The tenors of I puritani after WWII

Gianni Raimondi
Milano, RAI, 20 February 1960
München, Prinzregententheater, 21 September 1960
Napoli, San Carlo, 26 December 1960
Palermo, Massimo, 12 January 1961
Buenos Aires, Colón, 8 July 1961
Roma, dell'Opera, 10 May 1962
Bilbao, Coliseo Alba, 9 September 1962
Oviedo, Campoamor, 24 September 1963
Palermo, Massimo, 30 January 1964
Roma, dell'Opera, 12 May 1964
Genova, Comunale, 21 April 1966

Alfredo Kraus
Lisbon, S. Carlos, 19 December 1971
Modena, Comunale, 26 December 1962
Torino, Nuovo, 18 May 1963
Firenze, Comunale, 20 December 1963
San Francisco, War Memorial, 20 September 1966
Bilbao, Coliseo Alba, 3 September 1967
Oviedo, Campoamor, 16 September 1967
Bari, Petruzzelli, 22 January 1969
Lisbon, S. Carlos, 16 March 1969
Chicago, Lyric, 1 November 1969
Piacenza, Municipale, 30 December 1970
Genova, Comunale, 19 May 1971
Catania, Bellini, 27 January 1972
Buenos Aires, Colón, 28 July 1972
Palermo, Massimo, 20 March 1973
Marseille, Opéra, 22 March 1974
Dallas, Opera, 6 December 1974

Keith Lewis
Melbourne, State, 6 November 1986

Anson Austin
Sydney, Opera House, 24 June 1985

Salvatore Fisichella
Roma, dell'Opera, 29 May 1971
Avignon, Municipal, 6 December 1981
Catania, Bellini, 27 November 1982
Bregenz, Festspielhaus, 23 July 1985
New York, Met, 14 November 1986
Zürich, Opernhaus, 30 December 1986
Toulouse, Capitole, 24 June 1987

Vittorio Terranova
Modena, Comunale, winter 1972
Graz, Opernhaus, October 1972
Barcelona, Liceo, 8 January 1978
Amsterdam, 12 April 1984

Gianni Jaia
Parma, Regio, 12 January 1960
Milano, Scala, 15 March 1961
Ghent, Royal, 22 November 1964
Hartford, 12 January 1966
Toulouse, Capitole, May ? 1967

A. Suarez
San Francisco, War Memorial, 3 November 1977
Edmonton, 26 March 1983

Gregory Kunde
Montréal, Opéra, 23 April 1987
Berlin, Deutsche Oper, 7 April 1991

Dennis O'Neill
Cardiff, 10 March 1982
London, Dominion, 7 April 1982
Vancouver, January 1985
Leeds, 18 September 1985
Cardiff, 7 March 1986

Umberto Grilli
Trieste, Verdi, February 1972
Valencia, Principal, 24 April 1977
Bergamo, Donizetti, 18 November 1977
Nice, Opéra, February? 1978
Bordeaux, GT, 1981

Martin Fink
Nice, Opéra, 24 May 1985

Rockwell Blake
Paris, Opéra-Comique, 12 March 1987
Napoli, San Carlo, 13 March 1988, two tenors version, other tenor Vinson Cole
Barcelona, Liceo, 2 March 1990

Aldo Bertolo
Martina Franca, 27 July 1985
Paris, Opéra-Comique, 1987
Rovigo, Sociale, 27 October 1987
Treviso, Comunale, 3 November 1987

Antonio Pirino
Venezia, La Fenice, 19 January 1949
Napoli, San Carlo, 25 February 1949
Toulouse, Capitole, April 1968

Nicola Filacuridi
Glyndebourne, 24 May 1960
Edinburgh, King's, 24 August 1960
Genoa, Comunale, 22 March 1961
Wiesbaden, 5 May 1961

Charles Craig
Boston, 12 February 1964
London, Covent Garden, 20 March 1964

Kenneth Macdonald
London, Covent Garden, after 20 March 1964

Luciano Saldari
Wexford, Royal, October 1962
Torino, Nuovo, after 18 May 1963
Parma, Regio, 9 February 1971
Barcelona, Liceo, 19 December 1971
Torino, Nuovo, 2 March 1973

Luciano Pavarotti
Catania, Bellini, 22 March 1968
Bologna, Comunale, 18 March 1969
Roma, RAI, 7 October 1969
Philadelphia, Academy of Music, 18 January 1972
New York, Met, 25 February 1976

Chris Merritt
Bari, Petruzzelli, 15 April 1986, two tenors version, other tenor Juan Luque Carmona
Catania, Bellini, 10 April 1986, two tenors version, other tenor Juan Luque Carmona
Bologna, Comunale, 25 October 1988
Firenze, Comunale, 23 May 1989
Bilbao, Coliseo Alba, 20 September 1989
Roma, dell'Opera, 23 January 1990
New York, Met, after 21 March 1991
Chicago, Lyric, 23 October 1991

Bruno Landi
Catania, Bellini, 19 May 1949

Wenko Wenkoff
Catania, Bellini, 8 November 1951

Mario Filippeschi
Roma, dell'Opera, 6 March 1948
Torino, RAI, 24 October 1948
Roma, dell'Opera, 4 January 1949
Roma, RAI, 5 January 1952
Bilbao, Coliseo Albia, 23 August 1954
Oviedo, Campoamor, 17 September 1955
Catania, Bellini, 3 November 1955
Trieste, Verdi, 13 February 1957
Oviedo, Campoamor, 23 September 1958
Catania, Bellini, 5 March 1960

Predrag Protić
Ljubljana, Slovensko narodno gledališče, 1981/2 Season
Prague and Bratislava, guest performances with the Ljubljana Opera

William Matteuzi
Bellini, Catania, 24 September 1989

Eugene Conley
Milano, Scala, 12 April 1949
Firenze, Comunale, 9 January 1952

Nicolai Gedda
New York, Carnegie Hall, 16 April 1963
Philadelphia, Academy of Music, 18 April 1963
Firenze, Comunale, 21 December 1970
Napoli, San Carlo, 4 March 1971

L. Panzieri
Palermo, Massimo, 17 April 1955

Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
Roma, dell'Opera, 2 May 1952

Giuseppe Di Stefano
Ciudad de Mexico, Bellas Artes, 29 May 1952
Chicago, Lyric, 31 October 1955
Roma, dell'Opera, 3 May 1956

Piero Bottazzo
Roma, dell'Opera, after 12 May 1964

F. Castellana
Venice, La Fenice, 23 January 1969

Luca Canonici
Madrid, Zarzuela, 1990

Enrico Di Giuseppe
Los Angeles, Music Center, 28 November 1973
New York, City Opera, 21 February 1974

Jon Aler
New York, City Opera, 27 September 1981

Stanford Olsen
New York, Met, 21 March 1991

Pierre Duval
Philadelphia, Academy of Music, 1 December 1967

Bruce Brewer
London, Barbican, 14 December 1985, two tenors version, other tenor Bonaventura Bottone

Giuseppe Morino
Napoli, San Carlo, after 13 March 1988, two tenors version, other tenor Vinson Cole

Juan Carlos Valls
Trieste, Verdi, December 2001/January 2002

Alexandru Badea
Trieste, Verdi, 22 December 2001

Giorgio Casciarri
Trieste, Verdi, 2 January 2002

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