- Aldo Protti, Nino Sanzogno, Nicola Zaccaria, Virginia Zeani, Carlo Zampighi, RAI Symphony Orchestra, Milan
- Gluaco Scarlini, Clara Petrella, Orchestra of Radio Italiana, Chorus of Radio Italiana, Aldo Bertocci, Giuseppe Nessi, Ebe Ticozzi, Giuseppe Baroni, Dario Caselli, Antenore Reali
- Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Roma, Coro Della Rai Di Roma, Aldo Bertocci, Nestore Catalani, Fernando Previtali
- Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia di Roma, Mario del Monaco, Hilde Gueden, Coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia di Roma, Alberto Erede, Aldo Protti
- Alberto Erede, Angela Vercelli, Dario Caselli, Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra, Rome, Santa Cecilia Academy Chorus, Rome, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Mario del Monaco
- Oliviero de Fabritiis, Pier Luigi Latinucci, Mario del Monaco, Luisa Ribacchi, Christiane Castelli, Santa Cecilia Academy Chorus, Rome, Alberto Erede, Fernando Corena, Giulietta Simionato, Piero Poldi, Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra, Rome, Dario Caselli, Aldo Protti, Lina Rossi, Cesare Siepi, Hilde Gueden
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.