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Born Siena, 24 September 1922
Died Sirmione, 25 January 1967
1941-1944
Concert appearances in Italy
Debut in opera, as a bass
16 Nov. 1945 Ravenna (3 perfs)
La Bohème as Colline w. Clara Petrella/Dolores Ottani, Guido Casadio/Vittorio Pandano, Carlo Togliani, Maria Varetti; cond. Silvio Tagliapietra.
7 August, 1946 Teatro La Pergola, Firenze, Madama Butterfly as Zio Bonzo with Anna Leonelli: Magnani, Piero Sardelli/Alberto Lotti Camico; Emilo Ghirardini; cond. Andrea Morosini (2 perfs)
14 November, 1946 Teatro Verdi, Pisa, Rigoletto with Rinaldo Pellizonni, Orlandina Orlandini, Gino Sarri, Dora Minarchi; cond. Vasco Naldini
23, 24 November, 1946 Teatro Verdi, Pisa, Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Orlandina Orlandini, Vasco Carmignani, Enzo Esperti, Elio Sodi; cond. Vasco Naldini
In 1947 EB performed in Rigoletto, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Bohème, Il Trovatore, La Gioconda and several concerts.
Early in 1948, he sang in La Bohème in Bologna, Forli, Ravenna, Ferrara, Verona, and Novara; Lucia in Ferrara, Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Lucca; La Gioconda in Parma, Il Trovatore in Udine and concerts
24 April, 1948 La Scala, Milan, Oedipus Rex (Stravinsky) PREMIERE as Teresias w. Suzanne Danco, Gino Penno, Vincenzo Maria Demetez, Mario Petri; cond. Nino Sanzogno
28 April; 2, 4 May – ditto
14 December, 1948 Barcelona, La Fiamma (Respighi)as Il Vescoca with Palmira Vitali Marini, Luigi Borgonovo, Renzo Pigni, Maria Luisa Nave, Anna Maria Anelli, Ornella Rovero; cond. Napoleone Annovazzi
In 1949, he sang Il Re in Aida in Cairo, Alessandria and Caracas, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rigoletto and La Sonnambula in Cairo, Il Barbiere and Il Trovatore in Alexandria, La Bohème, Lucia and Rigoletto in Caracas, I Puritani in Barcelona, Fedora and Madama Butterfly in Parma.
29 Jan. 1950 Teatro Reale, Cairo, Mignon as Lothario w. Gianna Pederzini, Sandra Baruffi, Rodolfo Morano, Maria Tersa Mandalari; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
16 Feb. 1950 Teatro Reale, Cairo, Sansone e Dalila as Abimelecco w. Gianna Pederzini, Renato Gavarini, Rodolfo Azzolini; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
2 Mar. 1950 Teatro Mohamed Aly, Alessandria d’Egitto, Sansone e Dalila as Abimelecco w. Gioanna Pecxerzini, Renato Gavarini, Rodolfo Azzolinmi; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
3 perfs
4 March, 1950 Teatro Mohamed Aly, Alessandria d’Egitto, Mignon as Lothario w. Gianna Pederzini, Sandra Baruffi, Rodolfo Morano, Maria Teresa Mandalari; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
20 May, 1950 Teatro Regio, Parma, La Sonnambula EB with Maria Erato, Cesare Valletti, Renata Villani: cond. Renzo Martini
? Sept. 1950 Teatro del Giglio, Lucca, Manon as Il Conte w. Clara Petrella, Rodolfo Morano, Rolando Salazar; cond. Mario Parenti
? Sept. 1950 Teatro del Giglio, Lucca, Turandot as Timur w. Adelina Cambi, Bertolucci, Vasco Campagnano, Marcello Rossi; cond. Mario Parenti
19, 21, 24 Oct. 1950 Teatro Alfieri, Torino, La Sposa Venduta (Smetana) as Mika w. Marisa Morel, Maria Montorfano, Alvinio Misciano, Luciano Della Pergola, Carlo Badioli, Mario Zorgniotti; cond. Franco Ghione
25, 26 November, 1950 Teatro Masini, Faenza, Turandot as Timur with Maria Marini, Cesy Broggini, Roberto Turrini, Lido Pettini; cond. Ino Savini
15, 17, 28, 30 January; 1, 3 February, 1951 Teatro Reale, Cairo Aida as Ramfis with Elisabeth Barbato, Marianna Radev, Antonio Salvarezza, Gian Giacomo Guelfi; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
23 January, 1951 Teatro Reale, Cairo, Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Don Basilio with Maria Erato, Agostino Lazzari, Gino Bechi, Arturo La Porta; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza +2
? February, 1951 Teatro Reaale, Cairo, Turandot as Timur with Adelina Cambi, Luisa Lucini, Ken Neate; cond. Vinzenzo Bellezza.
15, 17, 19, 21 February, 1951 Teatro Reale, Cairo Guglielmo Tell (Rossini) as Gualtiero w. Gino Bechi, Antonio Salvarezza, Carmen Luchetti, Arnaldo Voltolini, Wladimiro Badiali, Giorgio Tozzi, Ezio Achilli, Maria Montorfano, Ida Lucini; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
27 February, 1 March, 1951 Alessandra d’Egitto, Aida as Ramfis with Elisabeth Barbato, Marianna Radev, Antonio Salvarezza, Gian Giacomo Guelfi; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
4 March, 1951 Alessandria d’Egitto, Teatro Mohamed Aly, Guglielmo Tell (Rossini) as Walter Furst w. Gino Bechi, Antonio Salvarezza, Carmen Luchetti, Arnoldo Voltolini, Wladimoro Badiali, Giorgio Tozzi, Ezio Achilli, Maria Montorfano, Ida Lucino; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
20, 24, 26 May, 1951 Teatro Alfieri, Torino, La Bohème as Colline w. Rina Malatrasi, Onella Rovero, Giuseppe Campora, Mario Borriello/Piero Guelfi, Pier Luigi Latinucci; cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni
He made a second DEBUT as a baritone on:
17 Jan. 1952 at Teatro dei Rinnovati, Siena, La Traviata as Germont w. Dina Mannucci Contini, Gustavo Gallo; cond. Flaminio Contino
20 Jan – ditto
26, 28 Dec.1952; 2 Jan. 1953 at Teatro Comunale, Florence, La Dama di Picche (Tschaikovsky) as Yeletsky w. Sena Jurinac, Gianna Pederzini, Rina Corsi, David Poleri, Mario Petri; cond. Arthur Rodzinski
1953
?? 1953 Hamburg Radio, Il Tabarro as Michele w. Nora De Rosa, Salvatore Puma. Angelo Mercuriali, Eraldo Coda, Ebe Ticozzi, Luigi Alva; cond. Mario Cordone
RECORDED
25, 28 Jan.; 5, 8 Feb. 1953 – Florence Teatro Communale, Lucia as Enrico w. Maria Callas, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Raffaele Arié, Valiano Natali, Dina Precini, Gino Sarri; cond. Franco Ghione.
25, 27 March, 1953 Piccola Teatro di Musica, Florence, Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro w. Marinellsa Meli, Carlo De Antoni, Giorgio Onesti, Robero Vecchi; cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni
17 April, 1953 Teatro Carlo Felice, Genova, Capriccio (R. Strauss) as Olivier w. Dorothy Dow, Jolanda Gardino, Dora Gatta, Giovanni Zampieri, Nasco Petrov, Willy Ferenz, Armando Torti; cond. Jonel Perlea
26 May, 1953 Florence Maggio Musicale, Guerra e Pace (S.Prokofiev) in its first staged presentation as Prince Andrei w. Rosanna Carteri, Franco Corelli, Fedora Barbieri, Cesy Broggini, Mirto Picchi, Anselmo Colzani, Renato Capecchi, Italo Tajo, Fernando Corena; cond. Arthur Rodzinski
29 & 31 May, 2 June – ditto
?? July, 1953 Fucecchio, Arena Nuova, Rigoletto in title role w. Nara Damaristi Bacci, Anna Rawcini, Luigi Tavolari, Ilio Mannocchi; Cond. Mario Rossi
??? 1953 RAI Aida as Amonasro w, Mary Curtis-Verna, Umberto Borsò, Oralia Dominguez, Norman Scott
1, 4 August, 1953 Freilichtbuhne Am Roten, Augsburg, Aida as Amonasro w. Constantina Araujo, Oralia Dominguez, Roberto Turrini, Hans Ducrue; cond. Mario Cordone
13 August, 1953 Augsburg, La Forza del Destino as Carlo w. Leonie Rysanek, Ingrid Steiger, Heinrig Bensing, Hans Ducrue, Walter Kocks; cond. Wolfgang Sawallisch
14, 18, 21 August, 1953 Castello di San Giusto, Trieste, I Pescatori di Perle as Zurga w. Fiorella Carmen Forti, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Mario Tommasin; Cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
19, 22, 26 September, 1953 Teatro Alfieri, Torino, Andrea Chénier as Gérard w. Luisa Malagrida/Maria Curtis-Verna, Roberto Turrini, Ugo Novelli, Giuseppina Sani, Aurora Cattelani; cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni
1 October, 1953 Basilica di San Pietro, Peru,La Passione di Cristo (L. Perosi) as Cristo w. Gustavo Gallo, Renato Capecchi, Fernando Corena; cond. Fernando Capuana
5 Dec. 1953 METROPOLITAN OPERA DEBUT, La Traviata as Germont w. Licia Albanese, Richard Tucker, Margaret Roggero, Maria Leone, Gabor Carelli, George Cehanovsky, Algerd Brazis, Osie Hawkins; cond. Fausto Cleva
