Giuseppe Di Stefano
I wish to thank Daniele Godor for the recordings (Otello). I wish to thank Jacques Franken for the recording (Mignon). I would like to thank Thomas Silverbörg for the recordings (Ballo, Elisir, Tosca 1) Manon – Reggio Emilia, Municipale, 20 April 1946 Les pêcheurs de perles – Venezia, La Fenice, 2 May 1946 Rigoletto – Genoa, Politeama, 17 August 1946 L'amico Fritz – Lugo, Piazzale del Pavaglione, 7 September 1946 Paganini – Radio Lausanne, 13 September 1946 La traviata – Lugo, Piazzale del Pavaglione, September 1946 La sonnambula – Bologna, Comunale, 26 October 1946 Mignon – Roma, Teatro dell'Opera, 4 May 1947 La bohème – Rio de Janeiro, Municipal, 3 November 1948 L'elisir d'amore – New York, Met, 23 January 1949 Gianni Schicchi – New York, Met, 4 February 1949 Falstaff – New York, Met, 26 February 1949 Il barbiere di Siviglia – Mexico, Palacio de las Bellas Artes, 7 July 1949 La favorita – Mexico, Palacio de las Bellas Artes, 12 July 1949 Werther – Mexico City, Palacio de las Bellas Artes, 23 July 1949 Der Rosenkavalier – New York, Met, 21 November 1949 Faust – New York, Met, 23 December 1949 Lucia di Lammermoor – San Francisco, War Memorial, 28 September 1950 Madama Butterfly – Rio de Janeiro, Municipal, 29 September 1951 I puritani – Mexico, Palacio de las Bellas Artes, 29 May 1952 Tosca – Mexico, Palacio de las Bellas Artes, 28 June 1952 La Gioconda – Milano, Scala, 26 December 1952 Nina o la pazza per amore – Lugano, Parco Ciani, 25 July 1953 Eugenio Oneghin – Milano, Scala, 10 May 1954 Mefistofele – Verona, Arena, 20 July 1954 Cavalleria rusticana – Rio de Janeiro, Municipal, 9 October 1954 Carmen – Milano, Scala, 18 January 1955 Un ballo in maschera – Milano, Scala, 3 March 1955 La forza del destino – Milano, Scala, 26 April 1955 Manon Lescaut – Roma, dell'Opera, 16 February 1956 Pagliacci – Milano, Scala, 24 April 1956 Aida – Milano, Scala, 7 December 1956 Iris – Roma, dell'Opera, 26 December 1956 Adriana Lecouvreur – Chicago, Civic Opera, 13 November 1957 Turandot (Calaf) – Chicago, Civic Opera, 18 October 1958 La sposa venduta – Milano, Scala, 2 February 1959 Andrea Chénier – Roma, dell'Opera, 1 March 1959 Fedora – Chicago, Civic Opera, 23 November 1960 Die Fledermaus (special guest) – Wien, Staatsoper, 31 December 1960 Il calzare d'argento – Milano, Scala, 23 March 1961 La fanciulla del West – Genova, Carlo Felice, 12 May 1962 Luisa Miller – Palermo, Massimo, 14 January 1963 Rienzi – Milano, Scala, 4 June 1964 Les contes d'Hoffmann – New York, MET, 27 January 1965 Otello – Pasadena, Auditorium, 31 March 1966 Das Land des Lächelns – Berlin, Theater des Westens, 1 September 1966 L'incoronazione di Poppea – Milano, Scala, 27 January 1967 The beggar's opera – Torino, RAI, 23 March 1968 Die lustige Witwe – Napoli, San Carlo, 26 July 1969 Der Zarewitsch – Berlin, Theater des Westens, 23 December 1969 Orphée aux enfers – Roma, dell'Opera, 15 May 1971 Eine Nacht in Venedig – Mörbisch, Seefestspiele, July 1986 Le villi (Narratore) – Castello de Peralada, August 1991 Turandot (Altoum) – Roma, Caracalla, 25 June 1992 Reference: Comune di Sirmione Assessorato al Turismo: Omaggio a Giuseppe Di Stefano, 1996. Reference: Omaggio a Giuseppe Di Stefano: a cinquant'anni dal suo debutto scaligero, Teatro alla Scala, 1997. Reference: Thomas Semrau: Alles oder nichts, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Residenz Verlag, 2002. I wish to thank Frank Hamilton for the corrections and additions. Reference: Giuseppe Di Stefano: L'arte del canto, Ed. Rusconi, Milano, 1989 |