Mario Del Monaco
Mario del Monaco (1915-1982) was an Italian tenor, one of the most celebrated dramatic voices of the twentieth century. He became especially famous in Verdi, Puccini and verismo repertory.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Bellini, Giordano, Puccini and Verdi, including performances with Maria Callas, Zinka Milanov, Renata Tebaldi and other major artists.
Del Monaco’s singing was heroic, brilliant and physically overwhelmi...
BELLINI Norma
Live recording, 1955
Total duration: 2hr 34:37
Maria Callas Norma
Mario Del Monaco Pollione
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Conductor Antonino Votto
GIORDANO Andrea Chénier
Live recording, 4 December, 1954, Metropolitan Opera House, NYC
Total duration: 1hr 48:25
Andrea Chénier - Mario Del Monaco
Maddalena - Zinka Milanov
Carlo Gérard- Leonard Warren
Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera
Fausto Cleva, conductor
VERDI Aïda
Live broadcast recording, 1953
Total duration: 2hr 24:33
Aida - Zinka Milanov
Radamès - Mario Del Monaco
Amneris - Blanche Thebom
Amonasro - George London
Ramfis - Jerome Hines
King - Luben Vichey
Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera
conducted by Fausto Cleva
PUCCINI Manon Lescaut
Stereo studio recording, 1954
Total duration: 1hr 46:57
Renata Tebaldi Manon Lescaut
Mario Del Monaco Des Grieux
Mario Boriello Lescaut
Fernando Corena Geronte
Piero de Palma Edmondo
Santa Cecilia Academy Chorus & Orchestra
conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
VERDI Aïda
Studio recording, 1952
Total duration: 2hr 22:53
Renata Tebaldi - Aïda
Ebe Stignani - Amneris
Mario Del Monaco - Radamès
Aldo Protti - Amonasro
Dario Caselli - Ramphis
Fernando Corena - King Of Egypt
Piero de Palma - Messenger
Santa Cecilia Academy Chorus & Orchestra
conducted by Alberto Erede
VERDI Otello
Live broadcast performance, 1958
Total duration: 2 hr 13:32 (including radio announcements)
Otello - Mario Del Monaco
Desdemona - Victoria de los Angeles
Iago - Leonard Warren
Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera
conducted by Fausto Cleva
