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This live 1958 recording of Tosca at La Scala is likely to be of interest primarily to listeners willing to put up with an annoyingly high noise level. The unrelenting tape hiss is loud enough to mask details of the orchestration. The prompter is frequently very intrusive, and the enthusiastic audience makes its presence known with outbursts of applause. The voices, though, are miked at a high enough level that they are always clearly audible, so fans of Tebaldi, di Stefano, and Bastianini may be willing to overlook these shortcomings for the sake of the very fine performance. All are in exceptionally strong voice. Tebaldi's Tosca is both limpid and impetuous, and her tone is radiant. The dark, penetrating quality of Bastianini's voice is genuinely malevolent. Di Stefano is resonant and thrillingly heroic, and the scene when he learns of Napoleon's victory is fiercely impassioned; from that point to the end of the second act, the performance is searingly tense, a highlight of the recording. Tebaldi and di Stefano made studio recordings of Tosca that put this one to shame in their polished sound, but there is real chemistry here that focuses attention on the opera as an ensemble piece. Gianandrea Gavazzeni's propulsively dramatic and atmospheric conducting is strikingly effective, and in spite of the recording's sonic limitations, it's possible to discern that the orchestral playing is idiomatic and impassioned.
The album is filled out with eight tracks featuring di Stefano and Tebaldi in excerpts from Manon Lescaut, La bohème (in an unusually sensuous and romantic performance), and Gianni Schicchi. Di Stefano's and Tebaldi's performances are potent testimony to what many opera lovers nostalgically refer to as the Golden Age. The sound quality on these tracks is acceptable, but variable.
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Tosca (Giacomo Puccini)
Nicola Zaccaria, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Carlo Badioli, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Giuseppe Di Stefano, Performer - Carlo Badioli, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Giuseppe Di Stefano, Performer - Carlo Badioli, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Carlo Badioli, Performer - Giuseppe Di Stefano, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Giuseppe Di Stefano, Performer - Nicola Zaccaria, Performer - Renata Tebaldi, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Renata Tebaldi, Performer - Giuseppe Di Stefano, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Renata Tebaldi, Performer - Giuseppe Di Stefano, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Renata Tebaldi, Performer - Giuseppe Di Stefano, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Giuseppe Di Stefano, Performer - Renata Tebaldi, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Giuseppe Di Stefano, Performer - Renata Tebaldi, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Giuseppe Di Stefano, Performer - Nicola Zaccaria, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Carlo Badioli, Performer - Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano, Choir - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Ettore Bastianini, Performer - Carlo Badioli, Performer - Rinaldo Pelizzoni, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Ettore Bastianini, Performer - Renata Tebaldi, Performer - Carlo Badioli, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Renata Tebaldi, Performer - Ettore Bastianini, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Ettore Bastianini, Performer - Rinaldo Pelizzoni, Performer - Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano, Choir - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Ettore Bastianini, Performer - Giuseppe Morresi, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Ettore Bastianini, Performer - Giuseppe Morresi, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Ettore Bastianini, Performer - Rinaldo Pelizzoni, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Giuseppe Di Stefano, Performer - Ettore Bastianini, Performer - Rinaldo Pelizzoni, Performer - Renata Tebaldi, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Ettore Bastianini, Performer - Renata Tebaldi, Performer - Giuseppe Morresi, Performer - Giuseppe Di Stefano, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Ettore Bastianini, Performer - Renata Tebaldi, Performer - Giuseppe Di Stefano, Performer - Rinaldo Pelizzoni, Performer - Giuseppe Morresi, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Giuseppe Di Stefano, Performer - Renata Tebaldi, Performer - Ettore Bastianini, Performer - Giuseppe Morresi, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Ettore Bastianini, Performer - Renata Tebaldi, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Renata Tebaldi, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
DISC 2
