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This recording is interesting to two reasons. Firstly it is from Rio and not that many opera recordings exist from Rio, but it was a part of the Latin American opera tradition that included the Colon in Buenos Aires and opera houses in Mexico and Uruguay. Secondly it is the earliest live recording (that I know of) of Tebaldi's Tosca. She had recorded the role for Decca in 1952 and would go on to be heard over the radio in live performances in London, New York and elsewhere. Hers is quite a different Floria Tosca to that of her contemporary Callas, but no less worthwhile. She is partnered by Di Stefano, who had been Callas's Cavaradossi for EMI the year before. The sound is not good, there's not much orchestral detail to be heard, but I think the voices come through well enough for those willing to persevere.
Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis
September 21, 1954 Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro
Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi
Mario Cavaradossi - Giuseppe di Stefano
Il barone Scarpia - Giuseppe Taddei
Il Sagristano - Guilhermo Damiano
Cesare Angelotti - Giuseppe Modesti
http://rapidshare.com/files/4209629066/ToscaRio54.zip
Right, at the Teatro Colon, Buenos-Aires.
ReplyDeleteDo you still have the Metropolitan Opera Il Trovatore recordings with Martinelli? I can't find them anywhere now online and I've been looking for months. I am sorry, I do not know how else to contact you.
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