Rolando Panerai
Rolando Panerai was an Italian baritone, one of the great singing actors of post-war Italian opera. He was admired for diction, style, vitality and extraordinary stage intelligence.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Bellini, Verdi, Mascagni and Rossini, including major Callas-era recordings such as I puritani, Il trovatore and Il barbiere di Siviglia.
Panerai’s singing combined firm baritone tone...
BELLINI I Puritani
Studio recording, 1953
Total duration: 2hr 19:58
Maria Callas
Giuseppe Di Stefano
Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Tullio Serafin, conductor
LEONCAVALLO Pagliacci
Recorded in Milan, 1954
Total duration: 73:12
Maria Callas
Giuseppe di Stefano
Tito Gobbi
Nicola Monti
Rolando Panerai
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan
Conductor: Tullio Serafin
MASCAGNI Cavalleria Rusticana
Studio recording, 1953
Total duration: 77:25
Maria Callas - Santuzza
Giuseppe di Stefano - Turridu
Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Tullio Serafin, conductor
VERDI Il Trovatore
Studio recording, 1956
Total duration: 2hr 9:37
Maria Callas - Leonora
Rolando Panerai - Il Conte Di Luna
Fedora Barbieri - Azucena
Giuseppe Di Stefano - Manrico
Nicola Zaccaria - Ferrando
Coro e Orchestra de Teatro alla Scala, Milano
conducted by Herbert von Karajan
MOZART Così fan tutte
Studio recording, 1954
Total duration: 2hr 40:31
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Fiordiligi
Nan Merriman - Dorabella
Lisa Otto - Despina
Leopold Simoneau - Ferrando
Rolando Panerai - Guglielmo
Sesto Bruscantini - Don Alfonso
Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
Conducted by Herbert von Karajan