11 Dec. 1953 – ditto exc Eugene Conley (for Tucker)
25 Dec. 1953 Metropolitan Opera, Il Trovatore as Di Luna w. Zinka Milanov, Kurt Baum, Elena Nikolaidi, Nicola Moscona, Maria Leone, Thomas Hayward, Algerd Brazis, James McCracken; cond. Fausto Cleva
1954
4 Jan. 1954 Metropolitan Opera, La Traviata as Germont w, Licia Albanese, Jan Peerce, Margaret Roggero, Maria Leone, Gabor Carelli, George Cehanovsky, Algerd Brazis, Osie Hawkins; cond. Fausto Cleva
13 Jan. 1954 Metropolitan Opera, Lucia as Enrico w. Lily Pons, Jan Peerce, Thelma Votipka, Norman Scott, Thomas Hayward, James McCracken; cond. Fausto Cleva
Ditto 22 Jan. 1954 exc Gabor Carelli for Hayward
?? Jan/Feb, 1954 Teatro Sociale, Como, I Pescatore di Perle as Zurga w. Luigi Infantino, Lia Di Julio, Enzo Feliciati; cond. Enrico Piazza
10, 14, 17, 20* Feb. 1954 Teatro Verdi, Trieste, Thaïs (Massenet) as Athanaële w. Fiorella Carmen Forti, Glauco Scarlini, Antonio Massaria; cond. Luigi Toffolo
* Recorded
13, 16, 21 Feb. 1954 Venice, Teatro La Fenice, Lucia as Enrico w. Maria Callas, Luigi Infantino, Giorgio Tozzi, Giuseppe Zampieri, Ebe Ticozzi; cond. Angelo Questa
20 March, 1954 Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa, La Forza del Destino as Carlo w. Caterina Mancini, Giulietta Simionato, Roberto Turrini, Giorgio Tozzi, Melchiorre Luise; cond. Franco Ghione
3 perfs
27 March, 1954 Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa, Amahl and the Night Visitors (Menotti)as Melchiorre w. Rina Corsi, Agostino Lazzari, Giorgio Tozzi, Alvaro Cordova; cond. Bruno Bartoletti
? April, 1954 Grand Theatre, Strasbourg, La Forza del Destino as Carlo w. Caterina Mancini, Gina Consolandi, Giorgio Kokolios-Bardi, Raffaele Arié, Melchiorre Luise; cond. Frederic Adam
7 perfs
12 April, 1954 Theatre Municipal, Colmar, La Forza del Destino as Carlo w. Caterina Mancini, Gina Consolandi, Giorgio Kokolios-Bardi, Raffaele Arié, Melchiorre Luise; cond. Frederic Adam
10, 13, 15, 18 May, 1954 Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Eugenio Oneghin (Tchaikovsky) as Onegin w. Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Cloe Elmo, Raffaele Arié, Ira Malaniuk; cond. Artur Rodzinski
6 June, 1954 Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Mazeppa (Tschaikovsky)as Kociubey w. Magda Olivero, Boris Christoff, David Poleri, Marianne Radev, Piero Di Palma, Fausto Flamin, Giorgio Algorta; cond. Jonel Perlea
(Recorded) 4 perfs
24 Nov. 1954 Metropolitan Opera, La Traviata as Germont w. Licia Albanese, Giacinto Prandelli, Margaret Roggero, Maria Leone, Gabor Carelli, Lawrence Davidson, Calvin Marsh; cond. Alberto Erede
30 Nov. 1954 Metropolitan Opera, Aida as Amonasro w. Zinka Milanov, Mario del Monaco, Blanche Thebom, Cesare Siepi, Luben Vichey, James McCracken, Rosalind Elias; cond. Fausto Cleva
2 Dec. 1954 Metropolitan Opera, La Traviata as Germont w. Licia Albanese, Giacinto Prandelli, Heidi Krall, Maria Leone, Gabor Carelli, Lawrence Davidson, Calvin Martsh, Osie Hawkins; cond. Alberto Erede
6 Dec. 1954 Metropolitan Opera, Aida as Amonasro w. Zinka Milanov, Kurt Baum, Blanche Thebom, Norman Scott, Louis Sgarro, James McCracken, Rosalind Elias; cond. Fausto Cleva
10 Dec. 1954 Metropolitan Opera, Andrea Chénier as Gérard w. Herva Nelli, Mario Del Monaco, Sandra Warfield, Herta Glaz, Rosalind Elias, George Cehanovsky, Alessio De Paolis, Norman Scott, Osie Hawkins, Frank Valentino, cond. Fausto Cleva
14 Dec. 1954 Metropolitan Opera, Andrea Chénier as Gérard w. Zinka Milanov, Mario del Monaco, Herta Glaz, Rosalind Elias, George Cehanovsky, Charles Anthony, Norman Scott, Gabor Carelli, Nell Rankin, Osie Hawkins, Frank Valentino; cond. Fausto Cleva
26 Dec. 1954 Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Pique Dame (Tshaikovsky) as Yeletsky w. Sena Jurinac, Gianna Pederzini, David Poleri, Mario Petri, Silvio Maionica, Rina Corse; cond. Artur Rodzinsky
(Recorded)
1955
1 Jan. 1955 Metropolitan Opera, La Traviata as Germont w. Licia Albanese, Giacinto Prandelli Heidi Krall, Maria Leone, Gabor Carelli, George Cehanovsky, Calvin Marsh, Osie Hawkins, cond. Fausto Cleva
17 Jan. 1955 Metropolitan Opera, Andrea Chénier as Gérard w. Zinka Milanov, Richard Tucker, Sandra Warfield, Lorenzo Alvary, Calvin Marsh, Rosalind Elias, George Cehanovsky, Alessio De Paolis, Norman Scott, Osie Hawkins, Frank Valentino; cond. Fausto Cleva
20 Jan. 1955 Metropolitan Opera, La Bohème as Marcello w. Dorothy Kirsten, Giuseppe Campora, Clifford Harvuot, Nicola Moscona, Jean Fenn, Lawrence Davidson, James McCracken, Alessio De Paolis, Calvin Marsh; cond. Fausto Cleva
28 Jan. 1955 Metropolitan Opera, Don Carlo as Rodrigo w. Delia Rigal, Nell Rankin, Cesare Siepi, Jerome Hines, Gabor Carelli, Louis Sgarro, Vilma Georgiou, Charles Anthony, Shakeh Vartenissian, Kelepovska; cond. Fritz Stiedry
6 Feb. 1955 San Antonio, Texas, Lucia di Lammermoor as Enrico w. Lily Pons, Eugene Conley, William Wildermann; Cond. Victor Alessandro
9 Feb, 1955 Metropolitan Opera, La Bohème as Marcello, w. Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe Campora, George Cehanovsky, Norman Scott, Jean Fenn, Lawrence Davidson, James McCracken, Alessio De Paolis, Calvin Marsh; cond. Fausto Cleva
17 Feb. 1955 Metropoltan Opera, Don Carlo as Rodrigo w. Delia Rigal, Richard Tucker, Blanche Thebom, Cesare Siepi, Nicola Moscona, Louis Sgarro, Vilma Georgiou, Charles Anthony, Gabor Carelli, Shakeh Vartenissian, Kelepovska; cond. Fritz Stiedry
20 Feb. 1955 Metropolitan Opera, SUNDAY EVENING CONCERT with Renata Tebaldi, Mario Del Monaco and Ettore Bastianini; Cond. Fausto Cleva – standard opera arias & concerted items plus Turandot & L’Africana items.
23 Feb. 1955 Metropolitan Opera, Andrea Chénier as Gérard w. Renata Tebaldi, Mario Del Monaco, Sandra Warfield, Gerhard Pechner, Herta Glaz, Rosalind Elias, George Cehanovsky, Gabor Carelli, Nell Rankin, Alessio De Paolis, Norman Scott, Osie Hawkins, Frank Valentino; cond. Fausto Cleva
5 Mar. 1955 Metropolitan Opera, Don Carlo MAT BCST as Rodrigo, w. Eleanor Steber, Jerome Hines, Richard Tucker, Blanche Thebom. Nicola Moscona, Gabor Carelli, Louis Sgarro, Vilma georgiou, Charles Anthony, Shakeh Vartenissian, Kelepovska; cond, Fritz Stiedry
(Recorded)
18 Mar. 1955 Metropolitan Opera, Aida as Amonasro w. Herva Nelli, Giulio Gari, Jerome Hines, Nell Rankin, Luben Vichey, Margaret Roggero, James McCracken; cond. Fausto Cleva
15 Mar. 1955 (Evening) Metropolitan Opera CONCERT w. Tebaldi, Del Monaco, Bastianini
26 Mar. 1955 Metropolitan Opera, Andrea Chénier as Gérard, w. Herva Nelli, Kurt Baum, Sandra Warfeld, Lorenzo Alvary, Charles Anthony, Herta Glaz, Rosalind Elias, George Cehanovsky, Norman Scott, Oise Hawkins, Frank Valentino, cond. Fausto Cleva
2 April 1955 Metropolitan Opera, GALA CONCERT – Act III La Bohème as Marcello w. Giuseppe Campora, Licia Albanese, Jean Fenn; cond. Tibor Kozma
5 April, 1955 Academy of Music, Philadelphia, La Bohème as Marcello w. Lucine Amara, Jean Fenn, Giuseppe Campora, Jerome Hines, James McCracken; cond. Fausto Cleva
12 April, 1955 Metropolitan Opera on Tour: Cleveland, La Traviata as Germont with Dorothy Kirsten, Jan Peerce, Calvin Marsh, Osie Hawkins; cond. Pietro Cimara
23 April, 1955 Metropolitan Opera on tour: Boston, La Traviata as Germont w. Licia Albanese, Jan Peerce, Rosalind Elias, George Cehanovsky, cond. Pietro Cimara
7 May, 1955 Metropolitan Opera on tour: Dallas, Andrea Chénier as Gérard w. Zinka MIlanov, Richard Tucker, Sandra Warfield, Charles Anthony, Frank Valentino, Rosalind Elias, Clifford Harvuot; cond. Fausto Cleva
10 May, 1955 Metropolitan Opera on tour: Houston, La Bohème as Marcello w. Licia Albanese, Jan Peerce, Laurel Hurley, Jerome Hines, James McCracken; cond. Fausto Cleva
