The art of singing [videorecording] : golden voices of the century / a BBC, IMG Artists ... [et al.] ; producers, Mark Pickering, Peter R. Smith ; adapted for Home Video by Peter R. Smith ; directed by Donald Sturrock.
Title from container. Based on Donald Sturrock's The art of singing: golden voices on film. Musical performances by Enrico Caruso, Giovanni Martinelli, Beniamino Gigli, Tito Schipa, Giuseppe De Luca, Luisa Tetrazzini, Conchita Supervía, Rosa Ponselle, Richard Tauber, Fyodor Chaliapin, Kirsten Flagstad, Lawrence Tibbett, Risë Stevens, Lauritz Melchior, Ezio Pinza, Jussi Björling, Renata Tebaldi, Victoria De Los Angeles, Joan Sutherland, Leontyne Price, Boris Christoff, Magda Olivero, Fritz Wunderlich, Jon Vickers, Franco Corelli, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Maria Callas ; with contributions and commentary by Kirk Browning, Shuyler Chapin, Thomas Hampson, Giovanni Martinelli, Magda Olivero, Nicola Rescigno, Risë Stevens and Jon Vickers ; narrated by Penny Gore. Originally produced in 1996.
Summary:
Many illustrious opera stars of the twentieth century are featured in sound and vision in rare footage, much of it previously unavailable.
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