Licia Albanese
Licia Albanese (1909-2014) was an Italian-American soprano, one of the cherished lyric sopranos of the Metropolitan Opera. She was especially admired in Puccini.
In the Pristine catalogue she appears in Puccini and Bizet, including Turandot, Manon Lescaut and Metropolitan Opera Carmen material.
Albanese’s singing combined warmth, clarity and emotional directness, with a Puccinian instinct for line and ...
PUCCINI Turandot
Live recording, 1962
Total duration: 1hr 58:33
La principessa Turandot - Birgit Nilsson
Calaf - Franco Corelli
Liù - Licia Albanese
Ping - Frank Guarrera
Pang - Robert Nagy
Pong - Charles Anthony
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera
conducted by Kurt Adler
BIZET Carmen
Live broadcast performance, 1943
Total duration: 2hr 32:32
Carmen - Lily Djanel
Don José - Raoul Jobin
Micaëla - Licia Albanese
Escamillo - Leonard Warren
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera
conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
PUCCINI Manon Lescaut
Live broadcast performance, 1956
Total duration: 2hr 13:13
Manon - Licia Albanese
Des Grieux - Jussi Björling
Lescaut - Frank Guarrera
Geronte - Fernando Corena
Edmondo - Thomas Hayward
Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera
conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos
PUCCINI La Bohème
Live broadcast recordings · 1946
Total duration: 1hr 41:34
Licia Albanese
Jan Peerce
NBC Symphony Orchestra and Choruses
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
VERDI La Traviata
Broadcast live from New York, 1946
Total duration: 1hr 43:18
Licia Albanese
Jan Peerce
Robert Merrill
NBC Symphony Orchestra and Choruses
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
