(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1949(LI) - Gui Vittorio - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*
2 1951(RA) - Previtali Fernando - RAI Roma*
3 1955(LI) - Klobucar Berislav - Radio Symphonieorchester Wien*
4 1959(LI) - Bartoletti Bruno - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*
5 1960(LI) - Schippers Thomas - Metropolitan Opera*
6 1960(RA) - Vernizzi Fulvio - Radio Hilversum*
7 1960(SE) - Singer George - Hamburg Radio*
8 1961(LI) - Bartoletti Bruno - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*
9 1961(LI) - Gui Vittorio - Teatro Massimo di Palermo*
10 1961(LI) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - San Francisco Opera*
11 1963(LI) - Bartoletti Bruno - Chicago Lyric Opera*
12 1964(LI) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - San Francisco Opera*
13 1964(SE) - Stein Horst - Deutsche Oper Berlin*
14 1965(STU) - Gardelli Lamberto - Wiener Staatsoper*
15 1966(LI) - Gavazzeni Gianandrea - Teatro alla Scala*
16 1968(LI) - Cillario Carlo Felice - American Opera Society*
17 1968(LI) - Raichev Rouslan - Sofia National Opera*
18 1972(LI) - Davis Colin - Covent Garden*
19 1972(LI) - Sanzogno Nino - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia*
20 1972(LI) - Vonk Hans - Omroeporkest*
21 1974(LI) - Fabritiis Oliviero De - Teatro Massimo di Palermo*
22 1977(LI) - Muti Riccardo - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino***
23 1977-78(STU) - Muti Riccardo - Philharmonia Orchestra*
24 1978(LI) - Coppola Anton - New Orleans Opera Association*
25 1978(LI) - Ziino Ottavio - Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari*
26 1979(LI) - Rigacci Bruno - NOT KNOWN*
27 1979(LI) - Santi Nello - Théâtre de l'Opéra de Paris***
28 1980(LI) - Erede Alberto - Düsseldorfer Symphoniker*
29 1981(LI) - Arena Maurizio - Arena di Verona**
30 1981(LI;17/9/81) - Pallo Imre - New York City Opera*
31 1981(LI;2/10/81) - Pallo Imre - New York City Opera*
32 1982(STU) - Sinopoli Giuseppe - Deutsche Oper Berlin*
33 1984(LI) - Agler David - Australian Opera*
34 1984(LI) - Gandolfi Romano - Gran Teatro del Liceo*
35 1984(LI) - Yampolski Victor - Symphony Orchestra of the Performing Arts Council*
36 1986(LI) - Muti Riccardo - Teatro alla Scala*
37 1986 - Muti Riccardo - Teatro alla Scala**
38 1989(LI) - Fulton Thomas - Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg**
39 1989(LI) - Rinaldi Maurizio - Orchestra Nova Amadeus*
40 1991(LI) - Oren Daniel - Arena di Verona**
41 1992(LI) - Guadagno Anton - Arena di Verona*
42 1993(LI) - Matakiev Metodi - Sofia Symphony Orchestra*
43 1994(LE) - Chaslin Frédéric - Wiener Symphoniker**
44 1994(LI) - Carminati Fabrizio Maria - Orchestra della Regione Lombardia «I Pomeriggi Musicali» di Milano*
45 1995(LI) - Luisi Fabio - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande*
46 1995(LI) - Muti Riccardo - Teatro Comunale di Bologna*
47 1995(LI) - Steinberg Pinchas - L'Opéra National de Paris - Bastille***
48 1996(LC) - Guadagno Anton - Arena di Verona*
49 1996(LI) - Arena Maurizio - Arena di Verona*
50 1996(LI) - Cillario Carlo Felice - State Orchestra of Victoria**
51 1996(LI) - Elder Mark - Covent Garden*
52 1997(LI) - Bartoletti Bruno - Chicago Lyric Opera*
53 1997(LI) - Carignani Paolo - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli**
54 1998(LI) - Bass Robert - St. Luke's Orchestra*
55 1998(LI) - Oren Daniel - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma**
56 1998(LI) - Oren Daniel - Tokyo Symphony Orchestra*
57 1998(LI) - Slatkin Leonard - Orchestre National de France**
58 1999(LE) - Saccani Rico - Sinfonetta de Lausanne*
59 2000 & 2001 - Attanasi Walter - Netherlands Ballet Orchestra***
60 2000(LI) - Conlon James - L'Opéra National de Paris*
61 2000(LI) - Summers Patrick - Houston Symphony Orchestra*
62 2000(STU) - Michnik Ewa - Wroclaw Opera*
63 2001(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera**
64 2001(LI) - Lloyd Michael - English National Opera*
65 2001(LI) - Luisi Fabio - Wiener Staatsoper***
66 2002(LI) - Lessky Michael - Junge Philharmonie Wien**
67 2002(LI) - Santi Nello - L'Opéra de Monte-Carlo*
68 2003(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera*
69 2003(LI) - Meena James - Orchestra*
70 2004(LI) - Frizza Riccardo - Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova**
71 2004(LI) - Oren Daniel - Orchestra Sinfonica dell Emilia Romagna «Arturo Toscanini»**
72 2004(LI) - Paganini Giorgio - Orquesta de la Casa de la Opera de Buenos Aires***
73 2005(STU) - Parry David - Opera North*
74 2007(LI) - Arrivabeni Paolo - L'Opéra Royal de Wallonie*
75 2007(LI) - Campanella Bruno - Teatro delle Muse di Ancona**
76 2007(LI) - Märzendorfer Ernst - Europa Symphony**
77 2007(LI) - Oren Daniel - Arena di Verona**
78 2008(LI) - Carignani Paolo - Bayerische Staatsoper*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1949(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Nabucco - Gino Bechi
Ismaele - Gino Sinimberghi
Zaccaria - Luciano Neroni
Abigaille - Maria Callas
Fenena - Amalia Pini
Gran Sacerdote - Iginio Riccò
Abdallo - Luciano della Pergola
Anna - Silvana Tenti
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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 16 {3LPS}; Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 56 {3LPS}; Historic Operatic Treasures ERR 114-3; Estro Armonico EA 026 {3LPS} Vox THS 65137/39 {3LPS}; Accord 150043 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Melodram MEL 26029 {2CDS}; Canale Records 539 001-002 {2CDS} ; Pantheon PHE 6636/7 {2CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 2.0010 {2CDS}; Urania «Archivo Storico» URN 22.100 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Hardy Classic HCA 6009 {2CDS} (1999)ª;; DiVa 1129-1130 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Archipel ARPCD 0001 {2CDS} (2000)ª; fono 1033/34 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 001/03 CD 3 (+recital - Callas) {3CDS} (2002)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 875-2 {2CDRS} replaced by CDNO 1825 {2CDRS} (2005)ª; Myto «Historical» MCD 00222 {2CDS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - April 1998 p.62 [GH]: Februar 2000 S.65 [GH] Mai 2000 S.60 (mention) [GH]
Diapason - janvier 1993 p.148
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.184 p.114 [ES]
American Record Guide - July/August 1998 Vol.61 No.4 p.277 [LM]
International Record Review - April 2003 pp.24-25 (mention) [MVA]
The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.5 (2) p.7 (4) p.7
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.111 junio 1998 p.64 (mention) [PL]
Répertoire - No.126 juillet/aoüt 1999 p.84 [PT]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII N.134 novembre 1999 p.110 [GL]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.40 julio-agosto 2000 p.98 [JV]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples (20 December 1949). The CDRs issued by Premiere (1825-2) are listed in «2005 FALL NEW RELEASES».