28 May, 1955 La Scala, Milan, La Traviata as Germont w. Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Silvana Zanolli, Arturo La Porta; cond. Carlo Maria Giulini
31 May; 5, 7 Jun 1955 – ditto exc Giacinto Prandelli as Alfredo
10, 11 June, 1955 Teatro dell’Opera, Roma, La Traviata as Germont w. Virginia Zeani, Giacinto Prandelli, Silvia Bertona, Mino Russo, Antonio Sacchetti. Virgilio Stocco, Carlo Platania, Anna Marcangeli; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
7 July, 1955 Villa Margherita, Trapani, Don Carlo as Posa w. Adriana Guerrini, Miriam Pirazzini, Carlo Bergonzi, Giorgio Tozzi, Romeo Morisani; cond. Federico Del Cupolo
3 perfs
21, 24, 27, 30 August, 1955 Arena Flegrea, Napoli, Andrea Chénier as Gérard w. Anna De Cavalieri, Vittoro De Santis/Antonio Galie, Neda Monte, Piero De Palma; cond. Oliviero De Fabritiis
24, 26 Sept. 1955 at Teatro Morlacci, Perugia, Il Convitato di Pietro (A. Dargomizsky) as Don Carlos w. Marcella Pobbe, Marianna Radev, Mirto Picchi, Antonio Cassinelli, Paolo Washington; cond. Emidio Tieri
17 Oct. 1955 Teatro Florida, Monterrey, Andrea Chénier as Gérard w. Irma Gonzales, Pier Miranda Ferraro, Dora De La Pena; cond. Antonio Narducci
24 Oct. 1955 Teatro Florida, Monterrey, La Bohème as Marcello w. Victoria Del Los Angeles, Irma Gonzales, Giuseppe Campora; cond. Antonio Narducci
31 Oct.; 2 Nov. 1955 Civic Opera House, Chicago (Lyric Opera), I Puritani as Riccardo w. Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, William Wildermann, Eunice Alberts, Mariano Caruso; cond. Nicola Rescigno
5 Nov. 1955 Chicaco, Il Trovatore as Di Luna w. Maria Callas, Jussi Bjoerling, Ebe Stignani, William Wildermann; cond. Nicola Rescigno
19 Nov. 1955 Metropolitan Opera, Aida as Amonasro w. Renata Tebaldi, Mario Ortica, Blanche Thebom, Giorgio Tozzi, James McCracken, Louis Sgarro, Shakeh Vartenissian; cond, Fausto Cleva
22 Nov. 1955 Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Aida as Amonasro w. Renata Tebaldi, Elena Nikolaidi, Mario Ortica, Nicola Moscona; Cond. Fausto Cleva
2 perfs
24 Nov. 1955 Metropolitan Opera, Aida as Amonasro w. Renata Tebaldi, Mario Ortica, Elena Nikolaidi, Norman Scott, Louis Sgarro, James McCracken, Shakeh Vartenissian; cond. Fausto Cleva
2, 6 Dec. 1955 Metropolitan Opera, Andrea Chénier as Gérard w. Zinka Milanov, Kurt Baum, Martha Lipton, Rosalind Elias, George Cehanovsky, Gabor Carelli, Sandra Warfield, Salvatore Baccaloni, Alessio de Paolis, Norman Scott, Osie Hawkins, Frank Valentino, Lawrence Davidson, Louis Sgarro; cond. Fausto Cleva
29 December 1955; 3, 6, 8 Jan. 1956 Teatro Comunale, Florence, Il Tabarro as Luigi w. Clara Petrella, Mirto Picchi, Mafalda Masini, Piero De Palma, Gustavo Gallo; cond. Gabriele Santini
1956
7 10, 12, 15, Jan. 1956 Teatro Comunale, Florence,La Gioconda as Barnaba w. Anita Cerquetti, Gianni Poggi, Ebe Stignani, Lucia Danieli, Giuseppe Modesti; cond. Emidio Tieri
19 Jan. 1956 La Scala, Milan, La Traviata as Germont w. Maria Callas, Gianni Raimondi, Silvana Zanolli, Luisa Mandelli, Giuseppe Zampieri; conds. Carlo Maria Giulini/Antonino Tonini
22 Feb. 1956 Metropolitan Opera, La Bohème as Marcello w. Licia Albanese, Daniele Barioni, Clifford Harvuot, Norman Scott, Jean Fenn, Lawrence Davidson, James McCracken, Lorenzo Alvary, Calvin Marsh; cond. Fausto Cleva
24 Feb. 1956 – ditto exc Victoria de Los Angejes (Mimi), Giuseppe Campora (Rodolfo)
28 Feb. 1956- same as 22 Feb exc Lucine Amara (Mimi), Giuseppe Campora (Rodolfo), Cesare Siepi (Colline)
7 Mar. 1956 Metropolitan Opera, Rigoletto as Rigoletto w. Dolores Wilson, Eugene Conley, Rosalind Elias, Nicola Moscona, George Cehanovsky, Norman Scott, Clifford Harvuot, Gabor Carelli, Louis Sgarro, Maria Leone; cond. Fausto Cleva
10 Mar. 1956 Metropolitan Opera, ITALIAN GALA CONCERT EB sang Rigoletto: Cortigiani
16 Mar. 1956 Metropolitan Opera, Lucia as Enrico w. Dolores Wilson, Giuseppe Campora; Nicola Moscona, Charles Anthony, Thelma Votipka, James McCracken; cond. Pietro Cimara
24 March, 1956 Metropolitan Opera, Il Trovatore as Di Luna w. Herva Nelli, Gino Penno, Jean Madeira, Giorgio Tozzi, Maria Leone, Charles Anthony, Calvin Marsh, James McCracken; cond. Fausto Cleva
29 March, 1956 – ditto exc Zinka Milanov (for Nelli), Nell Rankin (for Madeira)
5, 14, 21, 25, 27, 29 April; 6 May, 1956 La Scala, Milan, La Traviata as Germont w. Maria Callas, Gianni Raimondi, Silvana Zanoli, Luisa Mandeli, Giuseppe Zampieri; conds. Carlo Maria Giuliani/Antonio Tonini
12, 19 April; 3, 9, 17, 19 May, 1956 La Scala, Milan, Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato w. Antonietta Stella, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Ebe Stignani, Eugenia Ratti; cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni
(12 April recorded)
14, 21, 25, 27, 29 April; 6 May 1956 La Scala, Milan, La Traviata as Germont w. Maria Callas, Gianni Raimondi; cond. Antonio Tonini
6 10, 13, 26 May; 5, 17 June, 1956 Teatro Comunale, Florence, La Traviata as Germont (sharing with Ugo Savarese/Dino Dondi) w. Renata Tebaldi, Nicola Filicuridi, Paolo Washington; cond. Tullio Serafin/Emidio Tieri
1956 Maggio Musicale Fiorentino RECORDING
La Favorita (Donizetti) as Alfonso, with Giulietta SImionato, Gianni Poggi, Jerome Hines; cond. Alberto Erede
16, 19, 22 June, 1956 Firenze SUMMER FESTIVAL, Don Carlo as Rodrigo with Anita Cerquetti, Angelo Lo Forese/Mirto Picchi, Cesare Siepi, Fedora Barbieri, Giulio Neri, Paolo Washington; cond. Antonino Votto (Recorded)
24, 28, 29 June; 4 August 1956 Terme di Carcalla, Rome, La Traviata as Germont with Virginia Zeani, Gianni Raimondi, Silvia Bertona, Mino Russo, Arturo La Porta, Carlo Platania, Anna Marcangeli; conds. Vincenzo Bellezza/Alberto Paoletti
21, 24, 29 July; 4 August, 1956 Verona Arena, Il Barbiere as Figaro with Virginia Zeani, Cesare Valletti, Giulio Neri/Paolo Montarsolo, Renato Capecchi; cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
18, 22, 26 August; 1 September, 1956 Arena Flegrea, Napoli, Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro with Antonietta Pastori, Luigi Alva, Leo Pudis, Andrea Mongelli, Gerardino Gaudioso, Tony Corcione, Rina Corsi, Renato Ercolani; cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
30 August, 1956 Teatro Arroiaga, Bilbao, Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Caterina Mancini, Giullieta Simionato, Mario Fillippeschi, Ivo Vinco; cond. Argeo Quadri
1 September, 1956 Teatro Arriaga, Bilbao, Rigoletto in title role with GIanna D’Angelo, Rina Cavallari, Gianni Raimondi, Ivo Vinco; cond. Angelo Quadri
?? Sept. 1956 Giardini dell’Alcazar, Siviglia, Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro w. Antonietta Pastori, Cesare Valletti, Paolo Montarsolo, Melchiorre Luise; conds. Giuseppe Morelli/Alberto Erede
?? Oct. 1956 Teatro Florida, Monterrey, Mexico, La Favorita as Alfonso w. Giulietta Simionato/Bette Dubro, Luciano Pansieri, Raffaele Arié; cond. Guido Picco
?? October 1956 4th, Monterrey, Mexico, La Forza del Destino as Carlo w. Anna Maria Rovere, Mario Ortica, Raffaele Arié; cond. Guido Picco
October 1956 Monterrey, Mexico, I Pagliacci as Tonio w. Conchita Valdez, Mario Ortica
October, 1956 Monterrey, Mexico, Lucia di Lammermoor as Enrico w. Ernestina Garfias, Luciano Pansieri, Raffaele Arié; cond. Guido Picco
23 Oct. 1956 Lyric Opera of Chicago, Il Trovatore as Di Luna w. Herva Nelli, Jussi Bjoerling. Claramae Turner, William Wildermann; cond. Bruno Bartoletti
26, 31 Oct, 1956 Chicago, La Traviata as Germont w. Eleanor Steber, Leopold Simoneau
27 Oct. 1956 Chicago, Il Trovatore as Di Luna, w. Gertrude Ribla, Jussi Bjoerling, Claramae Turner, William Wildermann; cond. Bruno Bartoletti
8 Nov. 1956 Chicago, La Forza del Destino as Don Carlo w. Renata Tebaldi, Richard Tucker, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Giulietta Simionato, Carlo Badioli, Mariano Caruso, Ardis Krainik; cond. Georg Solti
