There are 90 recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano on file

Order by conductor

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1 1920(STU) - Sabajno Carlo - Teatro alla Scala*

2 1929(STU) - Molajoli Lorenzo - Teatro alla Scala*

3 1941(STU) - Fabritiis Oliviero De - Teatro alla Scala*

4 1942(RE) - Heger Robert - Berliner Staatsoper*

5 1949(LE) - Sabata Victor de - Teatro alla Scala*

6 1951(LI) - Santini Gabriele - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*

7 1951(STU) - Paoletti Alberto - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*

8 1953(STU) - Basile Arturo - RAI Torino*

9 1954(LI) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*

10 1955(FI) - Questa Angelo - RAI Milano***

11 1955(LI) - Moralt Rudolf - Wiener Staatsoper*

12 1955(LI) - Votto Antonino - Teatro alla Scala*

13 1956(RA) - Sawallisch Wolfgang - Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks*

14 1956(STU) - Gavazzeni Gianandrea - Santa Cecilia*

15 1957(LI) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*

16 1957(STU) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*

17 1958(LI) - Capuana Franco - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*

18 1958(LI) - NOT KNOWN - Palacio de las Bellas Artes*

19 1960(LE) - Gavazzeni Gianandrea - Teatro alla Scala*

20 1960(LI) - Matacic Lovro von - Wiener Staatsoper*

21 1960(LI;26/3/60;Tucker - Tebaldi) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*

22 1960(LI;5/3/60;Bergonzi - Milanov) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*

23 1960(LI;Atlanta) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*

24 1961(LE) - Bamboschek Giuseppe - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company*

25 1961(LI) - Capuana Franco - NHK Symphony Orchestra***

26 1961(LI) - Guadagno Anton - Palacio de las Bellas Artes*

27 1962(LI) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*

28 1962(LI) - Rigacci Bruno - Teatro Comunale di Firenze*

29 1963(LI) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*

30 1963(RA) - Mannino Franco - RAI Torino*

31 1963(STU) - Santini Gabriele - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*

32 1965(LI) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - San Francisco Opera*

33 1966(LI) - Gardelli Lamberto - Metropolitan Opera*

34 1966(LI) - Guadagno Anton - Philadelphia Grand Opera*

35 1966(LI;13/4/1966) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - Metropolitan Opera*

36 1966(LI;22/3/1966) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - Metropolitan Opera*

37 1967(LI) - Guadagno Anton - Orquesta Filarmónica Municipal de Santiago de Chile*

38 1967(LI) - Jamin Paul - L'Opéra de Nice*

39 1970(LI) - Annovazzi Napoleone - Orchestra of Radiotelefis Eireann*

40 1970(LI) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*

41 1970(LI) - Guadagno Anton - New Philharmonia Orchestra*

42 1970(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera*

43 1970(LI) - Sébastian Georges - Orchestre Lyrique de l'O.R.T.F.*

44 1970(LI;8-5-70) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - Metropolitan Opera*

45 1972(LI) - Guadagno Anton - Gran Teatro del Liceo*

46 1972(LI) - Peloso Paolo - Teatro Communale di Genova*

47 1972-73(FI) - Bartoletti Bruno - RAI Milano**

48 1973(LI) - Moresco Carlo - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company*

49 1973(LI) - Rescigno Nicola - Dallas Civic Opera*

50 1974(LI) - Braggio Mario - Teatro Regio di Torino*

51 1974(LI) - Erede Alberto - Deutsche Oper am Rhein*

52 1976(STU) - Levine James - National Philharmonic Orchestra*

53 1977(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera*

54 1978(LI) - Buckley Emerson - New York City Opera*

55 1979(LI) - Bartoletti Bruno - Chicago Lyric Opera*

56 1979(LI) - Marco Eugenio Mario - Teatro Liceo (Barcelona)***

57 1981(LI) - Santi Nello - Wiener Staatsoper***

58 1982(LI;23/12/82) - Chailly Riccardo - Teatro alla Scala*

59 1982(LI;31/12/82) - Chailly Riccardo - Teatro alla Scala*

60 1982/1984(STU) - Chailly Riccardo - National Philharmonic Orchestra*

61 1983(LI) - Chailly Riccardo - Wiener Staatsoper*

62 1985(LI) - Chailly Riccardo - Teatro alla Scala***

63 1985(LI) - Chailly Riccardo - Teatro alla Scala*

64 1985(LI) - Lauret Benito - Orquesta*

65 1985(LI) - Masini Gian-Franco - Theater der Stadt Bonn*

66 1985(LI) - Rudel Julius - Covent Garden***

67 1986(LI) - Gelmetti Gianluigi - Arena di Verona*

68 1986(STU) - Patanè Giuseppe - Hungarian State Orchestra*

69 1989(LC) - Viotti Marcello - Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt*

70 1989(LI) - Rudel Julius - Canadian Opera Company*

71 1990(LI) - Monica Fabio (Fabiano) - Teatro Principal de Palma de Mallorca*

72 1990(LI) - Rudel Julius - Metropolitan Opera*

73 1991(LI) - Olmi Paolo - Teatro Comunale dell'Opera di Genova*

74 1992(LI) - Viotti Marcello - Wiener Staatsoper*

75 1995(LI) - Bartoletti Bruno - Chicago Lyric Opera*

76 1996(LI) - Armiliato Marco - Wiener Staatsoper*

77 1996(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera***

78 1996(LI) - Mercurio Steven - Seattle Opera*

79 1996(LI) - Veltri Michelangelo - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)**

80 1997(LI) - Kellog Cal Stewart - Opera Company of Philadelphia**

81 1998(LI) - Armstrong Richard - Covent Garden*

82 1999(LI) - Campori Angelo - Orchestra Sinfonica dell Emilia Romagna «Arturo Toscanini»**

83 2003(LI) - Fischer Adám - Wiener Staatsoper*

84 2003(LI) - Olmi Paolo - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia*

85 2005(STU) - Sutej Vlekoslav - Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano «Giuseppe Verdi»*

86 2006(LI) - Rizzi Carlo - Teatro Comunale di Bologna**

87 2007(LI) - Armiliato Marco - Metropolitan Opera*

88 2007(LI;Armiliato) - Steinberg Pinchas - Gran Teatro del Liceo*

89 2007(LI;Cura) - Steinberg Pinchas - Gran Teatro del Liceo*

90 2008(LI) - Olmi Paolo - Orchestre Symphonique et Lyriique de Nancy*

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Sabajno - 1920(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Andrea Chénier - Luigi Lupato

Carlo Gérard - Adolfo Pacini

Madeleine di Coigny - Valentina Bartolomasi

La mulatta Bersi - Nelda Garrone

La Contessa di Coigny - Nelda Garrone

Madelon - Gilda Timitz

Roucher - A. Venturini

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Ubaldo Ceccarelli

Fouquier Tinville - Francesco Festa

Un Incredible - Francesco Festa

Pietro Fléville - A. Venturini

L'abate - Francesco Festa

Schmidt - Ubaldo Ceccarelli

Il maestro di casa - Ubaldo Ceccarelli

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Black Disc - Società Nazionale del Grammofono «La Voce del Padrone» S 5520-5552 (even numbers) {17x78s}

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- The 78s are listed in the catalogue of the Società Nazionale del Grammofono dated luglio 1921. They were recorded between 19 June and 3 July 1920. More details can be found in «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Lorenzo Molajoli - 1929(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Andrea Chénier - Luigi Marini

Carlo Gérard - Carlo Galeffi

Madeleine di Coigny - Lina Bruna Rasa

La mulatta Bersi - Ida Conti

La Contessa di Coigny - Anna Masetti-Bassi

Madelon - Anna Masetti-Bassi

Roucher - Salvatore Baccaloni

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Aristide Baracchi

Fouquier Tinville - Salvatore Baccaloni

Un Incredible - Giuseppe Nessi

Pietro Fléville - Natale Villa

L'abate - Giuseppe Nessi

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Black Disc; - Columbia GQX 10106-18 {13x78s} (Italy) ; Columbia OP 21 (69361 D - 69373 D} {13x78s} (USA) ;; Columbia «Entré» EL-10 {3LPS} (USA) (1954)ª

Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 945.114 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Arkadia 78042 {2CDS}; Naxos «Historical» 8.110066/7 (+Bruna Rasa recital) {2CDS}(2001)ª

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - May 1995 p.47

Fanfare - Vol.18 No.4 March/April 1995 p.172

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.164 p.165

American Record Guide - January 1954 Vol.20 No.5 p.144 (mention): November/ December 1995 Vol.58 No.6 p.285: July/August 2001 Vol.64 No.4 p.266 [MM]

High Fidelity Magazine - April 1954 Vol.4 No.2 pp.45-46 [JH]

Répertoire - No.78 mars 1995 p.42

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.16 junio-agosto 1995 p.60

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - abril 2001 No.142 pp.44-45 [JS]

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1941(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Andrea Chénier - Beniamino Gigli

Carlo Gérard - Gino Bechi

Madeleine di Coigny - Maria Caniglia

La mulatta Bersi - Maria Huder

La Contessa di Coigny - Giulietta Simionato

Madelon - Vittoria Palombini

Roucher - Italo Tajo

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Leone Paci

Fouquier Tinville - Giuseppe Taddei

Un Incredible - Adelio Zagonora

Pietro Fléville - Giuseppe Taddei

L'abate - Adelio Zagonora

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Black Disc - HMV DB 5423-35(13x78s); HMV DB 9050-62 (13x78s;AC) World Record Club H 105/6 {2LPS}; RCA Victor LCT 6014 {2LPS} Seraphim IB 6019 {2LPS}; Melodiya M10 37377-80 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - *EMI CHS 7 69996-2 {2CDS} (1989)ª; Phonograph PH 5063/64 {2CDS}; Arkadia 78012 {2CDS} ; Naxos «Historical» 8.110275-76 (+excerpts) {2CDS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1968 p.560 January 1990 p. [JBS]

Opera - December 1952 pp.749-750 [H]; December 1968 p.1006 [HDR]

Opera Now - March/April 1998 p.99 [GH]

Fanfare - Vol.27 No.6 July/August 2004 pp.100-101 [JM]

Orpheus - April 1997 S.56; Juli+August 2004 S.65 [LW]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.4 Winter 1990/91 pp.192-194 [LG]

Diapason - No.509 décembre 2003 p.130 [PK]

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.177 p.125

American Record Guide - April 1954 Vol.20 No.8 p.253 [PHR]: January/February 1990 Vol.53 No.1 p.134 [VAL]

The Absolute Sound - Issue 71 May/June 1991 p.146

Classical Express - Issue No.80 November 1996 p.6

International Opera Collector - Summer 1997 No.4 p.98

ARSC Journal - Vol.30 No.1 Spring 1999 p.54 [CB] : Vol.35 No.2 Fall 2004 pp.301-302 [EAM]

ARSC Journal - Vol.30 No.1 Spring 1999 p.54 [CB]: Vol.35 No.2 Fall 2004 pp.301-302 [EAM]

Répertoire - No.97 décembre 1996 p.37

Musica (Milano) - No.100 Ottobre-Novembre 1996 p.129

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.66 diciembre 2003 p.84 [JV]

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in German

Conductor Robert Heger - 1942(RE)

Orchestra - Berliner Staatsoper

Chorus - Berliner Staatsoper

Andrea Chénier - Helge Roswaenge

Carlo Gérard - Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender

Madeleine di Coigny - Käthe Heidersbach

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Felix Fleischer(-Janczak)

Fouquier Tinville - Hans Wrana

Dumas - Michael Roggen

Schmidt - Hans Wrana

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Black Disc - *BASF 21361-7 {1LP}

Compact Disc - Preiser Records 90 272 (+Rigoletto - excerpts) ZYX Music PD 5039-2 {1CD}

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - September 1997 p.64 (mention) [AI]

