(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 Caetani Oleg - 1984(LI) - L'Opéra de Nice**
2 Chailly Riccardo - 1986(LC) - Teatro Comunale di Bologna**
3 Conlon James - 2003(LI) - L'Opéra National de Paris*
4 Elder Mark - 1984(LI) - English National Opera*
5 Fulton Thomas - 1982(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
6 Gavazzeni Gianandrea - 1964(LI) - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*
7 Gavazzeni Gianandrea - 1970(LI) - Teatro alla Scala*
8 Gavazzeni Gianandrea - 1971(LI) - Teatro alla Scala*
9 Gomez-Martinis (Gómez Martínez) Miguel-Ángel - 2008(LI) - Wiener Staatsoper*
10 Grikurov Edouard - 1956?(SE) - Leningrad St. Maly Theatre*
11 Guadagno Anton - 2001(LI) - Wiener Staatsoper*
12 Kleiber Erich - 1951(LI) - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*
13 Kovács János - 2009(LI) - Hungarian State Opera*
14 Levine James - 1973(STU) - New Philharmonia Orchestra*
15 Levine James - 1974(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
16 Levine James - 1982(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
17 Luisi Fabio - 2006(LI) - Wiener Staatsoper*
18 Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - 1967(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
19 Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - 1970(LI) - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
20 Muti Riccardo - 1978(LI) - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*
21 Muti Riccardo - 1989-1990(LC) - Teatro alla Scala***
22 Nelson John - 1997(LI) - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma***
23 Olmi Paolo - 2002(LI) - Radio Filharmonisch Orkest*
24 Palumbo Renato - 2007(LI) - Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova*
25 Queler Eve - 1974 & 1975(LI) - Teatro Liceo (Barcelona)*
26 Ranzani Stefano - 2003(LI) - Orchestra della Fondazione «Arturo Toscanini»**
27 Renzetti Donato - 1985(LI) - Grand Théâtre de Genève*
28 Rossi Mario - 1955(RA) - Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester*
29 Rossi Mario - 1955(RA) - RAI Torino*
30 Rossi Mario - 1969(LI;10/5/69) - BBC Concert Orchestra*
31 Rossi Mario - 1969(LI;19/8/69) - BBC Concert Orchestra*
32 Santi Nello - 1975(LI) - L'Opéra de Paris*
33 Santi Nello - 1977(LI} - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg*
34 Schippers Thomas - 1970(LI) - RAI Roma*
35 Schröder Kurt - 1951 - Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt*
36 Serafin Tullio - 1955(LI) - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli*
37 Serafin Tullio - 1957(LI) - Teatro Massimo di Palermo*
38 Vernizzi Fulvio - 1973(LI) - Teatro Regio di Torino*
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Conductor Oleg Caetani - 1984(LI)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Nice
Chorus - L'Opéra de Nice
Guido di Montforte - Eduard Tumagian
Il Sire di Bethume - Alan Charles
Il Conte Vaudemont - Jean-Jacques Doumène
Arrigo - Vasile Moldoveanu
Giovanni da Procida - Zenon Kosnowski
La Duchessa Elena - Mária Temesi
Ninetta - Linda Bond Perry
Danieli - Michel Cambon
Tebaldo - Louis Mathieu
Roberto - Patrick Rocca
Manfredo - Alain Munier
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DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVZZZ 945 (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance at the Nice Opera (June 1984). According to the programme published in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL juin 1984 No.71 p.60 there were to have been performances of «I Vespri siciliani» at the Nice Opera on 15, 17, 19, 23 June 1984. The DVD issued by House of Opera is included in the list of new releases added to their website in November 2003.
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Conductor Riccardo Chailly - 1986(LC)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Guido di Montforte - Leo Nucci
Il Sire di Bethume - Gianfranco Casarini
Il Conte Vaudemont - Sergio Fontana
Arrigo - Veriano Luchetti
Giovanni da Procida - Bonaldo Giaiotti
La Duchessa Elena - Susan Dunn
Ninetta - Anna Caterina Antonacci
Danieli - Sergio Bertocchi
Tebaldo - Bruno Lazzaretti
Roberto - Giuseppe Morresi
Manfredo - Walter Brighi
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Laser Disc - *NVC ANF-3509 (Japanese NTSC)
DVD (Video) - Un Palco all'Opera (Italy); NVC Arts 504678029-2 (2005)ª; Kultur DVD D 2845 (2005)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Home Vision VES 01 (NTSC); Castle Video CVI 2034 (PAL)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - August 2005 p.63 [IS]
Orpheus - Heft 1+2 Januar 2003 S.94 (DVD) [IW]; Juli+August 2005 S.68 (mention) [GH]
Opéra Magazine - No.3 janvier 2006 p.82 [JC]
Classica Répertoire - No.74 juillet-aoüt 2005 p.121 [PF]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.83 septiembre 2005 p.85 [FGR]
Comments:- Video Recording made at three performances in the Teatro Communale di Bologna (9, 12, & 15 February 1986)
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Conductor James Conlon - 2003(LI)
Orchestra - L'Opéra National de Paris
Chorus - L'Opéra National de Paris
Guy de Monfort - Anthony Michaels-Moore
Le sire de Béthune - Josep Miquel Ribot
Le comte de Vaudemont - Nicolas Courjal
Henri - Marcello Giordani
Jean Procida - Ferruccio Furlanetto
La duchesse Hélène - Nelly Miricioiu
Ninetta - Louise Callinan
Danieli - Luca Lombardo
Thibault - Mihajo Arsenski
Robert - Christoph Fel
Mainfroid - Jean-Luc Maurette
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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 452 {3CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
Comments:- *The recording on the CDRs issued by Celestial Audio appears to be of the performance on 27 June 2003 at the Bastille Opera, Paris. As reported in OPERA (September 2003 pp.1095-1096 Sondra Radvanovsky was ill and Nelly Miricioiu sang the role of Hélène from the side, The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues on January 2005.
