Giuseppe Valdengo
Giuseppe Valdengo (1914-2007) was an Italian baritone, especially associated with Arturo Toscanini’s late Verdi recordings. He sang at major houses and became internationally known through broadcast and studio performances.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Toscanini’s Falstaff and Otello, two of the conductor’s most important operatic documents.
Valdengo’s singing combined warmth, clarity and a natural V...
VERDI La Traviata; Otello; Aïda; Falstaff; Un Ballo in Maschera
Live NBC broadcast recordings, New York, 1946–1954
Total duration: 10:14:30
NBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Arturo Toscanini
NBC choruses; Robert Shaw Chorale, directed by Robert Shaw
Soloists include Licia Albanese, Jan Peerce, Robert Merrill, Ramón Vinay, Herva Nelli, Giuseppe Valdengo, Eva Gustavson, Richard Tucker, Dennis Harbour, Norman Scott, Nan Merriman, Cloë Elmo, Frank Guarrera, Claramae Turner and Virginia Haskins
VERDI Aïda
Live broadcast recording, 1949
Total duration: 2hr 15:43
Aïda – Herva Nelli
Amneris – Eva Gustavson
Radamès – Richard Tucker
Amonasro – Giuseppe Valdengo
Il Re (Pharoah) – Dennis Harbour
Ramfis – Norman Scott
Robert Shaw Chorale
directed by Robert Shaw
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
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
VERDI Otello
Broadcast 1: 6th December, 1947 (Acts 1 & 2)
Broadcast 2: 13th December, 1947 (Acts 3 & 4)
Total duration: 2hrs 15min 58sec
NBC Symphony Orchestra and Choruses
conducted by Arturo Toscanini