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VERDI: Traviata (La) (Di Stefano, Stella) (1955)

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Label: Naxos Historical

Series: Great Opera Recordings

Genre: Opera

Period: Romantic

Catalogue No: 8.111272-73

Barcode: 0747313327225

Distribution Note(s):
Not available in the United States, Australia and Singapore due to possible copyright restrictions

Release Date: 11/2007

VERDI: Traviata (La) (Di Stefano, Stella) (1955)

Having already recorded La Traviata for CETRA (Naxos 8.110300-01), Maria Callas was contractually barred from taking part in this 1955 recording of the opera, which featured, instead, the emerging Italian soprano Antonietta Stella, who went on to become an acclaimed interpreter of Verdi’s and Puccini’s romantic heroines and to record extensively for a variety of labels.When the recording was released in Britain in 1956, The Gramophone reviewer thought “Stella sings with a good deal of fine intention… Di Stefano is much better [than his rivals] …Gobbi is a really impressive vocal actor”. Hugely admired by singers, the conductor Tullio Serafin embodies all the finest qualities of the Italian maestro.

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Disc 1

Verdi, Giuseppe
Piave, Francesco Maria - Lyricist

La traviata

Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)
Milan La Scala Chorus (Choir)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Galassi, Elvira (mezzo-soprano)
Zaccaria, Nicola (bass)
Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
Zampieri, Giuseppe (tenor)
Mandelli, Luisa (mezzo-soprano)
Ricciardi, Franco (tenor)
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Forti, Carlo (bass)
Maionica, Silvio (bass)
Dickie, William (baritone)

1

Act I: Prelude

04:25

Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)

2

Act I: Dell'invito trascorsa e gia l'ora (Chorus, Violetta, Flora, Marquis, Gastone, Alfredo)

05:05

Milan La Scala Chorus (Choir)
Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Galassi, Elvira (mezzo-soprano)
Zaccaria, Nicola (bass)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)

3

Act I: Libiamo, ne' lieti calci, "Brindisi" (Drinking Song) (Alfredo, Chorus, Violetta)

03:02

Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
Milan La Scala Chorus (Choir)
Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)

4

Act I: Che e cio? (Chorus, Alfredo, Violetta)

02:29

Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
Milan La Scala Chorus (Choir)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)

5

Act I: Un di, felice, eterea (Alfredo, Violetta)

03:39

Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)

6

Act I: Ebben? Che diavol fate? (Gastone, Violetta, Alfredo)

01:30

Zampieri, Giuseppe (tenor)
Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)

7

Act I: Si ridesta in ciel l'aurora (Chorus)

01:42

Milan La Scala Chorus (Choir)
Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)

8

Act I: E strano! E strano! (Violetta)

01:27

Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)

9

Act I: Ah, fors' e lui (Violetta)

02:53

Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)

10

Act I: Follie! Follie! (Violetta)

01:00

Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)

11

Act I: Sempre libera (Violetta, Alfredo)

03:49

Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)

12

Act II Scene 1: Lunge da lei (Alfredo)

01:56

Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)

13

Act II Scene 1: De' miei bollenti spiriti (Alfredo)

01:57

Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)

14

Act II Scene 1: Annina, donde vieni? (Alfredo, Annina)

00:46

Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Mandelli, Luisa (mezzo-soprano)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)
Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)

15

Act II Scene 1: Alfredo?... Per Parigi or or partiva (Violetta, Annina, Giuseppe, Germont)

03:45

Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Ricciardi, Franco (tenor)
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Mandelli, Luisa (mezzo-soprano)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)

16

Act II Scene 1: Pura siccome un angelo (Germont, Violetta)

02:00

Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)

17

Act II Scene 1: Non sapete quale affetto (Violetta, Germont)

02:09

Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)

18

Act II Scene 1: Un di, quando le veneri (Germont, Violetta)

02:51

Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)

19

Act II Scene 1: Ah! Dite alla giovine (Violetta, Germont)

04:29

Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)

20

Act II Scene 1: Imponete... Non amarlo ditegli (Violetta, Germont)

01:04

Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)

21

Act II Scene 1: Morro! La mia memoria (Violetta, Germont)

03:33

Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)

22

Act II Scene 1: Dammi tu forza, o cielo! (Violetta, Annina)

01:42

Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Mandelli, Luisa (mezzo-soprano)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)

23

Act II Scene 1: Che fai? (Alfredo, Violetta)

02:18

Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)
Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)

24

Act II Scene 1: Ah, vive sol quel core all' amor mio! (Alfredo, Giuseppe, Messenger, Germont)

02:06

Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Ricciardi, Franco (tenor)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)
Forti, Carlo (bass)
Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)

25

Act II Scene 1: Di Provenza (Germont, Alfredo)

05:34

Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)

Disc 2

1

Act II Scene 2: Avrem lieta maschere la notte (Flora, Marquis, Doctor, Chorus)

01:13

Milan La Scala Chorus (Choir)
Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Galassi, Elvira (mezzo-soprano)
Zaccaria, Nicola (bass)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)
Maionica, Silvio (bass)

2

Act II Scene 2: Noi siamo zingarelle (Gypsies, Chorus, Flora, Marquis)

02:54

Milan La Scala Chorus (Choir)
Galassi, Elvira (mezzo-soprano)
Zaccaria, Nicola (bass)
Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)

3

Act II Scene 2: Di Madride noi siami mattadori (Gastone, Matadors, Chorus)

02:55

Milan La Scala Chorus (Choir)
Zampieri, Giuseppe (tenor)
Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)

4

Act II Scene 2: Alfredo! Voi! (Chorus, Alfredo, Flora, Violetta, Barone, Gastone)

04:20

Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
Milan La Scala Chorus (Choir)
Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Galassi, Elvira (mezzo-soprano)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)

5

Act II Scene 2: Invitato a qui seguirmi (Violetta, Alfredo, Chorus)

02:35

Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
Milan La Scala Chorus (Choir)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)

6

Act II Scene 2: Ogni suo aver tal femmina (Alfredo, Chorus)

01:36

Milan La Scala Chorus (Choir)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)
Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)

7

Act II Scene 2: Di sprezzo degno se stesso rende (Germont, Alfredo, Chorus, Baron)

01:59

Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Milan La Scala Chorus (Choir)
Dickie, William (baritone)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)

8

Act II Scene 2: Alfredo, Alfredo, di questo core (Violetta, Chorus, Alfredo, Baron, Germont)

04:13

Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Dickie, William (baritone)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)
Milan La Scala Chorus (Choir)
Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)

9

Act III: Prelude

04:02

Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)

10

Act III: Annina?... Commandate? (Violetta, Annina, Doctor)

04:33

Mandelli, Luisa (mezzo-soprano)
Maionica, Silvio (bass)
Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)

11

Act III: Teneste la promessa (Violetta)

01:39

Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)

12

Act III: Addio, del passato (Violetta)

03:14

Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)

13

Act III: Largo al quadrupede (Coro di Maschere)

00:53

Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)
Milan La Scala Chorus (Choir)

14

Act III: Signora!... Che t'accadde? (Annina, Violetta, Alfredo)

01:47

Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)
Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Mandelli, Luisa (mezzo-soprano)

15

Act III: Parigi, o cara (Annina, Violetta, Alfredo)

04:48

Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)

16

Act III: Ah, non più (Violetta, Annina)

01:51

Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)
Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)

17

Act III: Ah! Gran Dio! (Violetta, Alfredo)

01:49

Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)

18

Act III: Ah, Violetta (Germont, Violetta, Alfredo)

01:37

Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)

19

Act III: Prendi, quest' e l'immagine (Germont, Violetta, Alfredo)

00:54

Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)
Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)

20

Act III: Se una pudica vergine (Violetta, Germont, Alfredo, Doctor, Annina)

03:27

Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Maionica, Silvio (bass)
Milan La Scala Orchestra (Orchestra)

Total Playing Time: 01:59:30