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Conductor Mark Elder - 1984(LI)
Orchestra - English National Opera
Chorus - English National Opera
Elena - Rosalind Plowright
Ninetta - Linda McLeod
Arrigo - Kenneth Collins
Thibault - Terry Jenkins
Manfredo - Edward Byles
Guy de Montfort - Neil Howlett
Giovanni da Procida - Richard Van Allan
Robert - Malcolm Rivers
Count Vaudemont - Geoffrey Moses
de Bethaine - Mark Richardson
Danieli - Alan Woodrow
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03724
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the London Coliseum (April or May 1984). The performance on 19 April is reviewed in OPERA July 1984 pp.802-804. It does not appear that any of these performances were broadcast so, presumably, this recording was made «in-house».
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Conductor Thomas Fulton - 1982(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Guido di Montforte - Pablo Elvira
Il Sire di Bethume - Norman Andersson
Il Conte Vaudemont - Richard Vernon
Arrigo - Vasile Moldoveanu
Giovanni da Procida - Ferruccio Furlanetto
La Duchessa Elena - Ángeles Gulin
Ninetta - Isola Jones
Danieli - Dana Talley
Tebaldo - Charles Anthony
Roberto - John Darrenkamp
Manfredo - Robert Nagy
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers VES 198202 {2CDRS}
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (15 April 1982). This performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was made «in-house». The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Guido di Montforte - Giangiacomo Guelfi
Il Sire di Bethume - Franco Pugliese
Il Conte Vaudemont - Mario Borriello
Arrigo - Gastone Limarilli
Giovanni da Procida - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
La Duchessa Elena - Leyla Gencer
Ninetta - Luciana Piccolo
Danieli - Fernandino Jacopucci
Tebaldo - Vittorio Pandano
Roberto - Paolo Mazzotta
Manfredo - Athos Cesarini
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Compact Disc; - *Melodram MEL 27037 {2LPS}; Nuova Era 2321-2322 {2LPS};; Gala GL 100.591 {2CDS} (2001)ª; House of Opera «The Operas of Giuseppe Verdi - Vol.2 His Later Works» {1xCD-ROM} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - Januar 2002 S.54 {mention) [GH]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in Rome (5 December 1964; see OPERA February 1965 pp.126-127)
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Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Guido di Montforte - Piero Cappuccilli
Il Sire di Bethume - Carlo Meliciani
Il Conte Vaudemont - Alfredo Giacomotti
Arrigo - Gianni Raimondi
Giovanni da Procida - Ruggero Raimondi
La Duchessa Elena - Renata Scotto
Ninetta - Nella Verri
Danieli - Giampaolo Corradi
Tebaldo - Saverio Porzano
Roberto - Enrico Campi
Manfredo - Gianfranco Manganotti
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01787
Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 905.24 (+highlights with Gencer cond. Gavazzeni 1971) {2CDS} (1990)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1520-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (7 December 1970; OPERA February 1971 pp.116-118
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Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Guido di Montforte - Piero Cappuccilli
Il Sire di Bethume - Nino Carta
Il Conte Vaudemont - Alfredo Giacomotti
Arrigo - Giorgio Lamberti (Casellato-Lamberti)
Giovanni da Procida - Carlo Cava
La Duchessa Elena - Leyla Gencer
Ninetta - Nella Verri
Danieli - Augusto Vicentini
Tebaldo - Piero De Palma
Roberto - Giovanni De Angelis
Manfredo - Rinaldo Pelizzoni
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 07258
Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 905.24 (highlights - filler with complete performance -Gavazzeni 1970) {2CDS} (1990)ª; Omega Opera Archive 4150
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at La Scala (2 January 1971) The highlights issued by Myto consist of one aria and four duets with Gencer and Lamberti either from the performance on 2 January 1971 or from that 27 December 1970 which were the only two in which they sang together in these roles.