Orpheus - Mai 1997 S.60; Juni 1997 S.62

Diapason - No.424 juillet-aoüt 1996 p.112

American Record Guide - November/December 1996 Vol.59 No.6 p.303

L'opera (Milano) - Anno X - N.101 - ottobre 1996 p.82

Comments:- According to Preiser the orchestra and chorus are those of the Berliner Rundfunk

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Victor de Sabata - 1949(LE)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Andrea Chénier - Mario Del Monaco

Carlo Gérard - Paolo Silveri

Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Tebaldi

La mulatta Bersi - Silvana Zanolli

La Contessa di Coigny - Ebe Ticozzi

Madelon - Fedora Barbieri

Roucher - Giuseppe Modesti

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Carmelo Maugeri

Fouquier Tinville - Eraldo Coda

Un Incredible - Mariano Caruso

Pietro Fléville - Attilio Barbesi

L'abate - Giuseppe Nessi

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Black Disc; - Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 42 {1LP} (1982)ª

Compact Disc; - Myto 1 MCD 906.34 (+La Bohème - excerpts) {1CD} (1990)ª; Myto «Historical» H047 {1CD} (+La Bohème - excerpts) (2000)ª

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Musica (Milano) - N.28 Anno 7 marzo 1983 p.91 [GL]

Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at La Scala (March 1949). All of the singers listed above may not take part in these excerpts. The Fonit Cetra LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1982 p.529

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1951(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Andrea Chénier - Mario Filippeschi

Carlo Gérard - Carlo Tagliabue

Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Tebaldi

La mulatta Bersi - Maria Bertasi

La Contessa di Coigny - Edmea Limberti

Madelon - Anna Maria Anelli

Roucher - Augosto Romani

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Carlo Badioli

Un Incredible - Luciano Della Pegola

Pietro Fléville - Gerardo Gaudioso

L'abate - Gianni Avolanti

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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 232-2 {2CDRS}

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (January 1951). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in their online catalogue.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Paoletti - 1951(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Andrea Chénier - Gino Sarri

Carlo Gérard - Antonio Manca Serra

Madeleine di Coigny - Franca Sacchi

La mulatta Bersi - Loretta di Leilo

La Contessa di Coigny - Anna (Maria) Marcangeli

Madelon - Lucia Danieli

Roucher - Carlo Platania

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Piero (Pietro) Passarotti

Fouquier Tinville - Alberto Vinci

Un Incredible - Nino Mazziotti

Pietro Fléville - Virgilio Stocco

L'abate - Romeo Legga

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Black Disc; - Urania URLP 218 {3LPS}; Nixa ULP 9218 1-3 {3LPS} (1955)ª

Compact Disc; - Preiser Records 20037 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Cantus Classics 500699 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1955 p.409 [PHW]

Opera - May 1955 p.326

American Record Guide - June 1952 Vol.18 No.10 p.297 [MDS]

E.M.G. Monthly Letter - March 1955 p.14

International Record Review - February 2006 p.28 [JTH]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.80 mayo 2005 p.86 [VJ]

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Arturo Basile - 1953(STU)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Andrea Chénier - José Soler

Carlo Gérard - Ugo Savarese

Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Tebaldi

La mulatta Bersi - Ines Marietti

La Contessa di Coigny - Irma Colasanti

Madelon - Irma Colasanti

Roucher - Giuliano Ferrein

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Pier Luigi Latinucci

Fouquier Tinville - Giuliano Ferrein

Un Incredible - Armando Benzi

Pietro Fléville - Alberto Albertini

L'abate - Tommaso Soley

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Black Disc - Cetra LPC 1244; D.G.G. 18243-45 LPM; Cetra C 1224 {3LPS} (USA); Cetra LPO-2 2047

Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDO 24 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Warner Fonit 8573 87486-2 {2CDS} (2002)ª

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera - December 1994 p.1391

Opera News - November 1995 p.48

Fanfare - Vol.18 No.3 January/February 1995 p.164

Orpheus - April 2002 S.57 [GH]

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.164 p.165

American Record Guide - January 1954 Vol.20 No.5 p.152 [JN]

High Fidelity Magazine - April 1954 Vol.4 No.2 pp.45-46 [JH]

Opernwelt - 1/Januar 1996 S.55

Classic Record Collector - Summer 2002 pp.100-101 [JTH]

Répertoire - No.73 October 1994 p.92

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.160 aprile 2002 p.108 [GL]

Comments:- Recorded 25 May - 2 June 1953. A disc of excerpts from this recording is reviewed in THE GRAMOPHONE June 1961 p.24

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Mario Del Monaco

Carlo Gérard - Leonard Warren

Madeleine di Coigny - Zinka Milanov

La mulatta Bersi - Rosalind Elias

La Contessa di Coigny - Hertha Glaz

Madelon - Sandra Warfield

Roucher - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Salvatore Baccaloni

Fouquier Tinville - Norman Scott

Un Incredible - Alessio De Paolis

Pietro Fléville - George Cehanovsky

L'abate - Gabor Carelli

Dumas - Osie Hawkins

Schmidt - Lawrence Davidson

Il maestro di casa - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

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Black Disc - Metropolitan Opera Guild MET 15 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Nuova Era 2364-2365 {2CDS}; The Opera Lovers AND 195401 {2CDRS};; Myto 2 MCD 043 H094 (+Rigoletto - excerpts - Warren) {2CDS} (2004)ª; Bensar OL 12454 (BRO 125871) {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.168-169 [WA2]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIX N.192 marzo 2005 pp.88-89 [GL]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.82 julio-agosto 2005 pp.86-87 [JS]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (4 December 1954). See «Sign Off for the Old Met» by Paul Jackson pp.156-158. OPERA March 1955 p.162. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) and those issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Angelo Questa - 1955(FI)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Andrea Chénier - Mario Del Monaco

Carlo Gérard - Giuseppe Taddei

Madeleine di Coigny - Antonietta Stella

La mulatta Bersi - Luisa Mandelli

La Contessa di Coigny - Maria Amadini

Madelon - Ortensia Beggiato

Roucher - Franco Calabrese

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Leo Pudis

Fouquier Tinville - Leonardo Monreale

Un Incredible - Athos Cesarini

Pietro Fléville - Arturo La Porta

L'abate - Salvatore De Tommaso

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Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 941.95 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66359 {2CDS} (2006)ª

DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5065; Bel Canto Society BCSD 0003

VHS Video Cassette; - Legato LCV 010(PAL); Bel Canto Society #3 ;; Hardy Classic HCV 1011 (PAL) (1999)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1997 p.152 (video) [AB]

Opera News - November 1995 S.48 (audio)

Fanfare - Vol.30 No.6 July/August 2007 pp.126-127 (audio) [JM]

Orpheus - April 1994 p.60 (audio); März + April 2008 S.57 (audio) [KC]

Opéra International - novembre 2000 No.251 p.59 (video) [SS]

International Opera Collector - Autumn 1997 No.5 p.99 (video) [TP]

Classical Express - Issue No.117 December 1999 p.5 (video) [MB]

American Record Guide - July/August 2007 Vol.70 No.4 p.223 (audio) [RVL]

Classic Record Collector - Spring 2008 pp.68-69 (DVD) [TP]

Répertoire - No.69 mai 1994 p.43 (audio)

Comments:- Video recording of a television film or audio recording of its soundtrack. See advertisment insert in OPERA NEWS, December 14 1996

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in German

Conductor Rudolf Moralt - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Andrea Chénier - Helge Roswaenge

Carlo Gérard - Theo Baylé

Madeleine di Coigny - Hilde Zadek

La mulatta Bersi - Martha Rohs

La Contessa di Coigny - Elisabeth Höngen

Roucher - Ljubomir Pantscheff

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Harald Pröglhoff

Fouquier Tinville - Adolf Vogel

Un Incredible - Erich Majkut

Pietro Fléville - Hans Schweiger

L'abate - Fritz Sperlbauer

Dumas - Frederick Guthrie

Schmidt - Franz Bierbach

Il maestro di casa - Wilhelm Lenninger

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 242 (& 431)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *This appears to be a recording of a performance in the Theater an der Wien (26 February 1955). The cast listed above is that given in «Chronik der Wiener Staatsoper 1945-1995» p.16. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The date of the performance recorded is given here as «Feb. 25, 1955».

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Andrea Chénier - Mario Del Monaco

Carlo Gérard - Aldo Protti

Madeleine di Coigny - Maria Callas

La mulatta Bersi - Silvana Zanolli

La Contessa di Coigny - Maria Amadini

Madelon - Lucia Danieli

Roucher - Enrico Campi

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Michele Cazzato (Casato)

Fouquier Tinville - Vittorio Tatozzi

Un Incredible - Mariano Caruso

Pietro Fléville - Enzo Sordello

L'abate - Mario Carlin

Dumas - Giuseppe Morresi

Schmidt - Eraldo Coda

Il maestro di casa - Carlo Forti

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 286 {2LPS} (1976)ª; Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 66 {2LPS}; Cetra «Opera Live» LO 38/3 {3LPS}; Melodram MEL 421 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Rodolphe RPA 232551.52 {2CDS} Melodram 26002 {2CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 2.0006 {2CDS} ;; DiVa 1107/1108 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1330 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Living Stage LS 4035162 {2CDS} (2002)ª; EMI CMS 5 67913-2 {2CDS} (2002)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 2002 p.122 [AB]

Fanfare - Vol.26 No.4 March/April 2003 pp.93-95 [MM]

Orpheus - Oktober 1997 S.58 [GH]

Opéra International - septembre 1984 No.73 p.54

Diapason - No.496 octobre 2002 p.132 [VA]

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.184 p.112 [ES]

Stereophile - December 1990 (Vol.13 No.12) p.219

International Record Review - November 2002 pp.71-72 [RP]

BBC Music Magazine - November 2002 p.95 [GH]

American Record Guide - March/April 2003 Vol.66 No.2 pp.219-221 [LM]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.107 febrero 1998 p.40 [JS]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - marzo-mayo 1998 No.27 p.84 [JR]: No.41 septiembre- octubre 2000 p.91 [JMP]: No.57 enero-febrero 2003 p.80 [MC]

Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (8 January 1955; mentioned in OPERA March1955 p.176)

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in German

Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1956(RA)

Orchestra - Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Andrea Chénier - Hans Hopf

Carlo Gérard - Josef Metternich

Madeleine di Coigny - Marianne Schech

La Contessa di Coigny - Elisabeth Löw-Szöky

Roucher - Keith Engen

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Walter Berry

Schmidt - Hans Hermann Nissen

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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0197 {2CDS} (2007)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2007 S.58 [SS]

Classic Record Collector - Summer 2007 p.99 [JTH]

Comments:- *According to the «Bayerischer Rundfunk - Historischer Katalog - Gesang Aufnahme - Haupteil - Sängerinnen - Band II - Buchstabe R-Z» entry 2178 the following also take part: Lilian Bennigsen, Dagmar Naaf.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1956(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Andrea Chénier - Mario Del Monaco

Carlo Gérard - Ettore Bastianini

Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Tebaldi

La mulatta Bersi - Fiorenza Cossotto

La Contessa di Coigny - Maria Teresa Mandalari

Madelon - Amelia Guidi

Roucher - Silvio Maionica

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Fernando Corena

Fouquier Tinville - Vico Polotto

Un Incredible - Mariano Caruso

Pietro Fléville - Dino Mantovani

L'abate - Angelo Mercuriali

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5411-5412 {2LPS} (1957)ª; Decca SXL 2208-2210 {3LPS} (1960)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 600-601 {2LPS} (1970)ª; London A 4332 {3LPS} (1958)ª;; London OSA 1303 {3LPS} (1958)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 425 407-2 {2CDS} ; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 455 841-2 {2CDS} (France) (1997)ª; London POCL 3836-7 {2CDS} (Japan) (1995)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1958 p.325 [AP]; July 1960 p.78 [AP] November 1970 p.862

Opera - February 1958 p.122; September 1960 p.638

E.M.G. Monthly Letter - December 1957 p.21

Gramophone Record Review - January 1958 p.243 [SG]

