{"product_id":"tebaldi-puccini-tosca-1952-paco192","title":"TEBALDI Puccini: Tosca (1952) - PACO192","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePUCCINI \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eTosca\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eStudio recording, 1952\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 1hr 46:12\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eRenata Tebaldi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e (soprano) - Floria Tosca\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eGiuseppe Campora\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e (tenor) - Cavaradossi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eEnzo Mascherini\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e (baritone) - Scarpia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eDario Caselli\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e (bass) - Angelotti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003ePiero de Palma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e (tenor) - Spoletta\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eAntonio Sacchetti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e (baritone) - Sciarrone \u0026amp; Gaoler\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eFernando Corena\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e (bass) - Sacristan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eSanta Cecilia Academy Chorus \u0026amp; Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econducted by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eAlberto Erede\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PACO192.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTosca \u003c\/i\u003eoffers much more difficult problems than \u003ci\u003eLa Bohème\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eMadame\nButterfly\u003c\/i\u003e to the recording engineers, among them the choral Finale of Act\n1, with organ, bells, and cannon to be accommodated, and the Prelude to Act\nIII, one of Puccini's most original inspirations, with more bells, both\nsheep and church (and the voice of the shepherd boy) to be given the right\nperspective. These problems are satisfactorily solved in this recording\nwhich, everyone will be glad to know, is of the same high standard as its\npredecessors: the orchestral part is, indeed, the fullest and the best of\nthe series so far, Erede gives a most dramatic and sensitive reading of\nPuccini's vivid score; and though the H.M.V. set of 1938 still sounds well,\nthere is little of the richness and sonority we get here. In the old set\nthe recording of Gigli's voice now seems hard, and Caniglia on that\noccasion was not in her best form. Campora, though he follows the bad\ntradition of singing \u003cem\u003eRecondita armonia\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eE lucevan le stelle\u003c\/em\u003e too loudly—in the latter aria he expends his\nforces before reaching the peak climax— sings with much dramatic force and\nfine ringing tone; his cry of \u003cem\u003eVittoria\u003c\/em\u003e in Act II is splendid, and\nhis groans under torture, thank goodness, are not exaggerated. Enzo\nMascherini, the Scarpia, is able to dominate his scenes easily but, like\nBorgioli's performance in the H.M.V. set, he brings to the part little of\nthe subtlety and irony that one remembers in Stabile's performance. He\nremains, in fact, the effective but conventional villain.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\nThe small parts are all well done. Fernando Corena does not make the\nmistake of presenting the Sacristan as a comic turn, Piero di Palma is the\nevilly pious Spoletta to the life, and I have never heard the shepherd boy\nso well cast as here, A boy’s voice was used at Covent Garden, not I\nbelieve with much success, but this boy is not only heard, as directed,\nsinging in the distance, but his voice has exactly the right timbre.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\nTebaldi gives a magnificent performance as Tosca. Her Mimi and Butterfly\nwere quite separate characterisations (which is the answer to the cheap\ngibe that Puccini's heroines are all alike: they are only that when played\nby second-rate artists) and her Tosca is different again. She never becomes\na virago in Act I but tempers her jealousy with tenderness and sensuous\ncharm.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\nIn Act II she rises to really great heights and I shall long remember her\ncontemptuous \u003cem\u003eQuanto?\u003c\/em\u003e as she asks Scarpia’s price, and her\nspine-chilling \u003cem\u003eGuardami! Son Tosca 0 Scarpia . . . Muori damnato! Muori!\u003c\/em\u003e as she\nstabs him. Earlier in this scene she sings \u003cem\u003eVissi d'arte\u003c\/em\u003e with true\nemotion, lovely tone, and, thank goodness, with no histrionic sobs at the\nclose. In the last act another memorable moment is her thrilling top C as\nshe describes to Gavaradossi how she stabbed Scarpia. The whole Act is kept\nat the right dramatic tension and Erede brings out the full force of one of\nPuccini’s most telling themes, the one that accompanies the entry of the\nfiring squad.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\nThe off-stage orchestra playing the Gavotte in Act II is perhaps a little\ntoo remote (though this is a fault on the right side) and the balancing of\nTebaldi with the chorus in the Cantata is not quite right. Her voice (she\nwas, after all, a prima donna) should rise high and clear above the rest,\nbut it is too much merged with them. Stodgy and too loud as the chorus is\nin the old Parlophone record of the Cantata, Meta Seinemeyer’s glorious\nvoice is in the right perspective with it. These are small grumbles that\ndetract little from the overwhelming success of this issue. It has expunged\nthe recollection of some very poor \"live\" performances of the opera I have\nheard in recent years. It would be grand if Decca would now give us the \u003cem\u003eTrittico\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLa Fanciulla del West\u003c\/em\u003e, which has far\ngreater merits than is generally realised.