There is only one recording of Fausta by Gaetano Donizetti on file (performed in Italian)

Conductor Daniel Oren - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Costantino il Grande - Renato Bruson

Fausta - Raina Kabaivanska

Crispo - Giuseppe Giacomini

Massimiano - Luigi Roni

Licinia - Ambra Vespasiani

Albino - Tullio Panè

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Black Disc; - Historical recording Enterprises HRE 381 {3LPS} (1982)ª; Bismark Beane MRF 185 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Italian Opera Rarities LO 7701-03 {3CDS}; Gala GL 100617 (+Lucia di Lammermoor - Fabritiis 1957 - short excerpts) {3CDS} (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

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This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Heft 7+8 Juli+August 2003 S.83 [KC]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No. Spring 1984 p.172, p.177 [RP3]

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Opéra International - mai 1997 No.213 p.20, p.54

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Rome (November 1981, see OPERA March 1982 p.312). The HRE LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE June 1982 p.82

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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

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