Word: tozzi
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ENFANCE DU CHRIST (CBS, 10-11 a.m.). Hector Berlioz's oratorio, performed by Giorgio Tozzi, Charles Anthony, Helen Vanni, Sherrill Milnes and Asa Berberian, assisted by the John Butler Dance Theater and the Camerata Singers. Repeat...
This special presentation of the Hector Berlioz oratorio-trilogy features Giorgio Tozzi, Charles Anthony, Helen Vanni and the John Butler Dancers with Carmen de Lavallade...
...brilliance and power is Nilsson's match, and as Calaf can credibly convert the cruel princess into a woman in love. The earlier recording is superior, however, having Erich Leinsdorf as conductor and a generally better cast, including Renata Tebaldi as the second female lead and Georgio Tozzi as the Tartar king...
VERDI: LA FORZA DEL DESTINO (RCA Victor; 4 LPs). Schippers again, but without the imagination he gives to Macbeth. He just keeps things going along and lets his experienced performers (Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker, Giorgio Tozzi) take over. Price is at her very best. Her voice magnifies Verdi's intent and makes every hoary old aria sound as if it were written yesterday. Tucker at 50 gives every indication that he can go on singing forever-a cheering prospect. Only Tozzi is disappointing. His voice sounds dry, and he does the role of the padre like a priest droning...
...followed, Julius Caesar conquered resoundingly. The old hall was dressed up to look like an opera house, with garlands of flowers ringing the grand tier and an Egyptian-style proscenium jutting out to the apron of the stage. Leading a competent cast of 200, Metropolitan Opera Bass-Baritone Giorgio Tozzi and Brooklyn-born Soprano Evelyn Lear, making her U.S. opera debut after an admirable, eight-year career in Europe, managed Handel's long, difficult, rapid-fire arias with fine finesse...