- Nino Sanzogno, RAI Symphony Orchestra, Milan, Virginia Zeani, Nicola Zaccaria, Carlo Zampighi, Aldo Protti
- Ebe Ticozzi, Orchestra of Radio Italiana, Giuseppe Nessi, Aldo Bertocci, Dario Caselli, Giuseppe Baroni, Gluaco Scarlini, Chorus of Radio Italiana, Antenore Reali, Clara Petrella
- Aldo Protti, Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia di Roma, Mario del Monaco, Hilde Gueden, Alberto Erede, Coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia di Roma
- Mario del Monaco, Angela Vercelli, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Dario Caselli, Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra, Rome, Santa Cecilia Academy Chorus, Rome, Alberto Erede
- Aldo Protti, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Pier Luigi Latinucci, Giulietta Simionato, Fernando Corena, Mario del Monaco, Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra, Rome, Santa Cecilia Academy Chorus, Rome, Christiane Castelli, Dario Caselli, Hilde Gueden, Alberto Erede, Cesare Siepi, Lina Rossi, Luisa Ribacchi, Piero Poldi
Dario Caselli
Biography
In the history of opera, the comprimari singers are rarely celebrated. These are the character actors of the genre: reliable singers, physically or vocally not stars, but with the flexibility and professional accomplishment to appear on the same stage with the Carusos, Callases, Pavarottis and Frenis in roles like Goro, Sparafucile, Baldacchi, Grimgerde, or A Nazarene. Franco Calabrese was one of this type. He worked in Italian opera and in the 1950s participated in some important opera projects in smaller parts. These included parts in two classic Maria Callas recordings: Tosca and Macbeth.