Giulietta Simionato - Portrait of a Legend

Bellini:

Deh! Tu bell'anima (from I Capuleti)

recorded in 1954

Berlin, I:

Anything you can do I can do better (from Annie Get Your Gun)

recorded in 1956

Luciano Bettarini (piano)

Bizet:

L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen)

recorded in 1951; sung in Italian as 'E l'amore uno strano augello'

Donizetti:

O mio Fernando (from La Favorita)

recorded in 1955

Orchestra Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Alberto Erede

Gordigiani:

L’addio del pastore

recorded in 1960 (taken from a complete performance of Die Fledermaus)

Ettore Bastianini (baritone)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Mascagni:

Voi lo sapete o mamma (from Cavalleria rusticana)

recorded in 1954

Orchestra RAI Torino, Arturo Basile

Massenet:

Va! Laisse couler mes larmes (from Werther)

recorded in 1951; sung in Italian as 'Va non e mal se piango'

Paër:

Il bacio della partenza

recorded in 1956

Luciano Bettarini (piano)

Rossini:

Nacqui all'affanno, al pianto...Non più mesta (from La Cenerentola)

recorded in 1949

Orchestra RAI Torino, Mario Rossi

Una voce poco fa (from Il barbiere di Siviglia)

recorded in 1950

Orchestra RAI Milano, Fernando Previtali

Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno! (from L'Italiana in Algeri)

recorded in 1954

Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Milano, Carlo Maria Giulini

O patria...Di tanti palpiti (from Tancredi)

recorded in 1956

Orchestra RAI Milano, Nino Sanzogno

Saint-Saëns:

Printemps qui commence (from Samson et Dalila)

recorded in 1951; sung in Italian as 'O Aprile foriero'

Thomas, Ambroise:

Connais-tu le pays (from Mignon)

recorded in 1949; sung in Italian as 'Non conosci il bel suol?'

Verdi:

O don fatale (from Don Carlo)

recorded in 1954

Stride la vampa (from Il Trovatore)

recorded in 1956

Orchestre du Grand Théâtre de Genève, Alberto Erede

Re dell’abisso affretati (Un ballo in maschera)

recorded in 1960

Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademie Santa Cecilia Roma, Sir Georg Solti