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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