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Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1951(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Nabucco - Paolo Silveri
Ismaele - Mario Binci
Zaccaria - Antonio Cassinelli
Abigaille - Caterina Mancini
Fenena - Gabriella Gatti
Gran Sacerdote - Albino Gaggi
Abdallo - Licinio Francardi
Anna - Beatrice Preziosa
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Black Disc - Cetra LPC 1216 {3LPS}; Cetra-Soria 1216 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDO 26 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Warner Fonit 8573 82646-2 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Preiser Records 20049 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1958 p.372
Opera - March 1958 p.186; December 1994 p.1390
Opera News - December 10 1994 p.50
Fanfare - Vol.18 No.2 November/December 1994 409
Orpheus - 3+4 März-April 2009 S.53-S.54 [IW]
Opéra International - octobre 1999 No.239 p.69 [SS]
Opernwelt - 1/Januar 1996 S.55
American Record Guide - July 1951 Vol.17 No.11 p.362 [MDS]: March/April 1997 Vol.60 No.2 p.248
High Fidelity Magazine - January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.47 [CLO]
Répertoire - No.73 octobre 1994 p.92
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.142 luglio-agosto 2000 pp.104-105 [GL]
Comments:- Recorded 16 January 1951
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Conductor Berislav Klobucar - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Radio Symphonieorchester Wien
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Nabucco - Scipio Colombo
Ismaele - Laza Jovanovic
Zaccaria - Walter Berry
Abigaille - Gerda Scheyrer
Fenena - Josefine Zlabinger
Anna - Hilde Vadura
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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0209 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Classic Record Collector - Winter 2007 p.98 [JTH]
Comments:- *Recording of a (concert?) performance.
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Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Nabucco - Ettore Bastianini
Ismaele - Gastone Limarilli
Zaccaria - Paolo Washington
Abigaille - Margherita Roberti
Fenena - Miriam Pirazzini
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Black Disc - CLS ARPCL 32037 {3LPS}
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Giardino di Boboli, Florence (July 1959; see OPERA September 1959 pp.580-581)
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Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Nabucco - Cornell MacNeil
Ismaele - Eugenio Fernandi
Zaccaria - Cesare Siepi
Abigaille - Leonie Rysanek
Fenena - Rosalind Elias
Gran Sacerdote - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Abdallo - Paul Franke
Anna - Carlotta Ordassy
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 042 {3LPS} (1981)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - Februar 1983 S.187 (mention) [OT]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (3 December 1960; see OPERA QUARTERLY Vol.19 No.2 Spring 2003 pp.239-240)
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Conductor Fulvio Vernizzi - 1960(RA)
Orchestra - Radio Hilversum
Chorus - Radio Hilversum
Nabucco - Dino Dondi
Ismaele - Giampaolo Corradi
Zaccaria - Ugo Trama
Abigaille - Anita Cerquetti
Fenena - Giovanna Fioroni
Anna - Jolanda Mancini
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Compact Disc; - Eklipse EKR P-8 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Living Stage LS 4035144 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Juli 1995 S.58
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.222 p.103 [ES]
American Record Guide - November/December 2002 Vol.65 No.6 p.260 [CHP]
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Conductor George Singer - 1960(SE)
Orchestra - Hamburg Radio
Chorus - Hamburg Radio
Nabucco - Lawrence Winters
Ismaele - Giuseppe Savio
Zaccaria - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Abigaille - Norma Giusti
Fenena - Erika Wien
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Black Disc - Musica et Litera MEL 8013 {1LP}; *Saga XID 5173 {1LP} (UK) Asco A 106 {1LP} (USA)
Compact Disc; - Tuxedo TUXCD 1029 {1CD} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1963 p.192
High Fidelity Magazine - June 1961 Vol.11 No.6 p.60 [CLO]
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Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Nabucco - Ettore Bastianini
Ismaele - Luigi Ottolini
Zaccaria - Ivo Vinco
Abigaille - Mirella Parutto (-Boyer)
Fenena - Anna Maria Rota
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Black Disc - Replica ARLP 32497 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 751 {2CDS} ; Myto 2 MCD 051 305 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - November 1994 p.63
Opéra International - septembre 1984 No.73 p.51 [SS]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.82 julio-agosto 2005 pp.89-90 [JN]
Comments:- Recording of a performance given in the Teatro Comunale, Florence (26 August 1961)
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Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Chorus - Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Nabucco - Ettore Bastianini
Ismaele - Mirto Picchi
Zaccaria - Ivo Vinco
Abigaille - Mirella Parutto (-Boyer)
Fenena - Miriam Pirazzini
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera (Italy) unnumbered {2CDRS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Massimo di Palermo (February 1961). The partial cast listed above is that given in «Il Teatro Massimo di Palermo - cento anni attraverso le stagioni liriche e gli artisti» p.161. The CDRs issued by Premiere Opera (Italy) are (were?) listed on the website http://stores.ebay.com/premiereopera (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Nabucco - Ettore Bastianini
Ismaele - Renato Cioni
Zaccaria - Giorgio Tozzi
Abigaille - Lucilla Udovich
Fenena - Janis Martin
Gran Sacerdote - Joshua Hecht
Abdallo - Howard Fried
Anna - Gwen Curatilo
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1432
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (23 October 1961). The cast listed above is that given in «The San Francisco Opera 1922-1978» by Arthur Bloomfield pp.445-446. 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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Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera
Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera
Nabucco - Tito Gobbi
Ismaele - Alfonso La Morena
Zaccaria - Boris Christoff
Abigaille - Danica Mastilovic
Fenena - Anna Maria Rota
Gran Sacerdote - William Wilderman
Abdallo - Carlos (Carlo) Cossutta
Anna - Corinna Vozza
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1109; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1260-2 {2CDRS}
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (4 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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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Nabucco - Tito Gobbi
Ismaele - Franco Tagliavini
Zaccaria - Giorgio Tozzi
Abigaille - Gladys Kuchta
Fenena - Janis Martin
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2271-2 {2CDRS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *This may be a recording of a performance given by the San Francisco Opera in the open-air Greek auditorium in the University of Berkeley. See OPERA December 1964 p.797. The CDRs issued by Premiere are included in the online update to their catalogue dated 9 August 2006.