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Conductor Miguel-Ángel Gomez-Martinis (Gómez Martínez) - 2008(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Guido di Montforte - Leo Nucci
Il Sire di Bethume - Dan Paul Dumitrescu
Il Conte Vaudemont - Hans-Peter Kammerer
Arrigo - Keith Ikaia-Purdy
Giovanni da Procida - Paata Burchuladze
La Duchessa Elena - Sondra Radvanovsky
Ninetta - Cornelia Salje
Danieli - Marian Talaba
Tebaldo - Cosmin Ifrim
Roberto - Ejiro Kai
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 3486-3 {3CDRS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (8 June 2008). The cast listed above is that given in the website of the Wiener Staatsoper - Spielplanarchiv (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Edouard Grikurov - 1956?(SE)
Orchestra - Leningrad St. Maly Theatre
Chorus - Leningrad St. Maly Theatre
Guido di Montforte - M. Bulatnikov
Arrigo - M. Doveman
Giovanni da Procida - Boris Morozov
La Duchessa Elena - E. Yashinnikova
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Black Disc - Melodiya D 3170/1 {1x10in-LP}
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
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Conductor Anton Guadagno - 2001(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Guido di Montforte - Anthony Michaels-Moore
Il Sire di Bethume - Wolfgang Bankl
Il Conte Vaudemont - Liviu Burz
Arrigo - Janez Lotric
Giovanni da Procida - Ferruccio Furlanetto
La Duchessa Elena - Nelly Miricioiu
Ninetta - Stella Grigorian
Danieli - John Dickie
Tebaldo - John Nuzzo
Roberto - Boaz Daniel
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 660 (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (21 September 2001). The cast listed above is that given in «Die Wiener Staatsoper Jahrbuch 2002» p.274. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»
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Conductor Erich Kleiber - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Guido di Montforte - Enzo Mascherini
Il Sire di Bethume - Bruno Carmassi
Il Conte Vaudemont - Mario Frosini
Arrigo - Giorgio Kokolios Bardi
Giovanni da Procida - Boris Christoff
La Duchessa Elena - Maria Callas
Ninetta - Mafalda Masini
Danieli - Gino Sarri
Tebaldo - Aldo De Paolo
Roberto - Lido Pettini
Manfredo - Breno Ristori
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Black Disc - Penzance 6 {3LPS}; Cetra LO 5/3 {3LPS} Mauro R Fuguette MRF 46 {3LPS}; Melodram MEL 420 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Legendary Recordings LR CD 1008-3 {3CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 2.0005 {3CDS} (1997)ª; DiVa 1109/10/11 {3CDS} (1999)ª; Archipel 0016-3 {3CDS} (2001)ª; Urania «Archivo Storico» URN 22.179 {3CDS} (2001)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1291 {3CDS} (2001)ª; Deltadischi DPR 3030 {3CDS} (2006)ª; Testament SBT 21416 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 2001 p.89 [AB]; January 2008 p.90 [PO'C]
Opera - May 2008 pp.598-599 [RM]
Fanfare - Vol.31 No.5 May/June 2008 pp.272-274 [HF] [MM]
Orpheus - November 1997 S.91; Oktober 2001 S.55-S.56 [GH]
Opéra International - septembre 1984 No.73 p.54
Diapason - No.554 S janvier 2008 p.111 [MP]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.187 p.141 [JC-1]
International Record Review - November 2007 p.84 [RP]
American Record Guide - May/June 2008 Vol.71 No.3 p.282 [RVL]
Classic Record Collector - Spring 2008 pp.96-97 [TP]
VERDI DAL VIVO - p.205
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.41 septiembre-octubre 2000 p.98 [JMP]: No.61 junio 2003 pp.85-86 [TF]: No.108 marzo 2008 p.95 [LB]
Opéra Magazine - No.24 décembre 2007 p.78 [PC]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Firenze (26 May 1951; see OPERA August 1951 p.451)
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Conductor János Kovács - 2009(LI)
Orchestra - Hungarian State Opera
Chorus - Hungarian State Opera
Guido di Montforte - Anatolij Fokonov
Il Sire di Bethume - Adám Horváth
Il Conte Vaudemont - Ferenc Cserhalmi
Arrigo - Attila Fekete
Giovanni da Procida - István Racz
La Duchessa Elena - Eszter Sumegi
Ninetta - Andrea Ulbrich
Danieli - Daniel Vadász
Tebaldo - Tamás Daróczi
Roberto - János Tóth
Manfredo - Zsolt Derecskei
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Compact Disc; - premiereopera.net (unnumbered) {3CDRS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Hungarian State Opera (May or June 2009). The CDRs issued by premiereopera.net are (were?) listed on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor James Levine - 1973(STU)
Orchestra - New Philharmonia Orchestra
Chorus - John Alldis Choir
Guido di Montforte - Sherrill Milnes
Il Sire di Bethume - Terence Sharpe
Il Conte Vaudemont - Richard Van Allan
Arrigo - Plácido Domingo
Giovanni da Procida - Ruggero Raimondi
La Duchessa Elena - Martina Arroyo
Ninetta - Maria Ewing
Danieli - Leo Goeke
