Ettore Bastianini
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Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Hilde Güden (Rosalinde), Waldemar Kmentt (Eisenstein), Giuseppe Zampieri (Alfred), Erika Köth (Adele), Regina Resnik (Orlofsky), Peter Klein (Blind), Walter Berry (Falke), Eberhard Wächter (Franke), Erich Kunz (Frosch)
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert Von Karajan
Camp charm, beguiling lyricism, all the dialogue and star turns flown in for the traditional gala party, from Leontyne Price singing 'Summertime' to Birgit Nilsson trading a hit from My Fair... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2026, Archive Choice
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Verdi: Il Trovatore
Carlo Bergonzi (Manrico), Antonietta Stella (Leonora), Fiorenza Cossotto (Azucena), Ettore Bastianini (Conte di Luna), Ivo Vinco (Ferrando), Franco Ricciardi (Ruiz), Armanda Bonato (Ines)
Teatro alla Scala, Tullio Serafin
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Verdi: La Traviata
Maria Callas (Violetta), Giuseppe di Stefano (Alfredo), Ettore Bastianini (Giorgio), Silvana Zanolli (Flora), Luisa Mandelli (Annina), Giuseppe Zampieri (Gastone), Arturo La Porta (Baron Douphol), Antonio Zerbini (Marchese d'Obigny), Silvio Maionica (Dottore Grenvil)
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Record Review, 19th October 2019, Also Recommended
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Verdi: La Traviata
RecommendedMaria Callas (Violetta Valery), Silvana Zanolli (Flora Bervoix), Luisa Mandelli (Annina), Giuseppe di Stefano (Alfredo Germont), Ettore Bastianini (Giorgio Germont), Giuseppe Zampieri (Gastone), Arturo La Porta (Barone Douphol), Antonio Zerbini (Marchese d’Obigny), Silvio Maionica (Dottore Grenvil),...
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Building a Library, January 2007, Historic Choice
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Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus
RecommendedHilde Güden (Rosalinde), Eberhard Wächter (Eisenstein), Giuseppe Zampieri (Alfred), Rita Streich (Adele), Gerhard Stolze (Orlofsky), Peter Klein (Blind), Walter Berry (Falke), Erich Kunz (Frank), Josef Meinrad (Frosch), Elfriede Ott (Ida)
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker,...
The most luxuriantly Viennese of all Fledermice, with Karajan and the Philharmonic at their most effervescent and a delectable Staatsoper cast, plus a gala of 1950s Decca stars including Björling,... —
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Building a Library, September 2022, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Anita Cerquetti - Recital
Anita Cerquetti (soprano)
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Gianandrea Gavazzeni
A glorious rarity from Cerquetti, a great Italian dramatic soprano who left the stage too early. Has Bellini’s ‘Casta diva’ ever been spun so effortlessly or the ‘Pace’ from Forza sung with... —
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Diapason d’Or, September 2019, Collectionneur
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Lifetime Achievement Award
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Verdi: La forza del destino
RecommendedRenata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, Ettore Bastianini, Giulietta Simionato, Cesare Siepi, Silvio Maionica, Gabriella Carturan & Piero di Palma
Orchestra e coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
This sprawling epic has a very fine cast, with Renata Tebaldi as an almost ideal Leonora, and the loud impressive del Monaco as the hero. The early stereo sound is good, but the conducting... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Carlo Bergonzi: Puccini & Verdi Arias & Duets
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Ettore Bastianini (baritone), Enzo Sordello (baritone)
Bergonzi sings with sincerity and style —
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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Maria Callas (Amelia), Giuseppe di Stefano (Riccardo), Ettore Bastianini (Renato), Giulietta Simionato (Ulrica), Eugenia Ratti (Oscar), Giuseppe Morresi (Silvano), Antonio Cassinelli (Samuele), Marco Stefanoni (Tom)
Gianandrea Gavazzeni
