(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1958(LI) - Serafin Tullio - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*
2 1970(RA) - Bellugi Piero - RAI Torino*
3 1981(LI) - Scimone Claudio - Houston Symphony Orchestra*
4 1983(STU) - Pollini Maurizio - The Chamber Orchestra of Europe*
5 1984(LI) - Zedda Alberto - Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova*
6 1986(LI) - Lewis Henry - Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France*
7 1990(LI) - Östman Arnold - Orchestra Sinfonica dell Emilia Romagna «Arturo Toscanini»**
8 1992(LC) - Muti Riccardo - Teatro alla Scala***
9 1992(LI) - Östman Arnold - Orchestra*
10 2001(LI) - Gatti Daniele - Teatro Comunale di Bologna*
11 2002(LI) - Frizza Riccardo - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*
12 2002(LI) - Viotti Marcello - Mozartium Orchester*
13 2003(LI) - Queler Eve - Opera Orchestra of New York*
14 2006(LI) - Benini Maurizio - Scottish Chamber Orchestra*
15 2006(LI) - Zedda Alberto - Südwestdeutsche Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Elena - Rosanna Carteri
Malcolm - Irene Companeez
Uberto (Giacomo) - Cesare Valletti
Rodrigo di Dhu - Edward Ruhl
Douglas d'Angus - Paolo Washington
Albina - Carmen Piccini
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 253 {2LPS} (1962)ª; CLS ARPCL 32038
Compact Disc; - Grand Tier ENGT-CD2 # 14/96 {2CDS} (1997)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La donna del lago by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.718; PENGUIN p.359; GIUDICI p.733 (2) p.1216
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.22 No.1 September/October 1998 p.295 [RVL]
American Record Guide - July/August 1997 Vol.60 No.4 p.240
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro della Pergola at the Maggio Musicale (9 May 1958, see OPERA August 1958 pp.499-502). This performance was broadcast on the BBC Third Programme on 28 September 1958 (See OPERA November 1956 p.744)
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Conductor Piero Bellugi - 1970(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Torino
Chorus - RAI Torino
Elena - Montserrat Caballé
Malcolm - Júlia Hamari
Uberto (Giacomo) - Franco Bonisolli
Rodrigo di Dhu - Pietro Bottazzo
Douglas d'Angus - Paolo Washington
Albina - Anna Maria Balboni
Serano - Gino Sinimberghi
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Black Disc - BJR 116 {3LPS}; HOPE 206 {3LPS}; Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 58 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Melodram 27074 {2CDS}; Standing Room Only SRO 803-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1206 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Celestial Audio CA 099 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La donna del lago by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.718; PENGUIN p.359; GIUDICI p.733 (2) p.1216
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 p.107 [DA]
Comments:- Recording of a broadcast performance (20 April 1970)
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Conductor Claudio Scimone - 1981(LI)
Orchestra - Houston Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Houston Grand Opera
Elena - Frederica Von Stade
Malcolm - Marilyn Horne
Uberto (Giacomo) - Rockwell Blake
Rodrigo di Dhu - Dano Raffanti
Douglas d'Angus - Nicola Zaccaria
Albina - Susan Mentzer
Serano - Bruce Ford
Bertram - Bruce Ford
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Black Disc - Voce 64 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Mitridate «Ponto» POCD 1016 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1123-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Celestial Audio CA 417 {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La donna del lago by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.718; PENGUIN p.359; GIUDICI p.733 (2) p.1216
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Heft 11+12 November+Dezember 2003 S.61 [GH]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.1 p.186
Opéra International - No.62 septembre 1983 [SS]; No.285 décembre 2003 p.71 [SS]
Diapason - No.511 février 2004 pp.103-104 [JC]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.68 marzo 2004 p.87 [TF]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Houston Grand Opera (18 October 1981, see OPERA February 1982 p.156). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in their list entitled «FALL 2003 PREMIERE OPERA COMPACT DISC RELEASES» and those issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues on January 2005.
