Tullio Serafin
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Bellini: Norma
RecommendedMaria Callas (Norma), Christa Ludwig (Adalgisa), Franco Corelli (Pollione), Nicola Zaccaria (Oroveso), Edda Vincenzi (Clotilde), Piero De Palma (Flavio)
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Tullio Serafin
Bellini's tragic Druid priestess was surely one of Maria Callas's greatest roles, and she's caught at her histrionic peak on this 1960 studio recording under Tullio Serafin, with Franco Corelli's... —
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
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Special offer. Bellini: I Puritani
RecommendedMaria Callas, Aurora Cattelani, Carlo Forti, Angelo Mercuriali, Rolando Panerai, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Giuseppe di Stefano
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
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Building a Library, January 2005, Budget Choice
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Verdi: Rigoletto
Maria Callas (Gilda), Tito Gobbi (Rigoletto), Giuseppe di Stefano (Il Duca), Nicola Zaccaria (Sparafucile), Adriana Lazzarini (Maddalena), Plinio Clabassi (Monterone), William Dickie (Marullo), Renato Ercolani (Borsa), Giuse Gerbino (Giovanna), Carlo Forti (Il Conte di Ceprano), Elvira Galassi (La...
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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
RecommendedMaria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Raffaele Arié, Valiano Natali, Anna Maria Canali, Gino Sarri
Chorus and Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Tullio Serafin
Today, for a very modest price, all lovers of bel canto operas and their performance on record can listen and make their own judgement on what was, without doubt, a seminal recording of the... —
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Building a Library, October 2008, First Choice
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Building A Library, May 2025, Recommended Recording
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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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Puccini: Tosca
Maria Callas (Tosca), Giuseppe di Stefano (Cavaradossi), Tito Gobbi (Scarpia)
Orchestra La Scala Milan, Victor de Sabata
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Puccini: Turandot
Maria Callas (Turandot), Eugenio Fernandi (Calaf), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Liù), Giuseppe Nessi (Altoum), Nicola Zaccaria (Timur), Mario Borriello (Ping), Renato Ercolani (Pang), Piero De Palma (Pong), Giulio Mauri (Un mandarino), Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
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This set gives an invaluable historical cross-section of Antipodean singers in both commercial and rare archive recordings. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2017, Re-issue of the Month
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Verdi: Rigoletto
Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, Giuseppe Di Stefano
La Scala Milan Chorus & Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
That one recording should continue to hold sway over many other attractive comers after 45 years is simply a tribute to Callas, Gobbi, Serafin and Walter Legge. Whatever the merits of its successors,... —
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