There are 45 recordings on file in which the conductor is Dimitri Mitropoulos 1896-1960

Order by composer

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

1 1949(LI) - Richard Strauss - Elektra*

2 1950(LI) - Richard Strauss - Elektra*

3 1951(LI) - Alban Berg - Wozzeck*

4 1951 - Arnold Schönberg - Erwartung*

5 1953(LI) - Giuseppe Verdi - La forza del destino*

6 1954(LI) - Giacomo Puccini - La fanciulla del west*

7 1955 (LI;DEC 10) - Giuseppe Verdi - Un ballo in maschera*

8 1955 (LIJAN 22) - Giuseppe Verdi - Un ballo in maschera*

9 1955(ACT 3;LE) - Richard Wagner - Götterdämmerung*

10 1955(LI) - Giacomo Puccini - Tosca*

11 1955(LI) - Richard Strauss - Salome*

12 1955(SE) - Giuseppe Verdi - Un ballo in maschera*

13 1956(LI) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Don Giovanni*

14 1956(LI) - Modest Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov*

15 1956(LI) - Giacomo Puccini - Madama Butterfly*

16 1956(LI) - Giacomo Puccini - Manon Lescaut*

17 1956(LI) - Giacomo Puccini - Tosca*

18 1956(LI) - Giuseppe Verdi - Ernani*

19 1956(SE) - Modest Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov*

20 1956(SE) - Giacomo Puccini - Madama Butterfly*

21 1957(LI) - Georges Bizet - Carmen*

22 1957(LI) - Giacomo Puccini - Tosca*

23 1957(LI) - Richard Strauss - Elektra*

24 1957(LI) - Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin*

25 1957(LI) - Giuseppe Verdi - Ernani*

26 1957(LI) - Richard Wagner - Die Walküre*

27 1957(SE) - Giacomo Puccini - Tosca*

28 1957(SE) - Richard Wagner - Die Walküre*

29 1957?(SE) - Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin*

30 1958(LI) - Samuel Barber - Vanessa*

31 1958(LI) - Samuel Barber - Vanessa*

32 1958(LI) - Giacomo Puccini - Gianni Schicchi*

33 1958(LI) - Giacomo Puccini - Madama Butterfly*

34 1958(LI) - Giacomo Puccini - Tosca*

35 1958(LI) - Richard Strauss - Elektra*

36 1958(LI) - Richard Strauss - Salome*

37 1959(LI) - Ruggiero Leoncavallo - Pagliacci*

38 1959(LI) - Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana*

39 1959(LI) - Giacomo Puccini - Tosca*

40 1960(LI) - Ruggiero Leoncavallo - Pagliacci*

41 1960(LI) - Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana*

42 1960(LI) - Giacomo Puccini - Madama Butterfly*

43 1960(LI) - Giacomo Puccini - Tosca*

44 1960(LI) - Giuseppe Verdi - La forza del destino*

45 1960(LI) - Giuseppe Verdi - Simon Boccanegra*

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Elektra by Richard Strauss performed in German

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1949(LI)

Orchestra - New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - New York Philharmonic Chorus

Elektra - Astrid Varnay

Chrysothemis - Irene Jessner

Clytemnestra - Elena Nikolaidi

Aegisth - Frederick Jagel

Orest - Herbert Janssen

Der Pfleger des Orest - Michael Rhodes

1. Magd - Miriam Stockton

2. Magd - Edith Evans

3. Magd - Elinor Warren

4. Magd - Beverly Dame

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Black Disc - Off the Air Record Club OTA 4; Robin Hood Records RHR 510 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Arlecchino ARL 20/22 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Guild Immortal Performances GHCD 2213/4 (+Varnay recital) {2CDS} (2002)ª

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Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 2002 p.84 [MEO]

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Orpheus - Februar 1995 S.59; Oktober 2002 S.52 (mention) [SS]

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Opéra International - mars 1995 No.189 p.80

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.163 p.125

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International Record Review - July 2002 p.84 [JTH]

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

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Répertoire - No.76 January 1995 p.74

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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.54: Januar 1/1997 S.60

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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance (25 December 1949; according to «Priest of Music» by William R Trotter there were three performances on 22, 23, and 25 December 1949; see also OPERA, February 1950 p.40). There are some cuts

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Elektra by Richard Strauss performed in German

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Elektra - Anny Konetzni

Chrysothemis - Daniza Ilitsch

Clytemnestra - Martha Mödl

Aegisth - Franz Klarwein

Orest - Hans Braun

Ein alter Diener - Ljubomir Pantscheff

Ein junger Diener - Josef Schmidinger

Die Schleppträgerin - Aenne Michalsky

Die Vertraute - Dorothea Fraß

Der Pfleger des Orest - Wilhelm Felden

Die Aufseherin - Charlotte Markus

1. Magd - Gertrud Schuster

2. Magd - Polly Batic

3. Magd - Katja Sabo

4. Magd - Dagmar Schmedes

5. Magd - Friedl Riegler

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Black Disc - Cetra LPC 1209 (Italy); Cetra N 1209 (UK)

Compact Disc; - DINO 2 CD 9075; Fonit Cetra CD0 4 {2CDS}; Hommage 7001841 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Nuova Fonit Cetra 0927 43 560 2 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1893-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1950 p.134; August 1957 p.107; October 1961 p.225

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Opera - August 1957 p.514

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Opera News - April 16 1994 p.37

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Fanfare - Vol.17 No.3 January-February 1994 p.322

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Orpheus - August + September 2002 S.86-S.87 [IW]

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Diapason - December 1992 p.178

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Gramophone Record Review - August 1957 p.814 [WM]

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Répertoire - November 1992 p.96

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American Record Guide - October 1950 Vol.17 No.2 p.68 [PHR]: November 1950 Vol.17 No.3 p.108 [PHR]: May/June 1994 Vol.57 No.3 p.219 (mention) [LM]

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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.54

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.164 settembre 2002 pp.122-123 [MG]

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Classica Répertoire - No.73 juin 2005 p.106 (mention) [AT]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. See «Priest of Music» by William R.Trotter p.302

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Wozzeck by Alban Berg performed in German

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1951(LI)

Orchestra - New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - Schola Cantorum & High School of Music and Art (Children's Chorus)

Wozzeck - Mack Harrell

Tambourmajor - Frederick Jagel

Andres - David Lloyd

Hauptmann - Joseph Mordino

Doktor - Ralph Herbert

1.Handwerkbursch - Adolph Anderson

2.Handwerkbursch - Hubert Norville

Narr - Joseph Mordino

Marie - Eileen Farrell

Margaret - Edwina Eustis

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Black Disc - Columbia SL 118 {2LPS} (USA); Philips ABL 3388/3389 (UK)

