Giulietta Simionato

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We celebrate the career  of Italian mezzo-soprano Giulietta Simionato
with a complete recording of Verdi’s La forza del destino, as well as excerpts from Aida and Cenerentola.

Playlist:
1:02 pm
  • Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)
  • Composer: Richard Wagner
  • Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Fritz Reiner
  • CD/Album: Reiner Conducts Wagner
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 4738
  • Release Year: 1983
1:06 pm
  • La forza del destino: Act I
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Ensemble: Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma
  • Soloists: Renata Tebaldi, soprano ; Mario del Monaco, tenor ; Silvio Maionica, bass
  • Conductor: Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
  • CD/Album: Verdi: La forza del destino
  • Record co./Cat #: Decca 4758681
  • Release Year: 1955
1:33 pm
  • La forza del destino: Act II
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Ensemble: Orchestra e coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma
  • Soloists: Renata Tebaldi, soprano ; Cesare Siepi, bass ; Ettore Bastianini, baritone ; Giulietta Simionato, mezzo-soprano ; Fernando Corena, bass
  • Conductor: Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
  • CD/Album: Verdi: La forza del destino
  • Record co./Cat #: Decca 4758681
  • Release Year: 1955
2:28 pm
  • La forza del destino: Act III
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Ensemble: Orchestra e coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma
  • Soloists: Ettore Bastianini, baritone ; Mario del Monaco, tenor ; Giulietta Simionato, mezzo-soprano ; Piero de Palma, tenor ; Fernando Corena, bass
  • Conductor: Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
  • CD/Album: Verdi: La forza del destino
  • Record co./Cat #: Decca 4758681
  • Release Year: 1955
3:25 pm
  • La forza del destino: Act IV
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Ensemble: Orchestra e coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma
  • Soloists: Renata Tebaldi, soprano ; Mario del Monaco, tenor ; Ettore Bastianini, baritone ; Cesare Siepi, bass ; Fernando Corena, bass
  • Conductor: Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
  • CD/Album: Verdi: La forza del destino
  • Record co./Cat #: Decca 4758681
  • Release Year: 1955
4:05 pm
  • Aida: Act II, Scene 1
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Ensemble: Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde; Vienna Philharmonic
  • Soloists: Renata Tebaldi, soprano ; Giulietta Simionato, mezzo-soprano
  • Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
  • CD/Album: Verdi: Aida
  • Record co./Cat #: Decca 4758240
  • Release Year: 1963
4:23 pm
  • Aida: Act IV, Scene 1
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Ensemble: Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde; Vienna Philharmonic
  • Soloists: Giulietta Simionato, mezzo-soprano ; Carlo Bergonzi, tenor ; Arnold van Mill, bass
  • Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
  • CD/Album: Verdi: Aida
  • Record co./Cat #: Decca 4758240
  • Release Year: 1963
4:46 pm
  • La Cenerentola: Act II, Scene 3
  • Composer: Gioachino Rossini
  • Ensemble: Orchestra e coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
  • Soloists: Giulietta Simionato, mezzo-soprano
  • Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis
  • CD/Album: Rossini: La Cenerentola
  • Record co./Cat #: London 433030
  • Release Year: 1964
4:57 pm
  • Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)
  • Composer: Richard Wagner
  • Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Fritz Reiner
  • CD/Album: Reiner Conducts Wagner
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 4738
  • Release Year: 1983

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