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Conductor Horst Stein - 1964(SE)
Orchestra - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Nabucco - Thomas Stewart
Ismaele - Sándor Kónya
Zaccaria - Martti Talvela
Abigaille - Liane Synek
Fenena - Evelyn Lear
Abdallo - Gernot Pietsch
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Black Disc; - D.G.G. 136 426 {1LP} (1966)ª;; *DG 2537 008 {1LP}
Compact Disc - DG 447 817-2 {1CD}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Oktober 1995 S.58
Fono Forum - Februar 1966 S.78 [FH]
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Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1965(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Nabucco - Tito Gobbi
Ismaele - Bruno Prevedi
Zaccaria - Carlo Cava
Abigaille - Elena Souliotis
Fenena - Dora Carral
Gran Sacerdote - Giovanni Foiani
Abdallo - Walter Kräutler
Anna - Anna D' Auria
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Black Disc; - Decca MET 298-300 {3LPS} (1966)ª; *Decca SET 298-300 {3LPS} (1966)ª; London OSA 1382 S {3LPS}
Compact Cassette; - Decca K126K32 (1979)ª
Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 417 407-2 {2CDS} (1987)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 1966 p.571; July 1966 p.49; July 1979 p.259 [IM] January 1987 p.1058 [AB]
Opera - July 1966 p.558 [HDR]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.168-171 [DWW]
Audio & Record Review - May 1966 p.25 [AJ]
The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.572
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Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Nabucco - Giangiacomo Guelfi
Ismaele - Gianni Raimondi
Zaccaria - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Abigaille - Elena Souliotis
Fenena - Gloria Lane
Gran Sacerdote - Giovanni Foiani
Abdallo - Piero De Palma
Anna - Mirella Fiorentini
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Black Disc - Morgan 3 MOR 6601 {3LPS}; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 16 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - *Nuova Era 2222/23 {2CDS}; Pantheon PHE 6757/8 {2CDS} Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 491-2 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD «Grand Tier» 7031 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
American Record Guide - January/February 2008 Vol.71 No.1 p.225 [MM]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (7 December 1966). See OPERA, March 1967 p.201
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Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario - 1968(LI)
Orchestra - American Opera Society
Chorus - American Opera Society
Nabucco - Kostas Paskalis
Ismaele - Daniele Barioni
Zaccaria - Luigi Roni
Abigaille - Elena Souliotis
Fenena - Louise Pearl
Anna - Jacklyn Schneider
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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3779 (1995)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance in the Carnegie Hall, New York (11 October 1968). The partial cast listed above is that given in «E colpa amore? - Infelicita e prodigi di Elena Souliotis» by Jacopo Serafini p.287. The compact cassettes issued by Lyric are listed in «Operatic Audio Cassettes - New Listings - November 1995».
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Conductor Rouslan Raichev - 1968(LI)
Orchestra - Sofia National Opera
Chorus - Sofia National Opera
Nabucco - Stoyan Popov
Ismaele - Jordan Znamenov
Zaccaria - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Abigaille - Ghena Dimitrova
Fenena - Adriana Stamenova
Gran Sacerdote - Stefan Elenkov
Abdallo - Milen Paunov
Anna - Margarita Koicheva
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Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 210 (Bulgarian National Radio - Italian, French and German Opera) {1xCD-ROM) (2003)ª; Gala 100.776 (+recitals - Stoyan Popov - Stefan Elenkov) {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2006 S.53 [GH]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Sofia National Opera (28 May 1968). Nicolai Ghiaurov sings in Italian and the rest of the cast in Bulgarian.
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Conductor Colin Davis - 1972(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Nabucco - Peter Glossop
Ismaele - Ermanno Mauro
Zaccaria - David Ward
Abigaille - Elena Souliotis
Fenena - Maria Pellegrini
Gran Sacerdote - Gwynne Howell
Abdallo - John Lanigan
Anna - Marie Hayward
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01276
Compact Disc; - Oriel Music Society OMS 144/2 {2CDRS} (2001)ª
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 1274
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (1 April 1972)
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Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1972(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia
Chorus - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia
Nabucco - Mario Zanasi
Ismaele - Gastone Limarilli
Zaccaria - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Abigaille - Ángeles Gulin
Fenena - Mirna Pecile
Gran Sacerdote - Alessandro Maddalena
Abdallo - Guido Fabbris
Anna - Marisa Zotti
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Compact Disc - House of Opera CDWW 1136 {2CDRS}
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at La Fenice (30 November 1972; see OPERA April 1973 p.356). The CDRs issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue for a short time in March 2003
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Conductor Hans Vonk - 1972(LI)
Orchestra - Omroeporkest
Chorus - Nederlandische Opera
Nabucco - Jan Derksen
Ismaele - Jan Blinkhof
Zaccaria - Henk Smit
Abigaille - Pauline Tinsley
Fenena - Nelly Morpurgo
Gran Sacerdote - Hubert Waber
Abdallo - Henk Kooijmans
Anna - Tine van Grootel
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Compact Disc - Mitridate «Ponto» «Jan Derksen sings Verdi» Vol.1 PO 2001 (+Un Giorno di Regno +Attila - excerpts +Rigoletto - excerpts) {4CDS} (2008)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Circustheater, Scheveningen (10 December 1972). The information in this entry is as given by «Ponto» and was kindly supplied by Neville Sumpter.
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Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Chorus - Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Nabucco - Cornell MacNeil
Ismaele - Ruggero Bondino
Zaccaria - Boris Christoff
Abigaille - Elena Souliotis
Fenena - Franca Mattiucci
Gran Sacerdote - Plinio Clabassi
Abdallo - R. Lo Cicero
Anna - E. Mureddu
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Compact Disc; - Opera Depot OD 10345-2 {2CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in Palermo (15 January 1974). The cast listed above is that given in «Il Teatro Massimo di Palermo - cento anni attraverso le stagioni liriche e gli artisti» p.205. The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on the website http://www.operadepot.com (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1977(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Nabucco - Siegmund Nimsgern
Ismaele - Nunzio Todisco
Zaccaria - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Abigaille - Cristina Deutekom
Fenena - Sylvia Corbacho
Gran Sacerdote - Mario Luperi
Abdallo - Gianfranco Manganotti
Anna - Adele Moretti
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Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100.589 (+Simone Boccanegra - short excerpts cond. Kersjeswith Smit and Deutekom) {2CDS} (2001)ª
DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5576 (2005)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Bel Canto Society #624 (NTSC & PAL)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Januar 2002 S.55 [GH]
Classic Record Collector - Summer 2002 pp.100-101 (audio) [JTH]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. See OPERA December 1977 pp.1135-1138. The DVD issued by Premiere is listed in «New Releases on DVD, Fall 2005» Dated Nov.16 2005.
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Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1977-78(STU)
Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra
Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Nabucco - Matteo Manuguerra
Ismaele - Veriano Luchetti
Zaccaria - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Abigaille - Renata Scotto
Fenena - Elena Obraztsova
Gran Sacerdote - Robert Lloyd
Abdallo - Kenneth Collins
Anna - Anne Edwards
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Black Disc; - HMV SLS 5132 {3LPS} (1978)ª;; EMI EX 290783-3 (1987)ª; Angel SCLX 3850 {3LPS} (1979)ª; EMI 1C 165-03294-6 (SQ) {3LPS}
Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 5132 (1979)ª;; EMI EX 290783-5 (1987)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47488-8 {2CDS} (1987)ª
Open Reel Tape - Angel 4X3X 3850
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1978 p.742 [AB]; April 1979 p.1673 [JBS] July 1979 p.259 [IM]; June 1987 p.104 [AB]
American Record Guide - February 1979 Vol.42 No.4 p.36 [MB & CB]
International Record Review - December 2000 pp.130-133 [SP]
Comments:- Recorded July 1977, February 1978
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Conductor Anton Coppola - 1978(LI)
Orchestra - New Orleans Opera Association
Chorus - New Orleans Opera Association
Nabucco - Kostas Paskalis
Ismaele - Salvador Novoa
Zaccaria - Ferruccio Furlanetto
Abigaille - Rita Hunter
Fenena - Rita De Carlo
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Compact Disc; - JDT Productions RHSC 102 {2CDS}; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1082-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in New Orleans (October 1978; see OPERA March 1979 pp.233-234). The CDs issued by Premiere are listed in «Fall 2003 Premiere Opera Compact Disc Releases»
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Conductor Ottavio Ziino - 1978(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari
Chorus - Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari
Nabucco - Renato Bruson
Ismaele - Ruggero Bondino
Zaccaria - Boris Christoff
Fenena - Mirna Pecile
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 4050
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Petruzzelli, Bari (15 January 1978).