American Record Guide - July 1958 Vol.24 No.11 p.458 [PLM]

High Fidelity Magazine - July 1958 Vol.8 No.7 p.48 [DJ]: December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.56 [DJ]

Records and Recordings - June 1960 p.24 [FGB]

Répertoire - No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention)

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Richard Tucker

Carlo Gérard - Leonard Warren

Madeleine di Coigny - Zinka Milanov

La mulatta Bersi - Rosalind Elias

La Contessa di Coigny - Martha Lipton

Madelon - Belen Amparan

Roucher - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Fernando Corena

Fouquier Tinville - Norman Scott

Un Incredible - Charles Anthony

Pietro Fléville - George Cehanovsky

L'abate - Gabor Carelli

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Black Disc - Historical Operatic Treasures ERR {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Arkadia MP 476 {2CDS}; Omega Opera Archive 222; The Opera Lovers AND 195701 {2CDRS} (2006)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 9029 {2CDS} (2007)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *A recording of a performance at the MET on 28 December 1957. The year is given incorrectly on the «ARKADIA» CDs as 1958. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1957(STU)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Richard Tucker

Carlo Gérard - Mario Sereni

Madeleine di Coigny - Maria Curtis Verna

La mulatta Bersi - Rosalind Elias

La Contessa di Coigny - Martha Lipton

Madelon - Belen Amparan

Roucher - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Gerhard Pechner

Fouquier Tinville - Norman Scott

Un Incredible - Alessio De Paolis

Pietro Fléville - George Cehanovsky

L'abate - Gabor Carelli

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Black Disc - Metropolitan Opera Record Club MO 826 {2LPS}

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Capuana - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Andrea Chénier - Franco Corelli

Carlo Gérard - Ettore Bastianini

Madeleine di Coigny - Antonietta Stella

La mulatta Bersi - Loretta Di Lelio

Madelon - Miriam Pirazzini

Roucher - Antonio Cassinelli

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Vito de Taranto

Fouquier Tinville - Giovanni Amodeo

Un Incredible - Antonio Pirino

Pietro Fléville - Augusto Frati

L'abate - Renato Ercolani

Dumas - Antonio Orlando

Schmidt - Mario Bianchi

Il maestro di casa - Silvio Santarelli

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Compact Disc - Cin Cin 1019/20 {2CDS}

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples (November 1958).

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor NOT KNOWN - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Andrea Chénier - Richard Tucker

Carlo Gérard - Ettore Bastianini

Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Tebaldi

La mulatta Bersi - Guadalupe Salazarno

La Contessa di Coigny - Gilda Cossio

Madelon - Aurora Woodrow

Roucher - Gilberto Cerda

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Humberto Pazos

Fouquier Tinville - Pedro Garnica

Un Incredible - Luiz Muzio

L'abate - José Sosa

Schmidt - Salvatore Palafox

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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 350 {3LPS}

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Palacio de la Bellas Artes, Mexico City. This performance is not listed in the chronology in «Tebaldi - The Voice of an Angel»

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1960(LE)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Andrea Chénier - Franco Corelli

Carlo Gérard - Ugo Savarese

Madeleine di Coigny - Gigliola Frazzoni

La mulatta Bersi - Edda Vincenzi

La Contessa di Coigny - Aurora Cattelani

Madelon - Fiorenza Cossotto

Roucher - Paolo Montarsolo

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Virgilio Carbonari

Fouquier Tinville - Silvio Maionica

Un Incredible - Piero De Palma

L'abate - Angelo Mercuriali

Dumas - Giuseppe Morresi

Schmidt - Franco Piva

Il maestro di casa - Carlo Forti

Il Romanziero - Dino Mantovani

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00019

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of excerpts of Acts 1,2,3 from a performance at the Teatro alla Scala. The partial cast listed by Handelman in his calalog dated November 2000 is Frazzoni, Corelli, and Bastianini and the date is given as 20 January 1960. However, according to the archive that used to be on the La Scala website (http://www.lascala.com) Tebaldi, not Frazzoni sang on this date. Frazzoni sang in the performances on 24, 28, and 31 January, but in these performanes Gérard was sung by Ugo Savarese, not Ettore Bastianini. The cast listed above is that for 24, 31 January. On the 28 January Roucher was sung by Silvio Maionica and Fouquier Tinville by Vittorio Tatozzi.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Lovro von Matacic - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Andrea Chénier - Franco Corelli

Carlo Gérard - Ettore Bastianini

Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Tebaldi

La mulatta Bersi - Margarethe Sjöstedt

La Contessa di Coigny - Elisabeth Höngen

Madelon - Hilde Konetzni

Roucher - Edmund Hurshell

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Alois Pernerstorfer

Fouquier Tinville - Ludwig Welter

Un Incredible - Renato Ercolani

Pietro Fléville - Kostas Paskalis

L'abate - Fritz Sperlbauer

Dumas - Franz Bierbach

Schmidt - Endré Koréh

Il maestro di casa - Harald Pröglhoff

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Black Disc - Giusepper di Stefano Records GDS 3002 {3LPS - 5 sides}

Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra «Fortissimo» CDE 3003 {2CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 50021 {2CDS} Opera d'Oro OPD 1303 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 5009 (+Il trovatore +La fanciulla del west +Tosca) {8CDS} (2002)ª; Orfeo C 682 0621 {2CDS} (2007)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 2007 p.98 [JBS]

Fanfare - Vol.18 No.2 November/December 1994 p.236; Vol.30 No.5 May/June 2007 pp.345-346 [HF]; Vol.30 No.6 July/August 2007 pp.126-127 [JM]

Orpheus - Dezember 1994 S.60; Juni 1998 S.57 [GH]

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.164 p.165

Classical Express - Issue 99 June 1998 p.6 [NL]

American Record Guide - May/June 1999 Vol.62 No.3 p.124 [RVL]

International Classical Record Collector - Spring 2000 No.20 pp.102-103 [JTH]

International Record Review - February 2007 p.68 [JTH]

Classic Record Collector - Summer 2007 pp.95-96 [JTH]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.95 [LB]: No.99 abril 2007 p.90 [PN]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XXI N.213 febbraio 2007 pp.68-69 [GL]

Classica Répertoire - No.90 mars 2007 p.100 [AT]

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (26 June 1960)

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1960(LI;26/3/60;Tucker - Tebaldi)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Richard Tucker

Carlo Gérard - Ettore Bastianini

Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Tebaldi

La mulatta Bersi - Margaret Roggero

La Contessa di Coigny - Martha Lipton

Madelon - Belen Amparan

Roucher - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Ezio Flagello

Fouquier Tinville - Norman Scott

Un Incredible - Alessio De Paolis

Pietro Fléville - George Cehanovsky

L'abate - Gabor Carelli

Dumas - Osie Hawkins

Schmidt - Calvin Marsh

Il maestro di casa - Lloyd Strang

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 224 (& 753); The Opera Lovers AND 195801 {2CDRS}

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (26 March 1960). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.365-367. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1960(LI;5/3/60;Bergonzi - Milanov)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Carlo Bergonzi

Carlo Gérard - Ettore Bastianini

Madeleine di Coigny - Zinka Milanov

La mulatta Bersi - Margaret Roggero

La Contessa di Coigny - Martha Lipton

Madelon - Belen Amparan

Roucher - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Ezio Flagello

Fouquier Tinville - Norman Scott

Un Incredible - Alessio De Paolis

Pietro Fléville - George Cehanovsky

L'abate - Gabor Carelli

Dumas - Osie Hawkins

Schmidt - Calvin Marsh

Il maestro di casa - Lloyd Strang

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers AND 196001 (Canada) {2CDRS}

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (5 March 1960). This performance was not broadcast so presumably the recording was made «in-house». The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1960(LI;Atlanta)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Carlo Bergonzi

Carlo Gérard - Mario Sereni

Madeleine di Coigny - Zinka Milanov

La mulatta Bersi - Helen Vanni

La Contessa di Coigny - Mignon Dunn

Madelon - Belen Amparan

Roucher - Clifford Harvuot

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Ezio Flagello

Fouquier Tinville - Norman Scott

Un Incredible - Alessio De Paolis

Pietro Fléville - George Cehanovsky

L'abate - Gabor Carelli

Dumas - Osie Hawkins

Schmidt - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Il maestro di casa - Lloyd Strang

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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 233-2 {2CDRS}

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance given by the Metropolitan Opera in Atlanta, Georgia (2 May 1960).

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Bamboschek - 1961(LE)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company

Chorus - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company

Andrea Chénier - Kurt Baum

Carlo Gérard - Frank Guarrera

Madeleine di Coigny - Licia Albanese

La mulatta Bersi - Tamara Bering

La Contessa di Coigny - Evelyn Sachs

Madelon - Evelyn Sachs

Roucher - George Cehanovsky

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Ezio Flagello

Fouquier Tinville - Walter Knetlar

Un Incredible - Howard Fried

Pietro Fléville - George Cehanovsky

L'abate - Glen Ellsworth

Dumas - Edward Doe

Schmidt - Edward Doe

Il maestro di casa - Edward Doe

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 05507

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (6 April 1961). The cast listed above is that given by Frank Hamilton in his online chronology of opera performances in Philadelphia (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). I do not know if all the singers listed appear in the excerpts on the Compact Cassettes issued by Charles Handelman. These are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Capuana - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - NHK Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - NHK Italian Opera Chorus - Fujiwara Opera Chorus - Tokyo Choraliers

Andrea Chénier - Mario Del Monaco

Carlo Gérard - Aldo Protti

Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Tebaldi

La mulatta Bersi - Anna Di Stasio

La Contessa di Coigny - Amalia Pini

Madelon - Amalia Pini

Roucher - Silvano Pagliuca

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Arturo La Porta

Fouquier Tinville - Giorgio Onesti

Un Incredible - Renato Cesari

Pietro Fléville - Arturo La Porta

Dumas - Silvano Pagliuca

Schmidt - Giorgio Onesti

Il maestro di casa - Silvano Pagliuca

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Black Disc - Seven Seas K25C 317-319 {3LPS} (Japan); Melodram 453 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 214-2 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1199 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Opera Depot OD 10396-2 {2CDS} (2009)ª

Laser Disc; - King 873L16 (Japanese NTSC); King KILM 110 (Japanese NTSC) (1993)ª

DVD (Video) - NHK Video KIBM 1014 (Japan) (2002)ª; Encore DVD 2007 (2005)ª; VAI DVD 4419 (2007)ª

VHS Video Cassette - VAI Video 69083 (NTSC)

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - March/April 1986 Vol.9 No.4 p.162 [HF]

Orpheus - Januar 1997 S.58 (audio); April 1997 S.57 (audio); 7+8 Juli-August 2007 S.63 (DVD) [GH]

Diapason - No.554 S janvier 2008 p.113 (DVD) [MP]

American Record Guide - Vol.56 No.5 September-October 1993 p.275 (video): November/December 2007 Vol.70 No.6 pp.275-276 (DVD) [RVL]

Classical Express - Issue No.82 January 1997 p.6 (audio)

Classic Record Collector - Spring 2008 pp.68-69 (DVD) [TP]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.105 noviembre 2007 p.82 (DVD) [PMH]

Opéra Magazine - No.27 mars 2008 p.82 (DVD) [JC]

Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of performances in the Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo. According to the archive section of the operajaponic website there were 3 performances in Tokyo (28 September, 1, 5 October 1961) and one in Osaka (28 October 1961) and the role of Gerard was shared by Giangiacomo Guelfi and Aldo Protti. According to «Aldo Protti - Un Baritono fatto così» p.143 Protti sang in the performances on October 1 and 28, so presumably Guelfi sang in the other two. Consistent with this the recording on the CDs issued by Opera d'Oro (according to their online catalogue) is of a performance on 1 October 1961 and the role of Gerard is sung by Protti. On the other hand, according to Masatoshi Nozaki (Opera Disc Collection 2nd edition p.397) in the performance on the laser disc issued by King Video and the CD issued by Legato Gerard is sung by Guelfi. According to the review of the LPs issued by Melodram in FANFARE the recording on these discs comes from two performances and Guelfi sings in Acts 1-3 and Protti in Act 4. The DVDR issued on the Encore label is (was?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here Aldo Protti is listed as a performer. The recordings issued by VAI are of the performance on 1 October 1961. The CDs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website:

http://operadepot.com/members/

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Andrea Chénier - Giuseppe di Stefano