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA.R.\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Gramophone,\u003c\/i\u003e November 1952\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecca's 1952 release of \u003ci\u003eTosca \u003c\/i\u003ewith Renata Tebaldi in the title role was to be almost immediately overshadowed in the public perception by the legendary HMV recording made the following year of the same opera, starring Maria Callas (Pristine PACO 080). As wonderful as that performance was, the Tebaldi \u003ci\u003eTosca \u003c\/i\u003emore than deserves to be heard today - her excellent performance, as well as the ensemble sound, further enhanced here in this new Ambient Stereo XR remaster.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Rose\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePUCCINI \u003c\/b\u003eTosca\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003edisc one\u003c\/b\u003e (41:03)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eACT ONE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Ah! Finalmente!  (2:00)\u003cbr\u003e2. E sempre lava!  (3:14)\u003cbr\u003e3. Dammi i colori ... Recondita armonia  (4:01)\u003cbr\u003e4. Voi Cavaradossi!  (1:09)\u003cbr\u003e5. Mario! Mario! Mario!  (11:23)\u003cbr\u003e6. E' buona la mia Tosca  (3:22)\u003cbr\u003e7. Sommo giubilo, Eccellenza!  (1:37)\u003cbr\u003e8. Un tal baccano in chiesa!  (3:39)\u003cbr\u003e9. Or tutto è chiaro  (6:46)\u003cbr\u003e10. Tre sbirri una carrozza  (3:52)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003edisc two\u003c\/b\u003e (65:11)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eACT TWO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Tosca è un buon falco!  (3:00)\u003cbr\u003e2. Ha più forte sapore  (1:09)\u003cbr\u003e3. O galantuomo come andò la caccia?  (3:19)\u003cbr\u003e4. Ov'è Angelotti  (3:39)\u003cbr\u003e5. Sciarrone, che dice il Cavalier  (2:21)\u003cbr\u003e6. Orsù, Tosca, parlate  (3:42)\u003cbr\u003e7. Floria... Amore...  (1:28)\u003cbr\u003e8. Vittoria! Vittoria!  (2:35)\u003cbr\u003e9. Quanto?  (4:24)\u003cbr\u003e10. Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore  (4:18)\u003cbr\u003e11. Chi è là?  (2:01)\u003cbr\u003e12. Io tenni la promessa  (6:54)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eACT THREE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13. Io de' sospiri  (4:58)\u003cbr\u003e14. Mario Cavaradossi?  (4:27)\u003cbr\u003e15. E lucevan le stelle  (2:39)\u003cbr\u003e16. Ah! Franchigia a floria Tosca...  (2:48)\u003cbr\u003e17. O dolci mani Mansuete e pure  (7:40)\u003cbr\u003e18. Come è lunga l'attesa!  (2:14)\u003cbr\u003e19. Presto, su! Mario!  (1:35)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCAST\u003cbr\u003eRenata Tebaldi\u003c\/b\u003e (soprano) - Floria Tosca\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGiuseppe Campora\u003c\/b\u003e (tenor) - Cavaradossi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnzo Mascherini\u003c\/b\u003e (baritone) - Scarpia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDario Caselli\u003c\/b\u003e (bass) - Angelotti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePiero de Palma\u003c\/b\u003e (tenor) - Spoletta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAntonio Sacchetti\u003c\/b\u003e (baritone) - Sciarrone \u0026amp; Gaoler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFernando Corena\u003c\/b\u003e (bass) - Sacristan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSanta Cecilia Academy Chorus \u0026amp; Orchestra\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003econducted by \u003cb\u003eAlberto Erede\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eXR remastered by Andrew Rose\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCover image based on a photograph of Renate Tebaldi as Tosca\u003cbr\u003eRecorded August 1952, Santa Cecilia, Rome\u003cbr\u003eProducer: Victor Olof\u003cbr\u003eEngineer: Gil Went\u003cbr\u003eFirst issued in the US as London LL 660-61, October 1952\u003cbr\u003eFirst issued in the UK as Decca LXT 2730-31, November 1952\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTotal duration:  1hr 46:12 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fCover Art578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcover_art578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcovers\/thumbs\/PACO192.jpg578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcovers\/PACO192.pdf578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f","brand":"Pristine Classical","offers":[{"title":"Ambient Stereo 24-bit FLAC","offer_id":44064696303706,"sku":"yaw1789303485274","price":26.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ambient Stereo 16-bit FLAC","offer_id":44064696336474,"sku":"yde1789303485275","price":17.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"320kbps Ambient Stereo MP3","offer_id":44064696369242,"sku":"qno1789303485276","price":12.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0726\/3807\/0874\/files\/tebaldi-puccini-tosca-1952---paco192_1.jpg?v=1789303491","url":"https:\/\/vestorawear.shop\/products\/tebaldi-puccini-tosca-1952-paco192","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}