10 Nov. 1956 Chicago GALA w. Tebaldi, Tucker, Simionato, Bastianini.
EB sang “Nemico della Patria” from Andrea Chénier
(Recorded)
12 Nov. 1956 Chicago, La Forza del Destino as Don Carlo w. Renata Tebaldi, Richard Tucker, Giulietta Simionato, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni; cond. Georg Solti
14 Nov. 1956 Chicago, La Bohème as Marcello w. Renata Tebaldi, Barry Morell, Dolores Wilson, Miraslav Cangalovich, Carlo Badioli; cond. Bruno Bartoletti
16 Nov. 1956 Chicago, La Bohème as Marcello w. Renata Tebaldi, Jussi Bjoerling, Dolores Wilson, M. Cangalovich; cond. Bruno Bartoletti
21, 23, 25 November, 1956 Teatro Comunale, Bologna, Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro w. Dora Gatta, Carlo Zampighi, Paolo Montarsolo, Afro Poli; cond. Oliviero De Fabritiis
1, 4, 9 December, 1956 Teatro San Carlo, Napoli, Faust as Valentino with Marcella Pobbe, Gianni Poggi, Raffaele Arié, Anna Maria Capel; cond. Gabriele Santini
Recorded
15, 19, 22, 23, 30 December 1956 Teatro San Carlo, Napoli, Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro with Gianna D’Angelo/Giuditta Mazzoleni, Eugene Conley/Juan Oncina/ Nicola Monti, Marco Stefanoni/Giorgio Algorta, Renato Capecchi/Leo Pudis; conds. Armando La Rosa Parodi/Pasquale De Angelis
1957
6, 9, 12, 16 Jan. 1957 Teatro Comunale, Florence, Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato w. Anita Cerquetti, Gianni Poggi, Ebe Stignani, Giulio Neri, Paolo Washington; cond. Emidio Tieri
7 Jan. 1957 Teatro dell’Arte, Milano, Martini & Rossi Concert with Renata Tebaldi; cond. Oliviero De Fabritiis, EB: Cortigiani (Rigoletto); Credo (Otello), Nemico della Patria (Chénier), Eri tu (Ballo in Maschera)
26 Jan. 1957 Metropolitan Opera, Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Antonietta Stella, Kurt Baum, Jean Madeira, Helen Vanni, Norman Scott, Gabor Carelli, Charles Anthony, Calvin Marsh; cond. Max Rudolf
2 Feb. 1957 Metropolitan Opera, La Bohème as Marcello with Hilde Gueden, Jan Peerce, Nicola Moscona, George Cehanovsky, Laurel Hurley, James McCracken, Alessio De Paolis, Lawrence Davidson; cond. Tibor Kozma
4 Feb. 1957 Metropolitan Opera, Aida as Amonasro with Antonietta Stella, Kurt Baum, Jean Madeira, Nicola Moscona, Louis Sgarro, James McCracken, Heidi Krall; cond. Fausto Cleva
8 Feb. 1957 Metropolitan Opera, La Bohème as Marcello with Renata Tebaldi, Richard Tucker, Giorgio Tozzi, Heidi Krall, Alessio De Paolis, Lawrence Davidson, Charles Anthony, Calvin Marsh; cond. Thomas Schippers
11 Feb. 1957 Metropolitan Opera, Carmen as Escamillo with Rise Stevens, Richard Tucker, Nadine Conner, Lucine Amara, Norman Scott, Heidi Krall, Margaret Roggero, George Cehanovsky, Paul Franke; cond. Dimitri Mitropoulos
26 February, 1957 Met/Tour at Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Carmen as Escamillo with Jean Madeira, Lucine Amara, Richard Tucker; cond. Dimitri Mitropolous
28 Feb. 1957 Metropolitan Opera, La Bohème as Marcello with Licia Albanese, Gianni Poggi, Heidi Krall, Giorgio Tozzi, George Cehanovsky, Alessio De Paoli, Charles Anthony; cond. Thomas Schippers
9 March, 1957 Metropolitan Opera, Carmen as Escamillo with Rise Stevens, Giulio Gari, Emilia Cundari, Calvin Marsh, Norman Scott, Heidi Krall, Margaret Roggero, George Cehanovsky; cond. Kurt Adler
16 Mar. 1957 Metropolitan Opera, Don Carlo as Rodrigo with Cesare Siepi, Delia Rigal, Jussi Bjoerling, Hermann Uhde, Irene Dalis, Madeleine Chambers, Charles Anthony, James McCracken, Emilia Cundari; cond. Fritz Stiedry
19 March, 1957 Met/Tour at Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Antonietta Stella, Jussi Bjoerling, Irene Dalis, Nicola Moscona, James McCracken; cond. Max Rudolf
21 March, 1957 Metropolitan Opera, La Traviata as Germont with Renata Tebaldi, Daniele Barioni, Helen Vanni, Emilia Cundari, Charles Anthony, George Cehanovsky, Louis Sgarro, James Mccracken, Osie Hawkins; cond. Fausto Cleva
30 Mar. 1957 Metropolitan Opera, La Bohème MAT BCST as Marcello with Dorothy Kirsten, Richard Tucker, Cesare Siepi, Laurel Hurley, George Cehanovsky, Lawrence Davidson, Alessio De Paolis, Charles Anthony, Calvin Marsh; cond. Tibor Kozma
Recorded
1 April, 1957 Met/Tour at Baltimore Lyric Theatre, La Traviata as Germont with Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe Campora, James McCracken; cond. Fausto Cleva
8 April, 1957 RAI Milan, Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Leyla Gencer, Mario Del Monaco, Fedora Barbieri, Plinio Clabassi; cond. F. Previtali
VIDEO
11 April, 1957 Met/Tour at Boston War Memorial Auditorium, Don Carlo as Posa with Delia Rigal, Giulio Gari, Irene Dalis, Jerome Hines, Hermann Uhde, James McCracken; cond. Fritz Steidry
13 April, 1957 Met/Tour at Boston War Memorial Auditorium, La Traviata as Germont with Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe Campora, James McCracken; cond. Fausto Cleva
22 April, 1957 Met/Tour at Cleveland Public Auditorium, Lucia as Enrico with Lily Pons, Jan Peerce, Giorgio Tozzi, Paul Franke, James McCracken; cond. Fausto Cleva
30 April, 1957 Met/Tour at Richmond, Virginia, City Auditorium, La Traviata as Germont with Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe Campora, James McCracken; cond. Fausto Cleva
4 May, 1957 Met/Tour at Atlanta Fox Theatre, La Bohème Marcello with Licia Albanese, Daniele Barione, Laurel Hurley, Giorgio Tozzi, James McCracken; cond. Fausto Cleva
11 May, 1957 Met/Tour at Dallas State Fair Music Hall, La Traviata as Germont with Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe Campora; Cond. Fausto Cleva
14* 17, 20, 23 June, 1957 Maggio Musicale Florence, Ernani as Don Carlo with Anita Cerquetti, Mario Del Monaco, Boris Christoff; cond. Dimitri Mitropoulos
* Recorded
6, 10, 14, 20 July, 1957 Arena Flegrea, Naples, La Gioconda as Barnaba with Anna de Cavalieri, Gianni Poggi, Miriam Pirazzini, Giorgio Algorta; cond. Oliviero De Fabritiis
1, 4, 10, 13, 15, 18 August, 1957 Verona Arena, Carmen as Escamillo with Fedora Barbieri, Franco Corelli/Vasco Campagnano, Cesy Broggini; cond. Francesco Molinari Pradelli
8, 9, 12, 16 August, 1957 Verona Arena, La Bohème as Marcello with Antonietta Stella, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Ivo Vinco, Melchiore Luise
1-7 Sep. 1957 in Teatro Comunale, Florence (Decca Recording), Cavalleria Rusticana as Alfio with Jussi Bjoerling, Renata Tebaldi, Rina Corsi, Lucia Dani; cond. Alberto Erede
Oct. 21, 1957 Citta del Messico, Mexico, Carmen as Escamillo w. Jean Madeira, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Rosita Rimoch; cond. Anton Guadagno
(Recorded – Scenes)
16 Nov. 1957 Teatro Giuseppe Verdi, Trieste, Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Leyla Gencer, Mario Filippeschi, Dora Minarchi; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
(Expts recorded)
7, 10, 16, 19 Dec. 1957 La Scala, Milan, Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Giulietta Simionato; Eugenia Ratti; cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni
(Recorded)
22 Dec. Same (exc EB replaced in Act III by Romano Roma)
1958
4, 7, 9, 15 Jan. 1958 Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Adriana Lecouvreur as Michonnet with Clara Petrella, Giulietta Simionato, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Franco Calabrese; cond. Antonino Votto
14, 16, 19 Jan. 1958 Teatro Regio, Parma, Carmen as Escamillo with Fedora Barbieri, Pilar Lorengar/Margherita Benetti, Franco Corelli/Gianni Jaia, Loretta Di Lelio; cond. Franco Ghione
22 Jan. 1958 Teatro Sociale, Como, Andrea Chénier as Gérard with Luisa Malagrida, Umberto Borsò, Virgilio Carbonari, Armando Bonato; cond. Ennio Gerelli
25 Jan.; 2, 9 Feb. 1958 Teatro San Carlo, Naples, Carmen as Escamillo with Fedora Barbieri, Marcella Pobbe, Mario Del Monaco/Giuseppe Gismondo/Giuseppe Vertecchi; cond. Oliviero De Fabritiis
15, 19 (recorded), 23 Feb. 1958 Teatro Carlo di Napoli, La Bohème (Leoncavallo) as Rodolpho with Rosetta Noli, Mafalda Masini, Doro Antonioli, Walter Monachesi; cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
15, 18, 20 March, 1958 Teatro San Carlo, Naples, La Forza del Destino as Carlo with Renata Tebaldi, Oralia Dominguez, Franco Corelli, Boris Christoff, Fenato Capecchi; cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
28 March, 1958 Teatro San Carlo, Naples, Tosca as Scarpia with Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe Gismondo, Leo Pudis; cond. Ugo Rapalo
14 17 April; 6, 18, 21 May, 1961 Teatro alla Scala: L’Elisir D’Amore as Belcore with Renata Scotto, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Giuseppe Taddei; cond. Nino Sanzogno
19, 22, 25, 28, 31 May, 1958 La Scala, Milan, Il Pirata as Ernesto with Maria Callas, Franco Corelli, Luigi Rumbo, Plinio Clabassi, Angela Vercelli; conds. Antonino Votto/Molinari-Pradelli
?? 1958 La Scala, Milan RECORDING, Lucia di Lammermoor EB with Renato Scotto, Giuseppe di Stefano, Ivo Vinco, Franco Ricciardi, Stefania Malagu; cond. Nino Sanzogno
1, 3, 7, 9, ll, 28 June; 1, 3 July, 1958 Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Nabucco in title role with Anita Cerquetti/Margherita Roberti, Gianni Poggi/Aldo Bertocci, Paolo Montarsolo, Nicola Zaccaria, Giulietta Simionato/Fiorenza Cossotto; cond. Antonino Votto
? June, 1958 Stadtheater, Zurich, Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Mariella Angelotti, Lucia Danieli, Angelo Lo Forese; cond. Kempfel
? June, 1958 Stadtheater, Zurich, La Traviata as Germont with Virginia Zeani, Ferrando Ferrari; cond. Artogo
20 June, 1958 Grand Auditorium-Tournee del Teatro alla Scala, BRUSSELS WORLD’S FAIR, Tosca as Scarpia with Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Nicola Zaccaria; cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni
(Recorded)
? July, 1958 Augsburg, Aida as Amonasro with Mary Curtis Verna, Miriam Pirazzini, Umberto Borsò