Carlo Gérard - Manuel Ausensi

Madeleine di Coigny - Irma González

La mulatta Bersi - Guadalupe Salazarno

La Contessa di Coigny - Aurora Woodrow

Madelon - Aurora Woodrow

Roucher - Gilberto Cerda

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Humberto Pazos

Fouquier Tinville - Pedro Garnica

Un Incredible - Plácido Domingo

Pietro Fléville - Raúl Vázquez

L'abate - Plácido Domingo

Dumas - Miguel Botello

Schmidt - Salvatore Palafox

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 246 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 3059-2 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in El Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City (15 August 1961; see «My First Forty Years» p.19, p.189). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22» where the date of the performance is given incorrectly as 15 July 1961. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» Fall/Winter 2008-2009.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Franco Corelli

Carlo Gérard - Anselmo Colzani

Madeleine di Coigny - Zinka Milanov

La mulatta Bersi - Margaret Roggero

La Contessa di Coigny - Mignon Dunn

Madelon - Lili Chookasian

Roucher - Calvin Marsh

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Lorenzo Alvary

Fouquier Tinville - Norman Scott

Un Incredible - Andrea Velis

Pietro Fléville - George Cehanovsky

L'abate - Gabor Carelli

Dumas - Osie Hawkins

Schmidt - William Walker

Il maestro di casa - Lloyd Strang

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers AND 196201 (Canada) {2CDRS}

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (17 November 1962). This performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was made «in-house». The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Rigacci - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Andrea Chénier - Giuseppe di Stefano

Carlo Gérard - Ugo Savarese

Madeleine di Coigny - Onelia Fineschi

La mulatta Bersi - Flora Rafanelli

La Contessa di Coigny - Luciana Broni

Madelon - Mafalda Masini

Roucher - Alessandro Maddalena

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Giorgio Giorgetti

Fouquier Tinville - Renato Spagli

Un Incredible - Mario Ferrara

Pietro Fléville - Augusto Frati

L'abate - Valiano Natali

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Black Disc - Movimento Musica 03.013 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Arkadia HP 608.2 (highlights); Myto 2 MCD 044 298 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Encore CD 111-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.18 No.6 July/August 1995 p.189

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.79 abril 2005 p.79 [JS]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at Florence (4 January 1962). The «highlights» on the ARKADIA CDs are a «filler» on the recording of Fedora (conducted by A.Basile). The CDRs issued on the Encore label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Richard Tucker

Carlo Gérard - Anselmo Colzani

Madeleine di Coigny - Zinka Milanov

La mulatta Bersi - Helen Vanni

La Contessa di Coigny - Mignon Dunn

Madelon - Lili Chookasian

Roucher - Calvin Marsh

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Lorenzo Alvary

Fouquier Tinville - Norman Scott

Un Incredible - Alessio De Paolis

Pietro Fléville - George Cehanovsky

L'abate - Gabor Carelli

Dumas - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Schmidt - William Walker

Il maestro di casa - Lloyd Strang

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 776

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (2 March 1963). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.492-494. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Mannino - 1963(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Andrea Chénier - Charles Craig

Carlo Gérard - Ettore Bastianini

Madeleine di Coigny - Gabriella Tucci

La mulatta Bersi - Jolanda Torriani

La Contessa di Coigny - Anna Di Stasio

Madelon - Rena Garazioti

Roucher - Antonio Cassinelli

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Guido Mazzini

Fouquier Tinville - Renzo Gonzales

Un Incredible - Antonio Pirino

L'abate - Athos Cesarini

Dumas - Edgardo di Stasio

Schmidt - Renzo Gonzales

Il maestro di casa - Edgardo di Stasio

Il Romanziero - Guido Mazzini

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1684 (& 1590) {2CDRS}

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance broadcast on 29 October 1963. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1963(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera de Roma

Andrea Chénier - Franco Corelli

Carlo Gérard - Mario Sereni

Madeleine di Coigny - Antonietta Stella

La mulatta Bersi - Stefania Malagù

La Contessa di Coigny - Luciana Moneta

Madelon - Anna Di Stasio

Roucher - Giuseppe Modesti

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Paolo Montarsolo

Fouquier Tinville - Giuseppe Modesti

Un Incredible - Piero De Palma

Pietro Fléville - Dino Mantovani

L'abate - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - HMV «Angel Series» AN 128-130 {3LPS} (1964)ª; HMV «Angel Series» SAN 128-130 {3LPS} (1964)ª; EMI SLS 1436533 {2LPS} (1984)ª; Angel 3645 C/L {3LPS} (1964)ª; Angel S 3645 C/L {3LPS} (1964)ª

Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 1436539 (1984)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 49060-8 {2CDS} (1987)ª; EMI CMS 5 65287-2 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Musical Heritage Society MHS 525842F {2CDS} (2000)ª; EMI «Classics» 358676-2 {2CDS} (2006)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1964 p.143; February 1984 p.1005 [AB]; November 1987 p. [MEO]; July 1995 p.113 [MEO]

Fanfare - Vol.24 No.2 November/December 2000 p.278 [JM]; Vol.30 No.4 March/April 2007 pp.122-123 [JM]

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.162 p.170

American Record Guide - June 1964 Vol.30 No.10 p.951 [PLM]: March/April 1995 Vol.58 No.2 p.106

High Fidelity Magazine - June 1964 Vol.14 No.6 p.70 [CLO]

Répertoire - No.74 novembre 1994 p.49

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Andrea Chénier - Richard Tucker

Carlo Gérard - Ettore Bastianini

Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Tebaldi

La mulatta Bersi - Annemarie Bessel

La Contessa di Coigny - Sona Cervená

Madelon - Claramae Turner

Roucher - Richard Fredricks

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Joshua Hecht

Fouquier Tinville - Adib Fazah

Un Incredible - Howard Fried

Pietro Fléville - John West

L'abate - William Whitesides

Dumas - Pietro Menci

Schmidt - David Giosso

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1094-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (September 1965). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Latest releases on Compact Disc for Autumn 2003».

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Franco Corelli

Carlo Gérard - Anselmo Colzani

Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Tebaldi

La mulatta Bersi - Nedda Casei

La Contessa di Coigny - Gladys Kriese

Madelon - Mignon Dunn

Roucher - William Walker

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Raymond Michalski

Fouquier Tinville - Norman Scott

Un Incredible - Andrea Velis

Pietro Fléville - Gene Boucher

L'abate - Gabor Carelli

Dumas - Russell Christopher

Schmidt - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Il maestro di casa - Lloyd Strang

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 972 Myto 2 MCD 042 293 (+highlights - Tosca - Adler) {2CDS} (2004)ª; Bensar OL 2566 (BRO 121060) {2CDRS}

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - No.298 février 2005 p.76 (mention)

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.73 septiembre 2004 p.84 [PN]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (5 February 1966). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Grand Opera

Chorus - Philadelphia Grand Opera

Andrea Chénier - Franco Corelli

Carlo Gérard - Dino Dondi

Madeleine di Coigny - Montserrat Caballé

La mulatta Bersi - Rita De Carlo

La Contessa di Coigny - Laurel Miller

Madelon - Sarita Felter

Roucher - Norman Riggins

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Eugene Green

Fouquier Tinville - Herman Salerno

Un Incredible - Herbert Krauss

Pietro Fléville - Joseph Fair

L'abate - Glen Ellsworth

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 386-2 {2LPS} (1982)ª

Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P.766 {2CDS}; Live Opera Heaven C 874 {2CDS} (2001)ª; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS} ;; The Opera Lovers AND 196601 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.2 p.147

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Philadelphia Academy of Music (5 April 1966, see «Casta Diva» pp.118-120). The HRE LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE June 1982 p.82. The CDRs issued by «Live Opera Heaven» are listed in their «October 2001Update» and those issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1966(LI;13/4/1966)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Richard Tucker

Carlo Gérard - Anselmo Colzani

Madeleine di Coigny - Zinka Milanov

La mulatta Bersi - Nedda Casei

La Contessa di Coigny - Gladys Kriese

Madelon - Mignon Dunn

Roucher - William Walker

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Lorenzo Alvary

Fouquier Tinville - Norman Scott

Un Incredible - Andrea Velis

Pietro Fléville - Gene Boucher

L'abate - Gabor Carelli

Dumas - Robert Goodloe

Schmidt - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Il maestro di casa - Lloyd Strang

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1420 (& 1181)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (13 April 1966). This was Zinka Milanov's «final appearance with the company in a complete opera». The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). It is stated «fair to good copy from prompter's box. prompter too vocal».

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1966(LI;22/3/1966)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Franco Corelli

Carlo Gérard - Robert Merrill

Madeleine di Coigny - Eileen Farrell

La mulatta Bersi - Nedda Casei

La Contessa di Coigny - Gladys Kriese

Madelon - Ruza Baldani

Roucher - William Walker

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Elfego Esparza

Fouquier Tinville - Norman Scott

Un Incredible - Andrea Velis

Pietro Fléville - Gene Boucher

L'abate - Gabor Carelli

Dumas - Russell Christopher

Schmidt - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Il maestro di casa - Lloyd Strang

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1394 (& 3205 & 1155); Premiere Opera (Italy) unnumbered {2CDRS} (2009)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (22 March 1966). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). It was stated «Only fair in-house tape of this rarity». The CDRS issued by Premiere (Italy) are (were?) advertised on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). This recording is also stated to be «in-house».

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Orquesta Filarmónica Municipal de Santiago de Chile

Chorus - Coro Lírico Municipal de Santiago de Chile

Andrea Chénier - Plácido Domingo

Carlo Gérard - Sherrill Milnes

Madeleine di Coigny - Claudia Parada

La mulatta Bersi - Ximena Riveros

La Contessa di Coigny - Patricia Vásquez

Madelon - Florentina Daza

Roucher - Jorge (Giorgio) Algorta

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Eduardo Ferracani

Fouquier Tinville - Augustín Letelier

Un Incredible - Ismildo Tedeschi

Pietro Fléville - Mariano de la Maza

L'abate - Miguel Planas

Dumas - Daniel Batory

Schmidt - Eleodoro Vásquez

Il maestro di casa - Gastón Maglione

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 260 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Municipal, Santiago, Chile (20 August 1967; see «My First Forty Years» p.54). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22». I thank Sr. Hernan Torres Moris of Santiago de Chile for providing information about the cast, orchestra and chorus.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in French

Conductor Paul Jamin - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - L'Opéra de Nice

Chorus - L'Opéra de Nice

André Chénier - Giuseppe Savio

Madeleine - Suzanne Sarroca

Gérard - Ernest Blanc

La Mulâtresse Bersi - Nicole Oxombre

Roucher - Georges Vaillant

Fléville - Georges Vaillant

Fouquier - Georges Vaillant

Madelon - Simone Libor

Un Muscadin - Ginès Sirera

L'Abbé - Ginès Sirera

La Comtesse - Alice Chamirian

Mathieu - Carlo Silverio

L'Intendant - Victor Autran

Dumas - Victor Autran

Schmidt - Victor Autran

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Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia; «WWW Site on a Disc 5 - to April 2004» {1xCD-ROM} (2004)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Napoleone Annovazzi - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra of Radiotelefis Eireann

Chorus - Dublin Grand Opera Society

Andrea Chénier - Pedro Lavirgen

Carlo Gérard - Angela Maria Rosati

Madeleine di Coigny - Giuseppe Scalco

La Contessa di Coigny - Ruth Maher

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 256 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in Dublin (14, 16 or 18 April 1970). The performance on 14 April 1970 is reviewed in OPERA June 1970 p.531. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Carlo Bergonzi

