Fernando Corena
Fernando Corena (1916-1984) was a Swiss bass, one of the most admired comic basses of the post-war operatic world. He built an international career at major houses including La Scala, Covent Garden and the Metropolitan Opera.
Corena was especially celebrated in Rossini, Donizetti, Mozart and Italian comic repertory, but also sang serious roles. In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut with Renata Tebald...
PUCCINI La Bohème
Studio recording, 1956
Total duration: 1hr 47:14
Rodolfo - Jussi Björling
Mimi - Victoria de los Angeles
Marcello - Robert Merrill
Columbus Boys Choir
RCA Victor Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
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 Tosca
Stereo studio recording, 1957
Total duration: 1hr 53:29
Tosca - Zinka Milanov
Cavaradossi - Jussi Björling
Scarpia - Leonard Warren
Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
VERDI Aïda
Studio recording, 1952
Total duration: 2hr 22:53
Renata Tebaldi - Aïda
Ebe Stignani - Amneris
Mario Del Monaco - Radamès
Aldo Protti - Amonasro
Dario Caselli - Ramphis
Fernando Corena - King Of Egypt
Piero de Palma - Messenger
Santa Cecilia Academy Chorus & Orchestra
conducted by Alberto Erede
PUCCINI Tosca
Studio recording, 1952
Total duration: 1hr 46:12
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) - Floria Tosca
Giuseppe Campora (tenor) - Cavaradossi
Enzo Mascherini (baritone) - Scarpia
Dario Caselli (bass) - Angelotti
Piero de Palma (tenor) - Spoletta
Antonio Sacchetti (baritone) - Sciarrone & Gaoler
Fernando Corena (bass) - Sacristan
Santa Cecilia Academy Chorus & Orchestra
conducted by Alberto Erede
PUCCINI Manon Lescaut
Stereo studio recording, 1954
Total duration: 1hr 46:57
Renata Tebaldi Manon Lescaut
Mario Del Monaco Des Grieux
Mario Boriello Lescaut
Fernando Corena Geronte
Piero de Palma Edmondo
Santa Cecilia Academy Chorus & Orchestra
conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
MOZART Le Nozze di Figaro
Stereo studio recording, 1955
Total duration: 2hr 52:02
Figaro - Cesare Siepi
Susanna - Hilde Gueden
Conte Almaviva - Alfred Poell
Contessa Almaviva - Lisa Della Casa
Cherubino - Suzanne Danco
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Erich Kleiber
PUCCINI Tosca
Studio recording, 1962
Total duration: 1hr 52:58
Leontyne Price - Floria Tosca
Giuseppe di Stefano - Cavaradossi
Giuseppe Taddei - Scarpia
Carlo Cava - Angelotti
Piero de Palma - Spoletta
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Herbert von Karajan
