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COMMERCIAL – COMPLETE OPERAS
July, 1954
Verdi: Aida as Amonasro with Mary Curtis-Verna, Umberto Borso, Oralia Dominguez, Norman Scott, Enzo Feliciati; Cond. Franco Capuana
LP: Remington 199-78
July, 1955
Verdi: La Forza del Destino (as Carlo) with Renata Tebaldi, Mario Del Monaco, Cesare Siepi, Giulietta Simionato, Fernando Corena, Piero Di Palma, Silvio Maionica, Gabriella Carturan, Ezio Giordano, Eraldo Coda; Cond. Francesco Molinari Pradelli with Orchestra e coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia di Roma.
LP: DECCA STEREO SXL 2069-72; LXT 5131-4
LP: LONDON MONO A-4408; STEREO OSA-1405
HIGHLIGHTS: DECCA BR 3094; OS 25701; 45rpm DECCA SEC 5054
HIGHLIGHTS: LONDON 5513; STEREO OS 25085; TAPE H-90016
STEREO TAPE LOV-90009;
CD: LONDON 3 421 598-2 LM3; 421598 (3)
1956
Donizetti: La Favorita (as Alfonso XI) with Giulietta Simionato, Gianni Poggi, Jerome Hines, Piero De Palma, Bice Magnani; Cond. Alberto Erede with Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
LP: LONDON MONO A-4322; STEREO OSA-1310; CD 452 469-2
LP/TAPE: “The Royal Family of Opera” LONDON STEREOTAPE
LOF 90144 duet with Simionato “In questo suolo a lusingar tua cura”
1956
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (as Figaro) with Giulietta Simionato, Fernando Corena, Alvino Misciano, Cesare Siepi, Rina Cavallari, Arturo La Porta, Giuseppe Zampieri; Cond. Alberto Erede with Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Decca LP: MONO A-4327; London LP: MONO XLLA51; re-ssued on Richmond RS 630121
CD: 443 536 nla; Hardy Classic URN 22.298
1956
Giordano: Andrea Chénier (as Gérard) with Renata Tebaldi, Mario Del Monaco, Fiorenza Cossotto, Fernando Corena, Silvio Maionica, Dino Mantovani, Angelo Mercuriali, Maria Teresa Mandalari, Mariano Caruso, Vico Polotto, Amelia Guidi, Dorio Caselli; Cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni with Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia di Roma.
LP: DECCA LRT 5411-2; DECCA SXL 2208-10
LP: LONDON A-4332; LONDON OSA 1303
STEREO TAPE: LONDON LOS 90142
HIGHLIGHTS: LONDON 5483; LONDON OS-25076; CEP 611; SEC 5030; OS 25076; CD: 425 407-2
July 1957
Ponchielli: La Gioconda (as Barnaba) with Anita Cerquetti, Mario Del Monaco, Giulietta Simionato, Cesare Siepi, Franca Sacchi, Giorgio Giorgetti, Athos Cesarini, Guido Pasella, Edio Peruzzi; Cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni with Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
DECCA LP: MONO LXT 5400-2; STEREO SXL 225-6-7
LONDON LP: MONO A-4331; LXT 5400-2; STEREO OSA-1302;
HIGHLIGHTS 10″ LP LONDON MONO 5518; STEREO OS 25114; BR 3036
CD LONDON 433 770 (2)
1957
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana (as Alfio) with Renata Tebaldi, Jussi Bjoerling, Rina Corsi, Lucia Dani; Cond. Alberto Erede with Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
LP: VICTOR MONO LM 6059; STEREO LSC 6059
LP: DECCA MONO RB 16081-2; DECCA STEREO 2SO 2021-2;
LP: LONDON MONO A-4240; STEREO OSA-1213
LP: LONDON MONO 5518; STEREO OS 25114; OSA 12101
HIGHLIGHTS: VICTOR LM-2243
LONDON CD 425 985-2; DECCA 458 224-2DM
1958
Puccini: La Bohème (as Marcello) with Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Gianna D’Angelo, Cesare Siepi, Fernando Corena, Piero Di Palma, Attilo D’Orazi, Giorgio Onesti, Renato Cesari; Cond. Tullio Serafin with Orchestra e Coro dell’Academia di Santa Cecilia di Roma.
LP: DECCA MONO LXT 5542/3; STEREO SXL 2170/1
LP: LONDON MONO A-4236; STEREO OSA-1208; TAPE LOS 90014;
CD DECCA 448 725-2; LONDON 2 425534-2
HIGHLIGHTS: LONDON MONO 5562; STEREO OS 25201; TAPE L-90026
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Verdi: Il Trovatore (as Di Luna) with Renata Tebaldi, Mario Del Monaco, Cesare Siepi, Fernando Corena, Giulietta Simionato, Silvio Maionica; Cond. Francesco Molinari Pradelli LONDON LP SXL 2069-72; CD:
1959
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (as Enrico) with Renata Scotto, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Ivo Vinco, Franco Ricciardi, Stefania Malagu; Cond. Nino Sanzogno with Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala.