Carlo Gérard - Anselmo Colzani

Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Tebaldi

La mulatta Bersi - Judith Forst

La Contessa di Coigny - Jean Kraft

Madelon - Lili Chookasian

Roucher - Clifford Harvuot

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Paul Plishka

Fouquier Tinville - Andrij Dobriansky

Un Incredible - Andrea Velis

Pietro Fléville - Gene Boucher

L'abate - Gabor Carelli

Dumas - Robert Goodloe

Schmidt - Edmond Karlsrud

Il maestro di casa - John Frydel

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers AND 197004 {2CDRS} (2009)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (9 October 1970). This performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was made «in-house». The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - New Philharmonia Orchestra

Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus

Andrea Chénier - Carlo Bergonzi

Carlo Gérard - Sherrill Milnes

Madeleine di Coigny - Ángeles Gulin

La mulatta Bersi - Emily Derr

La Contessa di Coigny - Carol Kirkpatrick

Madelon - Georgetta Psaros

Roucher - Steven Kimbrough

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Christian Du Plessis

Fouquier Tinville - Steven Kimbrough

Un Incredible - Natale De Lazzari

Pietro Fléville - Steven Kimbrough

L'abate - Athole Still

Dumas - Richard Clark

Schmidt - Athole Still

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Black Disc; - A.N.N.A. Record Company ANNA 1010 {2LPS} (1978)ª

Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 917.50 {2CDS} (1991)ª; Encore CD 1031-2 {2CDRS} (2007)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London (8 February 1970, see OPERA, April 1970 p.363). The CDRs issued on the Encore label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor James Levine - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Plácido Domingo

Carlo Gérard - Anselmo Colzani

Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Tebaldi

La mulatta Bersi - Judith Forst

La Contessa di Coigny - Jean Kraft

Madelon - Lili Chookasian

Roucher - Raymond Gibbs

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Fernando Corena

Fouquier Tinville - Andrij Dobriansky

Un Incredible - Robert Schmorr

Pietro Fléville - Gene Boucher

L'abate - Gabor Carelli

Dumas - Robert Goodloe

Schmidt - Edmond Karlsrud

Il maestro di casa - John Frydel

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers AND 197005 {2CDRS} (2009)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (29 October 1970). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). This performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was made «in-house».

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in French?

Conductor Georges Sébastian - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestre Lyrique de l'O.R.T.F.

Chorus - Choeurs de l'Opéra de l'O.R.T.F.

Andrea Chénier - Alain Vanzo

Carlo Gérard - Robert Massard

Madeleine di Coigny - Michèle Le Bris

La mulatta Bersi - Corinne Petit

La Contessa di Coigny - Marie-Luce Bellary

Madelon - Geneviève Macaux

Roucher - Robert Geay

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Jean-Pierre Laffage

Fouquier Tinville - Stanislaus Staskiewicz

Un Incredible - Michel Sénéchal

Pietro Fléville - Robert Geay

L'abate - Joseph Peyron

Dumas - Paul Mahé

Il maestro di casa - Paul Mahé

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Compact Disc - ~De Plein Vent (Institut National de l'Audiovisuel) DPV CD 30.90/2 {3CDS}

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a broadcast performance (24 September 1970)

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1970(LI;8-5-70)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Richard Tucker

Carlo Gérard - Mario Sereni

Madeleine di Coigny - Gilda Cruz-Romo

La mulatta Bersi - Judith Forst

La Contessa di Coigny - Jean Kraft

Madelon - Shirley Love

Roucher - Raymond Gibbs

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Fernando Corena

Fouquier Tinville - Richard Best

Un Incredible - Robert Schmorr

Pietro Fléville - Gene Boucher

L'abate - Gabor Carelli

Dumas - Robert Goodloe

Schmidt - Edmond Karlsrud

Il maestro di casa - Robert Trehy

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers AND 197003 {2CDRS} (2009)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance given by the Metropolitan Opera in Atlanta, Georgia (8 May 1970). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1972(LI)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Andrea Chénier - Plácido Domingo

Carlo Gérard - Wassili Janulako

Madeleine di Coigny - Esther Casas

L'abate - José (Josep) Ruiz

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 248 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1429-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in El Gran Teatro del Liceo (28 December 1972; see «El Gran Teatro del Liceo» by Roger Alier y Aixalà and Francesc X. Mata p.355). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22» and those issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases July-August 2004».

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Paolo Peloso - 1972(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Communale di Genova

Chorus - Teatro Communale di Genova

Andrea Chénier - Carlo Bergonzi

Carlo Gérard - Aldo Protti

Madeleine di Coigny - Raina Kabaivanska

La mulatta Bersi - Laura Zannini

Madelon - Maria Maddalena

Roucher - Graziano Del Vivo

Un Incredible - Franco Ricciardi

Pietro Fléville - Vico Polotto

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Compact Disc; - Living Stage LS 1114 {2CDS} (2004)ª; The Opera Lovers AND 197201 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 p.291 [MM]

Classica Répertoire - No.72 mai 2005 p.104 [AT]

Comments:- *The recording issued by «Living Stage» and by «The Opera Lovers» appears to be of a performance in the Teatro Margherita, Genova (March 1972). See OPERA August 1972 pp.744-745. It is attributed by both to Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, but this cannot be correct as Andrea Chénier was not performed at La Fenice in 1972. See «Il Teatro La Fenice - Cronologia degli Spettacoli 1938-1991». Some of the information about the cast as listed above comes from the review in OPERA and may be incorrect as the performance reviewed may not be the performance recorded. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «New Releases on CD, Fall 2005» Dated Nov.16 2005. Here the recording is attributed correctly.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1972-73(FI)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Andrea Chénier - Franco Corelli

Carlo Gérard - Piero Cappuccilli

Madeleine di Coigny - Celestina Casapietra (Kegel)

La mulatta Bersi - Giovanna di Rocco

La Contessa di Coigny - Gabriella Carturan

Madelon - Cristina Anghelakova (Angelakova)

Roucher - Luigi Roni

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Giorgio Giorgetti

Fouquier Tinville - Mario Chiappi

Un Incredible - Ermanno Lorenzi

Pietro Fléville - Leonardo Monreale

L'abate - Florindo Andreolli

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DVD (Video) - Hardy Classic Video HCD 4008 (2002)ª

VHS Video Cassette; - Lyric Distribution #1052 (NTSC); Bel Canto Society #542; Hardy Classic Video HCV 1016 (2002)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 2003 p.94 (DVD) [AB]

Opera News - June 2003 p.64 [JY]

Orpheus - Heft 11+12 November+Dezember 2003 S.76 (mention) [GE]; März + April 2004 S.78 [IW]

Opéra International - No.282 septembre 2003 pp.66-67 (DVD) [SS]

Diapason - No.506 septembre 2003 p.133 [MP]

American Record Guide - May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 p.211 [RVL]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.59 avril 2003 pp.92-93 [PMH]

Comments:- *Video recording of a television film. The date given in «Corelli - a Man - a Voice» by Marina Boagno (p.273) is 25 May 1973, which appears to be the date of transmission as according to the review in ARG the film was made in 1972-73.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Moresco - 1973(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company

Chorus - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company

Andrea Chénier - Richard Tucker

Carlo Gérard - Vern Shinall

Madeleine di Coigny - Gilda Cruz-Romo

La mulatta Bersi - June Fiske

La Contessa di Coigny - Leonore Lanzillotti

Madelon - Leonore Lanzillotti

Roucher - Howard Nevison

Il sanculotto Mathieu - José Le Matt

Fouquier Tinville - Bob Campi

Un Incredible - Ernesto Gasco

Pietro Fléville - Howard Nevison

L'abate - Ernesto Gasco

Dumas - Walter Knetlar

Schmidt - Walter Knetlar

Il maestro di casa - Bob Campi

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Compact Disc; - Charles Handelman - Live Opera (unnumbered) (2004)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music Philadelphia (September 1973). The cast listed above is that given by Frank Hamilton in his online chronology of opera performances in Philadelphia (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by Charles Handelman are listed in the supplement to his CD catalogue dated Spring 2004.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1973(LI)

Orchestra - Dallas Civic Opera

Chorus - Dallas Civic Opera

Andrea Chénier - Jon Vickers

Carlo Gérard - Silvano Carroli

Madeleine di Coigny - Ilva Ligabue

Madelon - Lili Chookasian

Roucher - Lenus Carlson

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Enrico Campi

Un Incredible - Piero De Palma

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Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 1311

Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 219-2 {2CDRS}

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Dallas Civic Opera (30 November 1973; see OPERA February 1974 pp.145-146; «A Hero's Life» by Jeannie Williams p.185).

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Mario Braggio - 1974(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Regio di Torino

Chorus - Teatro Regio di Torino

Andrea Chénier - Plácido Domingo

Carlo Gérard - Giulio Fioravanti

Madeleine di Coigny - Adelina Romano

Roucher - Massimiliano Malaspina

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 252 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Reggio di Torino (24 March 1974; see OPERA July 1974 p.592). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1974(LI)

Orchestra - Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Chorus - Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Andrea Chénier - Angelo Mori

Carlo Gérard - Guillermo Sarabia

Madeleine di Coigny - Stella Axarlis

La mulatta Bersi - Faith Puleston

La Contessa di Coigny - Astrid Varnay

Madelon - Martha Mödl

Roucher - Zenon Kosnowski

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Peter Brunsmeier

Un Incredible - Helmut Pampuch

Pietro Fléville - Toshi Kimura

L'abate - Karl Diekmann

Dumas - Helmut Fehn

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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 206-2 {2CDRS}

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in Düsseldorf (22 February 1974). The performance on 26 February 1974 is reviewed in OPERA June 1974 p.532.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor James Levine - 1976(STU)

Orchestra - National Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - John Alldis Choir

Andrea Chénier - Plácido Domingo

Carlo Gérard - Sherrill Milnes

Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Scotto

La mulatta Bersi - Maria Ewing

La Contessa di Coigny - Jean Kraft

Madelon - Gwendolyn Killebrew

Roucher - Allan Monk

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Enzo Dara

Fouquier Tinville - Stuart Harling

Un Incredible - Michel Sénéchal

Pietro Fléville - Terence Sharpe

L'abate - Piero De Palma

Dumas - Malcolm King

Schmidt - Isser Bushkin

Il maestro di casa - Nigel Beavan

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Black Disc - RCA ARL 3-2046 (3LPS} (USA); *RCA «Red Seal» RL 02046 (3) {3LPS} (UK)

Compact Disc; - RCA Victor GD 82046 {2CDS} (1989)ª; BMG RCA Victor «Red Seal» 74321 39499-2 {2CDS}; BMG RCA «Opera Treasury»; 74321 50164 {2CDS}

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 1977 p.338 [AB]; December 1977 p.1164 [SIR] January 1978 p.1233 [JBS]; September 1989 [MEO]

Opera Now - November/December 1997 p.97 [GH]

Fanfare - November 1977 Vol.1 No.2 p.22 [KH]

American Record Guide - November/December 1989 Vol.52 No.6 p.61 [RVL]: January/ February 2000 Vol.63 No.1 p.97 [LM]

BBC Music Magazine - June 1997 p.75 (mention)

Classic CD - May 1998 p.93 [ST]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.98 abril 1997 p.40 (mention)

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI N.111 settembre 1997 p.95 [GB]

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor James Levine - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Plácido Domingo

Carlo Gérard - Cornell MacNeil

Madeleine di Coigny - Martina Arroyo

La mulatta Bersi - Jean Kraft

La Contessa di Coigny - Shirley Love

Madelon - Lili Chookasian

Roucher - Allan Monk

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Fernando Corena

Fouquier Tinville - Richard Best

Un Incredible - Andrea Velis

Pietro Fléville - Gene Boucher

L'abate - Paul Franke

Dumas - Russell Christopher

Schmidt - Philip Booth

Il maestro di casa - Glenn Bater

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers AND 197701 (Canada) {2CDRS}