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Conductor Bruno Rigacci - 1979(LI)
Orchestra - NOT KNOWN
Chorus - NOT KNOWN
Nabucco - Renato Bruson
Ismaele - Gaetano Scano
Zaccaria - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Abigaille - Ghena Dimitrova
Fenena - Ida Bormida
Gran Sacerdote - Antonio Zerbini
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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE V 803 {2LPS} (1982)ª
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 5101
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Brancaleone Fortress as part of the Ravenna Festival (10 August 1979; the performance on 11 August 1979 is reviewed in OPERA, Festival Issue 1979 p.102). The HRE LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE February 1982 p.1144
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Conductor Nello Santi - 1979(LI)
Orchestra - Théâtre de l'Opéra de Paris
Chorus - Théâtre de l'Opéra de Paris
Nabucco - Sherrill Milnes
Ismaele - Carlos (Carlo) Cossutta
Zaccaria - Ruggero Raimondi
Abigaille - Grace Bumbry
Fenena - Viorica Cortez
Gran Sacerdote - Marc Vento
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Black Disc; - Legendary Recordings LR 154-3 {3LPS} (1982)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Dreamlife DMVB 67 (Japanese NTSC)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Paris Opera (13 July 1979). See OPERA September 1979 p.895. The Legendary Recordings LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE June 1982 p.82
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Conductor Alberto Erede - 1980(LI)
Orchestra - Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
Chorus - Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Nabucco - Anthony Baldwin
Ismaele - William Holley
Zaccaria - Peter Meven
Abigaille - Ghena Dimitrova
Fenena - Margaret Yauger
Gran Sacerdote - Andzehj Saciuk
Abdallo - Akeshi Wakamoto
Anna - Patricia Stone
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Compact Disc; - Deutsche Oper am Rhein CD DOR 201042/1-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Opernhaus, Düsseldorf (12 April 1980). The CDscan be obtained from the Opernshop, Heinrich-Heine-Allee, Düsseldorf. They are reviewed in the ONLINE MUSIK MAGAZIN:-
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Conductor Maurizio Arena - 1981(LI)
Orchestra - Arena di Verona
Chorus - Arena di Veroma
Nabucco - Renato Bruson
Ismaele - Ottavio Garaventa
Zaccaria - Dimiter (Dimitar) Petkov
Abigaille - Ghena Dimitrova
Fenena - Bruna Baglioni
Gran Sacerdote - Francesco Ellero d'Artegna
Abdallo - Aronne Ceroni
Anna - Giovanna di Rocco
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Laser Disc - *Pioneer Artists PA-87-157 (NTSC)
DVD (Video) - Warner Music Vision 0630 19390 2 (2005)ª
VHS Video Cassette; - Longman Video LGVH 7003 (+BETA LGBE 7003)) (PAL) (1983)ª; Castle CVI 2003 (PAL); Warner NVC Arts 0630-19390-3 (PAL) (1997)ª; Topaz Classic TCO 106 (PAL) (Germany); HBO/Canon TVE/TXE 2808 (NTSC) (USA)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1983 p.131 [AB, JB]; Special Awards Issue 1997 p.131 [JBS]
Opera - November 2005 pp.1393-1395 [AB]
Opera Now - January/February 1998 p.95 (mention) [RF]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.142-163 [RL]
BBC Music Magazine - October 1997 p.95 [RF]
Classic CD - December 1997 p.88 [PR]
International Opera Collector - Summer 1998 No.8 p.91 [MSR]
The Classical Video Guide - p.121
L'opera (Milano) - Supplemento al n.119 maggio 1998 p.65 [EE]
Fono Forum - 11/November 1985 S.19 [WDP]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.88 marzo 2006 p.86 (DVD) [MCP]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Verona Festival (July 1981; see OPERA FestivalIssue 1981 p.110)
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Conductor Imre Pallo - 1981(LI;17/9/81)
Orchestra - New York City Opera
Chorus - New York City Opera
Nabucco - John Bröcheler
Ismaele - Riccardo Calleo
Zaccaria - Justino Díaz
Abigaille - Grace Bumbry
Fenena - Johanna Simon
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 1575-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the New York City Opera (17 September 1981; see OPERA December 1981 pp.1228-1229). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases Fall 2004».
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Conductor Imre Pallo - 1981(LI;2/10/81)
Orchestra - New York City Opera
Chorus - New York City Opera
Nabucco - John Bröcheler
Ismaele - John Lankston
Zaccaria - Justino Díaz
Abigaille - Marisa Galvany
Fenena - Janis Eckhart
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 1573-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the New York City Opera (2 October 1981). The cast listed above is that which was announced in OPERA June 1981 p.595, but I have not been able to confirm that it is the cast which actually performed. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases Fall 2004».
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Conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli - 1982(STU)
Orchestra - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Nabucco - Piero Cappuccilli
Ismaele - Plácido Domingo
Zaccaria - Evgeny Nesterenko
Abigaille - Ghena Dimitrova
Fenena - Lucia Valentini-Terrani
Gran Sacerdote - Kurt Rydl
Abdallo - Volker Horn
Anna - Lucia Popp
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Black Disc; - DG 2741 021 {3LPS} (1983)ª
Compact Cassette; - *DG 3382 021 (1983)ª
Compact Disc; - DG 410 512-2 {2CDS} (1984)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1983 p.182 [AB]; October 1983 pp.455-456 [JBS] May 1984 p.1316 [AB]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.1 p.159; Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.168-171 [DWW]
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Conductor David Agler - 1984(LI)
Orchestra - Australian Opera
Chorus - Australian Opera
Nabucco - Robert Allman
Ismaele - Lamberto Furlan
Zaccaria - Donald Shanks
Abigaille - Rita Hunter
Fenena - Patricia Price
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Compact Disc - Celestial Audio CA 102 {2CDRS}
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Sydney Opera House (June 1984; see OPERA December 1984 p.1359).
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Conductor Romano Gandolfi - 1984(LI)
Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Nabucco - Silvano Carroli
Ismaele - José (Josep) Ruiz
Zaccaria - Evgeny Nesterenko
Abigaille - Ghena Dimitrova
Fenena - Rosa María Ysás
Gran Sacerdote - Giancarlo Tosi
Abdallo - Conrad Gaspà
Anna - Cecilia Fondevila
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers NAB 198401 {2CDRS}
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo (28 March 1984). The cast listed above is that given in «El Gran Teatro del Liceo» by Roger Alier Aixalà and Francesc X. Mata p.494. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Victor Yampolski - 1984(LI)
Orchestra - Symphony Orchestra of the Performing Arts Council
Chorus - Chorus of the Performing Arts Council
Nabucco - Matteo Manuguerra
Ismaele - John Treleaven
Zaccaria - Rouel Beukers
Abigaille - Adelaide Negri
Fenena - Susan Braatvedt
Gran Sacerdote - David Cumberland
Abdallo - Robert Leonard
Anna - Elizabeth Boonzaier
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Compact Disc; - New Ornamenti NOC 139-40 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Pretoria State Theatre.
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Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1986(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Nabucco - Giorgio Zancanaro
Ismaele - Bruno Beccaria
Zaccaria - Paata Burchuladze
Abigaille - Ghena Dimitrova
Fenena - Raquel Pierotti
Gran Sacerdote - Mario Luperi
Abdallo - Ernesto Gavazzi
Anna - (Maria) Francesca Garbi
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Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 1459
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro alla Scala (13 December 1986).