LP: CETRA
LP: MERCURY MONO OL3-112; STEREO SR3-9012 (3)
LP: MERCURY MONO OL2-1008; STEREO SR2-9008
Excerpts: DGG MONO LPEM 19273; STEREO SLPEM 136273
CD: Dischi Ricordi 2 AOCDL 216004/ 202; DG SLMP 13870415
Everest-Cetra S-439/2; LIVING STAGE CD LS 347.13
1960
Verdi: Rigoletto (as Rigoletto) with Renata Scotto, Alfredo Kraus, Fiorenza Cossotto, Ivo Vinco, Clara Foti, Virgilio Carbonari, Silvio Maionica, Giuseppe Morresi, Enzo Guagni; Cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni with Orchestra e Coro del’Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
LP: MERCURY MONO OL3-112; STEREO 3-9012 (3)
LP: HMV MONO ALP 1866-8; LP STEREO ASD 436-8
LP: Ricordi AOCL-316003; LP STEREO Mercury SR3-9012
CD: Dischi Ricordi 2 ACD OCL-205; GOP 765; 68779-2;
BMG 74321
1961
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera as Anckarstrom w. Antonietta Stella, Gianni Poggi, Giuliana Tavolaccini, Adriana Lazzarini; Cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni with Orchestra e Coro Teatro alla Scala
LP: Deutsches Grammophon MONO 18680/2; STEREO 138680/2 (3)
LP: HIGHLIGHTS: DGG LPEM 19271; SLPM 136271
CD: 445454 nla
1961
Verdi: Don Carlo (as Rodrigo) with Antonietta Stella, Flaviano Labo, Fiorenza Cossotto, Boris Christoff, Ivo Vinco, Alessandro Maddalena, Aurora Cattelani, Franco Piva, Piero di Palma, Giuliana Matteini; Cond. Gabriele Santini with Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala
LP: Deutsche Grammophon: MONO 18835/7; STEREO 138835/7;
LP: Deutsche Grammophon: MONO 18760/3; STEREO 138760/3
2711 003;
HIGHLIGHTS: DGG LP MONO 19274; STEREO 136274
CD – 435 062-2
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Verdi: Il Trovatore (as Di Luna) w. Antonietta Stella, Gianni Poggi, Adriana Lazzarini, Giuliano Tavolaccini; Cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni
LP 188680/2; STEREO 138680/2 (3);
1962
Verdi: Il Trovatore (as Di Luna) w. Antonietta Stella, Fiorenza Cossotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Ivo Vinco, Armando Bonato, Franco Ricciardi, Giuseppe Morresi, Angelo Mercuriali; Cond. Tullio Serafin with Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
LP: DEUTSCHES GRAMMOPHON MONO 18835/7; STEREO 138835/7
Excerpts: LPEM 19277; SLPEM 136277
CD: Deutsche Grammophon STEREO 453118 (2)
1962
Verdi: La Traviata (as Germont) w. Renata Scotto, Gianni Raimondi, Virgilio Carbonari, Giuliana Tavolaccini, Armanda Bonato, Silvio Maionica; Virgilio Carbonari, Giuseppe Morresi, Franco Ricciardi, Angelo Mercuriali; Cond. Antonino Votto with Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milan
LP: Deutsches Grammophon: MONO LPM 18832/4; STEREO SLPM 138832/4; LP: STEREO 272 6049;
CD: 439 720-2; 453 115-2
RECORDINGS – live
Bastianini’s career coincided with the emergence of the tape recorder as a consumer product. (How I recall my first: a neat and shiny Wollensack!). So it is understandable that EB’s fine baritone became a target of opera enthusiasts equipped with a tape machine. Some would dutifully record broadcast opera while especially intrepid types would venture into the opera house with a portable machine and come away with a precious aural souvenir. Thus, I suspect Bastianini’s voice exists on innumerable tapes, with the following known to exist. Some have reached general circulation by release in all or in part on LPs and CDs, some no doubt due to the presence of Maria Callas.
Berlioz: La Dannazione di Faust San Carlo, Naples, December 26, 1964 as Mefistofele with Giulietta Simionato, Ruggero Bondino, Plinio Clabassi; Cond. Peter Maag; CD: 776
Bizet: Carmen Mexico Scenes October 21, 1957 as Escamillo, Jean Madeira, Giuseppe di Stefano, Rosita Rimoch; Cond. Anton Guadagno
Bizet: Carmen San Carlo, Naples, January 25, 1958 as Escamillo with Fedora Barbieri, Mario Del Monaco, Marcella Pobbe, Anna Di Stasio; Cond. Oliviero De Fabritiis
Bizet: Carmen Verona, August 2, 1961 as Escamillo with Giulietta Simionato, Franco Corelli, Renata Scotto, Adelina Grigolato, Aurora Catellani, Virgilio Carbonari, Piero De Palma, Guglielmo Ferrara, Alessandro Maddalena; Cond. Francesco Molinari Pradelli; CD: Golden Age of Opera GAO 118/119
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur Naples, November 28, 1959 as Michonnet with Magda Olivero, Franco Corelli, Giulietta Simionato, Antonio Cassinelli, Mariano Caruso, Rosanna Zerbini, Anna Di Stasio, Augusto Frati, Renato Ercolani; Cond. Mario Rossi
