Toscanini about Puccini
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJF0SdGxbqc
Toscanini in his own words. Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957), arguably the greatest and most famous conductor in history, was paradoxically one of the most private. He never granted interviews, left diaries or journals of any kind. But during the last years of his life, his son Walter secretly recorded 150 hours of intimate conversations that Toscanini shared with friends and family who visited his home. TOSCANINI: In His Own Words, is based on these tapes which remained vaulted for more than 50 years. Recreated conversations reveal aspects of the Maestro never seen before. Subjects such as his loves, opinions about colleagues, his clashes with Mussolini and Hitler, his personal memories of Verdi, Puccini, Furtwangler, Stokowski, as well as his greatest joys and causes of his endemic sadness are all part of his frank conversation. Interwoven throughout the film are many of
Toscanini's greatest musical performances.
Tebaldi talks about Toscanini and singing Gioconda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T-hyfjAUYo
La Voce d'Angelo, Renata Tebaldi.
Renata Tebaldi "Suicidio" La gioconda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8vnu5f01WU
Renata Tebaldi sings Voi Lo Sapete (vaimusic.com)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLIRnkqg7wE
Renata Tebaldi "Pace, pace mio Dio" La forza del destino
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXGl8hSmujU
Renata Tebaldi - A life for Art - (video selections)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTAAyYbemGI
Renata Tebaldi. La Donna, L'artista, Il Mito - Documentario
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmkRRJhO8mA
Carlo Bergonzi, tenore verdiano del secolo - Documentario
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_KB_DFg5Xw
Masterclass con Maestro Carlo Bergonzi - Un Ballo in Maschera. Nana Miriani Kavtarashvili
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY4fIPPwzvo
Carlo Bergonzi - 'O sole mio (Tokyo, 1987)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nNxw7c55Mk
Carlo Bergonzi - L'ultima canzone (Tokyo, 1987)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V99yZTNJrPs
Carlo Bergonzi - La mia letizia infondere (Tokyo, 1987)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuH8y-lNZ5A
Tombe degl'avi miei Fra poco a me ricovero Carlo Bergonzi 1967
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94e1ARaqJx8
Tu che a Dio Lucia di Lammermoor Carlo Bergonzi 1967
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrvEnEjyIu0
With the great Toscanini conducting, a young Richard Tucker sings a gorgeous "Celeste Aida" from Verdi's Aida. This was the first complete opera ever telecast, in March of 1949. Truly historical, and wonderful.
Richard Tucker- Celeste Aida- 1949
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt9Dc_Xpv2Y
Toscanini about his first Aida - History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2f7YbqxlXw
Aida Toscanini "Celeste Aida" (con Richard Tucker, 1949)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6xlmpsdSpk
Richard Tucker- E lucevan le stelle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bH3XRxSQLQ
The American tenor, Richard Tucker, gives a lesson in how to sing Italian opera. This great rendention of "E lucevan le stelle" from Puccini's Tosca is as moving as it is beautiful. One for the ages!!