Renata Tebaldi - The Golden Age of Singing, Vol.2 - DVD

Legendary Opera stars from the Golden Age of Television. Many performances released for the first time. All newly remastered from Voice of Firestone telecasts, 1949-1963, and issued for the first time with English subtitles. Arias from Aida, Semiramide, Faust, Don Pasquale, Barber of Seville, etc., sung by Leontyne Price, Joan Sutherland, Jussi Bjoerling, Richard Tucker, Hilde Gueden, Cesare Siepi, Leonard Warren, Jan Peerce, Rise Stevens, Jean Madeira, Eugene Conley, Patrice Munsel, Anna Moffo, Renata Tebaldi, Franco Corelli, Eleanor Steber, Bidu Sayao, and Mildred Miller. Black & White, Mono, NTSC (Playable all regions), 4 3, 94 minutes.

VAI has answered our prayers by giving us the next two volumes of Voice of Firestone telecasts. Both the picture and sound of these treasures have never been seen before in such excellent technical shape. If you love these singers or have nostalgia for a long gone era, I urge you to acquire as many volumes in this series as VAI issues. You will be amply rewarded! -- David Reynolds, American Record Guide (Nov/Dec 2024) THE ITALIANS The Golden Age of Singing All performances digitally remastered for the first time This collection of performances by legendary Italian singers and singers of Italian descent includes several selections available for the first time. 1. FRANCO CORELLI Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana - Viva il vino (6/2/1963) 4 04 2. FRANCO CORELLI Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana - Addio alla madre (6/2/1963) 4 12 3. FRANCO CORELLI Puccini Turandot - Non piangere, Liù (6/2/1963) 2 19 4. LICIA ALBANESE Leoncavallo Pagliacci - Stridono lassù (2/19/1951) 2 47 5. GABRIELLA TUCCI and DANIELE BARIONI Offenbach Tales of Hoffmann - Barcarolle (2/24/1963) 2 29 6. FERRUCCIO TAGLIAVINI Donizetti L'Elisir d'Amore - Una furtiva lagrima (3/2/1953) 3 52 7. FERRUCCIO TAGLIAVINI Flotow Martha - M’apparì (10/6/1952) 2 46 8. GIUSEPPE CAMPORA and GIANNA D'ANGELO Verdi La Traviata - Brindisi (Libiamo ne' lieti calici) (3/17/1963) 2 52 9. GIUSEPPE CAMPORA Verdi La Traviata - De' miei bollenti spiriti (1/28/1957) 1 48 10. MARIO SERENI Verdi La Traviata - Di Provenza il mar (3/17/1963) 2 04 11. CESARE SIEPI Verdi I Vespri Siciliani - O tu, Palermo (1/26/1959) 4 00 12. CESARE VALLETTI Verdi Rigoletto - La donna è mobile (1/26/1959) 2 11 13. CESARE VALLETTI, ROBERTA PETERS, BLANCHE THEBOM, and CESARE SIEPI Verdi Rigoletto - Quartet (1/26/1959) 3 55 14. CESARE VALLETTI, DOROTHY WARENSKJOLD, and CESARE SIEPI Gounod Faust - Final Trio (11/24/195

VAI has answered our prayers by giving us the next two volumes of Voice of Firestone telecasts. Both the picture and sound of these treasures have never been seen before in such excellent technical shape. If you love these singers or have nostalgia for a long gone era, I urge you to acquire as many volumes in this series as VAI issues. You will be amply rewarded! -- David Reynolds, American Record Guide (Nov/Dec 2024) THE SCANDINAVIANS The Golden Age of Singing All performances digitally remastered for the first time! This collection of performances by legendary Scandinavian and Scandinavian-American singers includes selections never before available. 1. BIRGIT NILSSON Sieczynski Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume (1/6/1963) 2 30 2. JUSSI BJOERLING Herbert Princess Pat - Neapolitan Love Song (3/6/1950) 2 39 3. JUSSI BJOERLING Schubert An Sylvia (11/20/1950) 2 41 4. JUSSI BJOERLING Beach Ah, Love, but a Day (11/19/1951) 3 43 5. JUSSI BJOERLING Strauss Ständchen (11/19/1951) 2 43 6. LAURITZ MELCHIOR Strauss Zueignung (9/24/1951) 2 06 7. LAURITZ MELCHIOR Wagner Lohengrin - In fernam Land (2/12/1951) 4 55 8. LAURITZ MELCHIOR Andersen Danish Children's Song (2/12/1951) 2 33 9. LAURITZ MELCHIOR Grieg Jeg elsker Dig (2/12/1951) 2 28 10. LAURITZ MELCHIOR Grieg Mit einer primula veris (1/14/1952) 1 36 11.-13. NICOLAI GEDDA and LISA DELLA CASA Puccini La Bohème - Act I Finale (11/4/1962) 12 32 14. NICOLAI GEDDA and ROBERTA PETERS Gounod Roméo et Juliette - Tomb Scene (2/10/1963) 4 56 15. RISë STEVENS Massenet Hérodiade - Celui dont la parole efface... Il est doux, il est bon (3/3/1952) 4 48 16. JUSSI BJOERLING Bizet Carmen - Flower Song (11/20/1950) 4 26 17. JUSSI BJOERLING Leoncavallo Mattinata (11/20/1950) 2 16 18. JUSSI BJOERLING Leoncavallo Pagliacci - Vesti la giubba (11/19/1951) 3 24 Encores 19. JUSSI BJOERLING Fireston