Word: soria
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Toscanini, who conducted the world premiere in 1896, gives it a rare force, clarity and subtlety. The singers are all in fine voice-including amateur Baritone Toscanini, whose hoarse old bawling can be clearly heard accompanying the principals in several passages. Recording: excellent. A new recording of Tosco, (Cetra-Soria, 4 sides LP) is not so happy. Soprano Adriana Guerrini is shrill as Tosca, Tenor Gianni Poggi and Baritone Paolo Silveri only passable as Cavaradossi and Scarpia. Recording: good...
Also notable is Cetra-Soria's Aïda (6 sides LP). An Italian cast, including Tenor Mario Filippeschi, Soprano Caterina Mancini, Mezzo Giulietta Simionato and Baritone Rolando Panerai, gives a fine performance, as does the Orchestra and Chorus of Radio Italiana under Vittorio Gui. The recording is excellent. Less successful: Remington's Rigoletto (6 sides LP), performed by undistinguished soloists and a lackluster orchestra and chorus of Florence's Maggio Musicale. The recording is fair...
...rule of trade at RCA Victor and Columbia that the U.S. record-buying public wants more full-length grand opera. Three years ago, a 36-year-old New Yorker named Dario Soria bet a small bankroll on the same proposition-and is now the No. 1 impresario of recorded opera...
...Soria began importing music recorded by the Italian radio network (Cetra label) in 1946, found an interested market, soon began pressing operas from Cetra masters in New York. His label: Cetra-Soria. Since that time, Cetra-Soria has turned out 29 albums of complete operas alone. The latest releases, all of good performance and high recording quality, offer U.S. listeners three rarities...
Verdi: Nabucco (Paolo Silveri, baritone; Cabriella Gatti, soprano; Caterina Mancini, soprano; Mario Binci, tenor, and others; orchestra and chorus of Radio Italiana, Fernando Previtali conducting; Cetra-Soria, 6 sides LP). Verdi's third opera, but the first to win him international fame. Composed when he was 29, Nabucco (short for Nebuchadnezzar) has much of the rousing spirit and power of Aïda and Otello. Performance and recording: excellent...