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (26 March 1977). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Emerson Buckley - 1978(LI)

Orchestra - New York City Opera

Chorus - New York City Opera

Andrea Chénier - Ermanno Mauro

Carlo Gérard - Richard Fredricks

Madeleine di Coigny - Marilyn Zschau

La mulatta Bersi - Sandra Walker

La Contessa di Coigny - Jane Shaulis

Madelon - Diane Curry

Roucher - Thomas Jamerson

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Irwin Densen

Fouquier Tinville - Marc Embree

Un Incredible - John Lankston

Pietro Fléville - Harlan Foss

L'abate - Jonathan Green

Dumas - Philip Steele

Schmidt - Don Yule

Il maestro di casa - Don Yule

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00023

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the New York City Opera (17 September 1978). This performance was broadcast. The cast listed above is that given in «The New York City Opera - An American Adventure» by Martin L. Sokol p.477. The Compact Cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Andrea Chénier - Plácido Domingo

Carlo Gérard - Renato Bruson

Madeleine di Coigny - Éva Marton

La mulatta Bersi - Kathleen Kuhlmann

La Contessa di Coigny - Sharon Graham

Madelon - Dinde Curry

Roucher - Alan Opie

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Arnold Voketatis

Fouquier Tinville - Daniel McConnell

Un Incredible - David Gordon

Pietro Fléville - Tom Fox

L'abate - James Schwisow

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Compact Disc; - ~Gala GL 100.562 (+highlights - Guadagno) {2CDS} (2000)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at Chicago (23 November 1979; see OPERA February 1980p.171

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Eugenio Mario Marco - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Liceo (Barcelona)

Chorus - Teatro Liceo (Barcelona)

Andrea Chénier - José Carreras

Carlo Gérard - Juan (Joan) Pons

Madeleine di Coigny - Montserrat Caballé

La mulatta Bersi - Rosa María Ysás

La Contessa di Coigny - Cecilia Fondevila

Madelon - Montserrat Aparici

Roucher - Orazio Mori

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Simone Alaimo

Fouquier Tinville - Eduardo Soto

Un Incredible - Piero De Palma

Pietro Fléville - Manuel Garrido

Dumas - Felix Vargas

Schmidt - Rafael Campos

Il maestro di casa - Juan B. Rocher

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Black Disc - Legendry Recordings LR 118-2 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00028

Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 241 (2003)ª; The Opera Lovers AND 197902 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5183

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) at the Teatro Liceo (December 1979). See OPERA April 1980 p.408; «Casta Diva» p.238; «El Gran Teatro dell Liceo» by Roger Alier i Aixalà and Francesc X. Mata p.413. Some of the information about the cast also comes from the Opera Discography Encyclopaedia (ODE) compiled by Carlo Marinelli (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000 and the CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed as new issues in their online catalogue dated «03/12/22». The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Nello Santi - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Andrea Chénier - Plácido Domingo

Carlo Gérard - Piero Cappuccilli

Madeleine di Coigny - Gabriela Benacková

La mulatta Bersi - Rohangiz Yachmi(-Caucig)

La Contessa di Coigny - Cseslawa Slania

Madelon - Fedora Barbieri

Roucher - Hans Helm

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Alfred Sramek

Fouquier Tinville - Reid Bunger

Un Incredible - Heinz Zednik

Pietro Fléville - Paul Wolfrum

L'abate - Yoshihisa Yamaj

Dumas - Edmund Zelotes Toliver

Schmidt - Rudolf Mazzola

Il maestro di casa - Walter Fink

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Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 1498

Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 247 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

DVD (Video) - Bel Canto Society BCSDVD 452 (2005)ª; DG 073 4070 (2005)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Bel Canto Society BCS #452 (NTSC & PAL)

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Diapason - No 529 octobre 2005 p.138 (DVD) [MP]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.85 noviembre 2005 p.76 (DVD) [FSR]

Classica Répertoire - No.76 octobre 2005 pp.118-119 (DVD) [PF]

Classic Record Collector - Summer 2006 pp.65-66 (DVD) [TP]

Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance in the Vienna State Opera (30 April 1981; see OPERA August 1981 pp.832-833). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22» and the VHS cassette issued by BCS is listed in «Opera Fanatic's Catalog» No.63 pp.9-10.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Chailly - 1982(LI;23/12/82)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Andrea Chénier - José Carreras

Carlo Gérard - Piero Cappuccilli

Madeleine di Coigny - Anna Tomowa-Sintow

La mulatta Bersi - Kathleen Kuhlmann

La Contessa di Coigny - Laura Londi

Madelon - Jone Jori

Roucher - Franco Federici

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Giuseppe Morresi

Fouquier Tinville - Silvestro Sammaritano

Un Incredible - Walter Gullino

L'abate - Carlo Gaifa

Dumas - Ivan Del Manto

Schmidt - Sergio Fontana

Il maestro di casa - Alfredo Pistone

Il Romanziero - Angelo Nosotti

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00034

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro alla Scala (23 December 1982)

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Chailly - 1982(LI;31/12/82)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Andrea Chénier - Nicola Martinucci

Carlo Gérard - Piero Cappuccilli

Madeleine di Coigny - Stefka Evstatieva

La mulatta Bersi - Laura Bocca

La Contessa di Coigny - Laura Londi

Madelon - Jone Jori

Roucher - Franco Federici

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Paolo Mazzotta

Fouquier Tinville - Silvestro Sammaritano

Un Incredible - Walter Gullino

L'abate - Carlo Gaifa

Dumas - Ivan Del Manto

Schmidt - Aldo Reggioli

Il maestro di casa - Alfredo Pistone

Il Romanziero - Angelo Nosotti

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00032

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (31 December 1982)

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Chailly - 1982/1984(STU)

Orchestra - National Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - Welsh National Opera

Andrea Chénier - Luciano Pavarotti

Carlo Gérard - Leo Nucci

Madeleine di Coigny - Montserrat Caballé

La mulatta Bersi - Kathleen Kuhlmann

La Contessa di Coigny - Astrid Varnay

Madelon - Christa Ludwig

Roucher - Tom Krause

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Giorgio Tadeo

Fouquier Tinville - Neil Howlett

Un Incredible - Piero De Palma

Pietro Fléville - Hugues Cuénod

L'abate - Florindo Andreolli

Dumas - Ralph Hamer

Schmidt - Giuseppe Morresi

Il maestro di casa - Neil Howlett

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Black Disc; - Decca(London) 410 117-1 {3LPS} (1984)ª

Compact Cassette; - Decca 410 117-4 (1984)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 410 117-2 {2CDS} (1985)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1984 [AB]; February 1985 p. [AB]; September 1989 [MEO]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.3 No.4 Winter 1985/86 pp.108-109 [RP]

American Record Guide - March/April 1985 Vol.48 No.3 p.19 [DA]

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Chailly - 1983(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Andrea Chénier - José Carreras

Carlo Gérard - Giorgio Zancanaro

Madeleine di Coigny - Éva Marton

La mulatta Bersi - Rohangiz Yachmi(-Caucig)

La Contessa di Coigny - Cseslawa Slania

Madelon - Margarita Lilowa

Roucher - Gottfried Hornik

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Alfred Sramek

Fouquier Tinville - Reid Bunger

Un Incredible - Heinz Zednik

Pietro Fléville - Francisco Valls

L'abate - Anton Wendler

Dumas - Friedemann Hanke

Schmidt - Rudolf Mazzola

Il maestro di casa - Walter Fink

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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 431 {3LPS}

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (14 April 1983). The LPs issued on the «HRE» label are listed in the «Canfield Guide to Classical Recordings» 5th Edition 2000.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Chailly - 1985(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Andrea Chénier - José Carreras

Carlo Gérard - Piero Cappuccilli

Madeleine di Coigny - Éva Marton

La mulatta Bersi - Sylvana Mazzieri

La Contessa di Coigny - Nella Ferri

Madelon - Rosa Laghezza

Roucher - Franco Federici

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Silvestro Sammaritano

Fouquier Tinville - Angelo Nosotti

Un Incredible - Bruno Lazzaretti

Pietro Fléville - Giuseppe Riva

L'abate - Carlo Gaifa

Dumas - Ivan Del Manto

Schmidt - Sergio Fontana

Il maestro di casa - Giuseppe Zecchillo

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 894-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª

Laser Disc; - Pioneer Artists PA 87-187 (NTSC) (1987)ª; Pioneer LDC SM 158-3205 (Japanese NTSC); Pioneer PILC 2008 (Japanese NTSC) (1991)ª; Pioneer PILC 9003 (Japanese NTSC) (1995)ª

DVD (Video) - Warner Vision NVC Arts 3984 26655-2 (2006)ª

VHS Video Cassette; - Castle Vision CVI 2002 (PAL); Castle Vision CVI 2067 (PAL); Warner Vision NVC Arts 3984 26655-3 (PAL) (1999)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera - November 2006 p.1388 (DVD) [CO]

Opera Now - July/August 1999 p.103 (video) [RF]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 No.4 Winter 1987/88 pp.108-110 (video) [TE]

International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 p.102 (video) [MSR]

BBC Music Magazine - September 1999 p.105 (video) [RF]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.91 junio 2006 pp.79-80 (DVD) [PMH]

Opéra Magazine - No.9 juillet/aoüt 2006 p.83 (DVD) [PC]

Comments:- *Video and audio recordings of a performance at La Scala (July 1985; see OPERA October 1985 p.1193). The CDs issued by Premiere are listed in «New Compact Disc Releases from Premiere Opera» dated February/March 2003.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Chailly - 1985(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Andrea Chénier - José Carreras

Carlo Gérard - Renato Salvadori

Madeleine di Coigny - Éva Marton

La mulatta Bersi - Jadranka Jovanovic

La Contessa di Coigny - Maria Grazia Allegri

Madelon - Rosa Laghezza

Roucher - Franco Federici

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Silvestro Sammaritano

Fouquier Tinville - Angelo Nosotti

Un Incredible - Bruno Lazzaretti

L'abate - Carlo Gaifa

Schmidt - Sergio Fontana

Il maestro di casa - Giuseppe Zecchillo

Il Romanziero - Giuseppe Riva

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Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 1099; Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00042

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Teatro alla Scala. The date of this performance appears to be 12 July 1985 as this is the only performance of this opera at La Scala in July 1985 in which the 3 singers mentioned in Lyric Distribution's and Charles Handelman's catalogues (Marton, Carreras, Salvadori) appear together.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Benito Lauret - 1985(LI)

Orchestra - Orquesta

Chorus - Coro

Andrea Chénier - José Carreras

Carlo Gérard - Vincenzo Sardinero

Madeleine di Coigny - Montserrat Caballé

La Contessa di Coigny - Márta Szirmay

Madelon - Mabel Perelstein

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Giancarlo Tosi

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers AND 198502 {2CDRS}

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid (14 June 1985). The performance on 11 June 1985 in which the role of Gerard was sung by Juan Pons is reviewed in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL septembre 1985 No.84 p.38. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Gian-Franco Masini - 1985(LI)

Orchestra - Theater der Stadt Bonn

Chorus - Theater der Stadt Bonn

Andrea Chénier - José Carreras

Carlo Gérard - Piero Cappuccilli

Madeleine di Coigny - Teresa Zylis-Gara

La mulatta Bersi - Chieko Shirasaka-Teratani

Roucher - Mircea R. Simpetrean

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Günter Schneider

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 910-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Großes Haus, Bonn (February 1985). See OPERA August 1985 p.923; ORPHEUS April 1985 S.292-S.293. The cast also included the following singers: Ida Kirilovà, Norbert Kleinhenn, Alois Perl, Erich Fiala, Pieris Zarmas, Guido Scheer, Geoffrey Steven, Eberhard Jansen.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Julius Rudel - 1985(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Andrea Chénier - Plácido Domingo

