Stefano, Picco, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-05-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Campolonghi, Piero; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Lugo, Tanis; Rimoch, Rosa; Ruffino, Ignacio; Silva, Roberto
Conductors: Picco, Guido
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus

One of the greatest "singers' operas", starring two of the greatest singers recorded live in Mexico City, 1952....continue...

Callas Collection - Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-01-11

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Callas, Maria; Campolonghi, Piero; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Feuss, Anna Maria; Monte, Carlo del; Silva, Roberto; Tortolero, Francesco
Conductors: Picco, Guido
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus

Callas was indelible as the love-crazed heroine of Donizetti's tragic masterpiece, Lucia di Lammermoor. Her portrayal is one for the history books, and you can...continue...

Callas Collection - Verdi: Il trovatore / Warren, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-01-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Baum, Kurt; Callas, Maria; Moscona, Nicola; Sagarminaga, Carlos; Simionato, Giulietta; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Picco, Guido
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus

In this live performance from June 20, 1950, a youthful Maria Callas is supported by an unusually stellar cast of co-principals, including the beloved American...continue...