Puccini
Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (22 December 1858 – 29 November 1924) was an Italian opera composer who has been called "the greatest composer of Italian opera after Verdi".
Puccini's early work was rooted in traditional late-19th-century romantic Italian opera. Later, he successfully developed his work in the realistic verismo style, of which he became one of the leading exponents.
Puccini's most renown...
J. STRAUSS, DVOŘÁK, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, SAINT-SAËNS, SIBELIUS, BRAHMS, SCHUBERT, MUSSORGSKY, R. STRAUSS, EICHHEIM, PUCCINI, HOFFSTETTER
Acoustic studio recordings, 1919-1924
Total duration: 64:44
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
The Philadelphia Orchestra
PUCCINI Turandot
Broadcast performance, 1961
Total duration: 1hr 58:41
Birgit Nilsson Turandot
Anna Moffo Liù
Franco Corelli Calaf
Choir and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
PUCCINI La Bohème
Studio recording, 1951
Total duration: 1hr 44:32
Renata Tebaldi Mimì
Hilde Gueden Musetta
Giacinto Prandelli Rodolfo
Giovanni Inghilleri Marcello
Fernando Corena Schaunard
Santa Cecilia Academy Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Alberto Erede
PUCCINI Madama Butterfly
Studio recording, 1951
Total duration: 2hr 10:52
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) - Madama Butterfly
Giuseppe Campora (tenor) - Pinkerton
Nell Rankin (mezzo-soprano) - Suzuki
Giovanni Inghilleri (baritone) - Sharpless
Santa Cecilia Academy Chorus & Orchestra
conducted by Alberto Erede
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
PUCCINI Tosca
Studio recording, 1952
Total duration: 1hr 46:12
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) - Floria Tosca
Giuseppe Campora (tenor) - Cavaradossi
Enzo Mascherini (baritone) - Scarpia
Dario Caselli (bass) - Angelotti
Piero de Palma (tenor) - Spoletta
Antonio Sacchetti (baritone) - Sciarrone & Gaoler
Fernando Corena (bass) - Sacristan
Santa Cecilia Academy Chorus & Orchestra
conducted by Alberto Erede