LP: MEL 043; MRF 47; RPL 2054/6; Hope 294; IGI 294; MOR 5901; DOC 19
CD: MELODRAM 2 MEL 27009 MONO; PX 502; Hardy-Classic HCA 6007(2); GM 50030
Donizetti: POLIUTO La Scala December 7, 1960 as Severo with Maria Callas, Renato Pelizzoni, Franco Corelli, Nicola Zaccaria, Virgilio Carbonari; Cond. Antonino Votto
LP: FWR-644 (2) (1/65); FWR-644 (2) (3/69) (re-mastered with additional Callas material); BJR-106 920 (3/69); BJR-106 (20 (4/71) (re-mastered); MRF-31 (20 (6/69)
CD: 26006; ARK 520; GAO 151/3; EMI 7243 565448 2 6
Giordano: Andrea Chénier South America ? 1958 as Gérard with Renata Tebaldi, Richard Tucker CD: HRE 350-2
Giordano: Andrea Chénier Naples, November 29, 1958 as Gérard with Antonietta Stella, Franco Corelli, Miriam Pirazzini, Antonio Cassinelli, Antonio Pirinno, Loretta De Lelio; Cond. Franco Capuana
Giordano: Andrea Chénier Metropolitan Opera BCST March 26, 1960 as Gérard with Renata Tebaldi, Richard Tucker, Margaret Roggero, Ezio Flagello, Alessio De Paolis, Belen Amparan, Norman Scott, George Cehanovsky, Osie Hawkins; Cond. Fausto Cleva
Giordano: Andrea Chénier La Scala in Germany, 1960 as Gérard with Renata Tebaldi, Franco Corelli
Giordano: Andrea Chénier La Scala, January 1960 Acts 1 & 2 complete, Act 3 incomp. as Gérard with Gigliola Frazzoni, Franco Corelli, Edda Vincenzi, Virgilio Carbonari, Piero De Palma, Fiorenza Cossotto; Cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Giordano: Andrea Chénier Metropolitan Opera, March 5, 1960 as Gérard with Zinka Milanov, Carlo Bergonzi, Ezio Flagello, Margaret Roggero, Belen Amparan, George Cehanovsky, Frank Valentino, Osie Hawkins, Norman Scott, Calvin Marsh; Cond. Fausto Cleva
Giordano: Andrea Chénier Vienna, June 26 1960 as Gérard with Renata Tebaldi, Franco Corelli, Margareta Sjostedt, Elisabeth Hongen, Renato Ercolani, Kostas Paskalis, Hilde Konetzni; Cond. Lovro von Matacic. CD: Fonit Cetra ;
Standing Room Only 2 SRO-821-2; GM 5.0021
Giordano: Andrea Chénier Venice, June 19, 1961 as Gérard with Antonietta Stella, Franco Corelli, Clara Betner, Antonio Casinelli, Vittorio Pandano, Maria Puppo; Cond. Oliviero De Fabritiis
Giordano: Andrea Chénier RAI September 13, 1963 as Gérard with Gabriella Tucci, Charles Craig, Anna Di Stasio, Jolanda Torriani, Rena Garazioti, Antonio Cassinelli, Guido Mazzini, Antonio Pirino, Athos Cesarini, di Stasi, Renzo Gonzales; Cond. Franco Mannino
Giordano: Andrea Chénier San Francisco, September 10, 1965 as Gérard with Renata Tebaldi, Richard Tucker, Sona Cervena, Joshua Hecht, Richard Fredricks, Claramae Turner; Cond. Francesco Molinari Pradelli
Giordano: Andrea Chénier San Francisco Opera in Los Angeles, November 16, 1965 as Gérard with Renata Tebaldi, Franco Corelli, Claramae Turner, Fernando Corena, Joshua Hecht, Bessel; Cond. Francesco Molinari Pradelli
Gounod: Faust Teatro San Carlo, Naples, December 1, 1956 as Valentino with Marcella Pobbe, Gianni Poggi, Raffaele Arié, Silvio Santarelli, Anna Maria Capel, Amalia Pini; Cond. Gabriele Santini
Handel: Eracle (Hercules) La Scala, December 29, 1958 as Lica with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Fedora Barbieri, Franco Corelli, Jerome Hines, Agostino Ferrin, Vittorio Jatozzi, Adriana Macchiachi; Cond. Lovro von Matacic
CD: Golden Melodram GM 5.0022
Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci San Francisco, October 13, 1962 as Tonio with Marilyn Horne, Mario Del Monaco, Russell Christopher; Cond. Olivero De Fabritiis
CD: GOP 4 (with Pagliacci RAI 1954); CD: MELODRAM 021; CDM 270103
Leoncavallo: La Bohéme Naples February 19, 1958 as Rodolfo with Rosette Noli, Mafalda Masini, Doro Antonioli, Walter Monachesi; Cond. Francesco Molinari Pradelli
LP: MELODRAM MEL 021 (2); Hardy Classic HCA 6012-2
Massenet: Thaïs RAI Trieste, February 10, 1954 as Athanael with Fiorella Carmen Forti, Giauco Scarlini, Antonio Massaria; Cond. Luigi Toffolo; CD: GOP 775
Ponchielli: La Gioconda Teatro Comunale, Firenze, January 7, 1956 as Barnaba w. Anita Cerquetti, Gianni Poggi, Ebe Stignani, Lucia Danieli, Giuseppe Modesti; cond Emidio Tieri CD: Myto 031.272
Prokofiev: Guerra e Pace (War and Peace) Teatro Comunale Firenze, 26, 29, 31 May, 2 June 1953 as Andrej Bolkonski with Rosanna Carteri, Franco Corelli, Cesy Broggini, Vittoria Calma, Fedora Barbieri, Mirto Picchi, Anselmo Colzani, Renato Capecchi, Italo Tajo, Fernando Corena; Cond. Arthur Rodzinski. CD: ANDRCD: 5022