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Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1986
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Nabucco - Renato Bruson
Ismaele - Bruno Beccaria
Zaccaria - Paata Burchuladze
Abigaille - Ghena Dimitrova
Fenena - Raquel Pierotti
Gran Sacerdote - Mario Luperi
Abdallo - Ernesto Gavazzi
Anna - (Maria) Francesca Garbi
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DVD (Video) - Warner Music Division 5050467-0944-2-0 (2004)ª
VHS Video Cassette - *National Video Corporation C604178 (PAL)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 2004 pp.118-119 [AB]
Opéra International - No.291 juin 2004 p.89 [AT]
Diapason - No.517 septembre 2004 p.142 [MP]
BBC Music Magazine - August 2004 p.87 [GH]
International Record Review - September 2004 pp.22-23 [IJ]
Classica Répertoire - No.64 juillet-aoüt 2004 p.127 [PT]
Comments:- Video recording of a performance at La Scala (see OPERA May 1987 p.522)
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Conductor Thomas Fulton - 1989(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg
Chorus - Pro Musica Chorus of London
Nabucco - Alain Fondary
Ismaele - Taro Ichihara
Zaccaria - Romauld Tesarowicz
Abigaille - Ghena Dimitrova
Fenena - Livia Budai
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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 6911 (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in Le Théâtre Antique d'Orange (August 1989; see OPERA Festival Issue 1989 pp.67-68). The DVD-R issued by Premiere is included in their list of new DVD releases - Mid-June 2009.
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Conductor Maurizio Rinaldi - 1989(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra Nova Amadeus
Chorus - Coro Associazione Lirico-Corale Romana
Nabucco - Marcello Giordano (baritone)
Ismaele - Stefano Anselmi
Zaccaria - Donato di Stefano
Abigaille - Pamela Borri
Fenena - Carla Guelfi
Gran Sacerdote - Carlo Di Cristoforo
Abdallo - Filippo Pina
Anna - Elena Mita
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Compact Disc - Clama CD-6&7 {2CDS}
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- The Clama CDs are listed in the Catalogo Generale 1992 of the Tima Club
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Conductor Daniel Oren - 1991(LI)
Orchestra - Arena di Verona
Chorus - Arena di Verona
Nabucco - Giancarlo Pasquetto
Ismaele - Gianfranco Cecchele
Zaccaria - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Abigaille - Linda Roark(-Strummer)
Fenena - Martha Senn
Gran Sacerdote - Michail Rysov
Abdallo - Mario Ferrara
Anna - Elena Angeli
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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5776 (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Verona Arena. The DVD issued by Premiere is listed in «New Releases from Premiere Opera» - Tue 15 May 2006. The only performace in which the partial cast listed here all sang together is that on 23 August 1991. See «Opera '92 Annuario EDT dell'Opera Lirica in Italia» p.340. According to Premiere the recording is «Non-professional».
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Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1992(LI)
Orchestra - Arena di Verona
Chorus - Arena di Verona
Nabucco - Piero Cappuccilli
Ismaele - Nunzio Todisco
Zaccaria - Roberto Scandiuzzi
Abigaille - Linda Roark(-Strummer)
Fenena - Martha Senn
Gran Sacerdote - Carlo Del Bosco
Abdallo - Aldo Bottion
Anna - Cosetta Tosetti
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Compact Disc - Tring GI 078/2 {2CDS}; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 323-2 {2CDRS} House of Opera CDWW 1139 {2CDRS}
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opéra International - No.264 janvier 2002 p.64 (mention)
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Verona Arena. This recording is mentioned in a letter to the editor of INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW (July 2002 p.14). The CDRs issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue for a short time in March 2003, where the year of the performance was given as 1991. However, although the same cast performed in 1991, the conductor was Daniel Oren 1991 and Anton Guadagno in 1992.
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Conductor Metodi Matakiev - 1993(LI)
Orchestra - Sofia Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Coro del Teatro Lirico d'Europa
Nabucco - Richard Clark
Ismaele - John Shackelford
Zaccaria - Sun Yu
Abigaille - Ofelia Hristova
Fenena - Barbara McAlister
Abdallo - Dimitri Dimitrov
Anna - Carla Del Bosco
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Compact Disc - *Harmony Music Opera 2 {2CDS}
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Théâtre Palais Croisette, Cannes (14 March 1993)
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Conductor Frédéric Chaslin - 1994(LE)
Orchestra - Wiener Symphoniker
Chorus - Wiener Volksoper
Nabucco - Sergei Leiferkus
Ismaele - Zvetan Michailov
Zaccaria - Mikhail Krutikov
Abigaille - Jane Thorner-Mengedoht
Fenena - Petra Lang
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VHS Video Cassette - ORF
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opéra International - avril 1997 No.212 p.47
Comments:- Video recording of part of a performance given on the «Seebuhne» at the Bregenz Festival on 21 July 1994. According to the review in OPERA (Festival Issue 1994 p.74) the conductor on this date was Ulf Schirmer
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Conductor Fabrizio Maria Carminati - 1994(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra della Regione Lombardia «I Pomeriggi Musicali» di Milano
Chorus - Coro del Circuito Lirico Lombardo del Teatri di Bergamo, Brescia e Cremona
Nabucco - Giorgio Zancanaro
Ismaele - Ezio Di Cesare
Zaccaria - Alfredo Zanazzo
Abigaille - Katerina Ikonomou
Fenena - Anna Schiatti
Gran Sacerdote - Enrico Turco
Abdallo - Sergio Rocchi
Anna - Giuseppina Cortesi
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Compact Cassette; - Legato Classics Incorporated ALD 4687 (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Civico Teatro Gaetano Donizetti, Bergamo (2 October 1994 - not 10 February!). The cast listed above is that given in «Opera '95 - Annuario EDT dell'opera Lirica in Italia» p.7. The compact cassettes issued by Legato are listed in their list of «New Audio Cassette Listings(ALD) - Summer 1998».
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Conductor Fabio Luisi - 1995(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Chorus - Grand Théâtre de Genève - Le Motet de Genève - L'Ensemble Vocal Bulgare
Nabucco - Valery Alexeev
Ismaele - Valentin Prolat
Zaccaria - Roberto Scandiuzzi
Abigaille - Elizabeth Connell
Fenena - Violeta Urmana
Abdallo - Jan Martin
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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3889 (1995)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Grand Théâtre de Genève (4 February 1995). The performance on 1 February 1995 in which Zaccaria was sung by Paata Burchuladze is reviewed in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL mars 1995 No.189 pp.37-38. The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - March 1996».