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Conductor Maurizio Pollini - 1983(STU)
Orchestra - The Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Chorus - Prague Philharmonic Choir
Elena - Katia Ricciarelli
Malcolm - Lucia Valentini-Terrani
Uberto (Giacomo) - Dalmacio González
Rodrigo di Dhu - Dano Raffanti
Douglas d'Angus - Samuel Ramey
Albina - Cecilia Valdenassi
Serano - Oslavio Di Credico
Bertram - Antonio D' Uva
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Black Disc; - CBS «Masterworks» 13M 39311 {3LPS} (1985)ª
Compact Cassette; - *CBS «Masterworks» I3T 39311 (1985)ª
Compact Disc; - CBS «Masterworks» CD 39311 {3CDS} (1988)ª; Sony S2K 39311 {3CDS}; Fonit Cetra CDC 31
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La donna del lago by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.718; PENGUIN p.359; GIUDICI p.733 (2) p.1216
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1985 p. [RO]; August 1988 p. [RO]
HiFi News & Record Review - July 1993 p.80
Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.4 Summer 1989 pp.134-135 [JS]
American Record Guide - January/February 1986 Vol.49 No.1 p.25 [DA]
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Conductor Alberto Zedda - 1984(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
Chorus - Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
Elena - Anna Caterina Antonacci
Malcolm - Hadar Halevy
Uberto (Giacomo) - Juan Diego Flórez
Rodrigo di Dhu - Robert McPherson
Douglas d'Angus - Simone Alberghini
Albina - Lilia Gamberini
Serano - Cataldo Caputo
Bertram - Cataldo Caputo
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Compact Disc - Celestial Audio CA 426 {2CDRS}
Recordings of La donna del lago by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.718; PENGUIN p.359; GIUDICI p.733 (2) p.1216
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova (17 January 2004). There are (were?) reviews on the internet:-
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Conductor Henry Lewis - 1986(LI)
Orchestra - Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Chorus - Choeur
Elena - Lella Cuberli
Malcolm - Lucia Valentini-Terrani
Uberto (Giacomo) - Rockwell Blake
Rodrigo di Dhu - Chris Merritt
Douglas d'Angus - Harry Dworchak
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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 646-3 {3CDS}
Recordings of La donna del lago by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.718; PENGUIN p.359; GIUDICI p.733 (2) p.1216
Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance in the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris (2 March 1986; see OPERA August 1986 p.937; OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL Avril 1986 No.91 pp.44-45). The date is given as 2 February 1986 in Premiere's catalogue.
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Conductor Arnold Östman - 1990(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra Sinfonica dell Emilia Romagna «Arturo Toscanini»
Chorus - Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma
Elena - Cecilia Gasdia
Malcolm - Kathleen Kuhlmann
Uberto (Giacomo) - Rockwell Blake
Rodrigo di Dhu - Luca Canonici
Douglas d'Angus - Boris Martinovich
Albina - Marilena Laurenza
Serano - Bruno Bulgarelli
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DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVDCC 452 (2005)ª
VHS Video Cassette; - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 09102 (NTSC) (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La donna del lago by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.718; PENGUIN p.359; GIUDICI p.733 (2) p.1216
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Teatro Regia di Parma (2 January 1990). The performance on 26 December 1989 is reviewed in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL février 1990 No.133 p.50
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Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1992(LC)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Elena - June Anderson
Malcolm - Martine Dupuy
Uberto (Giacomo) - Rockwell Blake
Rodrigo di Dhu - Chris Merritt
Douglas d'Angus - Giorgio Surjan
Albina - Marilena Laurenza
Serano - Ernesto Gavazzi
Bertram - Ferrero Poggi
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Compact Disc; - *Philips 438 211-2 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Philips 473 307-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª
DVD (Video) - Image Entertainments ID 4363 PUDVD (USA) (1999)ª; Elleu multimedia (2002)ª; Opus Arte OALS 3009D (2004)ª; Brilliant Classics 93048 (2006)ª; Opus Arte OA 3001 (La Scala Collection) {12CDS} (2006)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Video RAI VRF 2159 (PAL); Home Vision DON-190 (NTSC)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La donna del lago by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.718; PENGUIN p.359; GIUDICI p.733 (2) p.1216
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1995 p.104 (audio) [RO]; March 2005 pp.101-102 (DVD) [MSR]
Opera Now - March 1995 p.51 (audio)
Opera News - February 4 1995 p.47 (audio)
Orpheus - Dezember 1994 S.57 (audio); Jul+Aug 2006 S.70-S.71 (DVD) [ME]
Opéra International - avril 1994 No.179 p.64 (video); novembre 1994 No.185 p.63 (audio); No.299 mars-avril 2005 p.122 (DVD) [JC]
Diapason - No.409 novembre 1994 p.163 (audio)
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.163 p.116 (audio) [JC-1]
BBC Music Magazine - December 1994 p.98 (audio)
Classic CD - January 1995 p.72 (audio)
International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 pp.104-106 (DVD) [MSR]
American Record Guide - January/February 2007 Vol.70 No.1 pp.249-251 (DVD) [RVL]
Répertoire - No.74 novembre 1994 p.78 (audio)
Le Monde de la Musique - No.182 novembre 1994 p.116 (audio)
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.164 settembre 2002 p.128 (DVD) [GL]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.60 mayo 2003 pp.83-84 (audio) [MC]
Comments:- Recorded at performances at La Scala (June 1992; see Opéra International septembre 1992 No.161 p.37). See The Times Weekend Saturday October 29 1994 p.7
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Conductor Arnold Östman - 1992(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra
Chorus - Chorus
Elena - Anna Caterina Antonacci
Malcolm - Kathleen Kuhlmann
Uberto (Giacomo) - Raúl Giménez
Rodrigo di Dhu - Ramón Vargas
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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 646 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La donna del lago by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.718; PENGUIN p.359; GIUDICI p.733 (2) p.1216
Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (28 March 1992). See OPERA July 1992 p.849. The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues October 2007.