Tebaldo - Kenneth Collins
Roberto - James Morris
Manfredo - Alan Byers
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Black Disc; - *RCA «Red Seal» ARL 4-0370 {3LPS} (1974)ª
Compact Disc; - RCA «Red Seal» RD 80370 {3CDS} (1988)ª; RCA 63492 {3CDS}
Open Reel Tape - RCA EOP4 470 (7½ips 4-track) (USA)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1974 p.585 [AP]; December 1974 p.1103 [SIR]; January 1975 p.1311 [JBS]; September 1988 p. [HF}
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.218-221 [RP]
American Record Guide - January/February 2000 Vol.63 No.1 p.13 [LM]
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Conductor James Levine - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Guido di Montforte - Sherrill Milnes
Il Sire di Bethume - Robert Goodloe
Il Conte Vaudemont - Edmond Karlsrud
Arrigo - Nicolai Gedda
Giovanni da Procida - Justino Díaz
La Duchessa Elena - Montserrat Caballé
Ninetta - Cynthia Munzer
Danieli - Douglas Ahlstedt
Tebaldo - Nico Castel
Roberto - Andrij Dobriansky
Manfredo - Paul Franke
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Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 746 {2CDS} ; Celestial Audio CA 037 {2CDRS} (Australia); Myto 2 MCD 051 309 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.87 enero-febrero 2006 p.84 [JV]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (9 March 1974; see OPERA June 1974 pp.501-503)
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Conductor James Levine - 1982(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Guido di Montforte - Pablo Elvira
Il Sire di Bethume - Julien Robbins
Il Conte Vaudemont - William Fleck
Arrigo - Wieslaw Ochman
Giovanni da Procida - Ruggero Raimondi
La Duchessa Elena - Renata Scotto
Ninetta - Isola Jones
Danieli - Dana Talley
Tebaldo - Charles Anthony
Roberto - John Darrenkamp
Manfredo - Robert Nagy
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers VES 198201 {3CDRS} (Canada)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (20 March 1982). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca
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Conductor Fabio Luisi - 2006(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Guido di Montforte - Leo Nucci
Il Sire di Bethume - Dan Paul Dumitrescu
Il Conte Vaudemont - Clemens Unterreiner
Arrigo - Francisco Casanova
Giovanni da Procida - Roberto Scandiuzzi
La Duchessa Elena - Sondra Radvanovsky
Ninetta - Daniela Denschlag
Danieli - Marian Talaba
Tebaldo - Peter Jelosits
Roberto - Ejiro Kai
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2374-3 {3CDRS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (23 September 2006). The CDRs issued by Premiere are included in their list of «NEW RELEASES October 2006». There is a review of the performance at
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Guido di Montforte - Kostas Paskalis
Il Sire di Bethume - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Arrigo - Eugenio Fernandi
Giovanni da Procida - Bonaldo Giaiotti
La Duchessa Elena - Virginia Zeani
Ninetta - Joann Grillo
Danieli - Robert Nagy
Tebaldo - Paul Franke
Roberto - Paul Plishka
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers VES 196701 {2CDRS} (Canada)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance given by the Metropolitan Opera at Newport, Rhode Island (23 August 1967). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Guido di Montforte - Sherrill Milnes
Il Sire di Bethume - Gian-Piero (Giampietro) Mastromei
Il Conte Vaudemont - Ricardo Catena
Arrigo - Pedro Lavirgen
Giovanni da Procida - Bonaldo Giaiotti
La Duchessa Elena - Martina Arroyo
Ninetta - Luisa Bartoletti
Danieli - Nino Falzetti
Tebaldo - Virgilio Tavini
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Compact Disc - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 21037 {2CDS}
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. See OPERA November1970 p.1018
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Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1978(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Guido di Montforte - Renato Bruson
Il Sire di Bethume - Graziano Polidori
Il Conte Vaudemont - Carlo Del Bosco
Arrigo - Veriano Luchetti
Giovanni da Procida - Ruggero Raimondi
La Duchessa Elena - Renata Scotto
Ninetta - Nella Verri
Danieli - Giampaolo Corradi
Tebaldo - Gianfranco Manganotti
Roberto - Giorgio Giorgetti
Manfredo - Carlo Novelli
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Black Disc - Legendary Recordings LR 169-4 {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100.611 {3CDS} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - Oktober 1999 S.54-55 [GH]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale (May 1978; see OPERA Festival Issue 1978 pp.98-99. The LPs issued by Legendary Recordings are advertized on the back cover of ORPHEUS Juni 1984.