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Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1995(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Nabucco - Renato Bruson
Ismaele - Vincente Ombuena Vals
Zaccaria - Carlo Colombara
Abigaille - Jane Eaglen
Fenena - Violeta Urmana
Gran Sacerdote - Andrea Silvestrelli
Abdallo - Stefano Consolini
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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3780 (1995)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance in the Palazzo de Andre', Ravenna (11 July 1995). The compact cassettes issued by Lyric are listed in «Operatic Audio Cassettes - New Listings - November 1995». See the website
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Conductor Pinchas Steinberg - 1995(LI)
Orchestra - L'Opéra National de Paris - Bastille
Chorus - L'Opéra National de Paris - Bastille
Nabucco - Jean-Philippe Lafont
Ismaele - José Cura
Zaccaria - Samuel Ramey
Abigaille - Julia Varady
Fenena - Violeta Urmana
Gran Sacerdote - Chester Patton
Abdallo - Valentin Prolat
Anna - Sharon Coste
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera «The Operas of Giuseppe Verdi - Vol.1 The Early Years» {1xCD-ROM} (2001)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1416-2 {2CDS} (2004)ª
DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 6083 (2007)ª; Encore DVD 2864 (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) at the Opéra Bastille (September 1995). The performance on 12 September 1995 in which Maria Guleghina sings the role of Abigaille, instead of Julia Varady, is reviewed in OPERA December 1995 pp.1425-1427 and in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL octobre 1995 No.195 pp.20-21. It states in these that Julia Varady was indisposed, but it is not clear if this was in just the performance reviewed or in all the performances. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases late July-August 2004 and the DVD is listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» dated March 2007 where the video recording is stated to be «Non-professional». The DVD-R issued on the Encore label is (was?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1996(LC)
Orchestra - Arena di Verona
Chorus - Arena di Verona
Nabucco - Paolo Gavanelli
Ismaele - Gilberto Maffezzoni
Zaccaria - Paata Burchuladze
Abigaille - Monica Pick-Hieronimi
Fenena - Anna Schiatti
Gran Sacerdote - Franco Federici
Abdallo - Angelo Casertano
Anna - Mina Blum
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Compact Disc; - Koch Schwann 3-6427-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 1997 p.95
Opera News - March 22 1997 p.52
Orpheus - Januar 1997 S.59
American Record Guide - March/April 1997 Vol.60 No.2 p.248
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.98 abril 1997 p.54
Comments:- Recorded at performances given by the company of the Verona Arena in the Berliner Deutschlandhalle
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Conductor Maurizio Arena - 1996(LI)
Orchestra - Arena di Verona
Chorus - Arena di Verona
Nabucco - Paolo Gavanelli
Ismaele - Giorgio Merighi
Zaccaria - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Abigaille - Maria Guleghina
Fenena - Elena Zaremba
Gran Sacerdote - Carlo Del Bosco
Abdallo - Aldo Orsolini
Anna - Antonella Bertaggia
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Compact Disc - House of Opera CD 297
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Verona Arena (21 July 1996). The cast listed above is as given in «Opera '96 Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell' Opera Lirica in Italia» p.302. According to the entry for this recording in Verdi's Disco there are substantial cuts in the recording on the CDRs issued by House of Opera,
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Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario - 1996(LI)
Orchestra - State Orchestra of Victoria
Chorus - Australian Opera
Nabucco - Jonathan Summers
Ismaele - Anson Austin
Zaccaria - Bruce Martin
Abigaille - Elizabeth Connell
Fenena - Rosemary Gunn
Gran Sacerdote - John Brunato
Abdallo - Christopher Dawes
Anna - Jeannie Kelso
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DVD (Video) - Opus Arte «Faveo» OAF 4027 D (2008)ª
VHS Video Cassette - *ABC Video Arts 100255 (PAL) (Australia)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2008 S.69 [IW]
Opéra Magazine - No.28 avril 2008 p.81 [JC]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the State Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia (7 May 1996).
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Conductor Mark Elder - 1996(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Nabucco - Gregory Yurisich
Ismaele - Vincente Ombuena Vals
Zaccaria - Samuel Ramey
Abigaille - Cynthia Makris
Fenena - Elena Zaremba
Gran Sacerdote - Michael Druiett
Abdallo - Timothy Robinson
Anna - Jennifer Rhys-Davies
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Compact Cassette; - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 08462; Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 4112 (1996)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (6 July 1996). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times Issue dated 6-12 July 1996 p.100). The compact cassettes issued by Lyric are listed in their list of «Pre-Recorded Operatic Cassettes - New Listings - July 1996».
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Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1997(LI)
Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera
Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera
Nabucco - Alexander Agache
Ismaele - Patrick Denniston
Zaccaria - Samuel Ramey
Abigaille - Maria Guleghina
Fenena - Robynne Redmon
Gran Sacerdote - Raymond Aceto
Abdallo - James Cornelison
Anna - Elena Kolganova
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 3882-2 {2CDRS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *This recording appears to be of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera in September 1997. The cast listed above is that given in the performance chronology on the website of the Chicago Lyric Opera (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «New Releases» August 2009.
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Conductor Paolo Carignani - 1997(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Nabucco - Renato Bruson
Ismaele - Maurizio Frusoni
Zaccaria - Carlo Colombara
Abigaille - Lauren Flanigan
Fenena - Monica Bacelli
Gran Sacerdote - Franco Federici
Abdallo - Angelo Casertano
Anna - Fiorenza Cedolins
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DVD (Video) - ~Image Entertainment ID 6933 ERDVD (USA) (2001)ª; Brilliant Classics bc 92270 (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - July 2005 pp.63-64 [EM]
Opéra International - No.291 juin 2004 p.89 [AT]
Diapason - No.523 mars 2005 p.122 [MP]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.184 giugno 2004 p.102 [AM]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (May 1997)
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Conductor Robert Bass - 1998(LI)
Orchestra - St. Luke's Orchestra
Chorus - Collegiate Chorale - Riverside Choral Society
Nabucco - Donnie Ray Albert
Ismaele - Hugh Smith
Zaccaria - Simon Estes
Abigaille - Lauren Flanigan
Fenena - Susanna Poretzky
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Compact Disc - House of Opera CD 310
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance in the Carnegie Hall (7 February 1998; see OPERA NEWS April 11 1998 p.50).
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Conductor Daniel Oren - 1998(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Nabucco - Leo Nucci
Ismaele - Giuseppe Zampieri
Zaccaria - Ferruccio Furlanetto
Abigaille - Ghena Dimitrova
Fenena - Francesca Franci
Gran Sacerdote - Carlo Striuli
Abdallo - Angelo Casertano
Anna - Mina Blum
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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5645 (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (March 1998). The cast listed above is that given in «Opera '98 - Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'opera Lirica in Italia» p.237. The DVD issued by Premiere is included in their list of «NEW RELEASES Spring 2006».
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Conductor Daniel Oren - 1998(LI)
Orchestra - Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Tokyo Opera Singers
Nabucco - Renato Bruson
Ismaele - Fabio Armiliato
Zaccaria - Ferruccio Furlanetto
Abigaille - Maria Guleghina
Fenena - Elena Zaremba
Gran Sacerdote - Carlo Striuli
Abdallo - Masatoshi Uehara
Anna - Taemi Kohama
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Compact Disc; - Valois Audivis V 4852 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Naïve V 5158 {2CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - February 2000 p.75 [SFV]
Fanfare - Vol.23 No.4 March/April 2000 pp.350-352 [JM]; Vol.32 No.4 March/April 2009 p.257 [RT]
Orpheus - November 1999 S.90 [IW]
Opéra International - octobre 1999 No.239 p.69 [SS]
Diapason - No.462 septembre 1999 pp.107-108 [JC]
American Record Guide - January/February 2009 Vol.72 No.1 p.175 [MM]
Le Monde de la Musique - No.235 septembre 1999 p.106 [SB]
Répertoire - No.128 octobre 1999 p.81 [PT]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.126 noviembre 1999 p.54 [JS]
Das Opernglas - November 1999 S.81 [JMW]
Grand Opera (Tokyo) - Vol.22 Summer 1999 p.194
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Suntory Hall Tokyo (April 1998)
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Conductor Leonard Slatkin - 1998(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestre National de France
Chorus - Choeurs
Nabucco - Alain Fondary
Ismaele - Walter Fraccaro
Zaccaria - Roberto Scandiuzzi
Abigaille - Hasmik Papian
Fenena - Béatrice Uria-Monzon
Gran Sacerdote - Denis Sedov
Abdallo - Léonard Pezzino
Anna - Sandrine Eyglier
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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 6039 (2007)ª
VHS Video Cassette; - Legato Classics 10132 (NTSC) (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Théâtre Antique, Orange (August 1998; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL septembre 1998 No.227 p.27. The VHS issued by Premiere is listed in «New Fall 2003 Video Cassette Releases» and the CDRs issued by Premiere are included in the list of New Releases dated 2 February 2007.
