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Grandi voci alla Scala Hardcover – January 1, 1991
Italian Edition  by Rodolfo Celletti (Author)
NEW CONDITION, CDs are still factory sealed
2 volumes in slipcase with all 6 CDs

GRANDI VOCI ALLA SCALA (GREAT VOICES AT THE SCALA) 2 Large Photobooks in slipcase with all 6 CDs. In Italian.

150 opera arias and romances, interpreted in chronological order from 1903 to 1955 by an equal number of famous voices of the period: a different singer for each piece.

Publisher: Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 1991. First edition.

Description: Blue cloth covers with white lettering on the cover and spine and a color opera scene label on each cover. Illustrated throughout. Second volume has cutouts for CD disc cases. slip case is blue cloth with white lettering and opera scene label front and back. In Italian.


Pages: Vol I: 237, Vol II: 46 plus 6 CDs in two SEALED jewel cases.

Size: 8" x 12" x 3"

Weight: 6 lbs 10 oz

A great find for Opera Lovers! 2 volumes and 6 CDs published by La Scala, Milan: IN ITALIAN Rodolfo Celletti: Grandi voci alla Scala. Milan: Teatro alla Scala, [1991] . Two quarto volumes. 233, 46 pages.With two three-disc compact discs bound into volume II. Volume I - Grandi voci alla Scala di Rodolfo Celletti Iconografia de Marco Contini  The story of the singers who performed at La Scala and recorded ending with the end of the 78 rpm era. From Patti to Callas, from Tamagno to Di Stefano. The pictures filled with titles and dates should be understandable without knowledge of Italian. Most portraits are autographed, there are also playbills, record labels and miscellaneous related pictures. Each artist is described in 2-3 pages. The second volume begins with a chapter about recording history with pictures.  The recordings represent each artist and should be of great interest to the collector. The second volume contains one chapter in English: The sound of history - the balance of the text is in Italian.  



GRANDI VOCI ALLA SCALA 1877–1955 by Rodolfo Celletti
– Size: 21 × 30 cm
– IN ITALIAN
– Two volumes, totaling 270 pages
– Published by Edizioni del Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 1991

A spectacular, very rare, and highly luxurious out-of-commerce edition that retraces the glorious history of La Scala, the most famous and prestigious of all opera houses in the world.

Preface by Carlo Fontana, then Superintendent of La Scala.

The two volumes, luxuriously bound and housed in an elegant slipcase, are printed on special paper with absolutely stunning graphic art quality.

Exceptionally rich in iconographic documentation, the edition reconstructs a fascinating visual journey, especially focusing on the final decades of the 19th century up to the 1950s.

The images, all from the famous Marco Contini collection, are accompanied by insightful captions written by Michele Selvini, guiding the reader along a parallel path to the author’s words and recreating the atmosphere of an authentically glorious history—not only musical, because over the years La Scala has been a reference point for civic and social life, for its audience, for the city of Milan, and for the ever-evolving history of a cultural and artistic tradition that belongs to universal, not just Italian, heritage.

The second volume is dedicated to the close relationship that Teatro alla Scala has always had with recordings and is enriched by a substantial essay by Michele Selvini, “Il Teatro alla Scala e il disco” (The Teatro alla Scala and the Record), which traces the intertwined histories of the phonograph and Italy’s greatest theater.

Included with the two books are six compact discs, with a total duration of over seven hours of recordings, containing about 150 opera arias and romances, interpreted in chronological order from 1903 to 1955 by an equal number of famous voices of the period: a different singer for each piece.

All the great names are present — from Patti to Tamagno, from Melba to Caruso, from Gigli to Callas. For each of these 150 vocal soloists, biographical data is provided, and for each piece, the recording dates and catalog numbers of the original 78 rpm editions are listed.

In short, it is a true encyclopedia of extraordinary sound documents, summarizing the entire history of operatic singing of that era, all sourced from the aforementioned Marco Contini collection.

The author is the legendary Rodolfo Celletti (1917–2004), a critic, music historian, essayist, author of many famous books, and above all, one of the very few experts with deep knowledge of vocal technique and the personal and artistic histories of the major opera interpreters of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Includes an index of names.
A true unicum — a one-of-a-kind work.

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