? July, 1958 Castello di Lombardia, Enna, Carmen as Escamillo with Fedora Barbieri, Luciana Serafini, Umberto Borsò; cond. Angelo Questa
10, 13 July, 1958 Arena Flegrea, Naples, Carmen as Escamillo with Adriana Lazzarini, Rosetta Noli, Giuseppe Gismondo; cond. Oliviero De Fabritiis
26 July, 1958 Salzburg Festival, Don Carlo as Rodrigo with Sena Jurinac, Cesare Siepi, Eugenio Fernandi, Giulietta Simionato, Marco Stefanoni, Nicola Zaccaria; Cond. Herbert von Karajan
(Recorded)
2, 13, 20, 27 August – ditto exc Ludwig for Simionato
30 July; 7, 10, 16 August, 1958 Verona Arena, La Favorita EB with Giulietta Simionato, Gianni Poggi, Ivo Vinco, Loretta Di Lelio/Silvana Zanolli; Cond. Argeo Quadri
3 September, 1958 Teatro Arriaga, Bilbao, Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Caterina Mancini, Pia Tassinari, Lolita Torrento, Ferruccio Tagliavini; cond. Manno Wolf-Ferrari
6 September, 1958 Teatro Arriaga, Bilbao, Ernani EB with Caterina Mancini, Pier Miranda Ferraro, Italo Tajo; cond. Arturo Basile
9 September, 1958 Teatro Arriaga, Bilbao, Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro with Gianna D’Angelo, Alfredo Kraus, Italo Tajo, Carlo Badioli; cond. Arturo Basile
? September, 1958 Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo, Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Caterina Mancini, Pia Tassinari, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Lolita Torrento; cond. Manno Wolf-Ferrari
15 September, Vienna Staatsoper, Rigoletto in title role with Hilde Gueden, Giuseppe di Stefano, Norman Foster, Hans Schweriger, Jean Madeira, Mario Petri; cond. Alberto Erede
19 September, 1958 Vienna Staatsoper, Don Carlo as Posa with Sena Jurinac, Giulietta Simionato, Giuseppe Zampieri, Nicola Zaccaria, Otto Edelmann; cond. Alberto Erede
20, 22 September, 1958 Vienna Staatsoper, La Traviata as Germont with Hilde Gueden, Giuseppe Zampieri; cond. Berislav Klobučar
23, 26, 30 September; 3 October 1958 Vienna Staatsoper, Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Birgit Nilsson, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Giulietta Simionato/Jean Madeira, Erika Koth; cond. Dimitri Mitropolous
? South America, Andrea Chénier as Gérard with Renata Tebaldi, Richard Tucker
? October, 1958 Monterrey, Mexico, Aida aS Amonasro with Antonietta Stella, Flaviano Labò, Nell Rankin, NIcola Zaccaria; cond. Riccardo Moresco
? October, 1958 Monterery, Mexico, Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Irma Gonzales, Richard Tucker, Ernestina Garfias, S, Morales; cond. Riccardo Moresco
? October, 1958 Monterrey, Mexico, Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Ernestina Garfias, Richard Tucker, S. Morales; cond. Riccardo Moresco
? October, 1958 Monterrey, Mexico, Tosca as Scarpia with Antonietta Stella, Richard Tucker; cond. Riccardo Moresco
? October, 1958 Monterrey, Mexico, Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro with Agostino Lazzari, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Fernando Corena; cond. Napoleone Annovazzi
? October, 1958 Monterrey Mexico, La Traviata as Germont with Virginia Zeani, Agostino Lazzari; cond. Napoleone Annovazzi
20, 24, 29 Oct. 1958 Chicago, Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Elinor Ross, Jussi Bjoerling, Giulietta Simionato, Wm Wildermann
5, 8, 14 Nov. 1958 Chicago, La Traviata as Germont with Eleanor Steber, Leopold Simoneau
29 Nov. 1958 San Carlo di Napoli, Andrea Chénier as Gérard with Antonietta Stella, Franco Corelli, Miriam Pirazzini, Luisa Castellano; cond. Franco Capuana
(Recorded)
? December, 1958 Mexico, Palacio de Bella Artes, Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Irma Gonzales, Ernestina Garfias, Richard Tucker; cond. Riccardo Moresco
? December, 1958 Mexico, Palacio de Bella Artes, Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro with Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Agostino Lazzari; cond. Napoleone Annovazzi
? December, 1958 Mexico, Palacio de Bella Artes, La Traviata as Germont with Virginia Zeani, Agostino Lazzari; cond. Napoleone Annovazzi
29 December,* 1958, 1, 5, 7 January, 1959, La Scala, Milan, Eracle (Handel) as Lica w. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Franco Corelli, Fedora Barbieri, Jerome Hines, Agostino Ferrin, Vittorio Jatozzi, Adriana Macchiachi; cond. Lovro von Matačić
(Recorded)
1959
???????? La Scala, Milan, Andrea Chénier as Gérard with Gigliola Frazzoni, Franco Corelli, Edda Vincenzi, Virgilio Carbonari, Piero de Palma, Fiorenza Cossotto; Cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni
(Recorded – Acts 1, 2 comp; Act 3 incomp; no Act 4)
10 Jan. 1959 La Scala Milan, La Bohème as Marcello with Renata Scotto/Cesy Broggini/Rosanna Carteri, Gianni Raimondi/Doro Antonioli/Gianni Jaia/Giuseppe Campora, Boris Christoff/Giuseppe Modesti/Carlo Cava; Enzo Sordello; cond. Antonino Votto;
13, 17, 22, 25, 27 Jan; 4, 19, 22 Feb; 22, 25 April; 16 July
25, 28 February; 8, 11 March; 12, 19 April 1959 La Scala, Milan, Ernani as Don Carlo with Margherita Roberti, Franco Corelli, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni/Nicola Zaccaria; Piero de Palma, Alfredo Giacomotti; cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni
14, 17, 21, 27 April, 1959 La Scala Milan, Il Tabarro as Michele with Clara Petrella, Angelo Lo Forese, Virgilo Carbonari, Rinaldo Pelizzoni/Angelo Mercuriali; cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni
11 14, 17, 19, 23, 26, 31 May; 2 June 1959 La Scala, Milan, Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Margherita Roberti/Maria Luisa Nache, Franco Corelli, Giuiletta Simionato/Elena Nicolai; Nicola Zaccaria; cond. Antonino Votto
8 10, 12, 14 Jun. 1959 Boboli Gardens, Florence, Nabucco in title role with Margherita Rinaldi, Gastone Limarilli, Miriam Pirazzini, Paolo Washington; cond, Bruno Bartoletti
(Recorded)
21, 23 July, 1959 Teatro all Scala, Carmen as Escamillo with Giulietta Simionato, Gabriella Tucci/Angela Vercelli, Giuseppe Di Stefano/Angelo Lo Forese; cond. Lovro von Matačić
26, 30 July, 1959 Verona Arena (37th Season), Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Leontyne Price, Franco Corelli, Giulietta Simionato; cond. Olivero De Fabritiis
13, 16, 19 August, 1959 Arena Flegrea, Naples, Pagliacci as Tonio with Rosetta Noli, Luigi Infantino/Augusto Ferrauto, Guido Mazzini, Piero De Palma; cond. Francesco Molinari Pradelli
26 Aug. 1959 Firenze, Nabucco EB in title role with Mirella Parutto, Luigi Ottolini, Ivo Vinco, Anna Maria Rota, R. Spagli, E Guagni, O. Imer; cond. Bruno Bartoletti
(Recorded)
3 September, 1959 Teatro Arriaga, Bilbao, Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Margherita Roberti, Fedora Barbieri, Franco Corelli, Guseppe Modesti; cond Manno Wolf Ferrari + 1 perf.
7 September, 1959 Teatro Arriaga, Bilbao Aida as Amonasro with Margherita Roberti, Fedora Barbieri, Franco Corelli, Giuseppe Modesti, Marco Stefanoni; cond. Manno Wolf Ferrari
15 September, 1959 Vienna Staatsoper, Don Carlo as Posa with Hilde Zadek, Giulietta Simionato, Eugenio Fernandi, Hermann Uhde; cond. Alberto Erede
18 September, 1959 Vienna Staatsoper Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Birgit Nilsson, Giuseppe Di Stefano/Aldo Bertocci, Jean Madeira; cond. Lovro von Matačić + 1
21, 24 September, 1959 Vienna Staatsoper Tosca as Scarpia with Birgit Nilsson /Maria Curtis Verna, Eugenio Fernandi/Roberto Turrini, Hans Braun, Karl Dönch, Erich Majkut, Harald Pröglhöf; cond. Dimitri Mitropulos
23 September, 1959 Vienna Staatsoper, Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Hilde Gueden, Jean Madeira, Gianni Raimondi; cond. Ernst Märzendorfer
25 September, 1959 Vienna Staatsoper, Carmen as Escamillo with Jean Madeira,
Dimiter Uzunov; cond. Berislav Klobučar
10 Oct. 1959 Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo, Rigoletto in title role with Renato Scotto, Alfredo Kraus, Fiorenza Cossotto, Ivo Vinco; Cond. Franco Mannino
3 perfs
13 October; 6, 8 Nov. 1959 Dallas Civic Opera, State Fair Music Hall, Lucia as Enrico with Maria Callas, Gianna Raimondi, Nicola Zaccaria, Glade Peterson, Ruth Kobart; cond. Nicola Rescigno
28* November; 1, 6, 9 December Teatro San Carlo, Naples, Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea) as Michonnet with Magda Olivero/Gigliola Frazzoni, Franco Corelli, Giulietta Simionato, Antonio Cassinelli, Mariano Caruso, Rosanna Zerbini, Anna Di Stasio, Augusto Frati, Renato Ercolani; cond. Mario Rossi
*Recorded
13, 16, 20 December, 1959 Teatro San Carlo, Naples, Thaïs with EB, Virginia Zeani, Luigi Alva, Ferruccio Mazzoli; Cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
26,* 29 Dec. 1959; 3 Jan. 1960 Rome Opera OPENING, Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Antonietta Stella, Giuseppe Di Stasio, Eugenia Ratti, Adriana Lazzarini, Plinio Clabassi, Antonio Cassinelli; cond. Gabriele Santini
*Recorded
1960
8, 11, 15, 17, 20 January, 1960 Teatro alla Scala Andrea Chénier as Gérard with
Renata Tebaldi, Mario Del Monaco/Franco Corelli, Fiorenza Cossotto, Piero De Palma, Paolo Montarsolo, Edda Vincenzi; cond. Gianadrea Gavazzeni
?? 1960 Maggio Musicale Fiorentino RECORDING, Rigoletto in title Role with Renata Scotto, Alfredo Kraus, Ivo Vinco, Fiorenza Cossotto; cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni
1, 13, 17 February, 1960 Metropolitan Opera, La Forza del Destino as Carlo with Leonie Rysanek/Lucine Amara, Mignon Dunn, Richard Tucker/Kurt Baum, Cesare Siepi/William Wildermann/Jerome Hines, Fernando Corena/Gerhard Pechner, Carlotta Ordassy, Paul Franke, Roald Reitan; cond. Thomas Schippers
27 Feb. 1960 Metropolitan Opera, Il Trovatore MAT BCST as Di Luna with Antonietta Stella, Carlo Bergonzi, Giulietta Simionato, William Wildermann, Helen Vanni, Roald Reitan, Charles Anthony, Robert Nagy; cond. Fausto Cleva
(Recorded)