Carlo Gérard - Giorgio Zancanaro

Madeleine di Coigny - Anna Tomowa-Sintow

La mulatta Bersi - Cynthia Buchan

La Contessa di Coigny - Patricia Johnson

Madelon - Anny Schlemm

Roucher - Jonathan Summers

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Rodney Macann

Fouquier Tinville - John Gibbs

Un Incredible - John Dobson

Pietro Fléville - Gordon Sandison

L'abate - Alexander Oliver

Dumas - Roderick Earle

Schmidt - Eric Garrett

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Compact Disc - Disky COCD 02 {2CDS}

Laser Disc - ANF ANF 3505 (Japanese NTSC)

DVD (Video) - Warner Vision 5046 68357-2 (2004)ª

VHS Video Cassette; - Covent Garden Video Productions/National Video Corporation; TVT 90 3466 2 (PAL); Castle Vision CVI 2058 (PAL); Kultur 3203114103 (NTSC) (1995)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - July 1986 p.150 (video) [RM]; May 2004 p.96 (DVD) [AB]

Orpheus - September+Oktober 2005 S.67 (DVD) [GE]

Opéra International - No 290 mai 2004 p.78 (DVD) [CC]

Diapason - No.517 septembre 2004 p.141 [MP]

BBC Music Magazine - May 2004 p.98 (DVD) [GH]

International Record Review - June 2004 pp.78-79 [CC]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.70 mayo 2004 p.94 [PMH]

Classica Répertoire - No.64 juillet-aoüt 2004 p.126 [PF]

Comments:- Recorded at Covent Garden (See OPERA July 1985 p.821). The Disky CDs are mentioned on Opera-L (February 2001 - week 1)

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Gianluigi Gelmetti - 1986(LI)

Orchestra - Arena di Verona

Chorus - Arena di Verona

Andrea Chénier - José Carreras

Carlo Gérard - Renato Bruson

Madeleine di Coigny - Montserrat Caballé

La mulatta Bersi - Laura Zannini

La Contessa di Coigny - Mirella Caponetti

Madelon - Jone Jori

Roucher - Luigi Roni

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Orazio Mori

Fouquier Tinville - Gianni Brunelli

Un Incredible - Oslavio Di Credico

Pietro Fléville - Giuseppe Riva

L'abate - Pier Francesco Poli

Dumas - Bruno Grella

Schmidt - Bruno Marangoni

Il maestro di casa - Ledo Freschi

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd CDNO 648-2 {2CDRS}; live-rare-opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDRS} (2007)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Verona Arena (see OPERA Festival Issue 1986 pp.96-97).

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1986(STU)

Orchestra - Hungarian State Orchestra

Chorus - Hungarian Radio & TV Chorus

Andrea Chénier - José Carreras

Carlo Gérard - Giorgio Zancanaro

Madeleine di Coigny - Éva Marton

La mulatta Bersi - Klára Takács

La Contessa di Coigny - Tamara Takács

Madelon - Éva Farkas

Roucher - Franco Frederici

Fouquier Tinville - Tamás Bátor

Un Incredible - Tullio Panè

Pietro Fléville - Gábor Vághelyi

L'abate - István Rozsos

Dumas - Kázmér Sárkány

Schmidt - János Tóth

Il maestro di casa - Józef Moldvay

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Black Disc; - CBS «Masterworks» M2 42369 {2LPS} (1987)ª

Compact Cassette; - CBS «Masterworks» M2T 42369 (1987)ª;; Sony Classical 40 42369

Compact Disc; - CBS «Masterworks» M2K 42369 {2CDS} (1987)ª; Sony Classical M2K 42369 {2CDS}; Sony Classical CSCR 8103-4 {2CDS} (Japan) (1996)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1987 p. [MEO]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1998 pp.145-147 [CPGP]

Stereophile - March 1988 (Vol.11 No.3) p.159

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Marcello Viotti - 1989(LC)

Orchestra - Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt

Chorus - Hungarian Radio & Television Chorus

Andrea Chénier - Franco Bonisolli

Carlo Gérard - Renato Bruson

Madeleine di Coigny - Maria Guleghina

La mulatta Bersi - Gisella Pasino

La Contessa di Coigny - Evghenia Dunekova

Madelon - Glenys Linos

Roucher - Michele Pertusi

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Stefano Rinaldi-Miliani

Fouquier Tinville - Claudio Otelli

Un Incredible - Heinz Zednik

Pietro Fléville - Hans Helm

L'abate - Pierre Lefèbre

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Compact Disc; - *Capriccio 60014-2 {2CDS}; Capriccio «editionopera» CC 51195 {2CDS} (2005)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Nov.+Dez. 2005 S.62 (mention) [GH]

Comments:- Recorded at concert performances in the Alte Oper, Frankfurt (30 August - 2 September 1989)

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Julius Rudel - 1989(LI)

Orchestra - Canadian Opera Company

Chorus - Canadian Opera Company

Andrea Chénier - Ermanno Mauro

Carlo Gérard - Allan Monk

Madeleine di Coigny - Aprile Millo

La mulatta Bersi - Jean Stilwell

La Contessa di Coigny - Lois McDonall

Madelon - Judith Farris

Roucher - John Fanning

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Joel Katz

Fouquier Tinville - Christopher Coyea

Un Incredible - Peter Blanchet

Pietro Fléville - Doug MacNaughton

L'abate - Gary Rideout

Dumas - John Avey

Schmidt - Robert Milne

Il maestro di casa - Steven Horst

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution ALD 1690 (1989)ª

Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1619-2 {2CDS}

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at Toronto (April 1989; see OPERA August 1989 p.947). The cast listed above is that given in «Opera Viva - Canadian Opera Company - The First Fifty Years» by Ezra Chabas & Carl Morey p.279.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Fabio (Fabiano) Monica - 1990(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Principal de Palma de Mallorca

Chorus - Teatro Principal de Palma de Mallorca

Andrea Chénier - Bruno Sebastian

Carlo Gérard - Vincenzo Sardinero

Madeleine di Coigny - Adelaide Negri

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Compact Disc; - New Ornamenti NOC 171 {2CDS} (2007)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Principal de Palma de Mallorca. The cast also includes José Bros, María Uriz, Mauricio Antonelli, Sylvia Corbacho, Vicente Esteve. There is (was?) a review on the internet:

http://www3.cbox.ws/box/?boxid=2604151&boxtag=9658&sec=main\par

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Julius Rudel - 1990(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Nicola Martinucci

Carlo Gérard - Sherrill Milnes

Madeleine di Coigny - Aprile Millo

La mulatta Bersi - Diane Kesling

La Contessa di Coigny - Joyce Castle

Madelon - Camellia Johnson

Roucher - Brian Schexnayder

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Renato Capecchi

Fouquier Tinville - James Courtney

Un Incredible - Andrea Velis

Pietro Fléville - Michael Sokol

L'abate - Bernard Fitch

Dumas - Jeffrey Wells

Schmidt - Richard Vernon

Il maestro di casa - Ross Croilius

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers AND 199001 (Canada) {2CDRS}

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance the MET (22 December 1990). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Paolo Olmi - 1991(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale dell'Opera di Genova

Chorus - Teatro Comunale dell'Opera di Genove

Andrea Chénier - Giuseppe Giacomini

Carlo Gérard - Giorgio Zancanaro

Madeleine di Coigny - Ghena Dimitrova

La mulatta Bersi - Tiziana Tramonti

La Contessa di Coigny - Laura Bocca

Madelon - Eleonora Jankovic

Roucher - Alfredo Zanazzo

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Marco Chingari

Fouquier Tinville - Giovanni Antonini

Un Incredible - Oslavio Di Credico

Pietro Fléville - Carmelo Caruso

L'abate - Pio Bonfanti

Dumas - Enrico Fibrini

Schmidt - Ledo Freschi

Il maestro di casa - Dario Zerial

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 246 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Margherita, Genova (May 1991; see OPERA September 1991 p.1077). The cast listed above is that given in «Opera '91 Annuario EDT dell'Opera Lirica in Italia» p.92. Andrea Chénier was performed with this cast 0n 2, 5, 8 May 1991. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22» where the performance is incorrectly attributed to «Geneve».

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Marcello Viotti - 1992(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Andrea Chénier - Giuseppe Giacomini

Carlo Gérard - Renato Bruson

Madeleine di Coigny - Katia Ricciarelli

La mulatta Bersi - Veselina Kasarova

La Contessa di Coigny - Anna Gonda

Madelon - Margarita Lilowa

Roucher - Gottfried Hornik

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Renato Girolami

Fouquier Tinville - Goran Simic

Un Incredible - Heinz Zednik

Pietro Fléville - Claudio Otelli

Dumas - Hans Christian

Il maestro di casa - Dariusz Niemirowicz

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 255 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Premiere Opera ltd. CDNO 2180-2 {2CDRS} (2006)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (17 September 1992). Some of the cast information comes from «Chronik der Wiener Staatsoper 1945-1995». The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22» and those issued by Premiere are listed in «New Releases from Premiere Opera - Tue. 16 May 2006».

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1995(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Andrea Chénier - Kristjan Johannsson

Carlo Gérard - Sergei Leiferkus

Madeleine di Coigny - Aprile Millo

La mulatta Bersi - Emily Manhart

La Contessa di Coigny - Jane Shaulis

Madelon - Robynne Redmon

Roucher - Richard Zeller

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Stefan Szkafarowsky

Fouquier Tinville - Charles Austin

Un Incredible - Dennis Petersen

Pietro Fléville - Jeffrey Ray

L'abate - William Livingston

Dumas - Mark McCrory

Schmidt - Philip Kraus

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 4047 (1996)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in Chicago (11 November 1995). The cast listed above is that given in the online Performance Archive of the Chicago Lyric Opera (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric Distribution Incorporated are listed in «New Audio Cassette Listing - July 1996».

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Marco Armiliato - 1996(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Andrea Chénier - Lando Bartolini

Carlo Gérard - Paolo Gavanelli

Madeleine di Coigny - Eliane Coelho

La mulatta Bersi - Margorzata Walewska

La Contessa di Coigny - Waltraud Winsauer

Madelon - Nelly Boschkowa

Roucher - Yu Chen

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Wolfgang Bankl

Fouquier Tinville - David Cale Johnson

Un Incredible - Heinz Zednik

Pietro Fléville - István Gáti

L'abate - Franz Kasemann

Dumas - Wolfgang Equiluz

Schmidt - Rudolf Mazzola

Il maestro di casa - Andràs Palerdi

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 3182-2 {2CDRS} (2009)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (13 November 1996). Some information about the cast comes from «Chronik der Wiener Staatsoper 1995-2000» by Andreas Láng. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» January 2009.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor James Levine - 1996(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Luciano Pavarotti

Carlo Gérard - Juan (Joan) Pons

Madeleine di Coigny - Maria Guleghina

La mulatta Bersi - Wendy White

La Contessa di Coigny - Judith Christin

Madelon - Stephanie Blythe

Roucher - Haijing Fu

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Paul Plishka

Fouquier Tinville - Yanni Yannissis

Un Incredible - Michel Sénéchal

Pietro Fléville - Christopher Schaldenbrand

L'abate - Bernard Fitch

Dumas - Jeffrey Wells

Schmidt - Richard Vernon

Il maestro di casa - Bradley Garvin

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers AND 199601 {2CDRS} (Canada)

DVD (Video) - The Opera Lovers DVDAND 199601 (Canada) (2005)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *These audio and video recordings are probably of the performance on 15 October 1996, of which a video recording was broadcast on 23 April 1997. The CDRs and DVD issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Steven Mercurio - 1996(LI)

Orchestra - Seattle Opera

Chorus - Seattle Opera

Andrea Chénier - Ben Heppner

Carlo Gérard - Richard Paul Fink

Madeleine di Coigny - Diana Soviero

La mulatta Bersi - Kathleen Hegierski

Madelon - Sheila Nadler

Roucher - Matthew Lau

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Byron Ellis

Un Incredible - Paul Gudas

L'abate - Guy Bogar

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CD 683 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Seattle Opera. See OPERA NEWS October 1996 p.48. There were performances of Andrea Chenier, some with a different cast, at the Seattle Opera on 27,28 April and 1,3,4,8,11 May 1996 (Opera News 13 April 1996 p.68). The CDRs issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue (January 2003) where the date of the performance recorded was given as 13 April 1996. However, Andrea Chenier was not performed at the Seattle Opera on that day, but it was performed at the MET.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Michelangelo Veltri - 1996(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Andrea Chénier - Ben Heppner

Carlo Gérard - Anthony Michaels-Moore

Madeleine di Coigny - Stefka Evstatieva

La mulatta Bersi - Alejandra Malvino

La Contessa di Coigny - Ana M. Marco

Madelon - Lucila Ramos Mañé

Roucher - Omar Carrión

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Marcelo Lombardero

Fouquier Tinville - Mario Solomonoff

Un Incredible - Carlos Sampedro

Pietro Fléville - Oscar Grassi

L'abate - Carlos Bengolea

Dumas - Omar Brandán

Schmidt - Edgardo Zecca

Il maestro di casa - Juan Barrile

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VHS Video Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated 8932 (1996)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (June 1996). The cast listed above is that given in website of the Teatro Colón (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The VHS Video Cassette issued by Lyric is listed in «New Video Cassette Listings - October 1996».