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Conductor Rico Saccani - 1999(LE)
Orchestra - Sinfonetta de Lausanne
Chorus - Choeur du Festival d'Opéra Avenches
Nabucco - Alberto Gazale
Ismaele - Maurizio Saltarin
Zaccaria - Alfredo Zanazzo
Abigaille - Veronika Fekete
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Compact Disc - Cascavelle VEL 3020 {1CD}
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at the Festival d'Opéra d'Avenches. The CD issued by Cascavelle is (was?) listed in their online catalogue.
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Conductor Walter Attanasi - 2000 & 2001
Orchestra - Netherlands Ballet Orchestra
Chorus - Opera in Ahoy Chorus
Nabucco - Michele Kalmandi
Ismaele - Felipe Rojas
Zaccaria - Harrie Peeters
Abigaille - Gabriella Morigi
Fenena - Marianna Kulikova
Gran Sacerdote - Martin Tzonev
Abdallo - André Post
Anna - Marjorie Ginczinger
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Compact Disc; - Companions Classics CC 000111 {2CDS} (2000)ª
DVD (Video) - Companions Classics (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *The audio recording on the CDs issued by Companions Classics was made in the Concert Hall Leiden in August 2000 whereas the video recording on the DVD is of a performance in the Ahoy Arena, Rotterdam on 27 January 2001. The cast listed above is that of the audio recording. The major singers are definitely the same in the video recording, but I have not been able to confirm that the Gran Sacerdote, Abdallo and Anna are.
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Conductor James Conlon - 2000(LI)
Orchestra - L'Opéra National de Paris
Chorus - L'Opera National de Paris
Nabucco - Lado Atanelli
Ismaele - Marco Berti
Zaccaria - Kristinn Sigmundsson
Abigaille - Susan Neves
Fenena - Susanna Poretzky
Gran Sacerdote - Romauld Tesarowicz
Abdallo - Mihajo Arsenski
Anna - Cécile Perrin
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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 489-2 {2CDS}
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Opéra Bastille (1 October 2000). The performance on 20 September 2000 is reviewed in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.252 novembre 2000 pp.53-54.
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Conductor Patrick Summers - 2000(LI)
Orchestra - Houston Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Houston Grand Opera
Nabucco - Sergei Leiferkus
Ismaele - Rafael Rojas
Zaccaria - Samuel Ramey
Abigaille - Maria Guleghina
Fenena - Phyllis Pancella
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Compact Disc; - Live Opera Heaven C 1382 {2CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- Recording of a performance in Houston (29 April 2000). The performance on 2 May 2000 is reviewed in OPERA November 2000 p.1340. The CDs issued by Live Opera Heaven are listed in their «February 2003 Update».
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Conductor Ewa Michnik - 2000(STU)
Orchestra - Wroclaw Opera
Chorus - Wroclaw Opera
Nabucco - Boguslaw Szynalski
Ismaele - Walery Kostin
Zaccaria - Radoslaw Zukowski
Abigaille - Barbara Kubiak
Fenena - Barbara Krahel
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Compact Disc; - Dux 0318/0319 {2CDS} (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opéra International - No.264 janvier 2002 p.17, p.64 [SS]
Le Monde de la Musique - No.261 janvier 2002 pp.101-102 [CFD]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.72 juLio-agosto 2004 p.87 [TF]
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Conductor James Levine - 2001(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Nabucco - Juan (Joan) Pons
Ismaele - Gwyn Hughes Jones
Zaccaria - Samuel Ramey
Abigaille - Maria Guleghina
Fenena - Wendy White
Gran Sacerdote - Stephen Morschek
Abdallo - Rafael Suárez
Anna - Alexandra Deshorties
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DVD (Video) - DG 073 077-9 (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.28 No.6 July/August 2005 p.292 [JS]
Orpheus - September+Oktober 2005 S.68-S.69 [IW]
Opéra International - No.299 mars-avril 2005 p.124 [PDF]
American Record Guide - July/August 2005 Vol.68 No.4 pp.281-284 [DF]
Classica Répertoire - No.71 avril 2005 p.120 [PF]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIX N.193 aprile 2005 p.86 [GL]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.81 junio 2005 pp.83-84 [FGR]
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance at the MET (31 March 2001).
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Conductor Michael Lloyd - 2001(LI)
Orchestra - English National Opera
Chorus - English National Opera
Nabucco - Bruno Caproni
Ismaele - John Daszak
Zaccaria - Andrew Greenan
Abigaille - Lauren Flanigan
Fenena - Claire Weston
Gran Sacerdote - Richard Angas
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Compact Disc - House of Opera CD 725
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- Recordibg of a performance in the London Coliseum (19 February 2001). This performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was made «in-house».
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Conductor Fabio Luisi - 2001(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Nabucco - Leo Nucci
Ismaele - Miroslav Dvorsky
Zaccaria - Giacomo Prestia
Abigaille - Maria Guleghina
Fenena - Marina Domashenko
Gran Sacerdote - Goran Simic
Abdallo - Walter Pauritsch
Anna - Renate Pitscheider
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Compact Disc - House of Opera CD 728
DVD (Video) - TDK DVWW OPNAB (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - August 2006 pp.64-65 [RP]
Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2006 S.69-S.70 (DVD) [IW]
International Record Review - April 2006 p.82 (DVD) [MT]
American Record Guide - May/June 2006 Vol.69 No.3 pp.243-246 (DVD) [DF]: July/ August 2009 Vol.72 No.4 pp.261-263 (DVD) [DF]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XX N.209 ottobre 2006 pp.74-77 (DVD) [GL]
Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) at the Vienna State Opera (May or June 2001). The performance on 6 June 2001 is reviewed in OPERA December 2001 pp.1454-1455.
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Conductor Michael Lessky - 2002(LI)
Orchestra - Junge Philharmonie Wien
Chorus - Honved Ensemble Budapest
Nabucco - Walter Donati
Ismaele - Michail Agafanov
Zaccaria - Alexander Teliga
Abigaille - Galina Kalinina
Fenena - Margorzata Walewska
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DVD (Video) - Beckmann Cascade BDV 51001 (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opéra International - No.264 janvier 2002 p.63 [SS]
BBC Music Magazine - July 2002 p.110 [CO]
Répertoire - No.155 mars 2002 p.38 [PB]
Comments:- Video recording of a performance in the Römersteinbruch St.Margarethen in Burgenland, Austria.
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Conductor Nello Santi - 2002(LI)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Monte-Carlo
Chorus - L'Opéra de Monte-Carlo
Nabucco - Renato Bruson
Ismaele - Gian Luca Zampieri
Zaccaria - Giacomo Prestia
Abigaille - Susan Neves
Fenena - Tatiana Gorbunova
Gran Sacerdote - Enrico Turco
Abdallo - Stefano Consolini
Anna - Michele Capalba
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Compact Disc - House of Opera CDWW 1137 {2CDRS}
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Salle des Princes, Grimaldi Forum (24 January 2002). The performance on 25 January 2002 is reviewed in OPERA June 2002 pp.709-710 and that on 27 January 2002 in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.266 mars 2002 p.38-39. The CDRs issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue for a short time in March 2003
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Conductor James Levine - 2003(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Nabucco - Lado Atanelli
Ismaele - Francisco Casanova
Zaccaria - Samuel Ramey
Abigaille - Susan Neves
Fenena - Wendy White
Gran Sacerdote - Vitalij Kowaljow
Abdallo - Eduardo Valdes
Anna - Claudia White
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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 317 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (5 April 2003). The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues February 2006.
