Acoustic Recordings 1 IL TROVATORE, Verdi, Di due figli ... Abbietta zingara 4.03 Rec: 10 Jul 1923 Matrix: CE 1277-2 HMV Cat: DB828 with orchestra conducted by Carlo Sabajno
2 LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Donizetti, Dalle stanze ove Lucia 4.37 Rec: 11 Jul 1923 Matrix: CE 1279-2 HMV Cat: DB699 with orchestra conducted by Carlo Sabajno
3 LA JUIVE, Halévy, Si la rigeur [sung in Italian] 4.37 Rec: 12 Jul 1923 Matrix: CE 1282-1 HMV Cat: DB698 with orchestra conducted by Gualandi supervised by Carlo Sabajno
4 LA JUIVE, Halévy, Vous qui du Dieu vivant [sung in Italian] 3.39 Rec: 29 Nov 1924 Matrix: CK 1781-2 HMV Cat: DB829
5 I PURITANI, Bellini, Cinta di fiori 3.50 Rec: 17 Dec 1924 Matrix: CK 1817-2 HMV Cat: DB828
6 FAUST, Gounod, Eh bien! que t'ensemble ... A moi les plaisirs [sung in Italian] 3.41 with Aristodemo Giorgini (tenor) Rec: 19 Dec 1924 Matrix: BK 1822-2 HMV Cat: DA695
Electric Recordings 7 I VESPRI SICILIANI, Verdi, O Patria ... O tu Palermo 4.22 Rec: 17 Feb 1927 Matrix: CVE 37823-4 Victor Cat: 6709 with orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon
8 LA BOH?ME, Puccini, Vecchia zimarra 2.31 Rec: 17 Feb 1927 Matrix: BVE 37824-2 HMV Cat: DA908 with orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon
9 DON CARLO, Verdi, Dormir? sol nel manto mio regal 4.11 Rec: 17 Feb 1927 Matrix: CVE 37825-2 Victor Cat: 6709 with orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon
10 DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, Mozart, O Isis und Osiris [sung in Italian] 3.50 Rec: 22 Mar 1927 Matrix: CVE 37863-1 Victor Cat: 6642 with orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon
11 ROBERT LE DIABLE, Meyerbeer, Voici donc les debris ... Nonnes, qui reposez [sung in Italian] 4.02 Rec: 22 Mar 1927 Matrix: CVE 37864-3 Victor Cat: 6710 with orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon
12 MIGNON, Thomas, De son coeur j'ai calmé (Berceuse) 4.05 Rec: 29 Mar 1927 Matrix: CVE 37874-2 Victor Cat: 6642 with orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon
13 LE CA?D, Thomas, Enfant chéri ... Le Tambour-Major 4.40 Rec: 14 Apr 1927 Matrix: CVE 37875-5 Victor Cat: 6710 with orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon
14 A?DA, Verdi, Possente Fth? 4.09 with Grace Anthony Rec: 5 Jan 1928 Matrix: CVE 41600-1 Victor Cat: 8111 Orchestra and Chorus of Metropolitan Opera House conducted by Giulio Setti
15 A?DA, Verdi, Nume custode e vindice 4.12 with Giovanni Martinelli (tenor) Rec: 29 Nov 1927 Matrix: CVE 41076-2 Victor Cat: 8111 Orchestra and Chorus of Metropolitan Opera House conducted by Giulio Setti
16 NORMA, Bellini, Ite sul colle, o Druidi! 4.25 Rec: 3 Dec 1927 Matrix: CVE 41097-2 Victor Cat: 8158 with Orchestra and Chorus of Metropolitan Opera House conducted by Giulio Setti
17 FAUST, Gounod, Le veau d'Or 1.56 Rec: 8 Apr 1929 Matrix: BVE 51133-3 Victor Cat: 1753 with Orchestra and Chorus of Metropolitan Opera House conducted by Giulio Setti and Fausto Cleva assistant.
18 DON GIOVANNI, Mozart, Fin ch'han dal vino 1.21 Rec: 28 Mar 1930 Matrix: BVE 59732-2 Victor Cat: 1467 with orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon
19 DON GIOVANNI, Mozart, Deh vieni alla finestra 1.54 Rec: 28 Mar 1930 Matrix: BVE 59733-2 Victor Cat: 1467 with string orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon
20 ATTILA, Verdi, Te sol quest' anima 3.03 with Elisabeth Rethberg (soprano), Beniamino Gigli (tenor) Rec: 31 Dec 1930 Matrix: CVE 67749-2 Victor Cat: 8194
Ezio Pinza was an Italian basso opera singer with a rich, smooth and sonorous voice. He spent 22 seasons at New York's Metropolitan Opera, appearing in more than 750 performances of 50 operas. Pinza also sang to great acclaim at La Scala, Milan, and at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. After retiring from the Met in 1948, Pinza enjoyed a fresh career on Broadway in the musical theatre and also appeared in several Hollywood films.
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