Piero Cappuccilli
Piero Cappuccilli (1926-2005) was an Italian baritone, one of the leading Verdi singers of the later twentieth century. He sang at La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera and other major houses.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor and Ponchielli’s La Gioconda with Maria Callas and other major artists.
Cappuccilli’s singing was firm, noble and technically disciplined, with the long b...
DONIZETTI Lucia di Lammermoor
Stereo studio recording, 1959
Total duration: 1hr 50:50
Lucia - Maria Callas
Edgardo - Ferruccio Tagliavini
Enrico - Piero Cappuccilli
Raimondo - Bernard Ladysz
Arturo - Leonard del Ferro
Alisa - Margreta Elkins
Normanno - Renzo Casellato
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus
conducted by Tullio Serafin
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