Renata Tebaldi, Performer - Ettore Bastianini, Performer - Rinaldo Pelizzoni, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Ettore Bastianini, Performer - Renata Tebaldi, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Unknown Artist, Performer - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Franco Piva, Performer - Giuseppe Di Stefano, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Giuseppe Di Stefano, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Giuseppe Di Stefano, Performer - Renata Tebaldi, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Giuseppe Di Stefano, Performer - Renata Tebaldi, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Giuseppe Di Stefano, Performer - Renata Tebaldi, Performer - Franco Piva, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Renata Tebaldi, Performer - Rinaldo Pelizzoni, Performer - Giuseppe Morresi, Performer - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Manon Lescaut (Giacomo Puccini)
Giuseppe Di Stefano, Performer - Renata Tebaldi, Performer - Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Roma, Orchestra - Alberto Paoletti, Conductor - Domenico Oliva, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Giuseppe Di Stefano, Performer - Renata Tebaldi, Performer - Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Roma, Orchestra - Alberto Paoletti, Conductor - Domenico Oliva, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Renata Tebaldi, Performer - Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Roma, Orchestra - Alberto Paoletti, Conductor - Domenico Oliva, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Renata Tebaldi, Performer - Giuseppe Di Stefano, Performer - Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Roma, Orchestra - Alberto Paoletti, Conductor - Domenico Oliva, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro (Zimmer mit Aussicht) (Giacomo Puccini)
Giuseppe Di Stefano, Performer - Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Roma, Orchestra - Alberto Paoletti, Conductor - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Giovacchino Forzano, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
La Bohême (Giacomo Puccini)
Giuseppe Di Stefano, Performer - Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Roma, Orchestra - Alberto Paoletti, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Renata Tebaldi, Performer - Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Roma, Orchestra - Alberto Paoletti, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Giuseppe Di Stefano, Performer - Renata Tebaldi, Performer - Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Roma, Orchestra - Alberto Paoletti, Conductor - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Lyricist
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
Album review
This live 1958 recording of Tosca at La Scala is likely to be of interest primarily to listeners willing to put up with an annoyingly high noise level. The unrelenting tape hiss is loud enough to mask details of the orchestration. The prompter is frequently very intrusive, and the enthusiastic audience makes its presence known with outbursts of applause. The voices, though, are miked at a high enough level that they are always clearly audible, so fans of Tebaldi, di Stefano, and Bastianini may be willing to overlook these shortcomings for the sake of the very fine performance. All are in exceptionally strong voice. Tebaldi's Tosca is both limpid and impetuous, and her tone is radiant. The dark, penetrating quality of Bastianini's voice is genuinely malevolent. Di Stefano is resonant and thrillingly heroic, and the scene when he learns of Napoleon's victory is fiercely impassioned; from that point to the end of the second act, the performance is searingly tense, a highlight of the recording. Tebaldi and di Stefano made studio recordings of Tosca that put this one to shame in their polished sound, but there is real chemistry here that focuses attention on the opera as an ensemble piece. Gianandrea Gavazzeni's propulsively dramatic and atmospheric conducting is strikingly effective, and in spite of the recording's sonic limitations, it's possible to discern that the orchestral playing is idiomatic and impassioned.
The album is filled out with eight tracks featuring di Stefano and Tebaldi in excerpts from Manon Lescaut, La bohème (in an unusually sensuous and romantic performance), and Gianni Schicchi. Di Stefano's and Tebaldi's performances are potent testimony to what many opera lovers nostalgically refer to as the Golden Age. The sound quality on these tracks is acceptable, but variable.
© TiVo
Details of original recording : 67:33 - 79:01 - ADD - Enregistré le 20 juin 1958 à l'Auditorium de l'Exposition Universelle de Bruxelles et le 29 novembre 1954 à Rome (Bonus) - Livret sans notes
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 43 track(s)
- Total length: 02:36:17
- Main artists: Renata Tebaldi
- Composer: Giacomo Puccini
- Label: Myto Historical
- Area: Italie
- Genre: Classical Opera Full Operas
- Period: Post-romantic Music
2015 MYTO Historical 2015 MYTO Historical
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