Puccini: Il Tabarro NDR Hamburg, 1953 as Michele with Salvatore Puma, Nora de Rosa, Ebe Ticozzi, Eraldo Coda, Angelo Mercuriali, Luigi Alva; Cond. Mario Cordone
CD: MYTO MCD 992.207 (1); Standing Room Only SRO 827-1
Puccini: La Bohème Metropolitan Opera BCST March 30, 1957 as Marcello with Dorothy Kirsten, Richard Tucker, Laurel Hurley, Cesare Siepi, George Cehanovsky, Lawrence Davidson, Alessio De Paolis, Charles Anthony, Calvin Marsh; Cond. Tibor Kozma
Puccini: La Bohème San Francisco Opera in Los Angeles, October 26, 1962 – abridged – as Marcello with Victoria de los Angeles, Sandor Konya, Geraint Evans, Giorgio Tozzi, Salvatore Baccaloni; Cond. Francisco Molinari Pradelli
CD: GDS Records 2 GDS 21027
Puccini: Tosca La Scala Opera at Brussel’s World’s Fair, June 21, 1958 as Scarpia with Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe di Stefano, Nicola Zaccaria; Cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni
CD: GDS Records 2 CD21023 MONO; Legato Classics LCD 209-2
Puccini: Tosca Metropolitan Opera, February 13, 1965 Portion of Act 2 & Act 3 complete as Scarpia with Gabriella Tucci, Richard Tucker, Norman Scott, Elfego Esparza, Mariano Caruso, Calvin Marsh, Robert Goodloe, Stuart Fischer; Cond. Fausto Cleva
Puccini: Tosca Metropolitan Opera, March 6, 1965 as Scarpia with Dorothy Kirsten, Bruno Prevedi, Norman Scott, Lawrence Davidson, Paul Franke, Robert Goodloe, Russell Christopher, Stuart Fischer; Cond. Fausto Cleva
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia Arena Flegrea, Napoli, August 18, 1956 as Figaro with Antonietta Pastori, Luigi Alva, Leo Pudis, Andrea Mongelli, Gerardino Guadioso, Tony Corcione, Rina Corsi, Renato Ercolani; Cond. Francesco Molinari Pradelli. CD: ANDRCD 5060
Tschaikovsky: La Dama di Picche (The Queen of Spades) Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, December 26, 1952 as Yeletsky with Gianna Pederzini, Sena Jurinac, David Poleri, Mario Petri, Silvio Maionica, Rina Corse; Cond. Artur Rodzinsky
CD: GOP 66.325
Tschaikovsky: Mazeppa Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, June 6, 1954 as Kuciubey with Magda Olivero, David Poleri, Mariana Radev, Piero de Palma, Fausto Flamin, Giorgio Algorta; Cond. Jonel Perlea
LP: LO43; RR1016; EA 046
CD: MEL 27070; CD: (Highlights): MYTO 993 210 (3); ANDRCD 5028
VerdI: Aida Vienna Staatsoper, June 3, 1963 as Amonasro with Leontyne Price, Dimiter Uzunov, Giulietta SImionato, Frederick Guthrie, Walter Kreppel; Cond. Lovro von Matacic
CD: 2CF 2018
Verdi: Aida Vienna Staatsoper, June 14, 1964 as Amonasro with Leontyne Price, Flaviano Labò, Giulietta Simionato, Ludwig Welter, Nicola Zaccaria, Ermanno Lorenzi; Cond. Herbert von Karajan
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera La Scala, April 12, 1956 as Renato with Antonietta Stella, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Ebe Stignani, Eugenia Ratti, Silvio Maionica, Nicola Zaccaria, Giuseppe Morresi, Angelo Mercuriali, Erminio Beratti; Cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera Florence, January 2, 1957 as Renato with Anita Cerquetti, Gianni Poggi, Ebe Stignani, Giulio Neri; Cond. Emidio Tieri; CD: STanding Room Only SRO 804-2
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera La Scala, December 7, 1957 as Renato with Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Giulietta Simionato, Eugenia Ratti, Giuseppe Morresi, Antonio Cassinelli, Marco Stefanoni, Angelo Mercuriali, Antonio Ricci; Cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni
LP: MRF-83 (3) (6/72); LP: BJR-127 (3) (6/72)
CD: Sakkaris Records 26039; ARK 519; Callas Edition GM 20009
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera San Francisco, October 20, 1961 as Renato with Gré Brouwenstijn, Giuseppe Zampieri, Margarethe Benze, Graziella Sciutti, Plinio Clabassi, Joshua Hecht; Cond. Francesco Molinari Pradelli
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera Covent Garden, March 2, 1962 as Anckarstrom with Amy Shuard, Jon Vickers, Regina Resnik, Joan Carlyle, Joseph Rouleau, David Kelly, Victor Godfrey; Cond. Edward Downes
CD: Royal Opera Heritage ROHS009
