Carlo Forti
Carlo Forti was an Italian bass or bass-baritone active in mid-twentieth-century opera recordings. His name appears in the Pristine catalogue through important Callas-era Italian opera sets.
He is represented in Bellini’s I puritani and Ponchielli’s La Gioconda, alongside Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tullio Serafin and other major artists.
Forti’s role in the catalogue is that of the solid supporting sing...
Studio recording, 1953
Total duration: 2hr 19:58
Giuseppe Di Stefano
Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Tullio Serafin, conductor
PONCHIELLI La Gioconda
Stereo studio recording, 1959
Total duration: 2hr 46:10
La Gioconda - Maria Callas
Laura Adorno - Fiorenza Cossotto
La Cieca - Irene Companeez
Alvise Badoero - Ivo Vinco
Enzo Grimaldo - Pier Miranda Ferraro
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
conducted by Antonino Votto
NB The earlier 1952 mono version of this recording is also available on Pristine PACO216
PUCCINI Manon Lescaut
Studio recording, 1957
Total duration: 2hr 0:35
Manon Lescaut - Maria Callas
Chevalier des Grieux - Giuseppe di Stefano
Lescaut - Giulio Fioravanti
Geronte di Ravoir - Franco Calabrese
Edmondo - Dino Formichini
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
conducted by Tullio Serafin
