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2 unusual facts about Mario Sereni


Mario Sereni

Puccini - La Rondine - Anna Moffo, Daniele Barioni, Graziella Sciutti, Piero de Palma - RCA Italiana Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - RCA (1966)

Puccini - La bohème - Mirella Freni, Nicolai Gedda, Mariella Adani - Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Thomas Schippers - EMI - (1963)


Natalia Rom

The soprano's Metropolitan Opera debut was as Mimì in La bohème (in 1983, with Patricia Craig, Dano Raffanti, Richard Stilwell, Mario Sereni, James Morris, and Italo Tajo, conducted by James Levine), subsequently performing Tatiana in Eugene Onegin (opposite Leo Nucci and Paul Plishka) and Emma in the new production of Khovanschina (with Martti Talvela) at the house.

Renato Cioni

In 1964, he took part in two historical performances, first at Covent Garden, as Cavaradossi in Tosca, opposite Maria Callas and Tito Gobbi, and then at La Scala, as Alfredo in La traviata, opposite Anna Moffo and Mario Sereni, under Herbert von Karajan.


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