Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Nicola Rossi-Lemeni was an Italian bass, one of the striking bass voices of the mid-twentieth century. He was associated with Italian, Russian and French repertory and appeared with Maria Callas in major recordings.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Bellini, Rossini and other Italian opera recordings, including Callas’s I puritani, Il barbiere di Siviglia and Il turco in Italia.
Rossi-Lemeni’s si...
Studio recording, 1953
Total duration: 2hr 19:58
Giuseppe Di Stefano
Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Tullio Serafin, conductor
BELLINI Norma
Studio recording, 1954
Total duration: 2hr 40:22
Norma - Maria Callas
Adalgisa - Ebe Stignani
Pollione - Mario Filippeschi
Oroveso - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Clotilde - Rina Cavallari
Flavio - Paolo Caroli
Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala, Milan
conducted by Tullio Serafin
ROSSINI Il Turco in Italia
Studio recording, 1954
Total duration: 1hr 52:57
Fiorilla - Maria Callas
Selim - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Narciso - Nicolai Gedda
Geronio - Franco Calabrese
Zaida - Jolanda Gardino
Albazar - Piero de Palma
Il poeta - Mariano Stabile
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Chorus Master: Vittore Veneziani
conducted by Gianandrea Gavazzeni
VERDI La Forza del Destino
Studio recording, 1954
Total duration: 2hr 45:00
Donna Leonora - Maria Callas
Don Alvaro - Richard Tucker
Don Carlo di Vargas - Carlo Tagliabue
Il Padre Guardiano - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Preziosilla - Elena Nicolai
Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
conducted by Tullio Serafin