Giuseppe Morresi
Giuseppe Morresi was an Italian bass-baritone represented in the Pristine catalogue through several post-war Italian opera recordings, especially Bellini, Puccini and Verdi.
His catalogue appearances include Rigoletto, La sonnambula and Manon Lescaut, alongside singers such as Maria Callas, Renata Scotto and Ettore Bastianini.
As represented here, Morresi’s work belongs to the practical Italian opera-h...
VERDI Rigoletto
Stereo studio recording, 1960
Total duration: 1hr 59:23
Rigoletto - Ettore Bastianini
Gilda - Renata Scotto
Duca di Mantova - Alfredo Kraus
Sparafucile - Ivo Vinco
Maddalena - Fiorenza Cossotto
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
conducted by Gianandrea Gavazzeni
BELLINI La sonnambula
Studio recording, 1957
Total duration: 2hr 00:32
Maria Callas - Amina
Fiorenza Cossotto - Teresa
Nicola Zaccaria - Il conte Rodolfo
Nicola Monti - Elvino
Eugenia Ratti - Lisa
Giuseppe Morresi - Alessio
Franco Ricciardi - Un notaro
Choir & Orchestra of Teatro Alla Scala, Milan
Conducted by Antonino Votto
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
PUCCINI La fanciulla del West
Studio recording, 1958
Total duration: 2hr 6:22
Birgit Nilsson - Minnie
João Gibin - Dick Johnson
Andrea Mongelli - Jack Rance
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan
conducted by Lovro von Matačić
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)