(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1957(RA) - Rossi Mario - RAI Torino*
2 1959(LI) - Rescigno Nicola - American Opera Society*
3 1966(LI) - Rivoli Gianfranco - American Opera Society*
4 1967(LI) - Capuana Franco - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*
5 1968(LI) - Guadagno Anton - Philadelphia Lyric Opera*
6 1970(LI) - Cillario Carlo Felice - Gran Teatro del Liceo*
7 1970(STU) - Gavazzeni Gianandrea - RAI Roma*
8 1972(LI) - Magiera Leone - Radio Telefis Eireann Symphony Orchestra*
9 1987(LI) - Zedda Alberto - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia Opera***
10 1989(LI) - Queler Eve - Opera Orchestra of New York*
11 198?(SE) - Kolobov Yevgeny - Kirov Opera and Ballet Theatre of Leningrad*
12 1992(LI) - Santi Nello - Opernhaus Zürich*
13 1993(LI) - Fournillier Patrick - Orchestre**
14 1994(STU) - Viotti Marcello - Deutsche Oper Berlin*
15 2001(LI) - Frangi Susana - Orquesta de la Casa de la Opera de Buenos Aires**
16 2002(LI) - Pidò Evelino - Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France*
17 2003(LI) - Campanella Bruno - Metropolitan Opera*
18 2003(LI) - Carella Giuliano - Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra*
19 2007(LI) - Bartoletti Bruno - Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
*********************************************************************
Conductor Mario Rossi - 1957(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Torino
Chorus - RAI Torino
Imogene - Anna Di Cavalieri
Adele - Miti Truccato Pace
Gualtiero - Mirto Picchi
Ernesto - Walter Monachesi
Goffredo - Thomas O'Leary
Itulbo - Tomaso Spataro
------------------------------------------------------------------
Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera EJS 160 (2LPS) (1959)ª
Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 3793
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38
Comments:- Recorded on 28 June 1957 and broadcast on 9 February 1958
*********************************************************************
Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - American Opera Society
Chorus - American Opera Society
Imogene - Maria Callas
Adele - Regina Sarfaty
Gualtiero - Pier Miranda Ferraro
Ernesto - Constantino Ego
Goffredo - Glade Peterson
Itulbo - Chester Watson
------------------------------------------------------------------
Black Disc; - Replica RPL 2487/2488 {2LPS} (1980)ª; Replica RPL 22487 {2LPS} (1984)ª
Compact Disc; - *CBS-SONY 54DC 836-7 {2CDS} (Japan); Melodram MEL 26013 {2CDS};;; EMI CMS 7 64938-2 {2CDS}; (1993)ª; EMI CMS 5 66432-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; EMI TOCE 8335-6 {2CDS} (Japan) (1993)ª; DiVa 1137-1138 {2CDS} (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1994 p.91 [JBS]
Opera - January 1994 p.121; March 1998 p.289 (mention) [AB]
Opera Now - January 1994 p.32; January/February 1998 p.96 (mention) [GH]
Orpheus - November 1997 S.91 (mention)
Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.479-485 [JKL]
Opéra International - No.175 décembre 1993 p.62
Diapason - No.399 décembre 1993 p.122; No.442 novembre 1997 p.74 [JC]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.181-182 p.217 [CM]
BBC Music Magazine - January 1994 p.95
Classic CD - February 1994 p.60
American Record Guide - July-August 1994 Vol.57 No.4 p.72: July/August 1998 Vol.61 No.4 pp.265-266 (mention) [LM]
Répertoire - No.64 décembre 1993 p.96: No.105 Septembre 1997 p.68
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.103 octubre 1997 p.34 (mention) [JPS]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.40 julio-agosto 2000 p.90 [LB]
Comments:- Recording of a concert performance by the American Opera Society (January 1959, see THE GRAMOPHONE March 1959 p.445; OPERA, April 1959 p.214)
*********************************************************************
Conductor Gianfranco Rivoli - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - American Opera Society
Chorus - American Opera Society
Imogene - Montserrat Caballé
Adele - Sylvia Khatchadourian
Gualtiero - Bernabé Marti
Ernesto - Licinio Montefusco
Goffredo - Lawrence Davidson
Itulbo - Herbert Kraus
------------------------------------------------------------------
Compact Disc - live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS}
Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38
Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance in the Carnegie Hall, New York (25 April 1966; see OPERA June 1966 p.455). I thank Roger Beaumont for providing me with information that enabled me to correct an earlier version of this entry.