Verdi: La Battaglia di Legnano La Scala, December 7, 1961 as Rolando with Antonietta Stella, Franco Corelli, Marco Stefanoni, Antonio Zerbini, Aurora Cattelani, Virgilio Carbonari, Silvio Maionica, Agostino Ferrin, Rinaldo Pelizzoni; Cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni
CD: MYTO MCD 89010
Verdi: Don Carlo Metropolitan Opera BCST March 5, 1955 as Rodrigo with Eleanor Steber, Richard Tucker, Blanche Thebom, Jerome Hines, Nicola Moscona, Louis Sgarro, Vilma Georgiou, Shakeh Vartenissian, Charles Anthony, Gabor Carelli; Cond. Kurt Adler
CD: MYTO 116 (2); MCD 946.116
Verdi: Don Carlo Firenze, June 16, 1956 as Rodrigo with Anita Cerquetti, Angelo Lo Forese, Cesare Siepi, Fedora Barbieri, Giulio Neri, Paolo Washington, Liliana Poli, Enzo Guagni, Alberto Lotti Canici; Cond. Antonio Votto
CD: MYTO 993.210
Verdi: Don Carlo Salzburg, July 26, 1958 as Rodrigo with Sena Jurinac, Cesare Siepi, Eugenio Fernandi, Giulietta Simionato, Marco Stefanow, Nicola Zaccaria; Cond. Herbert von Karajan
CD: ARKADIA 2 CDKAR 220; CD: 449588; 447655
Verdi: Don Carlo (4 Act version) Salzburg, August 1, 1960 as Rodrigo with Sena Jurinac, Boris Christoff, Eugenio Fernandi, Regina Resnik, Raffaele Arie, Nicola Zaccaria, Liselotte Maikl, Carlo Schmidt, Klaus Klinke, Norbert Bartsch; Cond. Nello Santi; CD: BLV 107.405 (3)
Verdi: Don Carlo RAI Torino, May 5, 1961 as Rodrigo with Margherita Roberti, Luigi Ottolini, Boris Christoff, Ferruccio Mazzoli, Leonardo Monreale. Anna Maria Rota, Donatella Rosa, Mario Carlin; Cond. Mario Rossi
Verdi: Don Carlo Metropolitan Opera, October 15, 1965 Rodrigo with Raina Kabaivanska, Jerome Hines, Bruno Prevedi, Grace Bumbry, Justino Diaz, Mary Ellen Pracht, Gabor Carelli, Louis Sgarro, Robert Nagy, Margaret Kalil, Sally Brayley; Cond. Thomas Schippers
Verdi: Don Carlo Metropolitan Opera, October 30, 1965 (nearly complete) as Rodrigo with Martina Arroyo, Cesare Siepi, Bruno Prevedi, Biserka Cvejic, Mary Ellen Pracht, Gabor Carelli, Louis Sgarro; Cond. Thomas Schippers
Verdi: Don Carlo Metropolitan Opera BCST December 11, 1965 as Rodrigo (his final performance) with Martina Arroyo, Bruno Prevedi, Jerome Hines, Biserka Cvejic, Justino Diaz, Louis Sgarro; cond. Thomas Schippers
Verdi: Ernani Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, June 14, 1957 as Carlo with Anita Cerquetti, Mario del Monaco, Boris Christoff; cond. Dimitri Mitropoulos
CD: MELODRAM 2 MEL 27016; Bel Canto Society #5011: MYTO MCD 981.179; Selections CD: ARKADIA 2 OPI-09
Verdi: Ernani San Carlo, Naples, November 27, 1960 as Don Carlo with Margherita Rinaldi, Mario Del Monaco, Nicola Rossi Lemeni, Anna di Stasio, Athos Cesarini, Mario Rinaudo; Cond. Mario Rossi
Verdi: La Forza del Destino Napoli, March 15, 1958 as Don Carlo with Renato Tebaldi, Franco Corelli, Boris Christoff, Renato Capecchi, Oralia Dominguez; Cond. Francesco Molinari Pradelli; CD: Golden Age of Opera GAO 151/52/53
Verdi: La Forza del Destino Teatro San Carlo, Naples October 1, 1958 as Don Carlo with Renata Tebaldi, Franco Corelli, Oralia Dominguez; Cond. Francesco Molinari Pradelli
CD: MELODRAM 3 MLO 370102
CD: Act III, SC. duet- Standing Room Only 2 SRO-826-2
Verdi: La Forza del Destino Vienna, September 30, 1960 as Don Carlo with Antonietta Stella, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Walter Kreppel, Giulietta Simionato; Cond. Dimitri Mitropoulos
LP: MELODRAM MEL 023(3); CD: MYTO 2MCD 804228; GLH 819 (HIL)
Verdi: La Forza del Destino Metropolitan Opera, January 29, 1965 as Don Carlo with Gabriella Tucci, Franco Corelli, Giorgio Tozzi, Elfego Esparza, Joann Grillo, Andrea Velis, Carlotta Ordassy, Louis Sgarro, Robert Goodloe; Cond. Nello Santi
CD: GOP 706
Verdi: La Forza del Destino Metropolitan Opera BCST February 6, 1965 as Don Carlo with Gabriella Tucci, Franco Corelli, Giorgio Tozzi, Elfego Esparza, Joann Grillo, Louis Sgarro; Cond. Nello Santi; CD: 706
Verdi: Nabucco Florence, July 8, 1959 as Nabucco with Margherita Rinaldi, Gastone Limarilli, Paolo Washington, Miriam Pirazzini; Cond. Bruno Bartoletti
Verdi: Nabucco Teatro Massimo, Palermo, February 16, 1961 as Nabucco with Mirella Parutto, Mirto Picchi, Ivo Vinco, Fiorenza Cossotto; Cond. Vittorio Gui
Verdi: Nabucco Florence, August 26, 1961 as Nabucco with Mirella Parutto, Luigi Ottolini, Ivo Vinco, Annamaria Rota, Renato Spagli, Enzo Guagni, Ottavia Imer; Cond. Bruno Bartoletti
CD: G.O.P.