Compact Disc - Andromeda ANR 2514/15; SONY «Masterworks Heritage» MH2K 62759 {2CDS} (+Erwartung)

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Recordings of Wozzeck by Alban Berg are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.365; CELLETTI p.78; MARINELLI p.476; Opera on CD (1) p.132 (2) p.145 (3) p.163; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.36 p.138; Supplément mai 1998; No.215; MET p.33; MET(VIDEO) p.12; PENGUIN p.16; GIUDICI p.44 (2) p.79; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.64; BBC Music Magazine February 2000 p.49; Gramophone November (published September) 2003 p.56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 1961 p.123; October 1961 p.197; February 1998 p.100 [MEO]

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Opera Now - March/April 1998 p.96 [GH]

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Opera News - January 31 1998 p.50 [WRB]

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Fanfare - Vol.21 No.4 March/April 1998 p.110 [CA]

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Orpheus - Januar 1998 S.58 (mention) [GH]

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Opéra International - janvier 1998 No.220 p.49 [CG]

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Diapason - No.443 décembre 1997 p.64 [PEB]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.181-182 p.217 [CM]

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American Record Guide - January 1952 Vol.18 No.5 p.140 [CJL]: March/April 1998 Vol.61 No.2 p.279 [AA]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.15 marzo-mayo 1995 p.57

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Classic CD - Christmas 1997 p.75 [MH]

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Classical Express - Issue 93 December 1997 p.3 [MT]

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Stereophile - May 1998 (Vol.21 No.5) p.83 (mention) [MHF]

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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1998 No.9 p.75 [SP]

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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.54

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.216 décembre 1997 p.80 [FL]

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Répertoire - No.108 décembre 1997 pp.25-28 [PB]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.108 marzo 1998 p.35 [JPS]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.93 [DMGR]

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Das Opernglas - März 1998 S.70 [NE]

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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in Carnegie Hall (12 April 1951)

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Erwartung by Arnold Schönberg performed in German

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1951

Orchestra - New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Die Frau - Dorothy Dow

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Black Disc; - Columbia ML 4524 (+Krenek - Symphonic elegy for string orchestra);; {1LP} (USA) (1952)ª; Philips ABL 3393 (UK) {1LP} (1961)ª; Philips A 01 495 {1LP} (Continental Europe)

Compact Disc; - AS Disc AS 540 (Hindemith - Die Harmonie der Welt +Webern - ;; Pasacaglia) {2CDS} (1990)ª; Sony «Classical Masterworks» MH2K 62759 {2CDS} (+Wozzeck +Krenek - Symphonic elegy) (1997)ª

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Recordings of Erwartung by Arnold Schönberg are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.354; PENGUIN p.382

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1961 p.198; February 1998 p.100 [MEO]

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Opera - January 1963 p.48 [HK]

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Opera Now - March/April 1998 p.96 [GH]

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Fanfare - Vol.21 No.4 March/April 1998 p.110 [CA]

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Orpheus - Januar 1998 S.58 (mention) [GH]

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Opéra International - janvier 1998 No.220 p.49 [CG]

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Diapason - No.443 décembre 1997 p.64 [PEB]

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American Record Guide - June 1952 Vol.18 No.10 p.299 [CJL]: March/April 1998 Vol.61 No.2 p.279 [AA]

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Classic CD - Christmas 1997 p.75 [MH]

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Classical Express - Issue 93 December 1997 p.3 [MT]

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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1998 No.9 p.75 [SP]

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Répertoire - No.108 décembre 1997 pp.25-28 [PB]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.108 marzo 1998 p.35 [JPS]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.93 [DMGR]

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Das Opernglas - März 1998 S.70 [NE]

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Comments:- According to «The Complete Discography of Dimitri Mitropoulos» Erwartung received its first performance in the USA on 15 November 1951 and the recording on the CD issued by AS Disc is of a performance on 18 November 1951. The recording on the LPs issued by Columbia and Philips and on the CD issued by Sony is a studio recording made on 19 November 1951. See also a letter in OPERA August 2005 p.910. However, according to the Arnold Schönberg website the recording on the LPs issued by Columbia and Philips and on the CD issued by AS Disc is of the performance on 18 November and the recording on the CD issued by Sony was made on 19 November 1951 (click link below). The former assignment seems to me to be more likely as Sony are the present owners of the catalogue of the former US Columbia company.

http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/schoenberg/asi.htm

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Silvio Maionica

Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi

Don Carlo - Aldo Protti

Don Alvaro - Mario Del Monaco

Preziosilla - Fedora Barbieri

Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi

Curra - Angela Vercelli

Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi

Mastro Trabuco - Piero De Palma

Un Chirurgo - Walter Finessi

Un Alcalde - Giorgio Giorgetti

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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 4/3 {3LPS} Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 62 {3LPS} Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 1001 (+Medea +Ernani +La Dame de Pique + concert) {14LPS}; Vox Turnabout THS 65117/9 {3LPS} Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 125 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette; - House of Opera CAS 485 (2000)ª

Compact Disc; - foyer 3-CF-2005 {3CDS}; House of Opera #485 {3CDS} (2000)ª; Archipel ARPCD 0126 {3CDS} (2003)ª; Celestial Audio CA 233 {3CDRS} (Australia) (2004)ª; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.227-232 [DH]

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Opéra International - septembre 1984 No.73 p.53 [SS]

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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.54

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.63 septiembre 2003 pp.86-87 [JS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (14 June 1953). See OPERA September 1953 p.551. The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) listed as new issues in their website in June 2004.

