Giuseppe Di Stefano

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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Giuseppe Di Stefano — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

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Decades seen

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desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

How a sergeant's sleepless night saved Giuseppe Di Stefano from the Russian front

Castaway · 20 June 1981Roy Plomley

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How The Great Caruso inspired Jose Carreras to sing

Castaway · 6 December 1980Roy Plomley