The Golden Age of Singing: The Scandinavians - DVD

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

Urbane crime reporter-turned-crime novelist Raymond St. Ives (Charles Bronson) was retained to play go-between for an elderly eccentric (John Houseman) looking to recover ledgers that were purloined from him. The scribe quickly regrets taking the job, as the negotiations could possibly ignite a bloody war between two rival underworld factions. Gripping adaptation of Oliver Bleeck's InchThe Procane ChronicleInch also stars Jacqueline Bisset, Maximilian Schell, Harry Guardino, Harris Yulin. 94 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English DTS HD mono Master Audio; Subtitles English (SDH); featurette; theatrical trailer.

The Americans The Golden Age of Singing The fifth volume in VAI’s acclaimed series of historic performances from the Voice of Firestone television series (1949-1962). This DVD centers on the great American opera stars of the 1950s, including Eleanor Steber, Risë Stevens, Richard Tucker, Dorothy Kirsten, Leonard Warren, Robert Merrill, and others. All performances digitally remastered and with English subtitles for the first time. FEATURES Black and White Mono NTSC (Playable all regions) VAI DVD Opera 1. ROBERT MERRILL Rossini Il Barbiere di Siviglia - Largo al factotum (6/1/1959) 4 22 2. RISE STEVENS Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice - Che farò senza Euridice (3/5/1951) 4 39 3. JAN PEERCE Leoncavallo Pagliacci - Recitar!... Vesti la giubba (1/9/1950) 2 38 4. FRANK GUARRERA Bizet Carmen - Toreador Song (Votre toast) (2/6/1956) 5 13 5. ROBERTA PETERS Verdi Rigoletto - Caro nome (1/26/1959) 4 03 6. ELEANOR STEBER Verdi La Traviata - Ah, fors'è lui... Sempre libera (2/13/1950) 4 35 7. ELAINE MALBIN and ROBERT MERRILL Verdi La Traviata - Imponete... Morrò, la mia memoria (1/30/1956) 3 30 8. ROBERT MERRILL Verdi La Traviata - Di Provenza il mar (1/30/1956) 3 20 9. ELEANOR STEBER Verdi La Traviata - ‘Teneste la promessa’... Addio del passato (5/1/1950) 4 30 10. RICHARD TUCKER Puccini Tosca - E lucevan le stelle (9/22/1958) 3 15 11. RICHARD TUCKER and LISA DELLA CASA Puccini La Bohème - O soave fanciulla (9/22/1958) 3 41 12.-13. DOROTHY KIRSTEN and MARIO SERENI Puccini La Fanciulla del West - Poker Scene (12/9/1962) 11 11 AMERICANS THE GOLDEN AGE OF SINGING DVD