Verdi: Nabucco San Francisco, October 23, 1961 as Nabucco with Lucille Udovick, Giorgio Tozzi, Renato Cioni, Margarete Bence, Janis Martin; Cond, Francesco Molinari Pradelli
Verdi: Rigoletto Chicago, November 23, 1962 (1st scene missing) as Rigoletto with Gianna D’Angelo, Richard Tucker, William Wildermann, Elizabeth Fischer, Robert Smith; Cond. Pierre Dervaux
Verdi: La Traviata La Scala, May 28, 1955 as Germont with Maria Callas. Giuseppe Di Stefano, Silvana Zanolli, Luisa Mandelli, Giuseppe Zampieri, Arturo La Porta, Antonio Zerbini, Silvio Maionica, Franco Ricciardi; Cond. Carlo Maria Giulini
LP: MRF-87 (2); CD: ARKADIA CD_501; CD: FOYER 2 FOY 2001
CD: ANGEL CDMB-63628 MONO; 2CF 2001; 763 8262 nla
CD: EMI 7243 5664502(2) (MONO)
Verdi: La Traviata La Scala, January 19, 1956 as Germont with Maria Callas, Gianni Raimondi, Silvana Zanolli, Arturo La Porta, Silvio Maionica, Luisa Mandelli, Dario Caselli, Franco Ricciardi, Carlo Forti, Vittorio Tatozzi; Cond. Carlo Maria Giulini
CD: 439 720; MYTO 2 MCD-890.03
Verdi: La Traviata Vienna, October 27, 1964 as Germont with Anna Moffo, Giuseppe Zampieri, Gundula Janowitz, Ermanno Lorenzi; Cond. Berislav Klobucar
CD: MELODRAM (Connoisseur) 2 CDM 27510
Verdi: Il Trovatore RAI Milan, May 29, 1957 as Di Luna with Leyla Gencer, Mario Del Monaco, Fedora Barbieri, Plinio Clabassi, Laura Londi, Athos Cesarini, Walter Artioli, Sergio Giuiani; Cond. Fernando Previtali;
LP: Replica 2413-5 (3 LPs); Foyer FO 1012 (3 LPs);
CD: GOP 704; Arkadia 483 (2CDs); MYTO 2MCD 013247
Verdi: Il Trovatore Trieste, November 16, 1957 two excerpts as Di Luna with Leyla Gencer, Mario Filippeschi, Fedora Barbieri, Dora Minarchi, Antonio Massaria; Cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
Verdi: Il Trovatore Metropolitan Opera BCST February 27, 1960 as Di Luna with Antonietta Stella, Carlo Bergonzi, Giulietta Simionato, William Wildermann, Helen Vanni, Charles Anthony, Roald Reitan, Robert Nagy; Cond. Fausto Cleva;
LP: GFC 005-7 (3 LPs)
Verdi: Il Trovatore Rome Opera in Berlin, October 1, 1961 as Di Luna with Mirella Parutto, Franco Corelli, Fedora Barbieri, Vittorio Pandano, Agostino Ferrin, Anna Mercuriali, Nino Russo; Cond. Oliviero De Fabritiis;
LP: MELODRAM 050 (3 LPs);
CD: Bel Canto Society 5012; Opera Fanatic BCSOF5; Stradivarius STV DTM 12313 (2 CDs); Callas Edition GM 50034
Verdi: Il Trovatore Salzburg, July 31, 1962 as Di Luna with Leontyne Price, Franco Corelli, Giulietta Simionato, Nicola Zaccaria, Nicola Zaccaria, Laurence Dutoit, Siegfried Rudolf Frese, Rudolf Zummer, Kurt Equiluz; Cond. Herbert von Karajan with Vienna State Opera & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
CD: ARKADIA 2 OPI-08; ALLEGRA OPD-1268; CD: GAL 100.505 (2); CD: 447 659 (2); ARK 228
Verdi: Il Trovatore San Francisco, October 2, 1962 as Di Luna with Elinor Ross, James McCracken, Giulietta Simionato, Joshua Hecht; Cond. Francesco Molinari Pradelli
Verdi: Il Trovatore La Scala, Opening, December 7, 1962 as Di Luna with Antonietta Stella, Franco Corelli, Fiorenza Cossotto, Ivo Vinco; Cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni
LP: Legendary Recordings 188 (2 LPs)
CD: MELODRAM 27068 MONO; Claque 2 CLO 2013-4 MONO;
MYTO MCD 012243
Verdi: Il Trovatore Salzburg, August 31, 1963 as Di Luna with Leontyne Price, James McCracken, Giulietta Simionato, Nicola Zaccaria; Cond. Herbert von Karajan
Verdi: Il Trovatore Tokyo, October 16, 1963 (STEREO) as Di Luna with Antonietta Stella, Gastone Limarilli, Giulietta Simionato, Bruno Marangoni, Anna Di Stasio, Mario Guggia; Cond. Oliviero De Fabritiis
CD: Golden Melodram GM 5.0057; HIGHLIGHTS: CD: Rodolphe RPC 32752
COLLECTIONS
EB appears in many compilations, either in arias or scenes, stemming from the above complete recordings or recitals and concerts, whether originally of commercial or broadcast nature; thus his voice is likely to appear well into the future. The following list contains significant releases:
” GREAT SINGERS SERIES – ETTORE BASTIANINI” OPERATIC RECITAL
scenes from Il Barbiere di Siviglia, La Favorita, La Gioconda, Andrea Chenier, La Forza del Destino
LP: LONDON SR33190 nla
EB participated in a special Mascagni programme that was broadcast in Rome on October 22, 1963 and in Milan on October 29, 1963. Obviously the recording took place earlier as EB was in Japan between 16-27 October. With Franco Bonisolli and Valerie Moriconda, he sang a segment from Lodeletta, his aria being “Poi dissi” and in thirty minutes of Cavalleria Rusticana with Antonietta Stella, Mario Del Monaco and Corinna Vozza, conducted by Nino Bonavolanta.
