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Zinka Milanov
voc, 1906-1989 US, Zagreb
Classical
A.k.a. Zinka Kunc
Zinka Milanov ([zîːŋka milǎnɔv̞]) (May 17, 1906 – May 30, 1989) was a Croatian-born operatic spinto soprano who had a major career centred on the New York Metropolitan Opera.
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Aida: Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside on Verdi: Aida by Giuseppe Verdi & Jonel Perlea Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo on Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana - 1953 by Zinka Milanov, Jussi Björling, Carol Smith, Robert Merrill, Margaret Roggero, Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor Orchestra, Robert Shaw & Renato Cellilni Pastirica The Shepherdess (Recorded 1955) on Zinka Milanov in Recital by Bozidar Kunc & Zinka Milanov Cavalleria rusticana: Prelude on Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni Il trovatore: Ah, sì, ben mio on Verdi: Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi, Jussi Björling, Renato Cellini, Zinka Milanov, Fedora Barbieri, Nicola Moscona, Leonard Warren, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra & Robert Shaw Chorale Te Deum on Arturo Toscanini Conducts Verdi: Requiem Mass & Te Deum by Giuseppe Verdi & Arturo Toscanini Dies Irae: Dies Irae on Verdi - Messa da Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi Cavalleria Rusticana: Ineggiamo, il Signor non 'e morto! on Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana - 1953 by Zinka Milanov, Jussi Björling, Carol Smith, Robert Merrill, Margaret Roggero, Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor Orchestra, Robert Shaw & Renato Cellilni Il trovatore: Di due figli vivea on Verdi: Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi, Jussi Björling, Renato Cellini, Zinka Milanov, Fedora Barbieri, Nicola Moscona, Leonard Warren, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra & Robert Shaw Chorale Cavalleria Rusticana: Il cavallo scalpita on Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana - 1953 by Zinka Milanov, Jussi Björling, Carol Smith, Robert Merrill, Margaret Roggero, Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor Orchestra, Robert Shaw & Renato CellilniTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toscanini Conducts Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Op. 123 | Zinka Milanov - Bruna Castagna, Jussi Björling - Alexander Kipnis, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Westminster Choir | 2017 | Album |
| Mefistofele / I Lombardi • Rigoletto (Excerpts) | Arrigo Boito / Giuseppe Verdi - Zinka Milanov • Nan Merriman • Jan Peerce • Leonard Warren • Nicola Moscona, Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra | 2017 | Album |
| Tosca | Giacomo Puccini : Zinka Milanov, Franco Corelli, Gian Giacomo Guelfi, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Alexander Gibson | 2006 | Album |
| Messa Da Requiem | Giuseppe Verdi, Arturo Toscanini, Zinka Milanov, Kerstin Thorborg, Helge Roswaenge | 1998 | Compil. |
| La Forza Del Destino | Giuseppe Verdi, Zinka Milanov, Giuseppe di Stefano, Leonard Warren, Rosalind Elias, Giorgio Tozzi, Fernando Previtali | 1996 | Album |
| La Gioconda | Amilcare Ponchielli, Ettore Panizza, Giovanni Martinelli, Zinka Milanov | 1994 | Compil. |
| Messa Da Requiem | Giuseppe Verdi, Arturo Toscanini, Zinka Milanov, Kerstin Thorborg, Helge Roswaenge | 1994 | Album |
| La Forza Del Destino | Giuseppe Verdi - Zinka Milanov, Richard Tucker, Leonard Warren, Cesare Siepi, Fernando Corena, Rosalind Elias, Fritz Stiedry | 1994 | Album |
| Norma | Vincenzo Bellini - Zinka Milanov, Jennie Tourel, Frederick Jagel, Norman Cordon, Cesare Sodero | 1992 | Album |
| La Gioconda (Abridged) | Amilcare Ponchielli - Zinka Milanov | 1991 | Album |
| Zinka Kunc I Mario Del Monaco U Danima Najveće Slave - III. - Operni Dueti | Zinka Milanov, Mario del Monaco | 1990 | Compil. |
| Un Ballo In Maschera | Giuseppe Verdi - Zinka Milanov, Jussi Björling, Bruna Castagna, Sándor Svéd, Ettore Panizza | 1990 | Album |