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Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1989-1990(LC)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Guido di Montforte - Giorgio Zancanaro
Il Sire di Bethume - Enzo Capuano
Il Conte Vaudemont - Francesco Musinu
Arrigo - Chris Merritt
Giovanni da Procida - Ferruccio Furlanetto
La Duchessa Elena - Cheryl Studer
Ninetta - Gloria Banditelli
Danieli - Ernesto Gavazzi
Tebaldo - Paolo Barbacini
Roberto - Marco Chingari
Manfredo - Ferrero Poggi
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Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 754043-4 (1991)ª
Compact Disc; - *EMI CDS 7 54043-2 {3CDS} (1991)ª; Angel CDCC-54043 {3CDS} (1991)ª
DVD (Video) - Image Entertainment ID 4361 PUDVD (USA) (1999)ª; Videoland VLRT 059 (Germany); Opus Arte OALS 3008D (2004)ª; Brilliant Classics 93051 (2006)ª; Opus Arte OA 3001 (La Scala Collection) {12CDS} (2006)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Home Vision VES 02 (NTSC); Lyric Distribution 1922 (+BETA) (NTSC)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1991 p. (audio) [AB]; January 2005 pp.101-102 (DVD) [AB]
Opera - January 2005 pp.106-108 (DVD) [GH]
Fanfare - Vol.28 No.4 March/April 2005 pp.267-268 (DVD) [RT]
Orpheus - 1+2 Januar+Februar 2005 S.70 [IW]
Opéra International - No.296 décembre 2004 p.95 (DVD) [JC]
Diapason - No.510 janvier 2004 p.115 (DVD) [MP]
International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 pp.104-106 (DVD) [MSR]
International Record Review - December 2000 pp.130-133 (audio) [SP]: February 2005 p.83 (DVD) [IJ]
American Record Guide - January/February 2007 Vol.70 No.1 pp.249-251 (DVD) [RVL]
The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.576 (audio)
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - mayo 2002 No.154 p.69 (DVD) [SV]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIi N.171 aprile 2003 pp.99-101 (DVD) [GL]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.78 marzo 2005 p.85 (DVD) [FGR]
Comments:- *Recorded at performances at La Scala (December 1989, January 1990). It seems that the video recording is of the performance on 7 December 1989 and the audio recording is a composite one made at several performances.
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Conductor John Nelson - 1997(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Guy de Monfort - Paolo Coni
Le sire de Béthune - Danilo Rigosa
Le comte de Vaudemont - Alessandro Svab
Henri - David Kuebler
Jean Procida - Ferruccio Furlanetto
La duchesse Hélène - Daniela Dessi
Ninetta - Anna Bonitatibus
Danieli - Iorio Zennaro
Thibault - Paolo Barbacini
Robert - Carlos Bergasa (Alcalde)
Mainfroid - Massimo Giordano
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDWW 1276 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVDCC 1447 (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) in the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (January 1997). The cast listed above is that given in «Opera '97 Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'Opera Lirica in Italia» p.229. The performance on 19 January 1997 is reviewed in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL mars 1997 No.211 pp.42-44. According to this review Paolo Coni was replaced by Marco Chindari in this performance, but this cast change is not mentioned in «Opera '97». The CDRs issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue for a short time in March 2003 and the DVD issued is listed in their online catalogue of «New DVDs 22 January 2005»
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Conductor Paolo Olmi - 2002(LI)
Orchestra - Radio Filharmonisch Orkest
Chorus - Groot Omroepkoor - Chor der Leipziger Oper
Guy de Monfort - Zejlko Lucic
Le sire de Béthune - Alberto Feria
Le comte de Vaudemont - Paolo Battaglia
Henri - Francisco Casanova
Jean Procida - Hao Jiang Tian
La duchesse Hélène - Nelly Miricioiu
Ninetta - Margriet Van Reisen
Danieli - Daniel Kirch
Thibault - André Post
Robert - Hans Voschezang
Mainfroid - Terence Mierau
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Compact Disc; - *Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 6023 {2CDRS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance given in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (22 June 2002). It seems that the conductor who was originally announced (Paolo Carignani) was replaced by Paolo Olmi. The former is listed Premiere's catalog, but the latter in the cast list which accompanies the CDs
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Conductor Renato Palumbo - 2007(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
Chorus - Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
Guido di Montforte - Franco Vassallo
Il Sire di Bethume - Cesare Lana
Il Conte Vaudemont - Carlo Di Cristoforo
Arrigo - Francisco Casanova
Giovanni da Procida - Orlin Anastassov
La Duchessa Elena - Sondra Radvanovsky
Ninetta - Raffaella Ambrosino
Danieli - Carlo Bosi
Tebaldo - Paolo Cauteruccio
Roberto - Paolo Orecchia
Manfredo - Francesco Denaro
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 3329-3 {3CDRS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova (19 October 2007). The cast listed above is that given in «Opera 2008 - Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'opera Lirica in Italia» p.91. The CDRS issued by Premiere are included in their list of new CD releases - April 2009.
