Frank Guarrera
Frank Guarrera (1923-2007) was an American baritone, long associated with the Metropolitan Opera. He sang a wide repertory and became one of the Met’s dependable baritone presences in the mid-twentieth century.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Puccini and Verdi broadcasts, including Manon Lescaut, Falstaff and Turandot.
Guarrera’s singing combined firm tone, stage reliability and idiomatic opera...
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
VERDI Falstaff
Live broadcast recordings, 1950
Total duration: 1hr 57:32
Falstaff - Giuseppe Valdengo
Mistress Alice Ford - Herva Nelli
Mistress Meg Page - Nan Merriman
Mistress Quickly - Cloë Elmo
Ford - Frank Guarrera
Robert Shaw Chorale
directed by Robert Shaw
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
DONIZETTI Lucia di Lammermoor
Live broadcast performance, 1961
Total duration: 1hr 55:34
Joan Sutherland - Lucia
Richard Tucker - Edgardo
Frank Guarrera - Enrico
Nicola Moscona - Raimondo
Robert Nagy - Normanno
Thelma Votipka - Alisa
Charles Anthony - Arturo
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Conducted by Silvio Varviso
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
