Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Ernesto Badini (Don Pasquale), Tito Schipa (Ernesto), Adelaide Saraceni (Norina), Afro Poli (Malatesta), Giordano Callegari (Un notaio), Rita Streich (Norina), Rita Streich (soprano), Josef Greindl (Pasquale)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Carlo Sabajno, Fritz Lehmann
Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Ernesto Badini (Don Pasquale), Tito Schipa (Ernesto), Adelaide Saraceni (Norina), Afro Poli (Malatesta), Giordano Callegari (Un notaio), Rita Streich (Norina), Rita Streich (soprano), Josef Greindl (Pasquale)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Carlo Sabajno, Fritz Lehmann
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This recording of Don Pasquale, despite its age (1932), has long been regarded as the yardstick by which all subsequent versions of this sparkling opera have been measured. Still in fine voice, Ernesto Badini (1876 - 1937) in the title role was undoubtedly the finest basso buffo of the day - he was London's first Gianni Schicchi) and Tito Schipa was at the height of his career. Saraceni and Poli were also matchless in their roles. Also included are rare highlights in German with Rita Streich and Josef Greindl stylishly conducted by Fritz Lehmann, some tracks of which are on CD for the first time. There is also space for two further bonuses: Streich singing Norina's aria in Italian and the legendary version of Pronta io son with Lotte Schöne and Willi Domgraf-Fassbänder
Contents and tracklist
- Ernesto Badini, Adelaide Saraceni, Tito Schipa, Afro Poli, Giordano Callegari
- Chorus of Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala di Milano
- Carlo Sabajno
- Ernesto Badini, Josef Greindl, Rita Streich, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Willi Domgraf-Fassbänder, Lotte Schöne, Tito Schipa, Karl-Schmitt-Walter, Kurt Wehofschitz, Afro Poli
- Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Staatskapelle Berlin, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Ferdinand Leitner, Erich Orthmann, Fritz Lehmann
