Leonardo Monreale
Leonardo Monreale was an Italian singer represented in the Pristine catalogue through several RCA opera recordings made in Rome in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
His appearances include Puccini’s Tosca and Turandot, with Jussi Björling, Zinka Milanov, Birgit Nilsson, Renata Tebaldi and Erich Leinsdorf.
Because wider public biographical detail is limited, this entry is kept close to the recording evidence and i...
PUCCINI Tosca
Stereo studio recording, 1957
Total duration: 1hr 53:29
Tosca - Zinka Milanov
Cavaradossi - Jussi Björling
Scarpia - Leonard Warren
Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
PUCCINI Turandot
Stereo studio recording, 1959
Total duration: 1hr 54:30
La principessa Turandot - Birgit Nilsson
Calaf - Jussi Björling
Liù - Renata Tebaldi
Ping - Mario Sereni
Pang - Piero De Palma
Pong - Tommaso Frascati
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell'opera di Roma
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
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
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
PONCHIELLI La Gioconda
Stereo studio recording, 1959
Total duration: 2hr 46:10
La Gioconda - Maria Callas
Laura Adorno - Fiorenza Cossotto
La Cieca - Irene Companeez
Alvise Badoero - Ivo Vinco
Enzo Grimaldo - Pier Miranda Ferraro
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
conducted by Antonino Votto
NB The earlier 1952 mono version of this recording is also available on Pristine PACO216
