COMPOSERS: Puccini and Giordano,Verdi; plus arias by Verdi
LABELS: Preiser
WORKS: Verdi: La traviata – highlights; plus arias by Verdi, Puccini and Giordano
PERFORMER: Giuseppe Campora (tenor); Rome Opera Orchestra/Berrettoni; L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Erede
CATALOGUE NO: 89718 (1949-57)
Campora’s career began in 1949, rising from provincial Italy to La Scala and seven seasons at the Met. His beautiful tone is captured here in graceful accounts of his central roles. George Hall