Nicola Moscona
Nicola Moscona was a Greek-born bass, long associated with the Metropolitan Opera. He was admired in Italian, French and Russian repertory and appeared in many important broadcasts.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears extensively in Verdi, Puccini, Gounod and other opera recordings, often alongside Jussi Björling, Zinka Milanov, Bidú Sayão and Leonard Warren.
Moscona’s singing brought firm bass authority, warmth and theatrical ...
VERDI Un Ballo in Maschera
Recorded in 1940
Total duration: 2hr 10:18
Amelia - Zinka Milanov
Riccardo - Jussi Björling
Renato - Alexander Sved
Ulrica - Bruna Castagna
Oscar - Stella Andreva
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
conducted by Ettore Panizza
GOUNOD Roméo et Juliette
Live performance, 1947
Total duration: 2hr 23:20
Roméo - Jussi Björling
Juliette - Bidú Sayão
Frère Laurence - Nicola Moscona
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Emil Cooper
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Russian Easter Festival Overture
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio Espagnol
STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite
STRAVINSKY (arr. Stokowski) Petrushka Suite
Live broadcast recordings, 1941-44
Total duration: 2hr 32: 06
Nicola Moscona, bass
Eduard Steuermann, piano
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
DONIZETTI Lucia di Lammermoor
Live broadcast performance, 1961
Total duration: 1hr 55:34
Joan Sutherland - Lucia
Richard Tucker - Edgardo
Frank Guarrera - Enrico
Nicola Moscona - Raimondo
Robert Nagy - Normanno
Thelma Votipka - Alisa
Charles Anthony - Arturo
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Conducted by Silvio Varviso
VERDI Luisa Miller - Don Carlo - Un ballo in maschera -La forza del destino - Rigoletto excerpts
Live recording · 1943
Total duration: 64:14
Gertrude Ribla, soprano
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Jan Peerce, tenor
Frank Valentino, baritone
Nicola Moscona, bass
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
BEETHOVEN Fidelio
Broadcast performance, 1944
Total duration: 1hr 51:08
Jan Peerce Florestano
Rose Bampton Leonora
Chorus directed by Peter Wilhousky
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini, conductor