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Conductor James Meena - 2003(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra
Chorus - Opera Carolina
Nabucco - Mark Delavan
Ismaele - José Luis Duval
Zaccaria - Luiz-Ottavio Faria
Abigaille - Rebecca Copley
Fenena - Kate Aldrich
Gran Sacerdote - Harold Wilson
Abdallo - David Holley
Anna - Martha Zakkary
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Compact Disc; - Live Opera Heaven C 3290 {2CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Belk Theatre, Blumenthal Performing Arts Center (23 October 2003). The CDRs issued by «Live Opera Heaven» are listed in their September 2008 Alert. There is a review on the internet:
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Conductor Riccardo Frizza - 2004(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
Chorus - Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
Nabucco - Alberto Gazale
Ismaele - Yasuharu (Yasu) Nakajima
Zaccaria - Orlin Anastassov
Abigaille - Susan Neves
Fenena - Annamaria Popescu
Gran Sacerdote - Alberto Rota
Abdallo - Alessandro Cosentino
Anna - Sabrina Modena
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DVD (Video) - Dynamic 33465 (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2005 S.68 [IW]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIX N.190 gennaio 2005 pp.93-94 [GL]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.81 junio 2005 p.83 [PN]
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova (June 2004; see L'OPERA N.185 luglio/agosto 2004 pp.22-23). The cast listed above is that given in «Opera 2004 - Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'opera Lirica in Italia» p.92.
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Conductor Daniel Oren - 2004(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra Sinfonica dell Emilia Romagna «Arturo Toscanini»
Chorus - Teatro Municipale di Piacenza
Nabucco - Ambrogio Maestri
Ismaele - Nazzareno Antinori
Zaccaria - Paata Burchuladze
Abigaille - Andrea Gruber
Fenena - Nino Surguladze
Gran Sacerdote - Carlo Striuli
Abdallo - Enzo Peroni
Anna - Paola Cigna
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DVD (Video) - ArtHaus Musik 101.241 (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Jul+Aug 2006 S.70 [IW]
International Record Review - April 2006 pp.82-83 [JTH]
American Record Guide - May/June 2006 Vol.69 No.3 pp.243-246 [DF]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.90 mayo 2006 pp.79-80 [PMH]
Opéra Magazine - No.9 juillet/aoüt 2006 p.86 [JC]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XX N.203 marzo 2006 pp.88-91 [GL]
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Teatro Municipale di Piacenza (September 2004).
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Conductor Giorgio Paganini - 2004(LI)
Orchestra - Orquesta de la Casa de la Opera de Buenos Aires
Chorus - Coro de la Casa de la Ópera de Buenos Aires
Nabucco - Leonardo López Linares
Ismaele - Eduardo Ayas
Zaccaria - Nino Meneghetti
Abigaille - Adelaide Negri
Fenena - Marina Biassotti
Gran Sacerdote - Claudio Rotella
Abdallo - Gustavo Torella
Anna - Silvia Gatti
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Compact Disc - New Ornamenti NOM 215 {2CDS}
DVD (Video) - New Ornamenti DNO 303
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance in the Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires (10 October 2004). The CDs and DVD issued on the New Ornamenti label are listed on the website http://www.Lrmusic.net. The performance on 5 October 2004 is reviewed on the internet:-
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Conductor David Parry - 2005(STU)
Orchestra - Opera North
Chorus - Opera North
Nabucco - Alan Opie
Ismaele - Leonardo Capaldo
Zaccaria - Alastair Miles
Abigaille - Susan Patterson
Fenena - Jane Irwin
Gran Sacerdote - Dean Robinson
Abdallo - Paul Wade
Anna - Camilla Roberts
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Compact Disc; - Chandos CHAN 3136 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 2007 p.95 [AB]
Opera - March 2007 p.350 [GL]
Opera News - May 2007 p.81 [SFV]
Fanfare - Vol.30 No.6 July/August 2007 p.254 [ED]
International Record Review - December 2006 pp.79-80 [RL1]
American Record Guide - May/June 2007 Vol.70 No.3 p.175 [RVL]
Opéra Magazine - No.24 décembre 2007 p.77 [PC]
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Conductor Paolo Arrivabeni - 2007(LI)
Orchestra - L'Opéra Royal de Wallonie
Chorus - L'Opéra Royal de Wallonie - L'Opéra de Namur
Nabucco - Mark Rucker
Ismaele - Sebastian Na
Zaccaria - Paata Burchuladze
Abigaille - Susan Neves
Fenena - Eufemia Tufano
Gran Sacerdote - Léonard Graus
Abdallo - Jairo Nuñez Díaz
Anna - Julia Novikova
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2756-2 {2CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in Liège (September 2007). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «New Releases» dated Tuesday 08 January 2008.
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Conductor Bruno Campanella - 2007(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro delle Muse di Ancona
Chorus - Teatro delle Muse di Ancona
Nabucco - Roberto Frontali
Ismaele - Gustavo Porta
Zaccaria - Enrico Giuseppe Iori
Abigaille - Dimitra Theodossiou
Fenena - Annarita Gemmabella
Gran Sacerdote - Alessandro Guerzoni
Abdallo - Stefano Consolini
Anna - Nicoletta Zanini
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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 6571 (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Teatro delle Muse di Ancona (February 2007). The DVD issued by Premiere is included in their list of new CD and DVD releases - FALL/WINTER 2008-2009.
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Conductor Ernst Märzendorfer - 2007(LI)
Orchestra - Europa Symphony
Chorus - Arad State Philharmonic Chorus
Nabucco - Igor Morosov
Ismaele - Bruno Ribiero
Zaccaria - Simon Yang
Abigaille - Gabriella Morigi
Fenena - Elisabeth Kulman
Gran Sacerdote - Janusz Monarcha
Abdallo - Anton Graner
Anna - Sevana Salmasi
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DVD (Video) - EuroArts 2056228 (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
International Record Review - November 2007 pp.83-84 [MT]
American Record Guide - January/February 2008 Vol.71 No.1 p.242 [KM]
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance at the Römersteinbruch, St. Margarethen (14 July 2007).
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Conductor Daniel Oren - 2007(LI)
Orchestra - Arena di Verona
Chorus - Arena di Verona
Nabucco - Leo Nucci
Ismaele - Fabio Sartori
Zaccaria - Carlo Colombara
Abigaille - Maria Guleghina
Fenena - Nino Surguladze
Gran Sacerdote - Carlo Striuli
Abdallo - Carlo Bosi
Anna - Patrizia Cigna
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DVD (Video) - Encore DVD 3051 (2007)ª; Decca 0743245 (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 2008 p.111 [JBS]
Diapason - No.555 février 2008 p.108 (DVD) [MP]
International Record Review - April 2008 p.84 [JTH]
Opéra Magazine - No.26 février 2008 p.82 [JC]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.109 abril 2008 pp.87-88 [PN]
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Verona Arena. The DVD issued on the Encore label is listed in the online catalogue of the «berkshire record outlet» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Paolo Carignani - 2008(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Nabucco - Paolo Gavanelli
Ismaele - Aleksandrs Antonenko
Zaccaria - Giacomo Prestia
Abigaille - Maria Guleghina
Fenena - Daniela Sindram
Gran Sacerdote - Andreas Kohn
Abdallo - Kevin Conners
Anna - Lana Kos
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2835-1 {2CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26
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
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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