Frank Valentino
Frank Valentino (1907-1991) was an American baritone, active at the Metropolitan Opera and in broadcast repertory. He appeared in Italian, French and German opera during the mid-twentieth century.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Verdi, Gluck and Metropolitan Opera broadcasts, including Il trovatore and Alceste.
Valentino’s singing brought baritone solidity and theatrical reliability to large ensemble ca...
VERDI Il Trovatore
Live recording, 1941
Total duration: 2hr 16:13
Manrico - Jussi Björling
Leonora - Norina Greco
Count Di Luna - Frank Valentino
Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera
Conductor Ferruccio Calusio
GLUCK Alceste (performed in English)
Live broadcast performance, 1952
Total duration: 2hr 11:59
Alceste - Kirsten Flagstad
Admète - Brian Sullivan
High Priest - Frank Valentino
Oracle - Alois Pernerstorfer
Évandre - Emery Darcy
Herald - Norman Scott
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera
conducted by Alberto Erede
VERDI Luisa Miller - Don Carlo - Un ballo in maschera -La forza del destino - Rigoletto excerpts
Live recording · 1943
Total duration: 64:14
Gertrude Ribla, soprano
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Jan Peerce, tenor
Frank Valentino, baritone
Nicola Moscona, bass
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini