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 The Very Best Of Giuseppe Di Stefano
Release Date: 09/02/2003 
Label:  Emi Classics   Catalog #: 85087   Spars Code: ADD 
Composer:  Ambroise Thomas,  Jules Massenet,  Francesco Cilèa,  Giuseppe Verdi,  Gaetano Donizetti, 
Vincenzo Bellini,  Pietro Mascagni,  Giacomo Puccini,  Traditional, 
Eduardo Di Capua,  Francesco Paolo Tosti,  Salvatore Cardillo,  Ernesto De Curtis, 
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano,  Herbert Dawson,  Anna Maria Canali,  Ebe Ticozzi,  Melchiorre Luise, 
Tito Gobbi,  Maria Callas,  Rolando Panerai,  Franco Ventriglia

Conductor:  Alberto Erede,  Tullio Serafin,  Victor De Sabata,  Gianandrea Gavazzeni,  Antonino Votto, 
Herbert von Karajan,  Dino Olivieri
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New London Light Opera Orchestra,  Philharmonia Orchestra,  London Symphony Orchestra,  Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra, 
Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus,  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra,  Rome Opera House Orchestra, 
Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus,  Orchestra

Number of Discs: 2 
Recorded in: Mono 
Length: 2 Hours 32 Mins. 

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Notes & Reviews   Works on This Recording  
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Includes song(s) by Francesco Paolo Tosti, Eduardo Di Capua, Salvatore Cardillo, Ernesto De Curtis. Soloist: Giuseppe Di Stefano.
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1.  Mignon: Adieu, Mignon! Courage! by Ambroise Thomas
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Alberto Erede
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New London Light Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1866; France 
 		Language: Italian 
2.  Mignon: Ah! que ton âme by Ambroise Thomas
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Alberto Erede
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1866; France 
 		Language: Italian 
3.  Manon: Ah! fuyez, douce image by Jules Massenet
Performer:  Herbert Dawson (Organ), Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Alberto Erede
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1883-1884; France 
 		Language: Italian 
Notes: This selection is preceded by "Je suis seul..." 
4.  L'Arlesiana: E la solita storia...Anch'io vorrei "Lamento" by Francesco Cilèa
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Alberto Erede
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1897-1898; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
5.  La traviata: De' miei bollenti spiriti by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Alberto Erede
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
Notes: This selection is preceded by the recitative "Lunge da lei..." 
6.  Lucia di Lammermoor: Fra poco a me ricovero by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Tullio Serafin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1835; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
7.  Lucia di Lammermoor: Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Tullio Serafin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra,  Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1835; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
8.  I puritani: A una fonte afflitto...Corre a vale by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Tullio Serafin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1835; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
Notes: This selection is preceded by "Son già lontani!..." 
9.  Cavalleria Rusticana: Viva il vino spumeggiante "Brindisi" by Pietro Mascagni
Performer:  Anna Maria Canali (Mezzo Soprano), Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Tullio Serafin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1890; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
Notes: This selection is preceded by "Intanto amici qua..." 
10.  Cavalleria Rusticana: Mamma, quel vino è generoso "Addio" by Pietro Mascagni
Performer:  Ebe Ticozzi (Mezzo Soprano), Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Tullio Serafin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1890; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
11.  Tosca: Recondita armonia by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor), Melchiorre Luise (Baritone)
Conductor:  Victor De Sabata
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1900; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
12.  Tosca: E lucevan le stelle by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Victor De Sabata
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1900; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
13.  Madama Butterfly: Dovunque al mondo by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1904; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
14.  Madama Butterfly: Addio, fiorito asil by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor), Tito Gobbi (Baritone)
Conductor:  Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1904; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
15.  La forza del destino: O, tu che in seno agli angeli by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Antonino Votto
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1862/1869; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
Notes: This selection is preceded by "La vita è inferno..." 
16.  La Fanciulla del West: Or son sei mesi by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Antonino Votto
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1910; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
Notes: This selection is preceded by "Una parola sola..." 
17.  La Fanciulla del West: Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Antonino Votto
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1910; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
18.  Gianni Schicchi: Firenze è come un albero fiorito by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Antonino Votto
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1918; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
19.  Turandot: Non piangere, Liù by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Antonino Votto
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1926; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
20.  Turandot: Nessun dorma! by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Antonino Votto
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1926; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
21.  Rigoletto: Questa o quella by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Tullio Serafin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1851; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
22.  Rigoletto: Parmi veder le lagrime...Possente amor mi chiama by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Tullio Serafin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1851; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
Notes: This selection is preceded by "Ella mi fu rapita!..." 
23.  Rigoletto: La donna è mobile by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Tullio Serafin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1851; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
24.  Il trovatore: Ah si, ben mio...Di quella pira by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra,  Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
25.  Un ballo in maschera: Di' tu se fedele by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Antonino Votto
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1859; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
26.  Un ballo in maschera: T'eco io sto...Non sai tu by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor), Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:  Antonino Votto
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1859; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
Notes: This selection continues with "Oh, qual soave brivido." 
27.  Un ballo in maschera: Ma se m' è forza perderti by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Antonino Votto
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra,  Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1859; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
Notes: This selection is preceded by "Forse la soglia attinse..." 
28.  La Bohème: Che gelida manina by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Antonino Votto
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
29.  La Bohème: O Mimì, tu più non torni by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Rolando Panerai (Baritone), Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Antonino Votto
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
Notes: This selection is preceded by "In un coupé?..." 
30.  Manon Lescaut: Donna non vidi mai by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Tullio Serafin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1893; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
31.  Manon Lescaut: Oh, sarà la più bella! by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano), Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Tullio Serafin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1893; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
32.  Manon Lescaut: No! pazzo son! by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Franco Ventriglia (Baritone), Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Tullio Serafin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1893; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
33.  A la Barcillunisa by Traditional
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Alberto Erede
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New London Light Opera Orchestra
Written: Sicily, Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
34.  Cantu a timuni by Traditional
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Alberto Erede
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New London Light Opera Orchestra
Written: Sicily, Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
35.  'O sole mio by Eduardo Di Capua
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Dino Olivieri
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1898; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
36.  Canzoni napoletane (3): no 3, Marechiare by Francesco Paolo Tosti
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Dino Olivieri
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1886; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
37.  Core 'ngrato by Salvatore Cardillo
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Dino Olivieri
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1911; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
38.  Torna a Surriento by Ernesto De Curtis
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Dino Olivieri
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
39.  I Pagliacci: Recitar!...Vesti la giubba by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performer:  Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:  Tullio Serafin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
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