Mario Del Monaco – A critical approach

Mario Del Monaco – A critical approach (PDF format)

Sound files referred to in the article

  • audio example 01: MADAMA BUTTERFLY, Bimba dagli occhi, end only (Del Monaco, González, Mexico City 1951)
  • audio example 02: TURANDOT, No, no, principessa, forged (Del Monaco, Callas, Buenos Aires 1949)
  • audio example 03: OTELLO, Esultate (Del Monaco, Mexico City 1951)
  • audio example 04: OTELLO, Già nella notte densa, end only (Del Monaco, Petrella, Mexico City 1951)
  • audio example 05: RIGOLETTO, La donna è mobile (excerpt, studio recording)
  • audio example 06: ADRIANA LECOUVREUR, L'anima ho stanca (excerpt, Mexico 1951)
  • audio example 07: MANON LESCAUT, Ah! non v'avvicinate (excerpt, Mexico 1951)
  • audio example 08: ISABEAU, Tu ch'odi lo mio grido (studio, with C. Franci)
  • audio example 09: GIULIETTA E ROMEO, Giulietta, son io (Berlin 1961)
  • audio example 10: MADAMA BUTTERFLY, Addio, fiorito asil (Berlin 1961)
    • As a follow up to the fake high C of Del Monaco described in the article, Daniele Godor has identified the tenor singing the high C: it's Ludovic Spiess. Listen – first the hoax, then Spiess.
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