*********************************************************************
Conductor Franco Capuana - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Imogene - Montserrat Caballé
Adele - Flora Rafanelli
Gualtiero - Flaviano Labò
Ernesto - Piero Cappuccilli
Goffredo - Ugo Trama
Itulbo - Giuseppe Baratti
------------------------------------------------------------------
Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 405-3 {3LPS} (1983)ª
Compact Disc; - Nuova Era 2207/2208 {2CDS}; Memories HR 4186/4187 {2CDS};; Opera d'Oro OPD 1179 {2CDS} (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.479-485 [JKL]
Opéra International - juin 1995 No.192 p.62
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale (June 1967, see OPERA Festival Issue 1967 p.102). The HRE LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE July 1983 p.142. According to Robert Pullen and Stephen Taylor in «Casta Diva» p.378 the recording on the CDs issues by Nuova Era and Memories is of the performance on 13 June 1967 and is taken from Maggio Musicale's own archives and that Melodram has issued a recording (MEL 27015) of the performance on 15 June 1967 which was conducted by Erasmo Ghiglia. A recording of this performance has also been issued by Great Opera Performances (G.O.P. 729)
*********************************************************************
Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1968(LI)
Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Imogene - Montserrat Caballé
Adele - Janet Winburn
Gualtiero - Bernabé Marti
Ernesto - John Reardon
Goffredo - Herman Salerno
Itulbo - Jerry Helton
------------------------------------------------------------------
Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1860; live-rare-opera (unnumbered) {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (8 March 1968). The cast listed above is that given in Frank Hamilton's online «Partial Performance Chronology» of opera in Philadelphia. The CDRs issued by Omega and live-rare-opera are listed in their online catalogues (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).
*********************************************************************
Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Imogene - Montserrat Caballé
Adele - Montserrat Aparici
Gualtiero - Bernabé Marti
Ernesto - Vincenzo Sardinero
Goffredo - Carlo Del Bosco
------------------------------------------------------------------
Compact Disc - live-rare-opera (unnumbered) {2CDS}
Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo (December 1970). The CDs issued by live-rare-opera are (were?) listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The partial cast and conductor listed above are those given in «El Gran Teatro del Liceo» by Roger Alier i Aixala and Francesc X. Mata p.337. Some sources (including live-rare-opera) name Anton Guadagno as the conductor.
*********************************************************************
Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1970(STU)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Imogene - Montserrat Caballé
Adele - Flora Rafanelli
Gualtiero - Bernabé Marti
Ernesto - Piero Cappuccilli
Goffredo - Ruggero Raimondi
Itulbo - Giuseppe Baratti
------------------------------------------------------------------
Black Disc; - HMV SLS 953 {3LPS} (1971)ª
Compact Disc; - *EMI CMS 7 64169-2 (1992)ª;; EMI CMS 5 67121-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1971 p.493 [AP]; January 1972 p.1183; February 1993 p.74 [JBS]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.479-485 [JKL]
Opéra International - décembre 1992 p.69
Diapason - novembre 1992 p.122
Classic CD - February 1993 p.72
Répertoire - novembre 1992 p.35
Comments:- According to «Montserrat Caballe - Casta Diva» p.378 this recording was made in July 1970. According to «50 Anni di opera lirica alla RAI 1931-1980» p.200 it was broadcast on 28 September 1971
*********************************************************************
Conductor Leone Magiera - 1972(LI)
Orchestra - Radio Telefis Eireann Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Wexford Festival Opera Chorus
Imogene - Christiane Eda-Pierre
Adele - Mary Sheridan
Gualtiero - William Macdonald
Ernesto - Marco Bakker
Goffredo - Hugh Richardson
Itulbo - Noel Drennan
------------------------------------------------------------------
Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2788-2 {2CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Wexford Festival. See OPERA January 1973 pp.83-85. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «New Releases» dated Tuesday 08 January 2008.