RECITAL, RAI Rome 1965 with Cond. Nino Bonovolanta
Mascagni: Le Maschere: Aria di Tartaglia
Giordano: Andrea Chénier – Nemico della Patria
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia – Largo al factotum
Verdi: Rigoletto – Cortigiani vil razza dannata
Verdi: Otello – Credo
RECITAL NHK Japan, June 1965 with Ferruccio Tagliavini, Pia Tassinari, Yoichi Mira at the piano
EB: Rossini: Il Barbiere – Largo al factotum
RECITAL, Tokyo June, 1965 with Yoichi Miura, piano
Durante: Vergin tutt’amor
Gluck: Paride ed Elena : O del mio dolce ardore
Rossini: Guglielmo Tell – Resta immobile
Verdi: Don Carlo – Io morro
Verdi: Rigoletto – Cortigiani
Mozart; Don Giovanni– Deh vieni alla finestra
Rossini: Il Barbiere – Largo al factotum
Tosti: La serenata
Denza: Occhi di fata
De Curtis: Torna a Surriento
Cardillo: Core ‘ngrato
Billi: E canta il grillo
Giordano: Andrea Chénier – Nemico della patria
CD: King Records “SEVEN SEAS” K32Y 185
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ETTORE BASTIANINI
Il Trovatore: `Tutto e deserto…il balen’ and `Udiste? Qual voce!’ with Antonietta Stella
La Traviata: `Di provenza del mar’ and `Pura sicome un angelo’ with Renata Scotto
Un Ballo in Maschera: `Libero e il varco avoi..Alla vita che t’arride & Alzati… Eri tu’
Don Carlos: `E lui!…desso!’ & `Son io mio Carlo’ both with Flaviano Labo
All with La Scala Milan Orchestra and various conductors
DGG 135 032
AN EVENING AT THE LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO GALA CONCERT, November 10, 1956 with Renata Tebaldi, Giulietta Simionato, Richard Tucker and Miraslav Cangolovich, conducted by Georg Solti and Emerson Buckley.
LP: LONDON LL 1626; DECCA LXT 5326 Three other excerpts involving Tebaldi and Tucker exist on tape. “Bastianini’s Chénier aria is the best thing on the disc” (OPERA Jan. 1958)
Annie get your gun (Irving Berlin): “Anything you can do, I can do better” with Giulietta Simionato – GALA segment of Die Fledermaus LONDON STEREOTAPE LOR 90030;
CD: LONDON ADRM 421 046-2
ETTORE BASTIANINI SINGS SONGS OF ITALY with Hiroyuki Iwaki, cond. Tokyo 1965 O sole mio (Di Capua), Marechiare (Tosti), Torna a Surriento (De Curtis), Feneste ca lucive (Bellini), Core’ngrato (Cardillo), Vieni (Denza), Occhi di fata (Denza), E canto il grillo (Billi), La Serenata (Tosti), L’ultima canzone (Tosti);
LP: LONDON RECORDS TW 91412 MONO; SW 99412 STEREO
ETTORE BASTIANINI
Pagliacci: Prologue
Cavalleria Rusticana: Il cavallo scalpita & Ah! Il sognore vi manda w. Antonietta Stella
Mascagni: L’Amico Fritz – Apostrofe di David
– Lodoletta: Poi dissi Lodoletta
– Le Maschere: Monologo di Tartaglia
Il Barbiere di Siviglia – Largo al factotum
Rigoletto– Cortigiani
Otello – Eri tu
Un Ballo – Eri tu
E. S. Mercadante: Il sogno
M.E. Bossi Non posso credervi
TIMACLUB LP 18
ETTORE BASTIANINI:
Verdi: Don Carlo Salzburg July 26 1958 Acts II & IV. Sc.II
Verdi: Ernani Firenze, June 14 1957 “Lo vedremo”…”E questa”
Verdi: La Traviata La Scala May 28 1955 “Di Provenza”
Verdi: Il Trovatore RAI Milan, May 18 1957
/”Tutto e deserto … Il balen”
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera La Scala, December 7 1956
/”Alla vita” … “Eri tu”
Leoncavallo: La Bohème Napoli, February 19, 1958 Prima scena
Massenet: Thaïs Trieste, February 10 1954 “Ho il cor pien”…
/”E questa l’orribil citta” …”Oh stranier tu sei qui”
MELODRAM LP MEL 080 (2)
Verdi: Don Carlo RAI Turin 1961 “E lui desso, l’infante”… Carlo che sol”…”Restate!”…”Son io, mio Carlo”…”Io morro”
Verdi: Aida Vienna, June 3 1963 “Ciel, mio padre”
Verdi: La Forza del Destino Rome 1958 “Son Pereda, son ricco
d’onore”… “Solenne in quest’ora’…”Morir, tremenda
cosa”…”Ne gustare me dato”… “Invan, Alvaro”
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera Covent Garden, February 5 1962
/”Alla vita”…”Eri tu”
Verdi: Ernani T. San Carlo, November 27 1960 “Fa che a me
venga”…”Lo vedremo veglio audace”… “Vieni meco sol il
rose”… “Oh, de’ verd’anni miei”
Verdi: Il Trovatore Metropolitan Opera NY,
/”Tutto e deserto …Il Balen”
Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci San Francisco, October 13 1962
/”Prologo: Si puo”…”Sei la!”
