Recordings, Books & Videos

 

 

 

Advertisement - Specific - Norbeck, Peters and Ford   REVISED

9 CD Collector’ Edition including a complete La traviata from RAI  ready now from Norbeck, Peters & Ford.  International shipping available, full information from:

http://www.norpete.com/v2313.html

 

 

Compilation - Revised  Decca 1

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Screen Shot 2014-07-17 at 19.58.46

Screen Shot 2014-07-17 at 19.58.46

Many Virginia Zeani YouTube postings can be found on CharlotteinWeimar’s channel at this address:

http://www.youtube.com/user/CharlotteinWeimar#g/search

These are some key videos

 La traviata  “Sempre libera” ending and “Addio”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDUWbJY0KYo

 

La traviata, complete unrehearsed performance of Violetta, Covent Garden 1960

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpoCB0Hl6lE&list=PLkB3dLZrMrmBgIG5O4ir662TkBHYhuUoY

 

La traviata, complete role of Violetta, with photo sequences,  sound from Napoli 1956

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzpHBaydjXg&list=PL11687043D7F1FEAE

 

La traviata “Sempre libera”  live movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sar_6KDsLM

 

Rigoletto  “Caro nome”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLXOfi8oOZs

 

Gilda in Rigoletto complete opera RAI mimed recording c 1955

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jWfMtqn1zc

 

i Puritani  “Qui la voce”  Mad Scene

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRvGYP2uvds

 

Otello, Rossini,  Desdemona’s Willow Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rADvZmxXfMY

 

Tosca “Vissi d’arte”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2udtzSg7ag

 

Aida  “Ritorna vincitor” amateur movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t6JJawO82c

 

Don Carlo  “Tu che le vanita”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riKGpYitPbA

 

The Consul  “To this we’ve come”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmxrtmapNYQ

 

Manon Lescaut  “Sola, perduta, abbandonata”  live amateur movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsOHVlstSwk

 

Manon Lescaut final scene with Placido Domingo (debut as des Grieux)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhOpECHnFI8

 

The Merry Widow  “Vilja”   live TV Movie RAI 1963

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVbr0t11C5k

 

“La Voix Humaine”  complete performance of the opera for solo soprano by Francis Poulenc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV3ZRIvcAT0

 

____________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

50 minute recorded interview with Jon Tolansky about her career, roles and teaching

http://hampsongfoundation.org/singers-on-singing-virginia-zeani/

Links to Charles Handelman’s opera site Handelmania

http://www.handelmania.com/zeani.htm

http://handelmania.libsyn.com/webpage/happy-birthday-to-the-beloved-virginia-zeani

 http://handelmania.libsyn.com/webpage/alzira

_________________________

Opera Depot recordings of Virginia Zeani on CD & mp3

http://operadepot.com/nav/?page_id=89

 Bellini: La Sonnambula – Zeani, Monti, Rossi-Lemeni; Molinari-Pradelli.  Napoli, 1959

Giordano: Fedora – Zeani, Bottion, Mazzini, Baggiore; Martini.  Padova, 1974

Mascagni: Il piccolo Marat – Zeani, Rossi-Lemeni, Martinucci, Borgonovo; Martini.  Padova,1976

Massenet: Manon – Zeani, Oncina, Borriello, Ventriglia; Rabalo. Napoli, 1964

Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmelites (World Premiere – In Italian) – Zeani, Frazzoni, Gencer, Pederzini, Ratti, Filacuridi, Colombo, Cossotto; Sanzogno. La Scala, 1957

Puccini: La boheme – Zeani, Aragall, Albeti, Clabassi; Rigacci

Puccini: Manon Lescaut – Zeani, Domingo, D’Orazi; Guadagno.  Barcelona, 12/18/71

Puccini: La Rondine – Zeani, Ravazzi, Saldari, Marchiandi; Verchi.  Lucca, 9/19/1971

Rossini: Otello – Lazzari, Zeani, Bottazzo, Mori, Ventriglia; Franci.  Pesaro, 1965

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (In Italian) Rossi-Lemeni, Zeani, Tagliavini; Maazel.  Roma, 1965

Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer – Zeani, Boyer, Casellato-Lamberti, Rossi-Lemeni; Cristoffoli.  Rome, 3/21/70

Compilation: Virginia Zeani – Excerpts from Alzira, Boheme 

and at Amazon 

 : http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=zeani&x=0&y=0

 and at Premiere Opera 63 recordings

 http://premiereopera.com/search.aspx?find=zeani

 and 3 selections here

 http://www.belcantosociety.org/store/advanced_search_result.php?search_in_artists=1&keywords=zeani&x=25&y=1

 

 The Dialogues of the Carmelites,  as Mother Marie, San Francisco 1982

 http://live-rare-opera.com/fcart/search.php?sortby=alpha&key=zeani&category=All