Giuseppe Di Stefano
Giuseppe di Stefano (1921-2008) was an Italian tenor, one of the most famous lyric tenors of the twentieth century. His voice was celebrated for its beauty, warmth and immediately recognisable Italianate ardour.
Di Stefano was closely associated with Maria Callas, with whom he made many of his most famous recordings. In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Bellini, Donizetti, Puccini, Verdi and other Italian repertory.
His singi...
PUCCINI Tosca
Studio recording, 1953
Total duration: 1hr 47:58
Maria Callas Tosca
Giuseppe di Stefano Cavaradossi
Tito Gobbi Scarpia
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Conductor Victor de Sabata
VERDI Il Trovatore
Studio recording, 1956
Total duration: 2hr 9:37
Maria Callas - Leonora
Rolando Panerai - Il Conte Di Luna
Fedora Barbieri - Azucena
Giuseppe Di Stefano - Manrico
Nicola Zaccaria - Ferrando
Coro e Orchestra de Teatro alla Scala, Milano
conducted by Herbert von Karajan
VERDI Rigoletto
Studio recording, 1955
Total duration: 1hr 57:57
Rigoletto - Tito Gobbi
Gilda - Maria Callas
Duca di Mantova - Giuseppe di Stefano
Sparafucile - Nicola Zaccaria
Tullio Serafin, conductor
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
VERDI Un ballo in maschera
Studio recording, 1956
Total duration: 2hr 10:38
Amelia - Maria Callas
Riccardo - Giuseppe Di Stefano
Renato - Tito Gobbi
Ulrica - Fedora Barbieri
Oscar - Eugenia Ratti
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala, Milano
conducted by Antonino Votto
BELLINI I Puritani; La sonnambula; Norma (both the 1954 and 1960 recordings)
Studio recordings, Milan, 1953–1960; the 1960 Norma in stereo
Total duration: 9:42:59
Maria Callas as Elvira, Amina and Norma
With Giuseppe Di Stefano, Ebe Stignani, Mario Filippeschi, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Rina Cavallari, Paolo Caroli, Fiorenza Cossotto, Nicola Zaccaria, Nicola Monti, Eugenia Ratti, Giuseppe Morresi, Franco Ricciardi, Christa Ludwig, Franco Corelli, Edda Vincenzi and Piero De Palma
Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Conducted by Tullio Serafin (I Puritani and both recordings of Norma) and Antonino Votto (La sonnambula)
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