Nicola Rescigno
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Nicola Rescigno was an American conductor of Italian origin. He moved to Italy in 1929, where he studied law and music in Rome and Frascati before returning to New York during World War II, later completing studies at the Juilliard School. His conducting debut followed, including a performance of La traviata at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1943 during an American tour of the Teatro San Carlo. In 1953, he participated in the founding of the Lyric Theatre of Chicago and served as its first music director from 1954 to 1956. He notably collaborated with Maria Callas, conducting her American debut in Norma in 1954. Rescigno later co-founded the Dallas Opera in 1957, serving as artistic director and principal conductor until 1990, where he introduced artists such as Montserrat Caballé and Plácido Domingo to American audiences. He also made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1978 and conducted La traviata there in the early 1980s. Rescigno died on August 4, 2008, in Viterbo, Italy.
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- Puccini: Tosca / Act 1 - "Mario! Mario! Mario!" "Son qui!" - "Mia gelosa!" featuring Giacomo Puccini
- Puccini: Tosca, Act I: Recondita armonia featuring Nicola Rescigno
- Rossini: William Tell / Act 4: "Ah.. non mi lasciar, o speme di vendetta" - "O muto asil del pianto" featuring Nicola Rescigno
- Puccini: Tosca, Act I: Gente là dentro â Mario! Mario! Mario! â Qual occhio al mondo â Mia gelosa (Love Duet) featuring Nicola Rescigno
- Puccini: Tosca, Act III: E lucevan le stelle featuring Nicola Rescigno
- "Recondita armonia" featuring National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Puccini: Tosca, Act I: Or lasciami al lavoro â Qual occhio al mondo featuring Nicola Rescigno
- Puccini: Tosca, Act I: Mario! Mario! Mario! â Non la sospiri la nostra casetta featuring Nicola Rescigno
- Puccini: Tosca / Act 2 - "Floria..." - "Amore..." featuring National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Puccini: Tosca / Act 2 - Vittoria! Vittoria! featuring National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Puccini: Tosca / Act 2 - "Sciarrone: che dice il cavalier?" featuring National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Puccini: Tosca / Act 2 - "Orsù, Tosca, parlate." - "Mario, consenti ch'io parli?" featuring National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Puccini: Tosca / Act 2 - "O galantuomo, come andò la caccia?" featuring National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Puccini: Tosca / Act 3 - "O dolci mani!...L'ora! Son pronto!" featuring Luciano Pavarotti
- Puccini: Tosca / Act 3 - "Come è lunga l'attesta!" featuring National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Puccini: Tosca / Act 2 - "Ov'è Angelotti?...Ed or fra noi parliam" featuring National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Puccini: Tosca / Act 3 - "Come è lunga l'attesta!" featuring National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Puccini: Tosca / Act 3 - "Presto, su! Mario!" featuring National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Puccini: Tosca / Act 2 - "Tosca è un buon falco!" by National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Puccini: Tosca / Act 2 - "Ha più forte sapore" - "Spoletta è giunto" by National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Puccini: Tosca / Act 3 - "Mario Cavaradossi?" - "A voi" featuring National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Puccini: Tosca / Act 2 - "Io tenni la promessa..." - "E qual via scegliete?" - "Tosca, finalmente mia!" featuring National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Puccini: Tosca / Act 3 - Prelude - "Io de' sospiri" by National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Puccini: Tosca / Act 2 - Quanto? Quanto? Il prezzo! featuring National Philharmonic Orchestra
