Above: Giuseppe Verdi
A 1957 performance of Verdi's AIDA from the Met with Mary Curtis-Verna (who was my first Turandot) and Carlo Bergonzi (who was my all-time favorite tenor).
Listen here.
CAST:
Aida: Mary Curtis-Verna; Radames: Carlo Bergonzi; Amneris: Irene Dalis; Amonasro: Robert Merrill; Ramfis: Giorgio Tozzi; King: Louis Sgarro; Messenger: Robert Nagy; Priestess: Helen Vanni
Conductor: Fausto Cleva
Radio announcer: Milton Cross