Track Listing

1. Aida, opera: Se quel guerrier io fossi...Celeste Aida
2. Otello, opera: Esultate!
3. Otello, opera: Tu! Indietro! Fuggi!...Ora e per sempre addio
4. Otello, opera: Dio mi potevi scagliar
5. Otello, opera: Niun mi tema
6. La bohème, opera: Musette! O gioia della mia dimora...Testa adorata, più non tornerai
7. Pagliacci, opera: Recitar!...Vesti la giubba
8. Pagliacci, opera: No, Paggliacci non son
9. Manon Lescaut, opera: Donna non vidi mai
10. Turandot, opera: Nessum dorma
11. L'amico Fritz, opera (commedia lyrica) in 3 acts: Ed anche Beppe amò...O Amore, o bella luce del cor
12. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: O Lola ch'hai di latti
13. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Mamma, quel vino è generoso
14. Andrea Chénier, opera: Un di all'azzurro spazio
15. Andrea Chénier, opera: Si, fui soldato
16. Andrea Chénier, opera: Come un bel di di maggio
17. Adriana Lecouvreur, opera: La dolcissima effigie
18. Adriana Lecouvreur, opera: L'anima ho stanca
19. L' Africaine, grand opera in 5 acts: Mi batte, il cor...O Paradiso
20. Martha, opera: M'appari tutt'amor
21. Carmen, opera: Il fior che avevi a me to dato
22. Werther, lyric drama in 4 acts: Ah! non mi ridestar
23. Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75: Da Voi Lontan

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #266210 in Music
• Released on: 1994-09-13
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

Customer Reviews

A force of Nature!
This is the most commonly used sentence when someone wants to describe the voice of Mario Del Monaco.Not many tenors can sing those high notes which del Monaco reaches, with such ease!

Loathed by many for this high sound and accused for not being able to sing below forte, especially in the late stages of his carreer, no one can deny the fact that he has performed and recorded operas with some of the greatest singers of all times:Renata Tebaldi, M.Callas, J.Sutherland, M.Olivero, A.Cerquetti, G.Simionato, E.Bastianini, C.Siepi and many others. The list is long. Perhaps not the best tenor choice for all the roles he performed, Mario del Monaco was sublime when the role suited his voice. Such examples are Ottelo, Andrea Chenier, Canio (Pagliacci), Des Grieux (Manon Lescaut), Johnson (Fanciulla del West) and many of these performances are heard on this collection. He had a certain sound that made his voice very dramatic thus so good for these roles.

Concluding, those who like him will find this collection of exceptional value. Those who don't, just stay away since this Cd is full of Mario del Monaco.

Bravo Mario!!!
The Greatest Tenor of Them All. Del Monaco is in wonderful voice here, a voice filled with both Power and Beauty. Just listen and you will hear why Del Monaco is the Tenors Tenor.
Bravo Mario!!!!!!

Showcase for a powerful voice
Mario del Monaco reached his professional peak in the 1950s, as analog recording technologies approached their golden age. This cd remasters excellent recordings of del Monaco's truly magnificent voice.