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Cal Stewart Kellog - 1997(LI)

Orchestra - Opera Company of Philadelphia

Chorus - Opera Company of Philadelphia

Andrea Chénier - Lando Bartolini

Carlo Gérard - Richard Paul Fink

Madeleine di Coigny - Diana Soviero

La mulatta Bersi - Kathleen Hegierski

La Contessa di Coigny - Heather Meyers

Madelon - Edith Dowd

Roucher - Matthew Lau

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Perry Ward

Fouquier Tinville - Jason Marus

Un Incredible - Guy Renard

Pietro Fléville - Nigel Smith

L'abate - Jeffrey Picón

Dumas - Nigel Smith

Schmidt - Thomas Scurto-Davis

Il maestro di casa - Thomas Scurto-Davis

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VHS Video Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 08409 (NTSC)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (20 October 1997; see OPERA May 1998 p.543). The cast listed above is as given in Frank Hamilton's «Partial Performance Chronology 1975-2000» (click link below). The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his Catalogue dated November 2000.

http://frankhamilton.org/ph

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Richard Armstrong - 1998(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Andrea Chénier - José Cura

Carlo Gérard - Anthony Michaels-Moore

Madeleine di Coigny - Maria Guleghina

La mulatta Bersi - Leah-Marian Jones

La Contessa di Coigny - Fiona Kimm

Roucher - Jason Howard

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Roderick Earle

Un Incredible - Robin Leggate

Pietro Fléville - Christopher Lackner

L'abate - John Dobson

Schmidt - Michael Druiett

Il maestro di casa - Michael Druiett

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 243 (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance given by the Royal Opera in the Royal Festival Hall, London (23 February 1998; see OPERA May 1988 pp.611-612). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed as new issues in their online catalogue dated «03/12/22»

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Angelo Campori - 1999(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra Sinfonica dell Emilia Romagna «Arturo Toscanini»

Chorus - Cooperativa Artisti del Coro di Parma

Andrea Chénier - Lando Bartolini

Carlo Gérard - Antonio Salvadori

Madeleine di Coigny - Giovanna Casolla

La mulatta Bersi - Sonia Zaramella

La Contessa di Coigny - Monica Tagliasacchi

Madelon - Anna Schiatti

Roucher - Armando Gabba

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Cesare Lana

Fouquier Tinville - Ezio Maria Tisi

Un Incredible - Orfeo Zanetti

Pietro Fléville - Franco Boscolo

L'abate - Aldo Bottion

Dumas - Riccardo Ristori

Schmidt - Franco Federici

Il maestro di casa - Luciano Pagani

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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5405 (2005)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Teatro Regio di Parma (March 1999). The cast listed above is that given in «Opera '99 - Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'opera Lirica in Italia» pp.213-214. The DVD issued by Premiere is included in their list of new DVD releases dated 10 September 2005.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Adám Fischer - 2003(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Andrea Chénier - Johan Botha

Carlo Gérard - Lado Atanelli

Madeleine di Coigny - Violeta Urmana

La mulatta Bersi - Elina Garanca

La Contessa di Coigny - Margaretha Hintermeier

Madelon - Mihaela Ungureanu

Roucher - Boaz Daniel

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Alfred Sramek

Fouquier Tinville - Goran Simic

Un Incredible - Herwig Pecoraro

Pietro Fléville - Hans-Peter Kammerer

Dumas - Peter Köves

Schmidt - Janusz Monarcha

Il Romanziero - Peter Jelosits

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1011-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Live Opera Heaven C 3042 {2CDRS} (2007)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - 7+8 Juli-August 2007 S.57 [IW]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Vienna State Opera (June 2003). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in their list entitled «FALL 2003 PREMIERE OPERA COMPACT DISC RELEASES» and those issued by «Live Opera Heaven» are listed in their «AUGUST 2007 ALERT»..

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Paolo Olmi - 2003(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia

Chorus - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia

Andrea Chénier - Fabio Armiliato

Carlo Gérard - Alberto Gazale

Madeleine di Coigny - Daniela Dessi

La mulatta Bersi - Rossana Rinaldi

La Contessa di Coigny - Marta Moretto

Madelon - Olga Alexandrova

Roucher - Cesare Lana

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Paolo Orecchia

Fouquier Tinville - Franco Boscolo

Un Incredible - Luca Casalin

Pietro Fléville - Armando Gabba

L'abate - Mauro Buffoli

Schmidt - Andrea Snarski

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1009-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro La Fenice di Venezia (April 2003; see L'OPERA Anno XVII N.172 maggio 2003 p.20). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in their list entitled «FALL 2003 PREMIERE OPERA COMPACT DISC RELEASES».

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Vlekoslav Sutej - 2005(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano «Giuseppe Verdi»

Chorus - Coro Sinfonico di Milano «Giuseppe Verdi»

Andrea Chénier - Fabio Armiliato

Carlo Gérard - Carlo Guelfi

Madeleine di Coigny - Daniela Dessi

La mulatta Bersi - Rossana Rinaldi

La Contessa di Coigny - Viorica Cortez

Madelon - Viorica Cortez

Roucher - Enzo Capuano

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Marco Camastra

Fouquier Tinville - Antonio Marani

Un Incredible - Mauro Buffoli

Pietro Fléville - Antonio Marani

L'abate - Mauro Buffoli

Dumas - Andrea Snarski

Schmidt - Andrea Snarski

Il maestro di casa - Andrea Snarski

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Compact Disc; - DG 476 6453 {2CDS} (2008)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - 3+4 März-April 2009 S.50 [IW]

Musica (Milano) - 200 Anno 31 Ottobre 2008 pp.59-60 [SH]

Comments:- *Recorded in Milan (31 October - 9 November 2005). See website

http://www.operadisc.com/rec dischi.php?id=768

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Rizzi - 2006(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Andrea Chénier - José Cura

Carlo Gérard - Carlo Guelfi

Madeleine di Coigny - Maria Guleghina

La mulatta Bersi - Giancinta Nicotra

La Contessa di Coigny - Cinzia De Mola

Madelon - Annie Vavrille

Roucher - Carlo Cigni

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Mario Bellanova

Fouquier Tinville - Giuseppe Guidi

Un Incredible - Pierre Lefèbre

L'abate - Stefano Pisani

Dumas - Michele Castagnaro

Schmidt - Atfeh Ziyan

Il maestro di casa - Mauro Marchetto

Il Romanziero - Armando Ariostini

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DVD (Video) - TDK DVWW OPACH (2006)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 2006 p.111 (DVD) [JBS]

Opera News - December 2006 p.82 [RP]

Fanfare - Volume 30 No.2 November/December 2006 pp.319-320 [HF]

Diapason - No.541 novembre 2006 p.127 [MP]

International Record Review - September 2006 p.80 [CC]

American Record Guide - November/December 2006 Vol.69 No.6 pp.284-288 [DF]

Opéra Magazine - No.11 octobre 2006 p.81 [PC]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.93 septiembre 2006 p.77 [PMH]

Classica Répertoire - No.86 octobre 2006 p.116 [AT]

Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Teatro Comunale di Bologna (January 2006).

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Marco Armiliato - 2007(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Ben Heppner

Carlo Gérard - Mark Delavan

Madeleine di Coigny - Violeta Urmana

La mulatta Bersi - Maria Zifchak

La Contessa di Coigny - Michaela Martens

Madelon - Irina Mishura

Roucher - Charles (Edwin) Taylor

Il sanculotto Mathieu - John Del Carlo

Fouquier Tinville - Peter Volpe

Un Incredible - David Cangelosi

Pietro Fléville - Patrick Carfizzi

L'abate - Bernard Fitch

Dumas - James Courtney

Schmidt - Leroy Lehr

Il maestro di casa - Brian Davis

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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 653 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (March or April 2007). The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) listed as new issues in their website in July 2008 (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Pinchas Steinberg - 2007(LI;Armiliato)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Andrea Chénier - Fabio Armiliato

Carlo Gérard - Anthony Michaels-Moore

Madeleine di Coigny - Daniela Dessi

La mulatta Bersi - Marina Rodríguez Cusi

La Contessa di Coigny - Viorica Cortez

Madelon - Irina Mishura

Roucher - Miguel Angel Zapater

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Philip Cutlip

Fouquier Tinville - Enric Serra

Un Incredible - Francisco Vals

Pietro Fléville - Enric Serra

L'abate - José (Josep) Ruiz

Dumas - Manel Esteve Madrid

Schmidt - Vincenç Esteve Corbacho

Il maestro di casa - Vincenç Esteve Corbacho

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2775-2 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo (30 September 2007). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «New Releases» dated Tuesday 08 January 2008.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Pinchas Steinberg - 2007(LI;Cura)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Andrea Chénier - José Cura

Carlo Gérard - Carlos Álvarez

Madeleine di Coigny - Deborah Voigt

La mulatta Bersi - Marina Rodríguez Cusi

La Contessa di Coigny - Viorica Cortez

Madelon - Irina Mishura

Roucher - Miguel Angel Zapater

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Philip Cutlip

Fouquier Tinville - Enric Serra

Un Incredible - Francisco Vals

Pietro Fléville - Enric Serra

L'abate - José (Josep) Ruiz

Dumas - Manel Esteve Madrid

Schmidt - Vincenç Esteve Corbacho

Il maestro di casa - Vincenç Esteve Corbacho

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2830-2 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo (29 September 2007). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «New Releases» dated Tuesday 08 January 2008.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Paolo Olmi - 2008(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestre Symphonique et Lyriique de Nancy

Chorus - L'Opéra National de Lorraine

Andrea Chénier - Carlo Scibelli

Carlo Gérard - Piero Guarnera

Madeleine di Coigny - Martina Serafin

La mulatta Bersi - Diana Axenti

La Contessa di Coigny - Michèle Lagrange

Madelon - Michèle Lagrange

Roucher - Wenwei Zhang

Il sanculotto Mathieu - David Bizic

Fouquier Tinville - Antoine Garcin

Un Incredible - Éric Huchet

Pietro Fléville - Christophe Gay

L'abate - Éric Huchet

Dumas - Erik Freulon

Schmidt - Erik Freulon

Il maestro di casa - Erik Freulon

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2967-2 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at Nancy (7 March 2008). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» Fall/Winter 2008-2009. See the website:

http://www.resmusica.com/article 5098 scene lyrique andrea chenier nancy au pied de l echafaud j essaye encore ma lyre (chenier).html

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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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