Sunday 20 February 2011

Trovatore with Martinelli, Metropolitan 1936, 1938 & 1939

Martinelli as Manrico


The great Italian tenor, Giovanni Martinelli appeared in three broadcasts of Il Trovatore from the Metropolitan Opera in New York between 1936 and 1939. None of them exist as complete performances, but the extracts here give a strong sense of what he was like in this role. There's about an hour from 1936 and 25-30 mins each from 1938 and 1939. Partnering him were Elisabeth Rethberg in 1936 and a young Zinka Milanov in 1938 and 1939.


Metropolitan Opera House
February 15, 1936 Matinee Broadcast
IL TROVATORE
Giuseppe Verdi--Salvatore Cammarano

Manrico.................Giovanni Martinelli
Leonora.................Elisabeth Rethberg
Count Di Luna...........Richard Bonelli
Azucena.................Kathryn Meisle
Ferrando................Virgilio Lazzari
Ines....................Thelma Votipka
Ruiz....................Giordano Paltrinieri
Gypsy...................Arnold Gabor

Conductor...............Gennaro Papi

http://rapidshare.com/files/447838388/1936Trovatore.mp3



Metropolitan Opera House
January 8, 1938 Matinee Broadcast
IL TROVATORE
Giuseppe Verdi--Salvatore Cammarano

Manrico.................Giovanni Martinelli
Leonora.................Zinka Milanov
Count Di Luna...........Richard Bonelli
Azucena.................Bruna Castagna
Ferrando................Virgilio Lazzari
Ines....................Thelma Votipka
Ruiz....................Giordano Paltrinieri
Gypsy...................Carlo Coscia

Conductor...............Gennaro Papi

http://rapidshare.com/files/447838389/1938Trovatore.mp3


Metropolitan Opera House
March 4, 1939 Matinee Broadcast
IL TROVATORE
Giuseppe Verdi--Salvatore Cammarano

Manrico.................Giovanni Martinelli
Leonora.................Zinka Milanov
Count Di Luna...........Richard Bonelli
Azucena.................Bruna Castagna
Ferrando................Virgilio Lazzari
Ines....................Thelma Votipka
Ruiz....................Giordano Paltrinieri
Gypsy...................Carlo Coscia

Conductor...............Gennaro Papi
 
http://rapidshare.com/files/447838390/1939Trovatore.mp3 

2 comments:

  1. Thank you for a wonderful recording.
    Does not the part of the latter half of cabaletta 'Di quella pira' of the recording in 1938 remain?

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  2. Do you still have that recording?

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