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Conductor Eve Queler - 1974 & 1975(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Liceo (Barcelona)
Chorus - Teatro Liceo (Barcelona)
Guido di Montforte - Franco Bordoni
Il Sire di Bethume - Juan (Joan) Pons
Il Conte Vaudemont - Jorge Cebrian
Arrigo - Plácido Domingo
Giovanni da Procida - Justino Díaz
La Duchessa Elena - Montserrat Caballé
Ninetta - María (Asunción) Uriz
Danieli - Dalmacio González
Tebaldo - José Manzaneda
Roberto - Rafael Campos
Manfredo - Charles Down-Barzok
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Compact Disc; - Standing Room Only SRO-837-2 {2CDS}; House of Opera CDBB 659 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo, Barclona (28 December 1974). House of Opera have also released a recording (CDBB 658) of the performance on 5 January 1975. See the list of new releases added to HOO's website in December 2003 (12-22-2003). The date of the recording issued by «live-rare-opera» is given as 3 January 1975 on their website.
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Conductor Stefano Ranzani - 2003(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra della Fondazione «Arturo Toscanini»
Chorus - Coro della Fondazione «Arturo Toscanini»
Guido di Montforte - Vladimir Stoyanov
Il Sire di Bethume - Cesare Lana
Il Conte Vaudemont - Lorenzo Muzzi
Arrigo - Renzo Zulian
Giovanni da Procida - Orlin Anastassov
La Duchessa Elena - Amarilli Nizza
Ninetta - Tiziana Carraro
Danieli - Giorgio Trucco
Tebaldo - Cristiano Olivieri
Roberto - Stefanos Koroneos
Manfredo - Luca Casalin
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DVD (Video) - Dynamic 33551 (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - Awards Special Issue 2007 p.129 [JBS]
Orpheus - Januar + Februar 2008 S.70-S.71 [IW]
International Record Review - September 2007 pp.84-85 [CC]
Opéra Magazine - No.24 décembre 2007 p.83 [JC]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.106 diciembre 2007 pp.86-87 [AT]
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Teatro Verdi, Busseto (February 2003).
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Conductor Donato Renzetti - 1985(LI)
Orchestra - Grand Théâtre de Genève
Chorus - Grand Théâtre de Genève
Guido di Montforte - Lorenzo Saccomani
Arrigo - Giuliano Ciannella
Giovanni da Procida - Robert Lloyd
La Duchessa Elena - Olivia Stapp
Ninetta - Nicole Buloze
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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 184 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Charles Handelman - Live Opera (unnumbered) {2CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Gran Théâtre de Genévè (June 1985). See OPERA October 1985 pp.1173-1174; OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL septembre 1985 No.84 p.37. The CDRs issued by Charles Handelman are listed in the supplement to his CD catalogue dated Spring 2004
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Conductor Mario Rossi - 1955(RA)
Orchestra - Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
Chorus - Kölner Rundfunkchor
Arrigo - Hans Hopf
Guy de Monfort - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Le sire de Béthune - Heinz Borst
Le comte de Vaudemont - Hermann Firchow
Jean Procida - Gottlob Frick
La duchesse Hélène - Hilde Zadek
Ninetta - Gisela Litz
Thibault - Martin Vantin
Robert - Heiner Horn
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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0140 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Myto 2 MCD 053 H 105 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Capriccio CAP 67168 {2CDS} (2006)ª
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 2991
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Classic Record Collector - Summer 2006 pp.104-105 [JTH]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.86 diciembre 2005 p.89 [JV]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIX N.199 novembre 2005 pp.101-102 [GL]
Classica Répertoire - No.79 février 2006 p.104 [AT]
Comments:- *The information about the cast given above comes from «Dietrich Fischer Dieskau - Verzeichnis der Tonaufnahme» by Monika Wolf p.465.
