Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)
Beniamino Gigli · Licia Albanese · Tito Gobbi · Mario del Monaco · Maria Callas · Giuseppe di Stefano · Franco Calabrese · Inge Borkh · Renata Tebaldi · Fernando Corena · and others
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala, Milan · Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome
Umberto Berrettoni · Victor de Sabata · Alberto Erede, conductors

CD 1

La Bohème
Scenes from Henri Murger’s La Vie de Bohème (Highlights)

Rodolfo — Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Mimì — Licia Albanese, soprano
Marcello — Afro Poli, baritone
Colline — Duilio Baronti, bass
Musetta — Tatiana Menotti, soprano
Schaunard — Aristide Baracchi, bass-baritone
Alcindoro — Carlo Scattola, bass

Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Umberto Berrettoni, conductor
Recorded 1938

CD 2

Tosca
Melodrama in Three Acts (Highlights)

Tosca — Maria Callas, soprano
Cavaradossi — Giuseppe di Stefano, tenor
Scarpia — Tito Gobbi, baritone
Angelotti — Franco Calabrese, bass
Sagrestano — Melchiorre Luise, bass
Spoletta — Angelo Mercuriali, tenor
Sciarrone — Dario Caselli, bass
Un Pastore (A Shepherd) — Alvaro Cordova

Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Victor de Sabata, conductor
Recorded 1953

CD 3

Madama Butterfly
Japanese Tragedy in Three Acts (Highlights)

Madama Butterfly — Renata Tebaldi, soprano
Lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton — Giuseppe Campora, tenor
Sharpless — Giovanni Inghelleri, baritone
Suzuki — Nell Rankin, mezzo-soprano
Kate Pinkerton — Gianna D’Angelo, soprano

Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome
Alberto Erede, conductor
Recorded 1952

CD 4

Turandot
Lyrical Drama in Three Acts (Highlights)

Turandot — Inge Borkh, soprano
Liù — Renata Tebaldi, soprano
Calaf — Mario del Monaco, tenor
Timur — Nicola Zaccaria, bass
Ping — Fernando Corena, baritone
Pang — Mario Carlin, tenor
Pong — Renato Ercolani, tenor
Altoum — Gaetano Fanelli, tenor
Mandarin — Ezio Giordano, baritone

Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome
Alberto Erede, conductor
Recorded 1955