| Tosca (HIghlights) | Giacomo Puccini - Zinka Milanov ; Jussi Björling ; Leonard Warren ; Erich Leinsdorf ; Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma And Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma | 1990 | Compil. |
| Zinka Kunc I Mario Del Monaco U Danima Najveće Slave - I. | Zinka Milanov | 1990 | Compil. |
| Tosca (HIghlights) | Giacomo Puccini - Zinka Milanov ; Jussi Björling ; Leonard Warren ; Erich Leinsdorf ; Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma And Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma | 1990 | Compil. |
| Zinka Milanov (Bellini / Verdi / Mascagni / Puccini) | Zinka Milanov | 1990 | Compil. |
| The Pearl Fishers Duet - Les Pecheurs De Perles Duo (Plus Duets And Scenes By Puccini And Verdi) | Jussi Björling, Robert Merrill, Zinka Milanov, Licia Albanese, Renata Tebaldi | 1988 | Compil. |
| Great Artists At The Met | Zinka Milanov | 1988 | Album |
| Milanov At The Met | Zinka Milanov | 1980 | Compil. |
| Un Ballo In Maschera (Pagine Scelte) | Giuseppe Verdi - Richard Tucker, Zinka Milanov, Dimitri Mitropoulos, The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra And Metropolitan Opera Chorus | 1980 | Album |
| La Gioconda Gala | Amilcare Ponchielli, Luciano Pavarotti, Montserrat Caballé, Renata Tebaldi, Marilyn Horne, Zinka Milanov, Mario del Monaco, Carlo Bergonzi, Robert Merrill, Sherrill Milnes, Ettore Bastianini, Georg Solti | 1979 | Album |
| Great Artists At The Met | Marilyn Horne, Ezio Pinza, Joan Sutherland, Enrico Caruso, Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker, Renata Tebaldi, Placido Domingo, Renata Scotto, Sherrill Milnes, Risë Stevens, Jussi Björling, Luciano Pavarotti, Zinka Milanov | 1977 | Compil. |
| Un Ballo In Maschera | Giuseppe Verdi / Zinka Milanov / Richard Tucker / Josef Metternich / Jean Madeira / Roberta Peters / The Metropolitan Opera, Dimitri Mitropoulos | 1976 | Album |
| Aida | Giuseppe Verdi / Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma, Jonel Perlea, Jussi Björling, Leonard Warren, Zinka Milanov | 1973 | Album |
| Cavalleria Rusticana And First LP Release : Milanov's Early Recordings | Pietro Mascagni, Zinka Milanov, Jussi Björling, Robert Merrill | 1971 | Album |
| Unforgettable Voices Sing Italian Opera | Enrico Caruso, Lily Pons, Rosa Ponselle, Emmy Destinn, Zinka Milanov, Tito Schipa, Sigrid Onegin, Margarete Matzenauer, Giuseppe De Luca, Johanna Gadski, Pasquale Amato, Florence Quartararo, Ramón Vinay | 1969 | Compil. |
| The Art Of Zinka Milanov | Zinka Milanov | 1968 | Compil. |
| Milanov Famous Operatic Arias | Zinka Milanov | 1966 | Album |
| La Giaconda Abridged - Arije I Scene | Amilcare Ponchielli, Zinka Milanov, Giuseppe di Stefano, Leonard Warren, Rosalind Elias, Fernando Previtali | 1966 | Album |
| 13 Perle Del Melodramma: Le Pagine Più Belle Dell'Opera Lirica | Ettore Bastianini - Jussi Björling - Franco Corelli - Rosalind Elias - Mirella Freni - Tito Gobbi - Anna Moffo - Zinka Milanov - Birgit Nilsson - Leontyne Price - Joan Sutherland - Renata Tebaldi - Cesare Valletti - Leonard Warren | 1965 | Single |
| Scenes from La Gioconda and La Forza del Destino | Giuseppe di Stefano, Zinka Milanov, Rosalind Elias, Leonard Warren | 1964 | Album |
| La Forza Del Destino | Giuseppe Verdi - Giuseppe di Stefano / Zinka Milanov | 1960 | Single |
| La Gioconda (Abridged) | Amilcare Ponchielli, Zinka Milanov, Giuseppe di Stefano, Leonard Warren, Rosalind Elias, Fernando Previtali | 1958 | Album |
| La Gioconda | Amilcare Ponchielli, Zinka Milanov, Giuseppe di Stefano, Leonard Warren, Rosalind Elias, Belen Amparan, Plinio Clabassi, Fernando Valentini, Giacomo Cottino, Virgilio Carbonari, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia And Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Bonaventura Somma, Fernando Previtali | 1958 | Album |
| Tosca | Giacomo Puccini - Zinka Milanov ; Jussi Björling ; Leonard Warren ; Erich Leinsdorf ; Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma And Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma | 1958 | Album |
