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