4 March – Leonard Warren dies tragically on stage.
5, 9, 18, 26,* 31 March 1960 Metropolitan Opera, Andrea Chénier as Gérard with Zinka Milanov/Antonietta Stella/Renata Tebaldi, Richard Tucker/Carlo Bergonzi Lorenzo Alvary, Clifford Harvuot, Margaret Roggero, Alessio De Paolis, Norman Scott. Osie Hawkins, Frank Valentino, Calvin Marsh; cond. Fausto Cleva
* broadcast – recorded
6 April 1960 Metropolitan Opera, Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Mary Curtis-Verna, Carlo Bergonzi, Belen Amparan, Teresa Stratas (Inez), William Wildermann, Charles Anthony, Roald Reitan; cond. Fausto Cleva
19, 22, 25, 28 April; 3, 7, 11, 19 May, 1960 Teatro alla Scala: Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Antonietta Stella, Gianni Poggi/Regolo Romani, Giuliana Tavolaccini/Edda Vincenzi; Fedora Barbieri/Adriana Lazzarini/Giulietta Simionato, cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni
21 May, 1960 Teatro La Fenice, Venice, Nabucco in Title Role with Lucille Udovick, Luigi Infantino, Boris Christoff; cond. Ettore Gracis
22 May, 1960 Vienna Staatsoper, Aida as Amonasro with Birgit Nilsson, Flaviano Labò, Christa Ludwig; cond. André Cluytens
25 May, 1960 Vienna Staatsoper, Tosca as Scarpia with Gré Brouwenstijn, Giuseppe Di Stefano; cond. André Cluytens
30 May, 1960 Vienna Staatsoper: La Bohème as Marcello with Hilde Gueden, Edda Vincenzi, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Walter Berry; cond. Francesco Milinari Pradelli
4. 16 June, 1960 Vienna Statsoper: Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Leonie Rysanek/Gré Brouwenstijn, Rita Streich/Liselotte Maikl,Jean Madeira, Giuseppe di Stefano; cond. Francesco Molinari Pradelli
7 June, 1960 Vienna Staatsoper, La Bohème as Marcello with Hilde Gueden, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Hans Braun, Ludwig Welter, Peter Klein, Silvana Zanolli; cond. Francesbo Molinari Pradelli
10, 13 June, 1960 Vienna Staatsoper: Aida as Amonasro with Leonie Rysanek/ Leontyne Price, Giulietta Simionato, Luigi Ottolini/Pier Miranda Ferraro, Gottlob Frick; cond. Herbert von Karajan/Francesco Molinari Pradelli
18 June, 1960 Vienna Staatsoper: Carmen as Escamillo with Jean Madeira, Giuseppe Zampieri, Gerda Schreyer; cond. Lovro von Matačić
20, 23 June, 1960 Vienna Staatsoper: Tosca as Scarpia with Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe Zampieri/Eugenio Fernandi; conds Herbert von Karajan/Berislav Klobučar.
22 June, 1960 Vienna Staatsoper: Don Carlo as Posa with Christel Goltz, Giulietta Simionato, Giuseppe Zampieri, Hermann Uhde; cond. Francesco Molinari Pradelli
26, 29 June, 1960 Vienna Staatsoper: Andrea Chénier as Gérard with Renata Tebaldi, Franco Corelli, Elisabeth Höngen, Margareta Sjöstedt, Renato Ercolani, Kostas Paskalis, Hilde Konetzni; cond. Lovro von Matačić
(Recorded)
27 June, 1960 Vienna Staatsoper: Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Mimi Coertse, Jean Madeira, Giuseppe Zampieri, Gottlob Frick; cond. Francesco Molinari Pradelli
8, 24 July; 2, 11, 15 August, 1960 Verona I Pagliacci as Tonio with Clara Petrella, Gastone Limarilli/Carlo Bergonzi, Piero De Palma, Renato Capecchi; cond. Oliviero De Fabritiis
1,* 9, 14, 22 August, 1960 Salzburg: Don Carlo as Posa w. Sena Jurinac, Regina Resnik/Christa Ludwig, Boris Christoff, Eugenio Fernandi, Raffaele Arié, Liselotte Maikl; cond. Nello Santi
* recorded
15 August 1960 Verona (Cavalleria Rusticana)/I Pagliacci as Tonio with Giulietta Simionato, Fiorenza Cossotto, Daniele Barioni, Armando Bonato; cond. Oliviero De Fabritiis
7, 18 September, 1960 Vienna Staatsoper Andrea Chénier as Gérard with Antonietta Stella, Carlo Bergonzi, Hilde Konetzni; cond. Lovro von Matačić
9, 13, 15 September, 1960 Vienna Staatsoper: Aida as Amonasro with Leontyne Pruce, Giulietta Simionato, Carlo Bergonzi, Gottlob Frick/Nicola Zaccaria: conds Lovro von Matačić/Herbert von Karajan/Alberto Erede
12, 16 September,1960 Vienna Staatsoper, Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Antonietta Stella, Giulietta Simionato, Rita Streich, Giuseppe Di Stefano; cond. Berislav Klobučar
23, 27, 30* September, 1960 Vienna Staatsoper La Forza del Destino as Don Carlo with Antonietta Stella, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Walter Kreppel, Giulietta Simionato, Karl Dönch; cond. Dimitri Mitropoulos
* Recorded
2 October, 1960 Vienna Staatsoper Carmen as Escamillo with Jean Madeira, Giuseppe Di Stefano; cond. Lovro von Matačić
4 October, 1960 Vienna Staatsoper La Bohème as Marcello with Antonietta Stella, Mimi Coertse; cond. Hans Swarowsky
7 October, 1960 Vienna Staatsoper La Forza del Destino as Don Carlo with Antonietta Stella/Hilde Zadek, Jean Madeira/Biserka Cvejić, Giuseppe Di Stefano/Flaviano Labò; cond. Dimitri Mitropoulos
19 October, 1960 Vienna Staatsoper, Tosca as Scarpia with Hilde Zadek, Franco Corelli; cond. Nello Santi
?? 1960 La Scala in Germany, Andrea Chénier as Gérard with Renata Tebaldi, Franco Corelli
(Recorded)
27,* 30 November; 4 December, 1960 Teatro San Carlo, Naples, Ernani as Carlo with Margherita Roberti, Mario Del Monaco, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Anna Di Stasio; cond. Fernando Previtali *Recorded – scenes
7,* 10, 14, 18, 21 December, 1960 La Scala, Milan, Poliuto as Severo with Maria Callas, Franco Corelli, Nicola Zaccaria, Rinaldo Pelizzoni, Virgilio Carbonari, Piero De Palma, Giuseppe Morressi; cond. Antonino Votto
*Recorded
13 December, 1960; 1, 4, 8, 19 January, 1962 Don Carlo w. Antonietta Stella /Leyla Gencer; Giulietta Simionato/Oralia Dominguez, Flaviano Labò, Boris Christoff, Nicolai Ghiaurov; conds Gabriele Santini/Antonio Tonini
1961
23, 25, 28 Jan. 1961 Miami Opera Guild, Andrea Chénier as Gérard with Renata Tebaldi, Umberto Borsò; cond. Emerson Buckley
8 Feb. 1961 Philadelphia Lyric Opera, Rigoletto in title role with Gianna D’Angelo, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Ezio Flagello; cond. Mr. Karp
16* Feb. 1961 Teatro Massimo, Palermo, Nabucco in title role with Mirella Parutto, Mirto Picchi, Ivo Vinco, Anna Maria Rota; cond. Vittorio Gui
*Recorded
4 perf
15, 18, 22, 26 March; 6, 18 April, 1961 La Scala, Milan, I Puritani as Riccardo with Renata Scotto, Gianni Jaia, Aurora Cattelani, Ivo Vinco; cond. Antonino Votto
14 17, 20, 27 April, 1961 Teatro alla Scala, Lucia as Enrico with Joan Sutherland, Gianni Raimondi, Giuseppe Modesti, Regolo Romani, Cond. Antonio Votto
24 April, 1961 RAI Studio, Turin, Don Carlo as Rodrigo with Boris Christoff, Margherita Roberti, Luigi Ottolini, Anna Maria Rota, Ferruccio Mazzoli; cond. Mario Rossi
(Recorded)
28, 30 April; 2 May, 1961 Teatro Nuova, Torino, Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Marcella Pobbe, Fedora Barbieri/Dora Minarchi, Dora Gatta, Carlo Bergonzi, Agostino Ferrin; cond. Franco Capuana
9 May, 1961 Teatro alla Scala, Milan, GALA CONCERT ACT II Lucia with Joan Sutherland, Gianni Raimondi, Giuseppe Modesti, Regolo Romani; cond. Antonino Votto
16 May, 1961 Vienna Staatsoper, La Bohème as Marcello w. Mimi Coertse, Hilde Gueden, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Hans Braun; cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
22 May, 1961 Vienna Staatsoper, La Forza del Destino as Carlo with Mirella Parutto, Giulietta Simionato, Carlo Bergonzi, Walter Kreppel, Karl Donch; cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
25 May, 1961 VIenna Staatsoper, Andrea Chénier as Gérard with Gerda Schreyer, Carlo Bergonzi, Hilde Konetzni; cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
28 May, 1961 Vienna Staatsoper, Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Mirella Parutto, Rita Streich, Jean Madeira, Carlo Bergonzi; cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
30 May, 1961 Vienna Staatsoper, Carmen as Escamillo with Regina Resnik, Hilde Gueden, Jon Vickers; cond. Fausto Cleva
2 June, 1961 Vienna Staatsoper, Don Carlo as Posa with Sena Jurinac, Giulietta Simionato, Jon Vickers, Hans Hotter; cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
5 June, 1961 Vienna Staatsoper, Aida as Amonasro with Leontyne Price, Giulietta Simionato, Jon Vickers, Walter Kreppel/Nicola Zaccaria; conds. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli/André Cluytens /Herbert von Karajan 2 perfs
19 June, 1961 Teatro La Fenice, Venice, Andrea Chénier as Gérard with Antonietta Stella, Franco Corelli, Clara Betner, Antonio Cassinelli, Vittorio Pandano, Maria Puppo, cond. Oliviero De Fabritiis
(Recorded) 3 perfs