Berlioz: LA Dannazione di Faust T. San Carlo, December 26 1964 “Canzone”…”Ecco le rose”…”Evocazione”…”Davanti la magione”
MELODRAM CD MEL 26517
ETTORE BASTIANINI:
With Orchestra della NDR; Cond. Wilhelm Schuchter, 1954:
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia – Largo al factotum
Verdi: La Forza del Destino – Urna fatale
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera – Alzati; la tuo figlio
” ” ” ” ” – Eri tu che macchiavi
Verdi: Otello – Vanne; la tua meta gia vedo
” ” – Credo in un Dio crudel
Verdi: Don Carlo – O Carlo, ascolta
Verdi: Rigoletto – Cortigiani, vil razza dannata,
with Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI; Luciano Bettarini – Sept 13, 1963
Giordano: Andrea Chénier – Questa azzurro sofa
” ” ” – Son sessant’anni, o vecchio, with
Edgardo Di Stasio; Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della
RAI; Cond. Franco Mannino – Sept. 13, 1963
Puccini: Il Tabarro – Nulla!…Silenzio!..
” ” ” – T’ho colto! with Nora De Rosa and
Salvatore Puma; Orch. della NDR; Cond. Mario Cordone, 1953
Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci – Prologo
Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI;
Cond. Luciano Bettarini; June 4, 1962
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana – Il cavallo scalpita,
” ” ” – Oh! Signore vi manda,
compar Alfio with Antonietta Stella; Orchestra Sinfonica
della RAI; Cond. Luciano Bettarini – 1962
With Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI – 60s:
Mascagni: L’Amico Fritz – Per voi, ghiottoni inutili;
Mascagni: Lodoletta – Tei dissi, Lodoletta
Mascagni: Le Maschere – Quella e una strada
With piano accompaniment by Luciano Bettarini;
Milan Jan 3, 1957
Mercadante: Il Sogno also with Violoncello by G. Martorana
Bossi: Non posso chiedervi
Ponchielli: Eterna memoria
Van Westerhout: Ovunque tu
CD: MYTO MCD 974.167
ETTORE BASTIANINI “GREAT VOICES” 1955/1965
Poliuto: Decio, signor del mondo …No, l’acciar non fu spietato”
& “Donna…il piu lieto dei viventi (with Maria Callas) La Scala, 1960
Ernani: “Fa che a me venga …Da quel di che t’ho veduta” & “E questa il loco!” Florence, 1957
Il Trovatore: “Tutto e deserto …Il balen del suo sorriso,” “Qual suono! …Per me, ora fatale” and “Udiste? … Colui vivra” La Scala 1962
La Traviata: “Madamigella Valery?” & “Di provenza” Sc 1955
La Forza del Destino: “Solenne in quest’ora” “Morir! …Tremenda cosa!”
… “Urna fatale” “Egli e salvo,” “invano Alvar ti celasti al mondo” “Le minacce, i fieri accenti” Metropolitan Opera New York 1965
Aida: “Tu prigionera? … Non mi tradir” & “A te grave cagion m’adduce, Aida” Vienna 1963
Andrea Chénier: “Nemico della patria …la mamma morta” (Tebaldi) Vienna 1960
Adriana Lecouvreur: “Eccoci soli alfin! …” “Ecco il monologo …”So ch’ella dorme” Naples, 1959
(To identify other singers taking part, please refer to the previous listing for the opera concerned.)
2 CDS: MEMORIES HR 4400/01
VIDEO
Verdi: La Forza del Destino Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, March 15, 1958 as Carlo with Renata Tebaldi, Franco Corelli, Oralia Dominguez, Boris Christoff; Cond. Francesco Molinari Pradelli
HARDY-VIDEO HCV 1001 (b. & w.)
DVD: HCD 4002 + interview of R. Tebaldi
Verdi: Il Trovatore RAI di Milano, April 8, 1957 as Di Luna with Leyla Gencer, Mario Del Monaco, Fedora Barbieri, Plinio Clabassi; Cond. Fernando Previtali
HARDY-VIDEO HCV 1006
Verdi: Il Trovatore Tokyo, October 16, 1963 as Di Luna – scene: Il balen to end of Act. Privately held VIDEO
