Mario del Monaco
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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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Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
RecommendedElena Souliotis (Santuzza), Mario del Monaco (Turiddu), Tito Gobbi (Alfio), Stefania Malagù (Lola), Anna Di Stasio (Lucia)
Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Silvio Varviso
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Building a Library, April 2001, First Choice
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Puccini: La fanciulla del West
RecommendedRenata Tebaldi (Minnie), Mario del Monaco (Dick Johnson), Cornell MacNeil (Jack Rance)
Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Franco Capuana
both Tebaldi and del Monaco were at their finest, and Tozzi as Jake Wallace proved another outstanding asset. The Decca producers, James Walker and Christopher Raeburn, again demonstrated Decca's... —
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Building a Library, December 2016, Also Recommended
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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The Record of Singing – The Very Best of Volumes 1-4
RecommendedFrom 1899 to the end of the 78 era: 1899-1952
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Historic vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Historical
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Historic vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Historic Reissue
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Gramophone Awards, 1977, Winner - Historical
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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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Puccini: La fanciulla del West
Eleanor Steber (Minnie), Gian Giacomo Guelfi (Jack Rance), Mario Del Monaco (Dick Johnson), Piero De Palma (Nick), Vito Susca (Ashby), Enzo Viaro (Sonora), Giorgio Tozzi (Jake Wallace)
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Dmitri Mitropoulos
Thanks above all to the passionate commitment of Mitropoulos, working with a fine team of soloists, this neglected work sounds a true masterpiece. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2009, Re-issue of the Month
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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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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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Puccini: Passion & Drama
32 Famous Melodies
Jussi Björling (tenor), Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Maria Callas (soprano), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Mirella Freni (soprano), Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo-soprano), Mario del Monaco (tenor), Gianna D'Angelo, Giorgio Tozzi (bass), Robert Merrill (baritone), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Birgit Nilsson (soprano),...
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Girl of the Golden West
Renata Tebaldi (Minnie), Cornell MacNeil (Jack Rance), Mario del Monaco (Dick Johnson), Giorgio Tozzi (Jack Wallace)
Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome, Franco Capuana
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