There are 4 recordings of Zaira by Vincenzo Bellini on file

(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )

1 1976(LI) - Belardinelli Danilo - Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania*

2 1990(LC) - Olmi Paolo - Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania*

3 2006(LI) - Tietje Kai - Neue Philharmonie Westfalen*

4 2009(LI) - Mazzola Enrique - Orchestre National de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon*

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Zaira by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Danilo Belardinelli - 1976(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania

Chorus - Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania

Zaira - Renata Scotto

Orosmane - Luigi Roni

Corasmino - Giorgio Lamberti (Casellato-Lamberti)

Nerestano - Maria Luisa (Bordin) Nave

Lusignano - Mario Rinaudo

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Black Disc - BJR 146-3 {3LPS}; Bismark Beane MRF 132 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03674

Compact Disc; - Myto 3MCD 971 151 (+La straniera - highlights) {3CDS} Premiere Opera Ltd CDNO 10963 {3CDRS} (2003)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1442 {3CDS} (2005)ª

Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 2174

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This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - March 22 1997 p.55

Orpheus - April 1997 S.57

Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.489-495 [MP]

Classical Express - Issue No.85 April 1997 p.4

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.24 junio-agosto 1997 p.56

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.102 septiembre 1997 p.41 [SV]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at Catania (30 March 1976, 1 April 1976; see OPERA June 1976 p.525). According to «Scotto - More than a Diva» by Renato Scotto and Octavio Roca, pp.183-184 the recording on the BJR LPs is of a performance on 30 March 1976 and that on the MRF LPs is of a performance on 1 April 1976. The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000 where it is indicated that recordings of performances on both dates are available.

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Zaira by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Paolo Olmi - 1990(LC)

Orchestra - Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania

Chorus - Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania

Zaira - Katia Ricciarelli

Orosmane - Simone Alaimo

Corasmino - Ramón Vargas

Nerestano - Alexandra Papadjakou

Fatima - Silvana Silbano

Meledor - Roberto De Candia

Lusignano - Luigi Roni

Castiglione - Giovanni Palmieri

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Compact Disc; - *Nuova Era 6982/83 {2CDS} (1991)ª; Brilliant Classics 92461 (Bellini Operas) {10CDS} (2005)ª; Dynamic 552 (Bellini operas) {24CDS} (2008)ª

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This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - July 1991 p. [JBS]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.489-495 [MP]

American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 pp.76-77 [CHP]: January/February 2009 Vol.72 No.1 pp.58-60 [CHP]

Comments:- Recorded at performances in Catania (23, 25, 27 September 1990)

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Zaira by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Kai Tietje - 2006(LI)

Orchestra - Neue Philharmonie Westfalen

Chorus - Opernchor des Musiktheaters im Revier

Zaira - Claudia Braun

Orosmane - Nicolai Karnolsky

Corasmino - Sergio Blazquez

Nerestano - Anna Agathonos

Fatima - Leah Gordon

Meledor - Wolf Rüdiger Kimm

Lusignano - Jee-Huyn Kim

Castiglione - William Saetre

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 4564 (2007)ª

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Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Großes Haus des Musiktheaters im Revier, Gelsenkirchen. (May 2006). There is a review on the internet (click link below). The role of Meledor was sung in some performances by Charles Moulton not Wolff Rüdiger Kimm as listed above. I do not know which sang in the performance that was recorded. Omega's recording is listed on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

http://www.omm.de/veranstaltungen/musiktheater20052006/GE-zaira.htm

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Zaira by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Enrique Mazzola - 2009(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestre National de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon

Chorus - Latvian Radio and Television Choir

Zaira - Ermonela Jaho

Orosmane - Wenwei Zhang

Corasmino - Shalva Mukeria

Nerestano - Varduhl Abrahamyan

Fatima - Marianne Crebassa

Meledor - Gundars Dzilums

Lusignano - Carlo Kang

Castiglione - Franck Bard

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers ZAI 200901 {2CDRS} (2009)ª

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Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance in the Opera Berlioz - Le Corum Montpellier (13 July 2009). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). See also the website:

http://www.resmusica.com/article 7085 scene lyrique zaira montpellier une ouverture tout en bel canto.html

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Abbreviations

(STU), "Studio" Recording

(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts

(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source

(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source

(LI), "Live" Recording

(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts

(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance

(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance

(RA), A Radio Performance

(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance

(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast

(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance

(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film

(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film

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GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)

HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973

MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982

MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993

MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997

More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999

NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli

PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993

Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española

Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española

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