Alessio De Paolis
Alessio De Paolis was an American tenor, active at the Metropolitan Opera and in a wide range of supporting and character roles.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears repeatedly in Puccini, Strauss and Verdi, including Metropolitan Opera broadcasts with Jussi Björling, Zinka Milanov, Leonard Warren and other major artists.
De Paolis’s work belongs to the essential craft of the opera ensemble: clear diction, timing and theatrical ...
PUCCINI Manon Lescaut
Live broadcast performance, 1956
Total duration: 2hr 13:13
Manon - Licia Albanese
Des Grieux - Jussi Björling
Lescaut - Frank Guarrera
Geronte - Fernando Corena
Edmondo - Thomas Hayward
Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera
conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos
PUCCINI Turandot
Stereo studio recording, 1959
Total duration: 1hr 54:30
La principessa Turandot - Birgit Nilsson
Calaf - Jussi Björling
Liù - Renata Tebaldi
Ping - Mario Sereni
Pang - Piero De Palma
Pong - Tommaso Frascati
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell'opera di Roma
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
R. STRAUSS Salome
R. STRAUSS Elektra
Live recordings, 1952
Total duration: 3hr 12:58
Ljuba Welitsch – Salome
Hans Hotter – Jochanaan
Set Svanholm – Herodes
Astrid Varnay – Elektra
Elisabeth Höngen – Clytemnestra
Paul Schöffler – Orest
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conducted by Fritz Reiner
PUCCINI Turandot
Live recording, 1962
Total duration: 1hr 58:33
La principessa Turandot - Birgit Nilsson
Calaf - Franco Corelli
Liù - Licia Albanese
Ping - Frank Guarrera
Pang - Robert Nagy
Pong - Charles Anthony
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera
conducted by Kurt Adler
BIZET Carmen
Live broadcast performance, 1943
Total duration: 2hr 32:32
Carmen - Lily Djanel
Don José - Raoul Jobin
Micaëla - Licia Albanese
Escamillo - Leonard Warren
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera
conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