27 June, 1961 Vienna Staatsoper, Don Carlo as Posa with Sena Jurinac, Giulietta Simionato, Nicola Zaccaria, Fred Guthrie, Walter Kreppel; cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
27 July, 1961 Verona Arena
Carmen as Escamillo with Giulietta Simionato, Franco Corelli; cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
2* 5, 9, 12, 15 August, 1961 Verona, Carmen as Escamillo w. Giulietta Simionato, Franco Corelli, Renata Scotto; cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
*Recorded
26* 29 August; 1 September, 1961 Teatro Comunale, Firenze
Nabucco Title role with Mirella Parutto, Luigi Ottolini, Ivo Vinco, Anna Maria Rota, Renato Spaghi, Enzo Guadni, Ottavia Imer; cond. Bruno Bartoletti
*Recorded
3 September, 1961 Vienna Staatsoper, Aida as Amonasro with Gloria Davy/Birgit Nilsson/Martina Arroyo, Jon Vickers/Carlo Bergonzi, Hans Hotter, Walter Kreppel/Gottlob Frick/Nicola Zaccaria; conds. Lovro von Matačić
/Berislav Klobučar/Herbert von Karajan
3 perfs
5 September, 1961 Vienna Staatsoper La Forza del Destino as Carlo with Antonietta Stella, Giulietta Simionato, Carlo Bergonzi, Nicola Zaccaria; Cond, Fausto Cleva/Wilhelm Loibner
2 perfs
11, 18 September, 1961 Vienna Staatsoper Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Antonietta Stella, Jean Madeira/Giulietta Simionato, Adriana Martino, Carlo Bergonzi; conds. Berislav Klobučar/Fausto Cleva
21 September, 1961 Vienna Staatsoper Don Carlo as Posa with Antonietta Stella, Giovanni Gibin, Walter Kreppel, Nicola Zaccaria, Frederick Guthrie, Giulietta Simionato; cond. Fausto Cleva
25 September, 1961 Vienna Staatsoper Andrea Chénier as Gérard with Antonietta Stella, Carlo Bergonzi; cond. Fausto Cleva
1,* 3 October, 1961 Teatro dell’Opera Rome in Berlin, Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Mirella Parutto, Franco Corelli, Fedora Barbieri, Agostino Ferrin; cond. Oliviero De Fabritiis
* Recorded
6 October, 1961 San Francisco, Nabucco in title Role with Lucille Udovick, Giorgio Tozzi, Renato Cioni, Janis Martin, Joshua hecht; cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
12 Oct. 1961 San Franciso, Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Gré Brouwenstijn, Graciella Sciutti, Giuseppe Zampieri, Plinio Clabassi, Margarethe Bence, Andrew Foldi, Nilsson, Leonetti; cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
18 Oct. San Francisco
Rigoletto in title role with Mary Costa, GIuseppe Zampieri, Mildred MIller, Plinio Clabassi, Joshua Hecht, Nilsson, Drain, Leonetti; cond. Silvio Varviso
20 Oct. 1961 San Franciso, Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Gré Brouwenstijn, Graciella Sciutti, Margarete Bence, Giuseppe Zampieri, Plinio Clabassi, Joshua Hecht, Nilsson, Leonetti; cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
23 October 1961 San Francisco, Nabucco Title role with Lucille Udovick, Giorgio Tozzi, Margarethe Benze, Janis Martin, Joshua Hecht, Fried; cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (Recorded)
27 Oct. 1961 San Francisco in Los Angeles, Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Gré Brouwenstijn, Giuseppe Zampieri, Margarethe Benze, Plinio Clabassi, Joshua Hecht; cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
(Recorded)
3 Nov. 1961 San Francisco in Los Angeles, Aida as Amonasro with Gré Brouwenstijn, Sandor Konya, Irene Dalis, Giorgio Tozzi, Joshua Hecht, Janis Martin, Riffel; cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
6 Nov. 1961 San Francisco in Los Angeles, Rigoletto in title role with Mary Costa, Renato Cioni, Mildred Miller, Plinio Clabassi, Joshua Hecht, Nilsson, Drain, Leonetti; cond. Silvio Varviso
10 November, 1961 San Francisco, Nabucco in title role with Lucile Udovick, Margharete Bence, Giorgio Tozzi, Renato Cioni; cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
16, 18 November, 1961 Dallas Civic Opera (Fifth Season), Lucia as Enrico with Joan Sutherland, Renato Cioni, Placido Domingo (as Arturo), Regina Sarfaty, Mallory Walker; cond. Nicola Rescigno
7,* 10, 13, 16, 19, 23, 26, 30 December 1961 La Scala, Milan
La Battaglia di Legnano as Rolando with Antonietta Stella, Franco Corelli, Marco Stefanoni, Antonio Zerbini, Aurora Cattelani, Virgilio Carbonari, Silvio Maionica, Agostino Ferrin, Rinaldo Pelizzoni; cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni
* Recorded
1962
4 Jan. 1962 La Scala Milan, La Favorita as Alfonso with Fiorenza Cossotto, Gianni Raimondi, Nicolai Ghiaurov; cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni
11 Performances, some with Giulietta Simionato for Cossotto
23 Feb; 2, 5, 7 Mar 1962 Covent Garden (EB’s only CG appearance)
Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Amy Shuard, Jon Vickers, Regina Resnik, Joan Carlyle, Joseph Rouleau, David Kelly, Victor Godfrey; cond. Edward Downes
(Recorded)
12 Mar, 1962 (Peter Glossop replaced Bastianini)
15 Mar. 1962 Teatro Massimo, Palermo, Rigoletto in title role with Gianna D’Angelo, Luciano Pavarotti, Laura Zannini, Enrico Campi; cond. Tullio Serafin 4 perfs
10 April, 1962 Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Rigoletto in title role with Renata Scotto, Adriana Lazzarini, Gianni Raimondi, Ivo Vinco; cond. Antonino Votto
21, 26 May; 15 June, 1962 Vienna Staatsoper, Don Carlo as Posa with Leonie Rysanek/Sena Jurinac, Grace Hoffmann/Biserka Cvejić/Giulietta Simionato, Giuseppe Zampieri/Alfonso Lamorena/Jon Vickers, Walter Kreppel/Boris Christoff, Hans Hotter; cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
23 May, 1962 Vienna Staatsoper, Rigoletto in title role with Hilde Gueden, Biserka Cvejić, Giuseppe Zampieri, Walter Kreppel; cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
29 May; 13 June 1962 Vienna Staatsper, Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Leonie Rysanek, Annaliese Rothenberger, Christa Ludwig/Jean Madeira, James McCracken/Giuseppe Zampieri, Tugomir France/Boris Christoff; cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
30 May, 1962 Vienna Staatsoper, La Bohème as Marcello with Hilde Gueden, Annaliese Rothenberger, Giuseppe Zampieri, Walter Berry; cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
4 June Torino RAI Studio Concert with Miriam Pirazzini; EB sang Pagliacci: Prologo and Il Barbiere; Largo al Factotum; cond. Luciano Bettarini
10 June, 1962 Vienna Staatsoper, Aida as Amonasro with Leonie Rysanek, Grace Hoffmann, Jon Vickers, Walter Kreppel; Cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
26 June Torino RAI Studio continuation of 4 June concert;
EB sang Rigoletto: Cortigiani & Otello: Credo
31 July* 4, 11, 20, 25 & 30 August 1962 Salzburg Festival
Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Leontyne Price, Franco Corelli, Giulietta Simionato, Nicola Zaccaria; cond. Herbert von Karajan
*recorded
2, 20 Sept. 1962 Vienna Staatsoper, Tosca as Scarpia with Antonietta Stella, Franco Corelli/Eugenio Fernandi; cond. Alberto Erede
4 Sept. 1962 Vienna Staatsoper, Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Antonietta Stella, Giulietta Simionato, Rita Streich, Eugenio Fernandi; cond. Nino Verchi
7 Sept. 1962 Vienna Staatsoper, Carmen as Escamillo with Biserka Cvejić, Wilma Lipp, Ljubomir Bodurov; cond. Heinrich Hollreiser
11 Sept, 1962 Vienna Staatsoper, Don Carlo as Posa with Antonietta Stella, Giulietta Simionato, Eugenio Fernandi, Walter Kreppel, Ludwig Weber; cond. Nino Verchi
23 Sept. 1962 Vienna Staatsoper, Aida as Amonasro with Leontyne Price, Giulietta Simionato, Dimiter Uzunov, Gottlob Frick, Ludwig Walter; conds. Herbert von Karajan/Lovro von Matačić
2 October, 1962 San Francisco Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Elinor Ross, James McCracken, Giulietta Simionato, Joshua Hecht; cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
(Recorded)
13 Oct. 1962 San Francisco, I Pagliacci as Tonio with Marilyn Horne, Mario Del Monaco, Russell Christopher; cond. Olivero De Fabritiis
(Recorded)
21 Oct. 1962 San Francisco at Sacramento, I Pagliacci as Tonio with Marilyn Horne (or Wilma Lipp?), Mario Del Monaco, Russell Christopher, Raymond Manton; cond. Oliviero De Fabritiis
24 Oct. 1962 San Francisco Opera
I Pagliacci as Tonio with Marilyn Horne, Mario Del Monaco, Raymond Manton, Russell Christopher; cond. Oliviero De Fabritiis,
26 Oct. 1962 San Francisco Opera in Los Angeles
La Bohème as Marcello, with Victoria de los Angeles, Sandor Konya, Marilyn Horne, Geraint Evans, Giorgio Tozzi, Salvatore Baccaloni; cond. Francesco Milinari-Pradelli.
