(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1934(LE) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Don Giovanni*
2 1934(LI) - Howard Hanson - Merry Mount*
3 1934(LI) - Deems Taylor - Peter Ibbetson*
4 1941(LI) - Giuseppe Verdi - Falstaff*
5 1943(STU) - Giuseppe Verdi - Un ballo in maschera*
6 1946(FI) - Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto***
7 1946(STU) - Giuseppe Verdi - Aida*
8 1949(LE) - Giacomo Puccini - Turandot*
9 1951(LI) - Giuseppe Verdi - Il trovatore*
10 1952(LI) - Gioacchino Rossini - Armida*
11 1952(STU) - Gioacchino Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia*
12 1953(LI) - Amilcare Ponchielli - La Gioconda*
13 1953(LI) - Gioacchino Rossini - La cenerentola*
14 1953(LI) - Giuseppe Verdi - Aida*
15 1953(LI) - Giuseppe Verdi - Aroldo*
16 1953(STU) - Vincenzo Bellini - I puritani*
17 1953(STU) - Gaetano Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor*
18 1953(STU) - Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana*
19 1954(LI) - Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin*
20 1954(LI) - Giuseppe Verdi - La traviata*
21 1954(STU) - Vincenzo Bellini - Norma*
22 1954(STU) - Ruggiero Leoncavallo - Pagliacci*
23 1954(STU) - Giuseppe Verdi - La forza del destino*
24 1954[RA] - Giuseppe Verdi - Otello*
25 1955(LI) - Giuseppe Verdi - Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani]*
26 1955(RA) - Vincenzo Bellini - Norma*
27 1955(RA) - Giacomo Meyerbeer - Les Huguenots*
28 1955(STU) - Giuseppe Verdi - Aida*
29 1955(STU) - Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto*
30 1955(STU) - Giuseppe Verdi - La traviata*
31 1956(FI) - Giuseppe Verdi - Falstaff***
32 1956(LI) - Giuseppe Verdi - La traviata*
33 1956(RA) - Gioacchino Rossini - Moïse et Pharaon [Mosè]*
34 1956(STU) - Gioacchino Rossini - Moïse et Pharaon [Mosè]*
35 1957(LI) - Giuseppe Verdi - I due Foscari*
36 1957(LI) - Giuseppe Verdi - Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani]*
37 1957(RA) - Gaetano Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor*
38 1957(STU) - Luigi Cherubini - Médée [Medea]*
39 1957(STU) - Giacomo Puccini - Manon Lescaut*
40 1957(STU) - Giacomo Puccini - Suor Angelica*
41 1957(STU) - Giacomo Puccini - Tosca*
42 1957(STU) - Giacomo Puccini - Turandot*
43 1958(FI) - Giuseppe Verdi - Otello***
44 1958(LI) - Giacomo Puccini - Suor Angelica*
45 1958(LI) - Gioacchino Rossini - La donna del lago*
46 1958(LI) - Giuseppe Verdi - Falstaff*
47 1958(SE) - Arrigo Boito - Mefistofele*
48 1958(STU) - Arrigo Boito - Mefistofele*
49 1958(STU) - Gaetano Donizetti - L' elisir d'amore*
50 1958(STU) - Giacomo Puccini - La bohème*
51 1958(STU) - Giacomo Puccini - Madama Butterfly*
52 1958(STU) - Giuseppe Verdi - La traviata*
53 1959(LI) - Gaetano Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor*
54 1959(STU) - Gaetano Donizetti - Linda di Chamounix*
55 1959(STU) - Gaetano Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor*
56 1960(LI) - Vincenzo Bellini - La sonnambula*
57 1960(STU) - Vincenzo Bellini - Norma*
58 1960(STU) - Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana*
59 1960(STU) - Giuseppe Verdi - Otello*
60 1961(LI) - Vincenzo Bellini - I puritani*
61 1962(LI) - Pietro Mascagni - Isabeau*
62 1962(LI) - Giuseppe Verdi - Otello*
63 1962(SE) - Pietro Mascagni - Isabeau*
64 1962(STU) - Giuseppe Verdi - Il trovatore*
65 1963(LI) - Giuseppe Verdi - Aida**
*AUDIO **VIDEO ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1934(LE)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Don Giovanni - Ezio Pinza
Donna Anna - Rosa Ponselle
Don Ottavio - Tito Schipa
Donna Elvira - Maria Müller
Leoporello - Virgilio Lazzari
Il Commendatore - Emanuel List
Masetto - Louis D' Angelo
Zerlina - Edita Fleischer
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 216 {2LPS} (1974)ª
Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia «WWW Site 4» {1xCD-ROM} (2003)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
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (20 January 1934). Both Steiger (Opern: Ein Verzeichnis aller Aufnahmen, 2000) and Ashmam (INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW February 2002 p.29) list an un-numbered UORC recording with this cast and conductor, but attribute it to a performance in San Francisco in 1932. This appears to be a mistake as according to Bloomfield «The San Francisco Opera» pp.385-387 Don Giovanni was not performed at all in San Francisco in 1932