*********************************************************************
Conductor Alberto Zedda - 1987(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia Opera
Chorus - Coro del Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari
Imogene - Lucia Aliberti
Adele - Adriana Molina
Gualtiero - Giuseppe Morino
Ernesto - Giorgio Surjan
Goffredo - Pietro Spagnoli
Itulbo - Michele Farruggia
------------------------------------------------------------------
Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 1466
DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 6025 (2007)ª
VHS Video Cassette; - Bel Canto Society #639 (1997)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Now - May/June 1997 p.89
Opera Quarterly - Vol.15 No.1 Winter 1999 p.128 [DM]
Comments:- *Recorded at the Valle d'Istria Festival. Martina Franca (July 1987). See OPERA November 1987 p.1272 and OPERA NEWS February 8 1997 (Insert after p.22). The DVD issued by Premiere is included in the list of New Releases that was published on their website in January 2007.
*********************************************************************
Conductor Eve Queler - 1989(LI)
Orchestra - Opera Orchestra of New York
Chorus - Pro Arte Chorale
Imogene - Aprile Millo
Adele - Ning Liang
Gualtiero - Giuseppe Morino
Ernesto - Paolo Coni
Goffredo - Robert Briggs
Itulbo - Dwayne Croft
------------------------------------------------------------------
Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDNY 109 {2CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38
Comments:- *This appears to be a recording of a concert performance in Carnegie Hall, New York on 6 March 1989. The cast listed above is that given in the website of OONY. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to HOO's website on April 9 2008. Here the year of the performance recorded is given (incorrectly) as 1991.
*********************************************************************
Conductor Yevgeny Kolobov - 198?(SE)
Orchestra - Kirov Opera and Ballet Theatre of Leningrad
Chorus - Kirov Opera and Ballet Theatre of Leningrad
Imogene - Evgenia Tselovalnik
Adele - Larissa Diadkova
Gualtiero - Konstantin Pluzhnikov
Ernesto - Sergei Leiferkus
Goffredo - Grigory Karasev
Itulbo - Vladimir Solodovnikov
------------------------------------------------------------------
Black Disc - Melodiya C10 22961 003 {2LPS}
Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38
Comments:- Recording of an abridged version. The LPs issued by Melodiya are listed in «Soviet Records» Supplement to the Main Catalogue 1987
*********************************************************************
Conductor Nello Santi - 1992(LI)
Orchestra - Opernhaus Zürich
Chorus - Opernhaus Zürich
Imogene - Mara Zampieri
Adele - Renate Lenhart
Gualtiero - Salvatore Fisichella
Ernesto - Rodney Gilfry
Goffredo - Boris Martinovich
Itulbo - Martin Zysset
------------------------------------------------------------------
Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 9092 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Zürich Opera House (19 September 2002; see OPERA December 1992 pp.1462-1463). I thank Moritz Schmidt for providing some of the information in this entry. The CDRs issued by Premiere were listed in their list of «Latest releases on Video and CD for 2003».