(Recorded – Abridged)
30 Oct. 1962 San Francisco Opera in Los Angeles
I Pagliacci as Tonio with Horne(?), Renato Cioni
2 Nov. 1962 San Francisco Opera in Los Angeles
Carmen as Escamillo with Sona Cervena, Mario Del Monaco
4 November, 1962 San Francisco Opera in Los Angeles
Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Elinor Ross, James McCracken, Giulietta Simionato, Joshua Hecht; cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
6 November, 1962 San Francisco Opera at Los Angeles
Tosca as Scarpia with Dorothy Kirsten, Renato Cioni, Salvatore Baccaloni; cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
17, 21, 26 Nov. 1962 Chicago, Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Gianna D’Angelo, Richard Tucker, Wm. Wildermann; cond. Pierre Dervaux
23 Nov – ditto (Recorded exc Opg Scene)
7 Dec. 1962 La Scala Milan OPENING
Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Antonietta Stella, Franco Corelli, Fiorenza Cossotto, Ivo Vinco; cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni
1963
3 June, 1963 Vienna Staatsoper
Aida as Amonasro with Leontyne Price, Dimiter Uzunov, Giulietta Simionato, Walter Kreppel, Frederick Guthrie; cond. Lovro von Matačić
(Recorded)
13, 16, 27 August, 1963 Salzburg Festival
Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Leontyne Price, Giulietta Simionato, James McCracken, Nicola Zaccaria; cond. Herbert Von Karajan
30 Aug. 1963 Salzburg Festival
Il Trovatore as Di Luna with James McCracken, Leontyne Price, Giulietta Simionato, Nicola Zaccaria; cond. Herbert von Karajan
(Recorded)
16 Oct. 1963 Metropolitan Opera in Tokyo, Japan
Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Antonietta Stella, Gastone Limarilli, Giulietta Simionato, Bruno Marangoni, Anna Di Stasio; cond. Olivero De Fabritiis
(STEREO Recorded)(Il Balen to end of Act on VIDEO)
21, 24, 27 October – Ditto
29 Oct. 1963 RAI Torino
Andrea Chénier as Gérard with Gabriella Tucci, Charles Craig, Anna Di Stasio, Jolanda Torriani, Rena Garazioti, Antonio Cassinelli, Guido Mazzini, Antonio Pirino, Athos Cesarini, Edgardo Di Stasio, Renzo Gonzales; cond. Franco Mannino
(Recorded)
1964
11 Jan. 1964 Stadtheater, Zurich, Rigoletto in title role with Lucille Keiler, Lorenzo Sabbatucci, Lorenzo Gaetani; cond. Nello Santi
18 Jan. 1964 Grand Theatre, Strasburgo, Nabucco in title role with Mirella Parutto, Miriam Pirazzini, Salvatore Catania, Antonio Galié; cond. Bruno Rigacci
23 May, 1964 Vienna Staatsoper, Pagliacci as Tonio with Wilma Lipp, Carlo Mineppo, Robert Kerns; cond. Berislav Klobučar
26 May, 1964 Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Leonie Rysanek, Giulietta Simionato, Graziella Sciutti, Luigi Ottolini; cond. Josef Krips
14 June, 1964 Vienna Staatsoper, Aida as Amonasro with Leontyne Price, Flaviano Labò, Giulietta Simionato, Ludwig Welter, Nicola Zaccaria; cond. Herbert von Karajan
(Recorded)
19, 25 June Aida as Amonasro with Leontyne Price/Amy Shuard, Giulietta Simionato, Flaviano Labò/Dimiter Uzunov, Nicola Zaccaria; conds. Herbert von Karajan/Nello Santi
23, 26 Sepember Vienna Staatsoper, Aida as Amonasro with Felicia Weathers, Eugenio Fernandi, Biserka Cvejić; Cond. Alberto Erede
30 September Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Antonietta Stella, Eugenio Fernandi, Biserka Cvejić, Olivera Miljakovic; cond. Alberto Erede
3, 6 October Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Antonietta Stella, Giulietta Simionato, Nicola Nikolov, Nicola Zaccaria; cond. Alberto Erede
10 October Don Carlo as Posa with Antonietta Stella, Giuseppe Zampieri, Cesare Siepi, Nicola Zaccaria, Gundula Janowitz; cond. Alberto Erede
14 October Pagliacci as Tonio with Mimi Coertse, Gastone Limarilli, Ermanno Lorenzo, Robert Kerns; cond. Heinz Wallberg
22 October, 1964 Teatro Metastasio, Prato, Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Margherita Roberti, Fedora Barbieri, Luigi Ottolini, Plinio Clabassi; cond. Luciano Bettarini
27 Oct. 1964 Vienna Staatsoper, La Traviata as Germont with Anna Moffo, Giuseppe Zampieri, Gundula Janowitz, Ermanno Lorenzi; cond. Berislav Klobučar (Recorded)
30 October; 1, 4 November, 1964 La Bohème as Marcello with Hilde Gueden/Anna Moffo, Gianni Gallo, Juan Oncina; cond. Mario Rossi
6 November, 1964 Vienna Staatsoper, Pagliacci as Tonio with Mimi Coertse, Gastone Limarilli, Ermanno Lorenzi, Robert Kerns; cond. Heinz Wallberg
9 November, 1964 Vienna Staatsoper, Carmen as Escamillo with Biserka Cvejić, Hilde Gueden, Nicola Nikolov; cond. Oskar Danon
10 November, 1964 Vienna Staatsoper, La Traviata as Germont with Anna Moffo, Giuseppe Zampieri; cond. Oscar Danon
13 November, 1964 Vienna Staatsoper, Aida as Amonasro with Angela Vercelli, Biserka Cvejić, Nicola Nikolov; cond Oscar Danon
29 November, 1964 Vienna Staatsoper, La Bohème as Marcello with Hilde Gueden, Gianna Gallo, Juan Oncina, Mario Basiola jr., Carlo Cava; cond. Mario Rossi
26 Dec. 1964 Teatro San Carlo Naples, La Damnation de Faust (Berlioz) as Mefistofele with Giulietta Simionato, Ruggero Bondino, Plinio Clabassi; cond. Peter Maag
(Recorded)
30 December; 3 January, 1965 – Ditto
1965
29 Jan. 1965 Metropolitan Opera, La Forza del Destino as Don Carlo with Gabriella Tucci, Franco Corelli, Joann Grillo, Giorgio Tozzi, Elfego Esparza, Louis Sgarro; cond. Nello Santi
(Recorded – almost complete)
6 Feb. 1965 Metropolitan Opera, La Forza del Destino MAT BCST as Rodrigo, with Gabriella Tucci, Franco Corelli, Giorgio Tozzi, Elfego Esparza, Joann Grillo, Louis Sgarro, Carlotta Ordassy, Andrea Velis; cond. Nello Santi
(Recorded)
10 Feb. 1965 Metropolitan Opera, Lucia as Enrico with Roberta Peters, Flaviano Labò, Bonaldo Giaiotti, Carlotta Ordassy, Charles Anthony, Robert Nagy; cond. Silvio Varviso
13 Feb. 1965 Metropolitan Opera, Tosca as Scarpia with Gabriella Tucci, Richard Tucker, Norman Scott, Elfego Esparza, Mariano Caruso, Calvin Marsh, Robert Goodloe, Fischer; cond. Fausto Cleva
(recorded part Act II, Act III comp.)
16 Feb. 1965 Metropolitan Opera, Lucia as Enrico with Roberta Peters, Flaviano Labò, Bonaldo Giaiotti, Carlotta Ordassy, Charles Anthony, Robert Nagy; cond. Silvio Varviso
6 Mar. 1965 Metropolitan Opera, Tosca as Scarpia with Dorothy Kirsten, Bruno Prevedi DEBUT, Norman Scott, Lawrence Davidson, Paul Franke, Russell Christopher, Robert Goodloe, Fischer; cond. Fausto Cleva
(recorded)
13 March, 1965 Teatro dell’Opera, Cairo, Otello as Iago with Claudia Parada, Nathan Boyd, Augusto Pedroni; cond. Loris Garavini
9 June, 1965 Tokyo, Japan – Recital (Recorded)
Durante: Vergin tutt’amour
Gluck: O del mio dolce ardore
Rossini: William Tell – Resta Immobile
Verdi: Don Carlo – Io morro
Verdi: Rigoletto – Cortigiani
Mozart: Don Giovanni – Deh! Vieni alla finestra
Rossini: Il Barbiere – Largo al factotum
Giordano: Andrea Chénier – Nemico della patria
Tosti: La serenata
Denza: Occhi di fata
19 June 1965 Teatro Mainichi Hall, Osaka
23 June, 1965 Teatro Kanagawa Prefectural Ongakudo, Yokohama
CONCERTO MASCAGNI, EB Lodoletta: “Poi dissi” w, Franco Bonisolli, Valeria Moriconda, Corinna Vozza, Antonietta Stella, Mario Del Monaco.
(Recorded)
29 Oct. 1963 Milan CONCERTO MASCAGNI, Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Roma e di Milano della RAI, cond. Nino Bonovolanta, Cavalleria Rusticana excerpts as Alfio w. Antonietta Stella, Mario Del Monaco, Corinna Vozza.
(Recorded)
?? 1965 NHK – Japan w. Yoichi Miura, piano
Concert w. EB, Pia Tassinari, Ferruccio Tagliavini
5 items; EB – Il Barbiere – Largo al factotum
(Recorded)
June, 1965 Tokyo, Japan for DECCA “SONGS OF ITALY” STEREO
(EB’s final recording)
Di Capua: O sole mio
Tosti: Marechiare
De Curtis: Torna a Surriento
Bellini: Fenesta ca lucive
Cardillo: Core’ngrato
Denza; Vieni
Denza; Occhi di fata
Billi: E canta il grillo
Tosti: La serenata
Tosti: L’ultima canzone
Cond. Hiroyuki Iwaki
?? 1965 RAI Rome – Recital
with Nino Bonovolanta, cond.
Mascagni: Le Maschere – Aria di Tartaglia
Giordano: Andrea Chénier – Nemico della patria
Rossini: Il Barbiere – Largo al factotum
Verdi: Otello – Credo
10 Sept. 1965 San Francisco Opera
Andrea Chénier as Gérard with Renata Tebaldi, Richard Tucker, Sona Cervena, Joshua Hecht, Richard Fredricks, Claramae Turner; Cond, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
(Recorded)
2 Oct. 1965 Metropolitan Opera
Don Carlo as Rodrigo with Raina Kabaivanska, Jerome Hines, Grace Bumbry, Justino Diaz
7, 15, 30 Oct.; 4, 10 Nov. 1965 Metropolitan Opera, Don Carlo as Rodrigo with Bruno Prevedi, Raina Kabaivanska/Marina Arroyo/Mary Curtis Verna, Grace Bumbry/Biserka Cvejić, Jerome Hines/Cesare Siepi/Bonaldo Giaiotti, Justino Diaz/David Ward, Louis Sgarro; cond. Thomas Schippers
30 Oct (recorded nearly complete)
22 Oct. 1965 Metropolitan Opera, Lucia as Enrico with Anna Moffo, Barry Morell, Bonaldo Giaiotti, Dan Marek; cond. Silvio Varviso
27 Oct. 1965 ditto exc John Alexander for Morell & cond. Martin Rich
16 Nov. 1965 San Francisco at Los Angeles, Andrea Chénier as Gérard with Renata Tebaldi, Franco Corelli, Claramae Turner, Fernando Corena; cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
(Recorded)
24, 27, 30 Nov.; 6 Dec. 1965 Chicago, Aida as Amonasro with Leontyne Price/Ella Lee, Giorgio Casellato, Ivo Vinco, Fiorenza Cossotto; cond. Carlo Felice Cillario
11 Dec. 1965 Metropolitan Opera, Don Carlo MAT BCST as Rodrigo, with Cesare Siepi, Martina Arroyo, Bruno Prevedi, Biserka Cvejić, Justino Diaz, Mary Ellen Pracht, Gabor Carelli, Louis Sgarro, Robert Nagy, Margaret Kalil, Sally Brayley; cond. Thomas Schippers
(Recorded)
TIMA CLUB disc 18
Pagliacci – Prologue (other 1963 RAI Recital)
Mascagni Recital, RAI 1963; cond. Nino Bonovolanta
Cavalleria Rusticana – Il cavallo scalpita
– Ah! Il signore vi manda w. Antonietta Stella
L’Amico Fritz– Apostrofe di David
Lodoletta – Tel dissi Lodoletta
Le Maschere – Monologo di Tartaglia
RAI 1963 (other recital)
Il Barbiere– Largo al factotum
Rigoletto – Cortigiani
Otello– Credo
Un Ballo in Maschera – Eri tu 1954 or 1955
Mercadante: Il sogno – end of 1950s
M. E. Bossi: Non posso credevi – end of 1950s