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La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Minnie - Eleanor Steber

Dick Johnson - Mario Del Monaco

Jack Rance - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Nick - Piero De Palma

Ashby - Vito Susca

Jake Wallace - Giorgio Tozzi

Billy Jackrabbit - Paolo Washington

José Castro - Mario Frosini

Wowkle - Laura Didier-Gambardella

Sonora - Enzo Viaro

Trin - Breno Ristori

Sid - Lido Pettini

Bello - Virgilio Carbonari

Harry - Valiano Natali

Joe - Enzo Guagni

Happy - Agostino Ferrin

Jim Larkens - Giorgio Giorgetti

Un postiglione - Alberto Lotti-Camici

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Black Disc; - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 64/3 {3LPS}; Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 41 {3LPS} (1982)ª

Compact Disc; - Arkadia 565.2 {2CDS}; Myto 2 MCD 975.169 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Myto 2 MCD H087 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0077 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.106; Opera on Record 3 p.221; CELLETTIp.600; Opera on CD (1) p.109 (2) p.120 (3) p.135; MET p.438; MET(VID) p.245; PENGUIN p.301; The Absolute Sound Issue 69 Summer 1993 p.123; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.165 p.116; GIUDICI p.634 (2) p.1045

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - mai 1983 No.59 pp.53-54 [SS]

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Classical Express - Issue 95 February 1998 p.6 [MT]

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American Record Guide - March/April 1998 Vol.61 No.2 p.284 [LM]

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Répertoire - No.66 février 1994 p.66

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - marzo-mayo 1998 No.27 p.88 [JV]

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Comments:- The Fonit Cetra LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE August 1982 p.238

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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1955 (LI;Dec 10)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Riccardo - Jan Peerce

Renato - Robert Merrill

Amelia - Zinka Milanov

Ulrica - Marian Anderson

Oscar - Roberta Peters

Silvano - Calvin Marsh

Samuele - Giorgio Tozzi

Tom - Norman Scott

Un Giudice - James McCracken

Un servo - Charles Anthony

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Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 942 100 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Myto 2 MCD 051 H098 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1211 {2CDRS} Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0141 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Celestial Audio CA 688 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2007)ª; House of Opera CDNY 5154 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; Opera on Record p.258; CELLETTI p.839; Opera on CD (1) p.54 (2) p.61 (3) p.68; MET p.625; MET(VID) p.389; PENGUIN p.467; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.32 p.110: No.237 p.82; GIUDICI p.966 (2) p.1555; BBC Music Magazine September 1999 p.56; Opéra International No.257 mai 2001 p.20; The Gramophone August 2006 p.48

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Classical Express - No.54 June 1994

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Répertoire - No. 71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.70

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.82 julio-agosto 2005 p.89 [PN]

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Classica Répertoire - No.79 février 2006 p.104 [AT]

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Comments:- Recording of the performance at the MET on 10 December 10 1955. This was not the debutof Marian Anderson at the MET (as sometimes claimed) as this took place on 7 January 1955 (See THE GRAMOPHONE July 1955 p.48). The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues October 2007 and those issued by HOO are listed on their website as «New CD'S April 9, 2008»

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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1955 (LI:Jan 22)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Riccardo - Richard Tucker

Renato - Josef Metternich

Amelia - Zinka Milanov

Ulrica - Jean Madeira

Oscar - Roberta Peters

Silvano - Calvin Marsh

Samuele - Nicola Moscona

Tom - Norman Scott

Un Giudice - James McCracken

Un servo - Charles Anthony

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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 4/3 {3LPS}; foyer FO 1020 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - *foyer 2-CF 2004 {2CDS}; Bongiovanni GB HOC 019/20-2 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Bensar OL 12255 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; Walhall «Eternity Seies» WLCD 0104 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; Opera on Record p.258; CELLETTI p.839; Opera on CD (1) p.54 (2) p.61 (3) p.68; MET p.625; MET(VID) p.389; PENGUIN p.467; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.32 p.110: No.237 p.82; GIUDICI p.966 (2) p.1555; BBC Music Magazine September 1999 p.56; Opéra International No.257 mai 2001 p.20; The Gramophone August 2006 p.48

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.154-156 [WA2]

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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.54

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.83 septiembre 2005 pp.88-89 [JC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET on Jan 22 1955 (see «Sign-Off For the Old Met» pp.191-194). The foyer LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.670

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Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1955(Act 3;LE)

Orchestra - New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - New York Philharmonic Chorus

Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay

Siegfried - Ramón Vinay

Hagen - Lubomir Vichegonov

Gunther - Clifford Harvuot

Gutrune - Lucine Amara

Woglinde - Hertha Glaz

Wellgunde - Rosalind Elias

Floßhilde - Shakeh Vartenissian

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Compact Disc; - AS DISC AS 549 {1CD}; Urania RM 11.924 {1CD} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XX N.202 febbraio 2006 pp.83-84 [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance of Act 3 (30 October 1955). It appears that the AS CD is difficult to obtain (see IOC Autumn 1999 No.13 p.8)

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Richard Tucker

Il barone Scarpia - Leonard Warren

Il Sagristano - Salvatore Baccaloni

Cesare Angelotti - Clifford Harvuot

Spoletta - Alessio De Paolis

Sciarrone - George Cehanovsky

Un pastore - Peter Mark

Un carceriere - Calvin Marsh

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Black Disc - Readers Digest Productions RDIS 132.9/10 {2LPS} Paragon DSV 52003 (+Tosca excerpts - Callas - Mitropoulos) {3LPS}

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - mai 1983 No.59 pp.53-54 [SS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (8 December 1955). More details are givenin «The Complete Discography of Dimitri Mitropoulos» by S.A. Arfanis pp.109-110.The «filler» on side 6 of the Paragon LPs is a recording of an abridged version of Act 2 of Tosca with Maria Callas and George London conducted by Mitropoulos from the «Ed Sullivan Show». This recording was also issued on Voce 13 and GFC 008/9

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Salome by Richard Strauss performed in German

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Salome - Christel Goltz

Jochanaan - Paul Schöffler

Herodes - Ramón Vinay

Herodias - Blanche Thebom

Narraboth - Brian Sullivan

Ein Page - Mildred Miller

Erster Nazarener - Nicola Moscona

Zweiter Nazarener - Calvin Marsh

Erster Soldat - Norman Scott

Zweiter Soldat - Lorenzo Alvary

Ein Cappadocier - Osie Hawkins

Ein Sklave - Vilma Georgiou

Erster Jude - Gabor Carelli

Zweiter Jude - James McCracken

Dritter Jude - Alessio De Paolis

Vierter Jude - Paul Franke

Fünfter Jude - Gerhard Pechner

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Black Disc - Historical Operatic Performances Edition HOPE 238 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 281; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0143 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Salome by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera July 1957 p.420; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.795; Opera on CD (1) p.117 (2) p.128 (3) p.143; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.47-48 p.184, mise à jour novembre 2001; No.240 p.92; MET p.514; MET(VID) p.304; PENGUIN p.421; Répertoire No.73 octobre 1994 p.13; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.195; GIUDICI p.796; International Opera Collector Summer 1997 No.4 p.16; Opéra International novembre 1999 No.240 pp.60-61; The Gramophone February 2005 p.36; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.62; Gramophone May 2008 p.44

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 2006 p.79 [AB]

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Opernwelt - August 8/1955 S.56 (mention)