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Conductor Daniele Gatti - 2001(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Chorus - Prague Chamber Chorus
Elena - Mariella Devia
Malcolm - Daniela Barcellona
Uberto (Giacomo) - Juan Diego Flórez
Rodrigo di Dhu - Charles Workman
Douglas d'Angus - Simone Alberghini
Albina - Maria Luce Menichetti
Serano - Gregory Bonfatti
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 541 (2003)ª; live-rare-opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La donna del lago by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.718; PENGUIN p.359; GIUDICI p.733 (2) p.1216
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Palafestival, Pesaro (12 August 2001). The cast listed above is that given in «Opera 2001 Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'Opera Lirica in Italia» p.218. 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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Conductor Riccardo Frizza - 2002(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Choeur de la Radio lettone
Elena - Brigitte Hahn
Malcolm - Daniela Barcellona
Uberto (Giacomo) - Juan Diego Flórez
Rodrigo di Dhu - Gregory Kunde
Douglas d'Angus - Nicola Ulivieri
Albina - Karine Deshayes
Serano - Franck Bard
Bertram - Franck Bard
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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 610-3 {3CDRS}
Recordings of La donna del lago by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.718; PENGUIN p.359; GIUDICI p.733 (2) p.1216
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Opéra Berlioz-Le Corume (23 July 2002; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.271 septembre 2002 pp.28-29.
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Conductor Marcello Viotti - 2002(LI)
Orchestra - Mozartium Orchester
Chorus - Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsoper
Elena - Ruth Ann Swenson
Malcolm - Daniela Barcellona
Uberto (Giacomo) - Juan Diego Flórez
Rodrigo di Dhu - Bruce Fowler
Douglas d'Angus - Luca Pisaroni
Albina - Britta Stallmeister
Serano - Steve Davislim
Bertram - Steve Davislim
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Black Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 854-3 {3CDRS}
Recordings of La donna del lago by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.718; PENGUIN p.359; GIUDICI p.733 (2) p.1216
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Conductor Eve Queler - 2003(LI)
Orchestra - Opera Orchestra of New York
Elena - Ruth Ann Swenson
Malcolm - Stephanie Blythe
Uberto (Giacomo) - Mario Zeffiri
Rodrigo di Dhu - Bruce Fowler
Douglas d'Angus - Jason Grant
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDOO 1536-3 {3CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La donna del lago by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.718; PENGUIN p.359; GIUDICI p.733 (2) p.1216
Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance in the Carnegie Hall, New York (19 May 2003). This is reviewed on the internet
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Conductor Maurizio Benini - 2006(LI)
Orchestra - Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Chorus - Edinburgh Festival Chorus
Elena - Carmen Giannattasio
Malcolm - Patricia Bardon
Uberto (Giacomo) - Kenneth Tarver
Rodrigo di Dhu - Gregory Kunde
Douglas d'Angus - Robert Gleadow
Albina - Francesca Sasso
Serano - Mark Wilde
Bertram - Mark Wilde
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Compact Disc; - Opera Rara ORC 34 {3CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La donna del lago by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.718; PENGUIN p.359; GIUDICI p.733 (2) p.1216
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 2007 pp.84-85 [JBS]
Opera - October 2007 p.1266, p.1268 [GL]
Fanfare - Vol.31 No.2 November/December 2007 pp.232-233 [JK]
International Record Review - July/August 2007 pp.28-29 [JTH]
American Record Guide - September/October 2007 Vol.70 No.5 p.152 [CHP]
Opéra Magazine - No.20 juillet-aoüt 2007 pp.77-78 [PC]
Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance in the Usher Hall, Edinburgh (18 August 2006).
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Conductor Alberto Zedda - 2006(LI)
Orchestra - Südwestdeutsche Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern
Chorus - Prague Chamber Chorus
Elena - Sonia Ganassi
Malcolm - Marianna Pizzolato
Uberto (Giacomo) - Maxim Mironov
Rodrigo di Dhu - Ferdinand von Bothmer
Douglas d'Angus - Wojciech Gierlach
Albina - Olga Perotyatko
Serano - Stefan Cifolelli
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Compact Disc; - Naxos 8.660235-36 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La donna del lago by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.718; PENGUIN p.359; GIUDICI p.733 (2) p.1216
Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance in the Kurhaus, Bad Wildbad (4 November 2006)
Abbreviations
(STU), "Studio" Recording
(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts
(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source
(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source
(LI), "Live" Recording
(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts
(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance
(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance
(RA), A Radio Performance
(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance
(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast
(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance
(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film
(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film
CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988
EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994
GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)
HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973
MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982
MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993
MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997
More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999
NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli
PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993
Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española
Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española