*********************************************************************
Conductor Patrick Fournillier - 1993(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestre
Chorus - Choeur
Imogene - Lucia Aliberti
Adele - Claire Larcher
Gualtiero - Rockwell Blake
Ernesto - Marcel Vanaud
Goffredo - François Loup
Itulbo - Antoine Normand
------------------------------------------------------------------
DVD (Video) - Encore 3209 (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in Saint-Etienne (May 1993; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL juillet-aoüt 1993 No.171 pp.53-54). The DVD issued on the Encore label is listed in the online catalogue of the «berkshire record outlet» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
*********************************************************************
Conductor Marcello Viotti - 1994(STU)
Orchestra - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Imogene - Lucia Aliberti
Adele - Hermine May
Gualtiero - Stuart Neill
Ernesto - Roberto Frontali
Goffredo - Kelly Anderson
Itulbo - José Guadalupe Reyes
------------------------------------------------------------------
Compact Disc; - Berlin Classics 0011152BC {2CDS} (1995)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1995 p.100 [JBS]
Opera - November 1996 p.1369
Fanfare - Vol.18 No.6 July/August 1995 p.122
Orpheus - November 1994 p.58; February 1995 p.58
Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.479-485 [JKL]
Opéra International - juin 1995 No.192 p.62
Diapason - No.415 mai 1995 p.88
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.167 p.114
American Record Guide - July/August 1995 Vol.58 No.4 p.86
Répertoire - No.79 avril 1995 p.28
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.63 septiembre 2003 p.83 [TF]
*********************************************************************
Conductor Susana Frangi - 2001(LI)
Orchestra - Orquesta de la Casa de la Opera de Buenos Aires
Chorus - Coro Polifónico Villa Devoto School
Imogene - Adelaide Negri
Adele - Vanesa Mautner
Gualtiero - G. Manzitti
Ernesto - E. Mella
Goffredo - Victor Castells
Itulbo - F. Nuñez
------------------------------------------------------------------
DVD (Video) - New Ornamenti DNO 306 (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Teatro Margarita Xirgú, Buenos Aires. The DVD is listed on the website:-
*********************************************************************
Conductor Evelino Pidò - 2002(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Chorus - Choeur de Radio France
Imogene - Renée Fleming
Adele - Patrizia Bicciré
Gualtiero - Marcello Giordani
Ernesto - Albert Schagidulin
Goffredo - Enrico Turco
Itulbo - Mirko Guadagnini
------------------------------------------------------------------
Compact Disc; - *Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 4642 {2CDRS} (2002)ª; House of Opera CD 821 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Celestial Audio CA 314 {2CDS} (2003)ª; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38
Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in the Théâtre du Chatelet (16 May 2002). According to the radio announcer the roles of Goffredo and Adele were sung by Enrico Turco and Patrizia Bicciré (as given above) and not by Andrea Silvestri and Francesca Provisionato, as originally announced. This performance was reviewed on the internet
*********************************************************************
Conductor Bruno Campanella - 2003(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Imogene - Renée Fleming
Adele - Maria Zifchak
Gualtiero - Marcello Giordani
Ernesto - Dwayne Croft
Goffredo - Tigran Martirossian
Itulbo - Garret Sorenson
------------------------------------------------------------------
Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 309 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (8 February 2003)
*********************************************************************
Conductor Giuliano Carella - 2003(LI)
Orchestra - Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Groot Omroepkoor
Imogene - Nelly Miricioiu
Adele - Carole Wilson
Gualtiero - Stefano Secco
Ernesto - Albert Shagidullin
Goffredo - Dejan Vatchkov
Itulbo - Gioacchino Lauro Li Vigni
------------------------------------------------------------------
Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers PIR 200301 {2CDRS} (Canada); Celestial Audio CA 423 {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38
Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (20 September 2003). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) and those issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues on January 2005.
*********************************************************************
Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 2007(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana
Chorus - Coro Lirico Marchigiano «Vincenzo Bellini»
Imogene - Mariella Devia
Adele - Nicoletta Zanini
Gualtiero - José Bros
Ernesto - Vladimir Stoyanov
Goffredo - Ugo Guagliardo
Itulbo - Luca Casalin
------------------------------------------------------------------
Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2684-2 {2CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38
Comments:- *This recording appears to be of a performance in the Teatro delle Muse, Ancona in January 2007. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» dated Wed 11 July 2007. The year of the performance recorded is given here (incorrectly?) as 2006.
Abbreviations
(STU), "Studio" Recording
(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts
(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source
(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source
(LI), "Live" Recording
(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts
(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance
(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance
(RA), A Radio Performance
(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance
(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast
(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance
(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film
(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film
CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988
EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994
GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)
HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973
MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982
MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993
MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997
More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999
NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli
PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993
Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española
Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española