| Great Moments In Opera - Verdi-Puccini | Licia Albanese, Jussi Björling, Victoria De Los Angeles, Robert Merrill, Zinka Milanov, Jan Peerce, Roberta Peters, Giorgio Tozzi, Cesare Valletti, Leonard Warren | 1958 | Compil. |
| Tosca | Giacomo Puccini - Zinka Milanov ; Jussi Björling ; Leonard Warren ; Erich Leinsdorf ; Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma | 1958 | Album |
| The First Recordings Of Marian Anderson / The First Recordings Of Zinka Milanov | Marian Anderson / Zinka Milanov | 1957 | Album |
| Highlights From Verdi: Aïda | Giuseppe Verdi, Zinka Milanov, Fedora Barbieri, Jussi Björling, Leonard Warren, Jonel Perlea | 1957 | Album |
| A Milanov Recital | Zinka Milanov, Božidar Kunc | 1955 | Album |
| Aida Extracts | Zinka Milanov And RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Renato Cellini | 1955 | Single |
| Verdi IL TROVATORE (Highlights) | Giuseppe Verdi, Zinka Milanov, Fedora Barbieri, Jussi Björling, Leonard Warren, Margaret Roggero, Paul Franke, Nicola Moscona, The Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw | 1955 | Album |
| A Masked Ball (Highlights) | Giuseppe Verdi, Zinka Milanov, Roberta Peters, Marian Anderson, Jan Peerce, Leonard Warren, Dimitri Mitropoulos, The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra | 1955 | Album |
| Milanov sings | Zinka Milanov | 1954 | Single |
| I Pagliacci / Cavalleria Rusticana | Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Pietro Mascagni, Jussi Björling, Victoria De Los Angeles, Robert Merrill, Zinka Milanov, Leonard Warren, Robert Shaw, Renato Cellini | 1953 | Single |
| I Pagliacci / Cavalleria Rusticana | Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Pietro Mascagni, Jussi Björling, Victoria De Los Angeles, Robert Merrill, Zinka Milanov, Leonard Warren, Robert Shaw, Renato Cellini | 1953 | Album |
| Il Trovatore (Der Troubadour) | Giuseppe Verdi, Zinka Milanov, Jussi Björling, Fedora Barbieri, Leonard Warren, The Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw | 1952 | Album |
| Il Trovatore, Act IV | Zinka Milanov And Jan Peerce With Frieder Weissmann Conducting RCA Victor Chorale And Orchestra, Giuseppe Verdi | 1945 | Album |
| Tosca | Giacomo Puccini - Zinka Milanov ; Jussi Björling ; Leonard Warren ; Erich Leinsdorf ; Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma And Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma | Album | |
| Cavalleria Rusticana | Robert Merrill, Zinka Milanov, Margaret Roggero e la RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra diretta da Renato Cellini | Single | |
| Tosca - Opera Completa | Giacomo Puccini - Zinka Milanov ; Jussi Björling ; Leonard Warren ; Fernando Corena, Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma E Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma | Album | |
| Arias Sung And Acted | Zinka Milanov, Judith Anderson | Single | |
| Slavne Arije Giacoma Puccinia - Tosca / La Bohème / Gianni Schicchi / Madame Butterfly | Zinka Milanov | Single | |
| Il Trovatore | Giuseppe Verdi, Jussi Björling · Zinka Milanov, Fedora Barbieri, Leonard Warren, The Robert Shaw Chorale And RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Renato Cellini | Album | |
| Cavalleria Rusticana / I Pagliacci | Jussi Björling, Victoria De Los Angeles, Zinka Milanov, Leonard Warren, Robert Merrill, Robert Shaw, Renato Cellini | Album | |
| Pace, Pace, Mio Dio / Voi Lo Sapete | Zinka Milanov | Single | |
| Tosca (Arien Und Szenen) | Giacomo Puccini, Zinka Milanov, Jussi Björling, Leonard Warren, Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma, Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma, Erich Leinsdorf | Album | |
| Arias From "Il Trovatore" | Zinka Milanov, Paul Franke | Single | |
| Ten Sopranos / Ten Arias | Licia Albanese / Lucrezia Bori / Victoria De Los Angeles / Kirsten Flagstad / Amelita Galli-Curci / Lotte Lehmann / Zinka Milanov / Rosa Ponselle / Elisabeth Rethberg / Helen Traubel | Compil. | |
| Sings | Zinka Milanov | Album |
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