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Classica Répertoire - No.79 février 2006 p.104 (mention) [AT]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (8 January 1955). 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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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1955(SE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Riccardo - Jan Peerce

Renato - Leonard Warren

Amelia - Zinka Milanov

Ulrica - Marian Anderson

Oscar - Roberta Peters

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 1911 {1LP} (1955)ª;; HMV ALP 1476 {1LP} (1957)ª; *RCA; «Red Seal» «Le grandi Voci della Lirica» LM 20146 {1LP} (Italy) (1971)ª

Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 121-1 {1CDR} (2001)ª; Preiser Records 90695 {1CD} (2005)ª; Naxos 8.111042-44 (+Aida - Perlea) {3CDS} (2006)ª

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Recordings of Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; Opera on Record p.258; CELLETTI p.839; Opera on CD (1) p.54 (2) p.61 (3) p.68; MET p.625; MET(VID) p.389; PENGUIN p.467; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.32 p.110: No.237 p.82; GIUDICI p.966 (2) p.1555; BBC Music Magazine September 1999 p.56; Opéra International No.257 mai 2001 p.20; The Gramophone August 2006 p.48

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - July 1955 p.48 [HCS]; September 1957 p.151; October 1957 p.171

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Orpheus - 11+12 Nov-Dez 2006 S.60 [WD]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.154-156 [WA2]

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American Record Guide - April 1955 Vol.21 No.8 p.255 [JN]

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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1955 Vol.5 No.3 p.63 [JH]

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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.54

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Comments:- The CDRs issued by Premiere were advertized as «New» in «Fall 2001».

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi

Donna Anna - Elisabeth Grümmer

Don Ottavio - Léopold Simoneau

Donna Elvira - Lisa Della Casa

Leoporello - Fernando Corena

Il Commendatore - Gottlob Frick

Masetto - Walter Berry

Zerlina - Rita Streich

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Black Disc; - Replica 2422-2425 {4LPS} (1980)ª; Replica RPL 42422 {4LPS}

Compact Disc; - Sony SM3K 64263 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Myto «Historical» 3CD 00128 (+Lisa della Casa en Concert) {3CDS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.127: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.71-72, pp.128-132; Opera on Record p.71; CELLETTI p.467; Opera on CD (1) p.19 (2) p.23 (3) p.24; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.24 p.132, No.172 p.178 ; MET p.299; MET(VID) p.168; PENGUIN p.231; Classic CD September 1993 p.32; Opera on Video p.26; GIUDICI p.451 (2) p.766; International Opera Collector Winter 1997 No.6 p.18; Diapason No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.50; Le Monde de la Musique No.223juillet-aoüt 1998 p.56; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.111; Répertoire No.131 janvier 2000 p.20, No.132 février 2000 p.20; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.56-57; International Record Review February 2002 p.22

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1994 p.146 [AB]

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Opera - December 1994 p.1389: Festival Issue 1995 p.62

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Opera Now - November 1994 p.54

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Opera News - December 24 1994 p.32

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Fanfare - Vol.15 No.3 January/February 1982 p.139 [MHF]; Vol.18 No.3 January/ February 1995 p.210; Vol.31 No.4 March/April 2008 pp.175-176 [RT]

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Orpheus - November 1994 S.64; September+Oktober 2007 S.57-S.58 [DN]

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Opéra International - novembre 1994 No.185 p.64

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Diapason - No.410 décembre 1994 p.155

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Classic CD - January 1995 p.71

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BBC Music Magazine - February 1995 p.70

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Stereophile - March 1995 p.169

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Répertoire - No.73 octobre 1994 p.54

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American Record Guide - January/February 1995 Vol.58 No.1 p.252

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.182 novembre 1984 p.110

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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.55

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Classica Répertoire - No.96 octobre 2007 p.110 [AT]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (24 July 1956)

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in English

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Boris - George London

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Giulio Gari

Marina - Blanche Thebom

Pimen - Giorgio Tozzi

Varlaam - Lorenzo Alvary

Shuisky - Charles Kullman

Missail - Thomas Hayward

Rangoni - Clifford Harvuot

Fyodor - Mildred Miller

Xenia - Laurel Hurley

Hostess - Martha Lipton

Simpleton - Charles Anthony

Tchelkalov - Arthur Budney

Nurse - Sandra Warfield

Nikitich - Lawrence Davidson

Mityukha - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Frontier Guard - Osie Hawkins

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 256

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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (10 March 1956). 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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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Licia Albanese

Pinkerton - Daniele Barioni

Sharpless - John Brownlee

Suzuki - Rosalind Elias

Kate Pinkerton - Madelaine Chambers

Goro - Alessio De Paolis

Il principe Yamadori - George Cehanovsky

Lo zio Bonzo - Osie Hawkins

Il commissario imperiale - Lawrence Davidson

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Black Disc - Movimento Musica MM 3027

Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 701 {2CDRS}; Bensar OL 121556 (BRO 125550) {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.55

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (15 December 1956). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Manon Lescaut - Licia Albanese

Des Grieux - Jussi Björling

Lescaut - Frank Guarrera

Geronte - Fernando Corena

Edmondo - Thomas Hayward

Una voce sola - Rosalind Elias

L'oste - George Cehanovsky

Il maestro di ballo - Alessio De Paolis

Un sergente degli arcieri - Raemond Martin

Lampionaio - James McCracken

Un comandante di Marina - Osie Hawkins

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Black Disc - Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 9 {2LPS}

Compact Disc - *Melodram CD 27502 {2CDS}

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Recordings of Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.174; Opera December 1968 p.958; Opera on Record 3 p.209; CELLETTI p.618; Opera on CD (1) p.105 (2) p.116 (3) p.130; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.137 p.100; MET p.391; MET(VID) p.223; PENGUIN p.309; Opéra International avril 1991 No.146 p.21, juin 1998 No.225 p.52; Opera Quarterly Vol.11 No.4 p.77; GIUDICI p.578 (2) p.960; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - mai 1983 No.59 pp.53-54 [SS]

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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.55

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (31 March 1956). The Fonit Cetra LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE March 1982 p.1271

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Richard Tucker

Il barone Scarpia - Leonard Warren

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Clifford Harvuot

Spoletta - Alessio De Paolis

Sciarrone - George Cehanovsky

Un pastore - Peter Mark

Un carceriere - Calvin Marsh

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Black Disc - Metroplitan Opera Guild 10 {2LPS} Melodram MEL 097 {2LPS}; Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 7 {2LPS} Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 143 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 044 297 (+La traviata - highlights with Tebaldi) {2CDS} (2004)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 9001 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.80 mayo 2005 p.87 [VJ]: No.91 junio 2006 p.86 [JV]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 January 1956). More details are given in «The Complete Discography of Dimitri Mitropoulos» by S.A. Arfanis pp.109-110,according to which the date given on the LPs issued by Fonit-Cetra is incorrect.