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Conductor Mario Rossi - 1955(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Torino
Chorus - RAI Torino
Guido di Montforte - Carlo Tagliabue
Il Sire di Bethume - Mario Zorgniotti
Il Conte Vaudemont - Giuliano Ferrein
Arrigo - Mario Ortica
Giovanni da Procida - Boris Christoff
La Duchessa Elena - Anita Cerquetti
Ninetta - Miti Truccato Pace
Danieli - Tommaso Soley
Tebaldo - Walter Artioli
Roberto - Christiano Dalamangas
Manfredo - Sante Andreoli
Ninetta - Pamela Bowden
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 206 {3LPS} (1961)ª; *Morgan 3 MOR 5503 {3LPS}; Mauro R Fuguette MRF 92 {3LPS}; Replica RPL 2433-2435 {3LPS} (1980)ª;; Replica RPL 32433 {3LPS} (1984)ª
Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 982.184 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1567-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; *Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0108 {2CDS} (2005)ª; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - November 1982 S.883 [GH]; Juni 1998 S.57 [GH]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.2 Spring 2001 pp.321-323 [RP]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.187 p.141 [JC-1]
Classical Express - Issue 98 May 1998 p.6 [MT]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - septiembre - octubre 1998 No.29 pp.99-100 [MC]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.114 octubre 1998 p.42, p.44 [AV]
Comments:- Recorded on 9 October 1955 and broadcast on 16 November 1955.
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Conductor Mario Rossi - 1969(LI;10/5/69)
Orchestra - BBC Concert Orchestra
Chorus - BBC Chorus
Guy de Monfort - Neilson Taylor
Le sire de Béthune - Stafford Dean
Le comte de Vaudemont - Neil Howlett
Henri - Jean Bonhomme
Jean Procida - Ayhan Baran
La duchesse Hélène - Jacqueline Brumaire
Ninetta - Pamela Bowden
Danieli - Bernard Dickerson
Thibault - Gerald English
Robert - Michael Rippon
Mainfroid - Nigel Rogers
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Compact Disc; - Arkadia (+excerpts cond Le Conte) {3CDS}; Opera Rara ORCV 303 (including ballet music conducted by Ashley Lawrence) {3CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 2005 pp.81-82 [AB]
Opera - March 2005 pp.353-355 [ML]
Opera News - June 2005 pp.84-85 [DS]
Fanfare - Vol.28 No.6 July/August 2005 pp.243-244 [JK]
Orpheus - 1+2 Januar+Februar 2005 S.54 [GH]
Opéra International - No.299 mars-avril 2005 p.109 [JC]
Diapason - No.525 mai 2005 p.113 [MP]
International Record Review - January 2005 pp.78-79 [PO'C]
American Record Guide - May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.188-189 [CHP]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIX N.191 febbraio 2005 pp.89-90 [GL]
Classica Répertoire - No.71 avril 2005 p.94 [PT]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.80 mayo 2005 p.88 [MC]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance before an invited audience in the Camden Theatre, London (10 May 1969). This was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 15 February 1970 and 6 April 1975 (see Radio Times Issues dated 12 February 1970 p.22 and 5-11 April 1975 p.30). This work was also broadcast with a similar cast «live» from a PROM in the Royal Albert Hall on 19 August 1969 and a recording of this performance was issued on LP by VOCE, details of which are given in a separate entry.
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Conductor Mario Rossi - 1969(LI;19/8/69)
Orchestra - BBC Concert Orchestra
Chorus - BBC Chorus
Guy de Monfort - Henri Peyrotte
Le sire de Béthune - Stafford Dean
Le comte de Vaudemont - Neil Howlett
Henri - Jean Bonhomme
Jean Procida - Ayhan Baran
La duchesse Hélène - Jacqueline Brumaire
Ninetta - Pamela Bowden
Danieli - Bernard Dickerson
Thibault - Gerald English
Robert - Michael Rippon
Mainfroid - David Barrett
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Black Disc; - Voce 56 {3LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Oriel Music Society OMS 309 {3CDRS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Quarterly - Vol.3 No.2 Summer 1985 pp.121-124 [DWW]
Opéra International - avril 1983 No.58 pp.59-60 [SS]
Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance given at a PROM in the Royal Albert Hall, London - 19 August 1969; see RADIO TIMES August 14 1969 p.23, OPERA October 1969 p.900, p.902. The Voce LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE July 1982 p.172. A recording of a different performance with a similar cast was issued on CD by ARKADIA and by Opera Rara and is listed separately. The CDRS issued by ORIEL are listed in «Latest Additions to the Catalogue» dated March 2002.
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Conductor Nello Santi - 1975(LI)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris
Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris
Guido di Montforte - Peter Glossop
Arrigo - Franco Bonisolli
Giovanni da Procida - Ruggero Raimondi
La Duchessa Elena - Cristina Deutekom
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Compact Disc - live-rare-opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLOR.HTM)
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 8281
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Palais Garnier, Paris (probably 2 January 1975).
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Conductor Nello Santi - 1977(LI}
Orchestra - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Chorus - Hamburgische Staatsoper
Guido di Montforte - Cornell MacNeil
Il Sire di Bethume - Hans-Otto Klaus
Il Conte Vaudemont - Max Proebstl
Arrigo - Nicolai Gedda
Giovanni da Procida - Harald Stamm
La Duchessa Elena - Montserrat Caballé
Ninetta - Olive Fredricks
Danieli - Frieder Stricker
Tebaldo - Heinz Kruse
Roberto - Carl Schultz
Manfredo - Jürgen Förster
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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE V 819 {3LPS}
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Hamburg State Opera. There were performances of this opera at the Hamburg Opera on 23 March and 24 April 1977.
