Legendary Performances of Tebaldi [Box Set] at MusicalHeritage.com

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Features Renata Tebaldi in seven complete operas on 14 CDs, including Verdi's Giovanna d'Arco and La traviata, Puccini's Tosca and La fanciulla del West, Catalani's La Wally, Giordano's Fedora and Boito's Mefistofele.

Tebaldi is joined by such greats as Carlo Bergonzi, Giusepe di Stefano, Nicolai Ghiaurov and others. Conductors and ensembles include the RAI Orchestra & Chorus, Milan with Carlo Maria Giulini, the Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Milan with Gianandrea Gavazzeni and more.

Contains 24-page booklet with a biographical essay on Tebaldi, rare historic photos, complete cast lists and short synopses of each opera.

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Performances

Giovanna d'Arco, opera by Verdi, Giuseppe

Performer(s): RAI Chorus, Milan (Choir, Chorus), RAI Symphony Orchestra, Milan (Orchestra), Carlo Bergonzi (Vocals), Antonio Massaria (Vocals), Rolando Panerai (Vocals), Alfredo Simonetto (Conductor), Renata Tebaldi (Vocals), Giulio Scarinci (Vocals)
Recording location: Milan

La Traviata, opera by Verdi, Giuseppe

Performer(s): RAI Chorus, Milan (Choir, Chorus), RAI Symphony Orchestra, Milan (Orchestra), Carlo Maria Giulini (Conductor), Gino Orlandini (Vocals), Giacinto Prandelli (Vocals), Gino del Signore (Vocals), Renata Tebaldi (Vocals), Cristiano Dalamangas (Vocals), Lilliana Pellegrino (Vocals), Angelo Caroli (Vocals), Nunzio Gallo (Vocals), Luisa Magenta (Vocals)
Recording location: Milan

Tosca, opera by Puccini, Giacomo

Performer(s): La Scala Theater Chorus (Choir, Chorus), La Scala Theater Orchestra (Orchestra), Virgilio Carbonari (Vocals), Gianandrea Gavazzeni (Conductor), Tito Gobbi (Vocals), Giuseppe Morresi (Vocals), Piero de Palma (Vocals), Franco Piva (Vocals), Giuseppe di Stefano (Vocals), Renata Tebaldi (Vocals), Nicola Zaccaria (Vocals), Antonio Negri (Vocals)
Recording location: Milan

La Wally, opera (dramma musicale) in 4 acts by Catalani, Alfredo

Performer(s): RAI Chorus, Rome (Choir, Chorus), RAI Orchestra, Rome (Orchestra), Arturo Basile (Conductor), Dino Dondi (Vocals), Jolanda Gardino (Vocals), Dimitri Lopatto (Vocals), Silvio Maionica (Vocals), Pinuccia Perotti (Vocals), Giacinto Prandelli (Vocals), Renata Tebaldi (Vocals)
Recording location: Rome

La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West), opera by Puccini, Giacomo

Performer(s): RAI Chorus, Rome (Choir, Chorus), RAI Orchestra, Rome (Orchestra), Virginio Assandri (Vocals), Attilio Barbesi (Vocals), Daniele Barioni (Vocals), Arturo Basile (Conductor), Mario Borriello (Vocals), Carlo Cava (Vocals), Athos Cesarini (Vocals), Giovanni Ciavola (Vocals), Giangiacomo Guelfi (Vocals), Silvio Maionica (Vocals), Angelo Mercuriali (Vocals), Giuseppe Morresi (Vocals), Piero de Palma (Vocals), Renata Tebaldi (Vocals), Bruno Cioni (Vocals), Giorgio Onesti (Vocals), Egidio Casolari (Vocals), Lola Pedretti (Vocals)
Recording location: Rome

Fedora, opera by Giordano, Umberto

Performer(s): San Carlo Theater Orchestra (Naples) (Orchestra), San Carlo Theater Chorus (Naples) (Choir, Chorus), Arturo Basile (Conductor), Enrico Campi (Vocals), Gennaro Chiocca (Vocals), Mario Cioffi (Vocals), Mario Frosini (Vocals), Sofia Mazzetti (Vocals), Mario Sereni (Vocals), Giuseppe di Stefano (Vocals), Renata Tebaldi (Vocals), Giovanni Amedeo (Vocals), Vittorio Buccini (Vocals), Mariano Caruso (Vocals)
Recording location: Naples

Mefistofele, opera in prologue, 4 acts & epilogue by Boito, Arrigo

Performer(s): RAI Chorus, Milan (Choir, Chorus), RAI Symphony Orchestra, Milan (Orchestra), Carlo Bergonzi (Vocals), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Vocals), Lamberto Gardelli (Conductor), Frederic Mayer (Vocals), Renata Tebaldi (Vocals), Dorothy Cole (Vocals), Paul Solem (Vocals)