Warner Music Vision: 0630-15898-3. Title from container. Hi-fi; Dolby. Accompanying booklet contains notes by John Steane in English, German, French and Spanish. Narrated by Penny Gore ; with contributions from Kirk Browning, Schuyler Chapin, Thomas Hampson, Giovanni Martinelli, Magda Olivero, Nicola Rescigno, Risë Stevens, Jon Vickers.
Summary:
Rare footage of many of the most illustrious opera stars of the twentieth century, from silent Caruso film and the Vitaphones with Martinelli and de Luca; Tetrazzini, Supervia, Flagstaf; Ponselle in a 1936 screen test of Carmen; Chaliapin, Tauber, Gigli; Sutherland, Price, Olivero, de los Angeles; Björling and Tebaldi in a 1956 broadcast of La Bohème; to Callas in the Lisbon Traviata and the Covent Garden Tosca of 1964.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)37038952
Locations:
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.