Word: taddei
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Puccini: La Bohème (Rosanna Carteri, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Giuseppe Taddei; Chorus and Orchestra of Radio Italiana, Turin, conducted by Gabriele Santini; Cetra-Soria). The singers give an appealing account of life in their drafty garret, but are vocally outclassed by others who have recorded the popular opera...
Summed up Steinbeck: "If you . . . meant to suggest that American soldiers are wicked, degenerate or brutish, you, Ezio Taddei, are a liar...
...began, is now an outspoken antiCommunist. Last week, in Italy on assignment from Collier's, Steinbeck heard a haunting voice from his past. In an open letter published in the Communist L'Unità (circ. 800,000), Italy's largest daily, a contributor named Ezio Taddei asked what Steinbeck thought of 1) the wickedness of American soldiers, 2) germ warfare in Korea, and 3) General Ridgway. Cried Taddei: "Let your voice be heard, John Steinbeck, and it will be welcome as it was in the past...
Rossini: William Tell (with Giuseppe Taddei, baritone, Mario Filippeschi, tenor, Rosanna Carteri, soprano; orchestra and chorus of Radio Italiana of Turin, Mario Rossi conducting; Cetra-Soria, 8 sides). A rousing version of a masterpiece too seldom performed (its last performance at the Metropolitan Opera was in 1931, and no tenors have looked strong enough to warrant its production there since). Filippeschi blasts out his killing high notes with plenty of steam. Recording : on the shrill side...
Rossini: The Barber of Seville (Luigi Infantine, tenor; Carlo Badioli, bass; Giulietta Simionato, mezzo-soprano; Giuseppe Taddei, baritone; Antonio Cas-sinelli, bass; orchestra and chorus of Radio Italiana, Fernando Previtali conducting; Cetra-Soria, 6 sides LP). Barber fans, used to hearing Rosina's arias trilled airily by a coy soprano, will be surprised to hear the role sung here by a more mature-sounding mezzo - as Rossini wrote it. Mezzo Simionato brings it off beautifully; so does Baritone Taddei as Figaro. Conductor Previtali keeps it sparkling throughout. Recording: excellent...