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Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Ernani - Mario Del Monaco

Elvira - Zinka Milanov

Carlo - Leonard Warren

Silva - Cesare Siepi

Riccardo - James McCracken

Iago - George Cehanovsky

Giovanna - Helen Vanni

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Black Disc - *Cetra LO «Opera Live» 12 {3LPS}; foyer FO 1019-1021 {3LPS} Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 6 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - foyer 2-CF 2006 {2CDS); Arkadia 352 470 {2CDS}; Living Stage LS 1031 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Myto 2 MCD 061 H107 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Urania URN 22 294 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 9005 {2CDS} (2006)ª

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Recordings of Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.99; CELLETTI p.880; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.52 (3) p.57; MET p.570; MET(VID) p.350; PENGUIN p.477 GIUDICI p.867 (2) p.1414; Opéra International No.222 mars 1998 p.54, No.265 février 2002 p.22

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.147-148 [WA2]

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Répertoire - No.72 septembre 1994 p.74

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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.55

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.92 julio-agosto 2006 p.87 [MC]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XX N.203 marzo 2006 pp.88-91 [GL]

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

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (29 December 1956). Silva's aria and cabaletta are separated from one another. See THE OPERA QUARTERLY Vol.20 No.2 Spring 2004 pp.186-187.

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in English

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(SE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Boris - Giorgio Tozzi

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Albert Da Costa

Marina - Nell Rankin

Pimen - Norman Scott

Shuisky - Charles Kullman

Rangoni - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

Fyodor - Margaret Roggero

Xenia - Laurel Hurley

Simpleton - Paul Franke

Tchelkalov - Arthur Budney

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Black Disc - Metropolitan Opera Record Club MO 710; RCA Victor LM 6063

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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- Recording of excerpts of the original version in English

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(SE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Dorothy Kirsten

Pinkerton - Daniele Barioni

Sharpless - Clifford Harvuot

Suzuki - Mildred Miller

Kate Pinkerton - Madelaine Chambers

Goro - Alessio De Paolis

Lo zio Bonzo - Osie Hawkins

Il commissario imperiale - Calvin Marsh

L'ufficiale del Registro - Luigi De Cesari

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Black Disc - Metropolitan Opera Record Club MO 722 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Theorema TH 121167/68 {2CDS}; Living Stage LS 1038 (+Chopiana) {2CDS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - March 1995 p.61

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.65 noviembre 2003 p.83 [JV]

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Comments:- The writer of the short review of the Theorema CDs in ORPHEUS suggests that the recording is of a perfomance at the MET in 1957. Kirsten, Barioni and Harvuot sang together in Madame Butterfly on January 4 and 16 1957. However, it seems more likely that it is a re-issue of the abridged studio recording made for the Metropolitan Opera Record Club in 1956.

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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in French

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Carmen - Risë Stevens

Don José - Mario Del Monaco

Micaëla - Lucine Amara

Escamillo - Frank Guarrera

Frasquita - Heidi Krall

Mercédès - Margaret Roggero

Le Dancaïre - George Cehanovsky

Le Remendado - Paul Franke

Moralès - Clifford Harvuot

Zuninga - Norman Scott

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Black Disc; - Historical Operatic Performances Edition HOPE 210 {3LPS};; Cetra «Opera Live» LO 48/3 {3LPS}; Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 45 {3LPS} (1982)ª; Paragon DSV 52002 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Nuova Era 2307-2309 {3CDS}; Living Stage LS 1093 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42: No.547 S mai 2007 p.122; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1989 p. [AB]

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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.56 (mention)

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (12 January 1957). The Fonit Cetra LPs areadvertized in GRAMOPHONE August 1982 p.238

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Licia Albanese

Mario Cavaradossi - Daniele Barioni

Il barone Scarpia - Leonard Warren

Il Sagristano - Gerhard Pechner

Cesare Angelotti - Clifford Harvuot

Spoletta - Alessio De Paolis

Sciarrone - George Cehanovsky

Un pastore - George Keith

Un carceriere - Calvin Marsh

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1024

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (23 March 1957). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.425-426. 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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Elektra by Richard Strauss performed in German

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Elektra - Inge Borkh

Chrysothemis - Lisa Della Casa

Clytemnestra - Jean Madeira

Aegisth - Max Lorenz

Orest - Kurt Böhme

Ein alter Diener - Gyorgy Littasy

Ein junger Diener - Erich Majkut

Die Schleppträgerin - Karol Loraine

Die Vertraute - Anny Felbermayer

Der Pfleger des Orest - Alois Pernerstorfer

Die Aufseherin - Audrey Gerber-Candy

1. Magd - Kersten Meyer

2. Magd - Sonja Draksler

3. Magd - Sieglinde Wagner

4. Magd - Marilyn Horne

5. Magd - Lisa Otto

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Black Disc; - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 83 {2LPS} (1979)ª

Compact Disc; - Orfeo C 4569 72 {2CDS} (1997)ª;; Opera d'Oro 1190 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Opera d'Oro «Grand Tier» OPD 7033 {2CDS} (2006)ª

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Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 1998 p.90 [AB]

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Opera - June 1998 pp.661-662 [AB]

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Orpheus - November 1997 S.93 (mention) [GH]; Dezember 1997 S.56 [GH]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.181-182 p.219 [CM]

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International Opera Collector - Winter 1998 No.10 p.98 [PP]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.105 diciembre 1997 pp.38-39 (mention) [MC]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - marzo-mayo 1998 No.27 pp.89-90 [DMGR]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (August 1957; see OPERA October 1957 pp.626-628). See Comments under the entry for the recording conducted by Beecham.

