Di Stefano, 57, of Canterbury, is known as the "devil's advocate" for representing high-profile criminals.
Giovanni di Stefano was convicted of 25 charges including deception, fraud and money laundering between 2001 and 2011.
The days when La Scala opera stars like Maria Callas and Giuseppe di Stefano were international celebrities have passed.
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Six months after the Belfast performance, Pavarotti landed a role covering for Giuseppe di Stefano in La Boheme in London's Covent Garden.
Her vocal partners on this recording the then-rising tenor Mr. di Stefano and the established baritone Mr. Gobbi proved to be equally well chosen.
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Real Madrid became the world's dominant team in the 1950s with a roster filled with foreign stars, such as Argentine Alfredo Di Stefano.
Ronaldo was presented with the number nine shirt by the most famous player to wear it for the club - the legendary Alfredo di Stefano.
Di Stefano, who was born in the small Italian town of Petrella Tifernina, moved to Britain as a boy and attended school in Wollaston, in Northamptonshire.
Well, as co-founder Ariel Di Stefano told me, it was a case of knowing somebody who knew a couple of people who were willing to take a look.
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During the trial, the court was told about Di Stefano's links with President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe, al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden, and his "friendship" with the daughter of Slobodan Milosevic.
Mr. di Stefano's voice, like Ms. Callas's, degenerated early.
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Amazingly, the production directed by Franco Zeffirelli marked the first time Ms. Callas and Mr. Gobbi together performed "Tosca" before an audience. (Alas, Mr. di Stefano is absent.) But the voices are a decade older.
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Di Stefano - who has said his clients included serial killer Dr Harold Shipman and Serbian war criminal Slobodan Milosevic - did not react as the 25 guilty verdicts were delivered at London's Southwark Crown Court.
When opera lovers start thinking about vital recordings, one in particular is almost always mentioned: EMI's 1953 "Tosca, " with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano and Tito Gobbi in the leading roles and Victor de Sabata conducting.
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Through the 1950s it would be the home of the greatest team in Europe, winning the continental championship each year from 1956-60 under the leadership of Argentine Alfredo Di Stefano, who headed a cast of world all-stars.
Giovanni di Stefano, one of Hussein's defense attorneys, told CNN the U.S. military officially informed him that the former Iraqi dictator had been transferred to Iraqi custody, but that the move in U.S. court could have meant that Hussein was back in U.S. custody.
And while the opera's ending is, of course, never in doubt, I still find myself thinking that maybe this time Cavaradossi and Tosca will escape the clutches of Scarpia's henchmen, so vital is the spirit that Ms. Callas and Mr. di Stefano bring to their roles.
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It found Di Stefano guilty of nine counts of obtaining a money transfer by deception, eight counts of fraud, three counts of acquiring criminal property, two counts of using a false instrument, one count of attempting to obtain a money transfer by deception, one count of obtaining property by deception and one count of using criminal property.
Director Stefano Vizioli, set designer Neil Patel, costume designer Roberta Guidi di Bagno and lighting designer Matt Frey created a coherent look for the two pieces: The plain but appealing 1930s orphanage for "Mese Mariano" included a large blow-up of a child's drawing.
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