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Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Guido di Montforte - Sherrill Milnes
Il Sire di Bethume - Giovanni Antonini
Il Conte Vaudemont - Giovanni Gusmeroli
Arrigo - Gianfranco Cecchele
Giovanni da Procida - Bonaldo Giaiotti
La Duchessa Elena - Martina Arroyo
Ninetta - Cristina Anghelakova (Angelakova)
Danieli - Bruno Sebastian
Tebaldo - Carlo Gaifa
Roberto - Federico Davià
Manfredo - Tommaso Frascati
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Black Disc - Melodiya C10 26067 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Premiere (Italy) unnumbered {2CDRS} (2009)ª; Myto «Devotion» MDCD 0010 {2CDS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance in the Teatro Olimpico, Rome (5 December 1970but broadcast on 22 December 1970; see OPERA March 1971 pp.215-216). The CDRS issued by Premiere (Italy) are (were?) advertised on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Kurt Schröder - 1951
Orchestra - Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt
Chorus - Chor des Hessischen Rundfunks
Guido di Montforte - Heinrich Schlusnus
Il Sire di Bethume - August Heimpel
Il Conte Vaudemont - Ludwig Welter
Arrigo - Helge Roswaenge
Giovanni da Procida - Otto von Rohr
La Duchessa Elena - Maud Cunitz
Ninetta - Else Tegetthoff (previously Ruziczka)
Danieli - Eugen Willmann
Tebaldo - Herbert Hess
Roberto - Sanders Schier
Manfredo - Oskar Wittazscheck
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Black Disc - D.G.G LPEM 19244-19246 {3LPS}; Heliodor 89705-89707 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 932.79 {2CDS} (1993)ª; Myto 2 MCD H062 (+Schlusnus - Roswaenge - duets) {2CDS} ;; *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 208 «Opera auf Deutsch» {1CD-ROM} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - December 2002 pp.83-84 [IS]
Fanfare - Vol.26 No.4 March/April 2003 pp.201-202 [JM]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.160 p.138
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.162 giugno 2002 p.106 [GL]
Comments:- According to Michael Seil and Christian Zwarg (The Record Collector June 2002 p.126) this recording was made in the Musikhochschule, Frankfurt on 12 February 1951.
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Guido di Montforte - Giangiacomo Guelfi
Il Sire di Bethume - Iginio Riccò
Il Conte Vaudemont - Aldo Terrosi
Arrigo - Mario Filippeschi
Giovanni da Procida - Giulio Neri
La Duchessa Elena - Anna Di Cavalieri
Danieli - Piero De Palma
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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni GB HOC 025/26-2 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - September+Oktober 2005 S.59 [IW]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.84 octubre 2005 p.90 [PN]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli (16 December 1955)
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Chorus - Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Guido di Montforte - Giuseppe Taddei
Il Sire di Bethume - Franco Ventriglia
Il Conte Vaudemont - Giorgio Tadeo
Arrigo - Mario Filippeschi
Giovanni da Procida - Bernard Ladysz
La Duchessa Elena - Antonietta Stella
Ninetta - Clara Betner
Danieli - Sergio Tedesco
Tebaldo - Vito Tatone
Roberto - Ferruccio Mazzoli
Manfredo - Vittorio Pandano
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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 346 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni «The Golden Age of Opera» GAO 145-146 {2CDS} Andromeda ANDRCD 5093 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - November + Dezember 2007 S.60 [DN]
Classica Répertoire - No.96 octobre 2007 p.110 [AT]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Massimo di Palermo (January 1957). According to the review in Fanfare the sound quality of the GAO CDs is very poor
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Conductor Fulvio Vernizzi - 1973(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Regio di Torino
Chorus - Teatro Regio di Torino
Guido di Montforte - Licinio Montefusco
Il Conte Vaudemont - Angelo Nosotti
Arrigo - Franco Tagliavini
Giovanni da Procida - Bonaldo Giaiotti
La Duchessa Elena - Raina Kabaivanska
Danieli - Giampaolo Corradi
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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 1258
Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Regio di Torino (15 April 1973). The performance on 10 April 1973 is reviewed in OPERA July 1973 pp.634-636.
Abbreviations
(STU), "Studio" Recording
(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts
(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source
(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source
(LI), "Live" Recording
(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts
(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance
(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance
(RA), A Radio Performance
(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance
(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast
(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance
(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film
(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film
CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988
EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994
GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)
HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973
MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982
MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993
MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997
More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999
NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli
PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993
Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española
Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española