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Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky performed in English

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Eugene Onegin - George London

Lenski - Richard Tucker

Tatyana - Lucine Amara

Olga - Rosalind Elias

Larina - Martha Lipton

Filipjewna - Belen Amparan

Gremin - Giorgio Tozzi

Triquet - Alessio De Paolis

Zaretzky - George Cehanovsky

Captain - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

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Black Disc - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 50 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 707 {3CDS}; Omega Opera Archive 223

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Recordings of Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera February 1979 p.121, March 1979 p.219; Opera on Record p.520; CELLETTI p.150; Opera on CD (1) p.90 (2) p.100 (3) p.112; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.43 p.112, mise à jour mai 2001 p.2; MET p.551; MET(VIDEO) p.332; PENGUIN p.450; BBC Music Magazine August 1994 p.48; Opera on Video p.155;GIUDICI p.122 (2) p.200; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 December 1957; see «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.205-206). The performance on 27 October 1957 is reviewed in OPERA January 1958 p.28. 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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Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Ernani - Mario Del Monaco

Elvira - Anita Cerquetti

Carlo - Ettore Bastianini

Silva - Boris Christoff

Riccardo - Athos Cesarini

Iago - Aurelian Neagu

Giovanna - Luciana Boni

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Black Disc - *Paragon DSV 52018 {3LPS}; Fonit Cetra «Documents> DOC 61 {3LPS} Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 1001 (+Medea +La forza del destino +La Dame de Pique+concert) {14LPS}

Compact Disc; - *Melodram 27016 {2CDS} (1988)ª; Myto 2MCD 981.179 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Belcanto Society #5011 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1287 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 9017 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.99; CELLETTI p.880; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.52 (3) p.57; MET p.570; MET(VID) p.350; PENGUIN p.477 GIUDICI p.867 (2) p.1414; Opéra International No.222 mars 1998 p.54, No.265 février 2002 p.22

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 2001 p.100 [AB]

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Opera News - September 2001 pp.90-92 [NL]

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Fanfare - Vol.7 No.1 September/October 1983 pp.273-275 [ADC]

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Orpheus - April 1998 p.62 (with photograph) [GH]

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Opéra International - septembre 1984 No.73 p.53 [SS]

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Classical Express - Issue 96 March 1998 p.3 [RB]

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American Record Guide - November/December 1998 Vol.61 No.6 p.320 [LM]

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International Record Review - January 2008 pp.27-28 [JTH]

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VERDI DAL VIVO - p.81

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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.55

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.104 [MC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (14 June 1957). See OPERA August 1857 pp.494-496; «Anita Cerquetti - Umilità e Firezza» by Elio Trovato pp.79-81. The BCS CDs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE September 2000 p.95 and in «Opera Fanatic's Catalog» No.63 p.57 where the date of the performance recorded is given as «June 25 1957».

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Die Walküre by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Siegmund - Ramón Vinay

Sieglinde - Marianne Schech

Hunding - Kurt Böhme

Brünhilde - Margaret Harshaw

Wotan - Otto Edelmann

Fricka - Blanche Thebom

Gerhilde - Carlotta Ordassy

Ortlinde - Heidi Krall

Waltraute - Mariquita Moll

Schwertleite - Belen Amparan

Helmwige - Gloria Lind

Siegrune - Rosalind Elias

Grimgerde - Martha Lipton

Roßweiße - Sandra Warfield

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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 004 (1980)ª

Compact Disc; - Living Stage LS 1058 (+highlights from studio recording) {3CDS} (2004)ª; The Opera Lovers WAL 195701 {3CDRS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.55

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.70 mayo 2004 p.88 [MCP]

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Classica Répertoire - No.75 septembre 2005 p.106 [AT]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (2 February 1957). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1957(SE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Dorothy Kirsten

Mario Cavaradossi - Daniele Barioni

Il barone Scarpia - Frank Guarrera

Il Sagristano - Salvatore Baccaloni

Cesare Angelotti - Clifford Harvuot

Spoletta - Alessio De Paolis

Sciarrone - George Cehanovsky

Un carceriere - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

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Black Disc - Metropolitan Opera Record Club MO 724 {1LP}

Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 446-2 {1CD}

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Heft 7+8 Juli+August 2003 S.80-81 [GH]

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Comments:- According to the review in ORPHEUS the recording on the CD issued by Legato (Premiere?) is of a performance at the MET, but according to the «MET Annals» (CD-ROM edition) Mitropoulos never conducted Tosca with Kirsten and Barioni in the same performance there. Rather, it appears to be a re-issue of the studio recording made for the «Metropolitan Opera Record Club». According to «The Complete Discography of Dimitri Mitropoulos» by S.A. Arfanis p.111 this was made in March 1957.

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Die Walküre by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1957(SE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Siegmund - Ramón Vinay

Sieglinde - Marianne Schech

Hunding - Norman Scott

Brünhilde - Margaret Harshaw

Wotan - Hermann Uhde

Fricka - Blanche Thebom

Gerhilde - Carlotta Ordassy

Ortlinde - Heidi Krall

Waltraute - Mariquita Moll

Schwertleite - Belen Amparan

Helmwige - Gloria Lind

Siegrune - Rosalind Elias

Grimgerde - Martha Lipton

Roßweiße - Sandra Warfield

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Black Disc; - Metropolitan Opera Record Club MO 728 {2LPS} (1958)ª

Compact Disc; - Living Stage LS 1058 (+live performance conducted by Mitropoulos) {3CDS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57

Comments:- The LPs issued by the Metropolitan Opera Record Club are advertized in OPERA NEWS, February 3 1958 (back cover) and in HIGH FIDELITY, March 1958 p.27. According to «The Complete Discography of Dimitri Mitropoulos» by S.A. Arfanis p.155 this recording was made on 11, 14 February and 6 March 1957. It is not clear if all the excerpts from the LPs are included on the Gala CDs.

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Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky performed in English

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1957?(SE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Eugene Onegin - Frank Guarrera

Lenski - Richard Tucker

Tatyana - Lucine Amara

Olga - Rosalind Elias

Larina - Martha Lipton

Filipjewna - Belen Amparan

Gremin - Giorgio Tozzi

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Black Disc - Metropolitan Opera Record Club MO 824

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Recordings of Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera February 1979 p.121, March 1979 p.219; Opera on Record p.520; CELLETTI p.150; Opera on CD (1) p.90 (2) p.100 (3) p.112; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.43 p.112, mise à jour mai 2001 p.2; MET p.551; MET(VIDEO) p.332; PENGUIN p.450; BBC Music Magazine August 1994 p.48; Opera on Video p.155;GIUDICI p.122 (2) p.200; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

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Vanessa by Samuel Barber performed in English

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Vanessa - Eleanor Steber

Erika - Rosalind Elias

Old Baroness - Regina Resnik

Anatol - Nicolai Gedda

Old Doctor - Giorgio Tozzi

Nicholas - George Cehanovsky

Footman - Robert Nagy

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Black Disc - RCA Victor LM 6138 {3LPS} (USA); RCA Victor LSC 6138 {3LPS} (USA); RCA «Red Seal» ARL 2-0294 {3LPS}; RCA RL 02094 {3LPS} (UK)

Compact Cassette - RCA Victor «Gold Seal» GK 87899

Compact Disc - RCA Victor «Gold Seal» GD 87899 {2CDS}

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Recordings of Vanessa by Samuel Barber are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.25; MET p.3; PENGUIN p.3

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1958 p.235 (mention); February 1978 p.1456 [WSM]; January 1979 p.1258 [JBS] ; July 1990 p.272 [PD]

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Opera - July 1978 p.703

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American Record Guide - November 1958 Vol.25 No.3 p.178 [RE]: November/December 1990 Vol.53 No.6 pp.23-23 [DA]

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High Fidelity Magazine - November 1958 Vol.8 No.11 p.179 [DJ]

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.31

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (15 January 1958, see OPERA March 1958 p.165, June 1958 p.377). The Omega Opera Archive has issued a recording (217) of the performance on 1 February 1958 which was broadcast.

