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Image of a 78rpm of an aria from Giuseppe Verdi's Il trovatore, recorded by Cetra
Cetra was an Italian record company, active between 1933 and 1957, the year in which, by merging with Fonit (Fonodisco Italiano Trevisan), it gave birth to Fonit Cetra. Its roster of artists included Maria Callas, Renata Tebaldi, Lina Pagliughi, Ebe Stignani, Carlo Bergonzi, Galliano Masini, Giovanni Malipiero, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Carlo Tagliabue, Rolando Panerai, Italo Tajo, Giuseppe Taddei, Tancredi Pasero and Cesare Siepi, among other leading Italian opera singers.
The company was notable for issuing many recordings of obscure or rarely performed operas and the more obscure operas of Giuseppe Verdi to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the composer's 1901 death in 1951. Cetra recordings are often now reissued by the company Fonit Cetra. Cetra opera albums were first distributed in the United States on the Cetra-Soria label (founded by Dario and Dorle Soria, who later founded Angel Records). In 1966, Everest Records began distribution of several Cetra opera recordings in the United States.[1]
Cetra also produced popular music recordings from at least the World War II years through the 1960s. One of their instrumental artists is accordionist Michele Corino, a soloist with Italy's prominent Angelini Orchestrauntil he moved to San Francisco (California), in 1948. "Mike" ran a prominent accordion studio in "North Beach Music" (a.k.a. Corino Music) and taught, worked and recorded with brothers Fabio and Gianfranco Giotta, part of the San Francisco-based Caffé Trieste (see also "Cavalier Records", "Caffé Trieste" and "Trieste Records"). Gianfranco shared the studio with Mike on the 1963 Cetra album titled "Rome to Paris".
^Creativity and Innovation in the Music Industry - Page 111 Peter Tschmuck - 2006 "In turn, he founded Cetra-Soria, which released Italian recordings in the U.S. that were pressed at record plants specifically"
later founded Angel Records). In 1966, Everest Records began distribution of several Cetra opera recordings in the United States. Cetra also produced popular...
(Carosello Records, CLN 25014) 2006 - Il quartetto Cetra (Twilight Music, TWI CD AS 06 28) 2009 - Tutto Cetra - Un bacio a mezzanotte (Rhino Records, 5051865-6726-5-4)...
Sisters. The three sisters signed with Parlophon, a record label at the time distributed by Cetra. Their name was Trio vocale sorelle Lescano ("Lescano...
Fonit Cetra was an Italian record label, active between 1957 and 2000. Fonit Cetra was founded in 1957 from merging two already existing labels: Cetra (acronym...
Ponchielli, La Gioconda, conducted by Antonino Votto, studio recording for CetraRecords, September 1952 Bellini, Norma, conducted by Vittorio Gui, live performance...
In 1970, Record World had reported in the November 7 issue that Esteban Morencos had gone to Milan to sign a three-year deal with CetraRecords for their...
Records (1980) "To Miami/Mama's Away" – CetraRecords (1980) "Dancing Nights/And I Love Her" – Polydor Records (1983) "Ya No Puedo Vivir (The Bush Remixes)"...
Retrieved 7 September 2010. "On-line catalogue entry Il Trittico". The Decca Record Company London. Retrieved 7 September 2010. "On-line catalogue entry Il...
Mario Borriello; Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino, Alfredo Simonetto – CetraRecords (LP), later licensed to Deutsche Grammophon 1954 – Elena Rizzieri [it]...
and Juliet. He recorded with the Minneapolis Symphony for RCA Victor during the 78-rpm era. He was also represented on the CetraRecords label, most notably...
official record industry. There exist only two studio recordings of complete operas featuring Olivero: Turandot (as Liù, with Gina Cigna, for CetraRecords, 1938)...
Scores at the International Music Score Library Project Synopsis from Naxos Records Libretto in English, impresario.ch Libretto in Italian, (with stage directions...
Nuova Fonit Cetra. Also in 1998, Time Warner Entertainment bought the remaining 50% of the Rhino Records label they did not own. The Rhino Records retail store...
collection album Carmen in 1967. The management of Villani's new Fonit Cetrarecord label had great plans for the singer. Her debut single, the classy torch...
several music labels, including CetraRecords, Syrinx, Mirabell, Arte Nova Classics, Sony Music, EMI-Classics, BIS Records, Brilliant Classics, Point Classics...
Serafino Bimbo. These were produced by record companies Durium Records, Compagnia Generale del Disco (CGD) and CetraRecords. Research conducted on the internet...
memorial album to the composer, on SDBR 3061. Everest negotiated with CetraRecords in Italy to issue that label's extensive catalog of complete opera recordings...
the RAI Torino Orchestra, with José Soler and Ugo Savarese. (1953) (CetraRecords) Tosca (Giacomo Puccini): Oliviero De Fabritiis conducting the Orchestra-Theatro...
forza del destino, under the baton of Gino Marinuzzi, that was made by CetraRecords in 1941. This was the first ever complete recording of this work. Masini...
from the stage in 1955. She can be heard in many recordings made for CetraRecords in the early 1950s, notably Le cantatrici villane, Le nozze di Figaro...
appears on several complete opera recordings made with EMI Classics and CetraRecords. Born in Como, Vaghi studied singing in Milan before making his debut...
seven thousand six hundred participants. In 1960 she recorded her first 7" single with CetraRecords: Édith Piaf's song "Milord". Her live debut was on...
September 2010. Fitzpatrick, Rob (4 September 2013). "The 101 strangest records on Spotify: Ruth Welcome – Romantic Zither". TheGuardian.com. Retrieved...
made by CetraRecords at the height of the tenor's powers in 1939. This performance was remastered in 2001 and released on CD by Naxos Records. In 2009...
are few recordings of her voice; three opera pieces were recorded in 1940 for CetraRecords and a series of concert arias, made from live recordings and...
her prime, Pagliughi recorded her interpretations of showpiece operatic arias. She also recorded complete operas for CetraRecords, including such bel...
etc. Deutsche Grammophon 1996 Mahler: Symphonie 2 in C minor Fonit CetraRecords 1997 Schubert: Die Verschworenen Opus III 1997 Brahms: Ein Deutsches...
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