Mario Del Monaco
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Mario Del Monaco (July 27,
1915 – October 16, 1982) was an Italian operatic tenor earning worldwide
acclaim for his powerful voice.
Del Monaco was born in Florence to a musical
upper-class family. As a young boy he studied the violin but had a passion for
singing. He graduated from the Rossini Conservatory at Pesaro, where he first met and sang with
Renata Tebaldi, with whom he would form something of an operatic dream team of
the 1950s. His early mentors as a singer included Arturo Melocchi, his teacher
at Pesaro, and
Maestro Raffaelli, who recognized his talent and helped launch his career.
Del Monaco made his first
recordings in Milan
in 1948 for HMV. Later, he was partnered by Renata Tebaldi in a long series of
Verdi and Puccini operas recorded for Decca. On the same label was his 1969
recording of Giordano's Fedora, opposite Magda Olivero and Tito Gobbi.
Del Monaco sang at the New
York Metropolitan Opera from 1951 to 1959, enjoying particular success in
dramatic Verdi parts such as Radamès. He soon established himself as one of
four Italian tenor superstars who reached the peak of their fame in the 1950s
and '60s, the others being Giuseppe Di Stefano, Carlo Bergonzi and Franco
Corelli. Del Monaco's trademark roles during this period were Giordano's Andrea
Chénier and Verdi's Otello.
Although Otello was his best
role, throughout his career, Del Monaco sang a number of other roles with great
acclaim, for example: Canio in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo), Radames in Aida
(Verdi), Don Jose in Carmen (Bizet), Chenier in Andrea Chénier (Giordano), Manrico
in Il trovatore (Verdi), Samson in Samson and Delilah (Saint-Saëns), and Don
Alvaro in La forza del
destino (Verdi).
Mario Del Monaco - Nessun
dorma...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrJC7l5Pn-k
Mario del Monaco "E
lucevan le stelle" Tosca
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8Ce5-JrxaI
Mario del Monaco "Vesti la giubba" Bolshoi 1959
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0tBtmy5EHM
Mario Del Monaco / Arkhipova
- Carmen 1959 Flower Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-jhBPAxw5s
Mario Del Monaco in the Final
Scene of Carmen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfuVpvwsTQI
Mario Del Monaco in last Film
interview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=688c5GkBU6w
Ljubomir Bodurov,The State Opera, Wien
CARMEN
Freitag, 7. September 1962 | 19:00 | in deutscher Sprache
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67. Aufführung in dieser Inszenierung
Georges Bizet | Musik von
Heinrich Hollreiser | Dirigent
Josef Gielen | Inszenierung
Georges Wakhevitsch | Bühnenbilder und Kostüme
Erika Hanka | Choreographie
Richard Rossmayer | Einstudierung der Chöre
Josef Witt | Regie
Biserka Cvejic | Carmen
Ljubomir Bodurov | Don José
Ettore Bastianini | Escamillo
Wilma Lipp | Micaëla
Lotte Rysanek | Frasquita
Hilde Rössel-Majdan |
Mercédès
Frederick Guthrie | Zuniga
Kostas Paskalis | Moralès
Kurt Equiluz | Remendado
Harald Pröglhöf | Dancairo
Willy / Wilhelm Fränzl |
Lillas Pastia
Wiener Sängerknaben |
Kinderchor:
Ludwig M. Musil, Inge Fiala,
Ilse Kopp, Lucia Schwab, Rudolfine Bach, Eva Bernhofer, Irene Bernhofer,
Nordegg Coronica / Koronica, Gerlinde Dill, Elfriede /Elfi Gara, Inge
Teufelhart, Fritz Sidl, Konstantin Zajetz, Michael Birkmeyer, Anton Kovar /
Kowar, Robert Minder, Walter Ruess / Rueß, Franz Wilhelm, Heinz Weitz, Rainer
Wülfrath | Tanz in der Schenke
Lucia Bräuer, Karl Musil,
Paul Vondrak, Corps de ballet | Pastorale
22nd Nov.1962.
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Biserka Cvejic | Carmen
Ljubomir Bodurov | Don José
Otto Wiener | Escamillo
Hilde Güden | Micaëla
5. September 1963
http://db-staatsoper.die-antwort.eu/performances/13375
Biserka Cvejic | Carmen
Ljubomir Bodurov | Don José
Kostas Paskalis | Escamillo
Gerda Scheyrer | Micaëla
Boris Godunow Fürst Wassili Schujski 24.03.1975
Boris Godunow Fürst Wassili Schujski 28.02.1978
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Chowanschtschina Fürst Wasili Golizyn 26.03.1975
Chowanschtschina Fürst Wasili Golizyn 29.03.1975
Chowanschtschina Fürst Wasili Golizyn 01.11.1979
Chowanschtschina Fürst Wasili Golizyn 03.11.1979
Chowanschtschina Fürst Wasili Golizyn 07.11.1979
Chowanschtschina Fürst Wasili Golizyn 12.11.1979
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FÜRST IGOR
Fürst Igor Owlur 02.11.1979
Fürst Igor Owlur 04.11.1979
Fürst Igor Owlur 11.11.1979
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