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Vanessa by Samuel Barber performed in English

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Vanessa - Eleanor Steber

Erika - Rosalind Elias

Old Baroness - Ira Malaniuk

Anatol - Nicolai Gedda

Old Doctor - Giorgio Tozzi

Nicholas - Alois Pernerstorfer

Footman - Norman Foster

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1041 (& 4078); Orfeo C 65 30621 {2CDS} (2006)ª

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Recordings of Vanessa by Samuel Barber are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.25; MET p.3; PENGUIN p.3

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 2006 p.112 [P'OC]

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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.4 March/April 2008 pp.73-74 [WS]

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Orpheus - 1+2 Januar + Februar 2007 S.59-S.60 [SS]

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Diapason - No.543 S janvier 2007 p.110 [MP]

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International Record Review - October 2006 p.80 [MT]

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American Record Guide - July/August 2007 Vol.70 No.4 pp.220-221 [JWB]

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Opéra Magazine - No.15 février 2007 p.68 [PC]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.98 marzo 2007 pp.88-89 [XC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (16 August 1958; see OPERA October 1958 pp.621-623). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).

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Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Gianni Schicchi - Fernando Corena

Lauretta - Laurel Hurley

Zita - Belen Amparan

Rinuccio - Charles Anthony

Gherardo - Alessio De Paolis

Nella - Madelaine Chambers

Gherardino - Andrew Strasfogel

Betto di Signa - George Cehanovsky

Simone - Nicola Moscona

Marco - Clifford Harvuot

Ciesca - Thelma Votipka

Spinelloccio - Gerhard Pechner

Pinellino - Osie Hawkins

Guccio - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Amantio di Nicolao - Ezio Flagello

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1131; The Opera Lovers SCH 195901 {1CDR} (Canada)

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Recordings of Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.112; Opera on Record 2 p.321; CELLETTIp.603; Opera on CD (1) p.110 (2) p.121 (3) p.136; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.190 p.132; MET p.451; MET(VID) p.249; PENGUIN p.303; GIUDICI p.649; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.157 gennaio 2002 p.116

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (8 February 1958). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDR issued by «The Opera Lovers» is listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca. The year of the performance recorded is given incorrectly as 1959.

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Antonietta Stella

Pinkerton - Eugenio Fernandi

Sharpless - Clifford Harvuot

Suzuki - Margaret Roggero

Kate Pinkerton - Madelaine Chambers

Goro - Alessio De Paolis

Il principe Yamadori - George Cehanovsky

Lo zio Bonzo - Ezio Flagello

Il commissario imperiale - Calvin Marsh

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 680

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (29 March 1958). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.233-235. 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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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Antonietta Stella

Mario Cavaradossi - Richard Tucker

Il barone Scarpia - Leonard Warren

Il Sagristano - Salvatore Baccaloni

Cesare Angelotti - Norman Scott

Spoletta - Paul Franke

Sciarrone - George Cehanovsky

Un pastore - George Keith

Un carceriere - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 899

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (15 March 1958). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Elektra by Richard Strauss performed in German

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Elektra - Inge Borkh

Chrysothemis - Frances Yeend

Clytemnestra - Blanche Thebom

Aegisth - David Lloyd

Orest - Giorgio Tozzi

Der Pfleger des Orest - Thomas Fisher

1. Magd - Margery Mayer

2. Magd - Lizabeth Pritchett

3. Magd - Evelyn Sachs

4. Magd - June Kelly

5. Magd - Marjorie McClung

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Compact Disc; - Arkadia CDMP 459.3 (+Salome) {3CDS} (1993)ª

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Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera - December 1994 p.1384

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Diapason - No.397 octobre 1993 p.186

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.155 p.155

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Répertoire - No.60 juillet-aoüt 1993 p.98

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Salome by Richard Strauss performed in German

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Salome - Inge Borkh

Jochanaan - Mack Harrell

Herodes - Ramón Vinay

Herodias - Blanche Thebom

Narraboth - Giulio Gari

Ein Page - Margaret Roggero

Erster Nazarener - William Wilderman

Zweiter Nazarener - Calvin Marsh

Erster Soldat - Norman Scott

Zweiter Soldat - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Ein Cappadocier - Osie Hawkins

Ein Sklave - Mildred Allen

Erster Jude - Gabor Carelli

Zweiter Jude - Robert Nagy

Dritter Jude - Alessio De Paolis

Vierter Jude - Paul Franke

Fünfter Jude - Lawrence Davidson

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Black Disc; - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 82 {2LPS} (1979)ª

Compact Disc - Arkadia CDMP 459.3 (+Elektra) {3CDS}; Omega Opera Archive 1317

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Recordings of Salome by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera July 1957 p.420; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.795; Opera on CD (1) p.117 (2) p.128 (3) p.143; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.47-48 p.184, mise à jour novembre 2001; No.240 p.92; MET p.514; MET(VID) p.304; PENGUIN p.421; Répertoire No.73 octobre 1994 p.13; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.195; GIUDICI p.796; International Opera Collector Summer 1997 No.4 p.16; Opéra International novembre 1999 No.240 pp.60-61; The Gramophone February 2005 p.36; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.62; Gramophone May 2008 p.44

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera - December 1994 p.1384

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Opéra International - No.170 juin 1993 p.82

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Diapason - No.397 octobre 1993 p.186

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.155 p.155

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Répertoire - No.62 juillet-aoüt 1993 p.68

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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.55

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (8 February 1958). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Canio - Mario Del Monaco

Nedda - Lucine Amara

Tonio - Leonard Warren

Beppe - Charles Anthony

Silvio - Mario Sereni

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Black Disc - Longanesi Editori 11 {1LP}; I Gioelli della Lirica GML 11 (Highlights) {1LP}

Compact Disc - Arkadia MP 473.1 {1CD}; Omega Opera Archive 948

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Recordings of Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.209; Opera on Record p.547; CELLETTI p.359; MARINELLI p.333; Opera on CD (1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.136; MET p.209; MET(VID) p.119; PENGUIN p.184; Opera on Video p.192; GIUDICI p.325 (2) p.562; Répertoire No.101 avril 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Gramophone March 2008 p.48

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Répertoire - No.72 septembre 1994 p.50

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (3 January 1959). For a review of an earlier performance in the series see OPERA February 1959 p.97). 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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Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Santuzza - Zinka Milanov

Turiddu - Daniele Barioni

Alfio - Mario Zanasi

Lola - Rosalind Elias

Lucia - Thelma Votipka

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Compact Disc - Arkadia 352 472 {1CD}; Arkadia CDMP 472.1 {1CD}

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Recordings of Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.64; Opera on Record p.542; CELLETTI p.380; MARINELLI p.435; Opera on CD(1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.130; MET p.220; MET(VID) p.124; PENGUIN p.195; GIUDICI p.140; Opéra International mai 1999 No.235 p.66; Répertoire No.130 décembre 1999 p.86; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - mai 1999 No.235 pp.64-66 [SS]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.169 p.125

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Répertoire - No.72 septembre 1994 p.54

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (for a review of an earlier performance inthis series see OPERA February 1959 p.57)

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Maria Curtis Verna

Mario Cavaradossi - Jussi Björling

Il barone Scarpia - Cornell MacNeil

Il Sagristano - Lawrence Davidson

Cesare Angelotti - Norman Scott

Spoletta - Paul Franke

Sciarrone - Osie Hawkins

Un pastore - George Ryan

Un carceriere - Roald Reitan

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 148 {2LPS} (1973)ª

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.56 (mention)

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (21 November 1959)

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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Canio - Kurt Baum

Nedda - Lucine Amara

Tonio - Robert Merrill

Beppe - Charles Anthony

Silvio - Frank Guarrera

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 342

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Recordings of Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.209; Opera on Record p.547; CELLETTI p.359; MARINELLI p.333; Opera on CD (1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.136; MET p.209; MET(VID) p.119; PENGUIN p.184; Opera on Video p.192; GIUDICI p.325 (2) p.562; Répertoire No.101 avril 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Gramophone March 2008 p.48

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (30 January 1960). 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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Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Santuzza - Nell Rankin

Turiddu - Jan Peerce

Alfio - Walter Cassel

Lola - Helen Vanni

Lucia - Thelma Votipka

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 341

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Recordings of Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.64; Opera on Record p.542; CELLETTI p.380; MARINELLI p.435; Opera on CD(1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.130; MET p.220; MET(VID) p.124; PENGUIN p.195; GIUDICI p.140; Opéra International mai 1999 No.235 p.66; Répertoire No.130 décembre 1999 p.86; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (30 January 1960). 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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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Dorothy Kirsten

Pinkerton - Eugenio Fernandi

Sharpless - Mario Sereni

Suzuki - Margaret Roggero

Kate Pinkerton - Joan Wall

Goro - Charles Kullman

Il principe Yamadori - George Cehanovsky

Lo zio Bonzo - Osie Hawkins

Il commissario imperiale - Roald Reitan

L'ufficiale del Registro - Kurt Kessler

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Black Disc - Reader's Digest Productions RDIS 132-6/7/8 {3LPS}

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (16 April 1960). This recording is listed in the Dmitri Mitropopoulos Discography p.108.

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Zinka Milanov

Mario Cavaradossi - Eugenio Fernandi

Il barone Scarpia - Walter Cassel

Il Sagristano - Gerhard Pechner

Cesare Angelotti - Norman Scott

Spoletta - Paul Franke

Sciarrone - Osie Hawkins

Un pastore - George Ryan

Un carceriere - Roald Reitan

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 373

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (19 March 1960). 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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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Ludwig Welter

Leonora di Vargas - Antonietta Stella

Don Carlo - Ettore Bastianini

Don Alvaro - Giuseppe di Stefano

Preziosilla - Giulietta Simionato

Fra Melitone - Karl Dönch

Curra - Annemarie Ludwig

Padre Guardiano - Walter Kreppel

Mastro Trabuco - Hugo Meyer-Welfing

Un Chirurgo - Franz Bierbach

Un Alcalde - Harald Pröglhoff

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Compact Disc; - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 21022 {2CDS} ; Gala GLH 819 (highlights) {1CD} (1998)ª; *Myto 2MCD 004 228 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Orfeo C 681 0621 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 2007 pp.90-91 [AB]

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Fanfare - Vol.24 No.4 March/April 2001 pp.259-261 [JM]; Vol.30 No.6 July/August 2007 pp.252-254 [JM]

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Orpheus - Februar 1999 S.53 (highlights) [IW]; März 2001 S.60 [GH]; 7+8 Juli- August 2007 S.59-S.60 [IW]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.4 Autumn 2001 pp.767-769 [RP]

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International Record Review - January 2007 p.82 [MT]

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American Record Guide - July/August 2007 Vol.70 No.4 p.184 [MM]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - febrero 2001 No.140 p.46, p.48 [AV]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.44 marzo-abril 2001 p.92 [PN]: No.98 marzo 2007 p.95 [JR]

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

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (23 September 1960; see OPERA November 1960 pp.760-761). The overture is played between Acts 1 and 2

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Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Simon Boccanegra - Frank Guarrera

Jacopo Fiesco - Giorgio Tozzi

Amelia Grimaldi - Zinka Milanov

Gabriele Adorno - Carlo Bergonzi

Paolo Albiani - Ezio Flagello

Pietro - Norman Scott

Un'ancella - Maria Yauger

Un capitano dei balestrieri - Robert Nagy

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Black Disc - foyer FO 1023 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Memories HR 4539-40 {2CDS}; Bensar OL 4260 (BRO 125830) {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Now - June 1994 p.55

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 p.152 [WA2]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Met on April 2nd 1960 (See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.257-258. Leonard Warren sang in the first performance of this production on March 1st, but died 3 days later. The performance on March 15th is reviewed in Opera May 1960 p.336. The foyer LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.670 and the CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Abbreviations

(STU), "Studio" Recording

(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts

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

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

(LI), "Live" Recording

(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts

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

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

(RA), A Radio Performance

(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance

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

(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance

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

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

CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988

EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española

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