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1934(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Lady Marigold Sandys/Astoreth - Göta Ljungberg
Sir Gower Lackland/Lucifer - Edward Johnson
Wrestling Bradford - Lawrence Tibbett
Plentiful Tewke - Gladys Swarthout
Praise-God-Tewke - Louis D' Angelo
Myles Brodrib - Alfredo Gandolfi
Peregrine Brodrib - Helen Gleason
Love Brewster - Lillian Clark
Jack Prence - Marek Windheim
Thomas Morton - George Cehanovsky
Jewel Scrooby - Millo Picco
Desire Annable - Irra Petina
Jonathan Banks - Giordano Paltrinieri
Faint-not-Tinker - Arnold Gabor
Bridget Crackston - Henriette Wakefield
Puritan - Max Altglass
Puritan - Pompilio Malatesta
Samoset - James Wolfe
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 134 {2LPS} (1958)ª
Compact Disc; - Naxos «Historical» 8.110024-25 {2CDS} (1998)ª
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This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 1999 p.100 [PD]
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Orpheus - April 1999 S.59 [DN]
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Opéra International - avril 1999 No.234 p.73 [CG]
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Classical Express - Issue No.107 February 1999 p.4 [MT]
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International Opera Collector - Spring 1999 No.11 p.77 [LF]
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Répertoire - No.123 avril 1999 p.81 (mention)
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Das Opernglas - Juni 1999 S.72 [NE]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (10 February 1934). See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.48-51
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1934(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Peter Ibbetson - Edward Johnson
Colonel Ibbetson - Lawrence Tibbett
Mary - Lucrezia Bori
Mrs. Deane - Gladys Swarthout
Mrs. Glyn - Ina Bourskaya
Achille - Angelo Bada
Major Duquesnois - Léon Rothier
Chaplain - Louis D' Angelo
Charlie Plunkett - Giordano Paltrinieri
Guy Mainwaring - Millo Picco
Footman - Max Altglass
Diana Vivash - Phradie Wells
Madge Plunkett - Grace Divine
Victorine - Philine Falco
Sister of Charity - Elda Vettori
Manservant - Alfredo Gandolfi
Prison Governor - George Cehanovsky
Turnkey - Alfredo Gandolfi
People of the Dream: Pasquier de la Marière - George Cehanovsky
Marie Pasquier - Dorothea Flexer
Mme. Seraskier - Helen Gleason
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 143 {2LPS} (1973)ª
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (17 March 1934). See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» by Paul Jackson pp.53-57.
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1941(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma
Falstaff - Mariano Stabile
Fenton - Ferruccio Tagliavini
Ford - Tito Gobbi
Dr. Cajus - Adelio Zagonora
Bardolfo - Cesare Masini-Sperti
Alice Ford - Franca Somigli
Nannetta - Augusta Oltrabella
Meg Page - Vittorico Palambini
Mistress Quickly - Cloe Elmo
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Compact Disc; - Music & Arts CD 1104 (highlights +complete recording - de Sabata - 1952 + Otello, Aida - excerpts - de Sabata) {4CDS} (2002)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66338 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - October 2002 pp.1200-1205 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.26 No.2 November/December 2002 pp.245-246 [JM]
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Diapason - No.497 novembre 2002 p.128 [PK]
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American Record Guide - November/December 2002 Vol.65 No.6 pp.259-261 [LM]
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Classic Record Collector - Winter 2002 pp.98-99 [BI]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.57 enero-febrero 2003 p.85 [JS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma (28 April 1941). As this recording comes from a broadcast by a German radio station it seems probable that it is of a performance given by the Rome Company when they visited Berlin. According to a letter in CLassic Record Collector (Spring 2003 p.5) the role of Pistol was sung by Giulio Neri.
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1943(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Riccardo - Beniamino Gigli
Renato - Gino Bechi
Amelia - Maria Caniglia
Ulrica - Fedora Barbieri
Oscar - Elda Ribetti
Silvano - N. Niccolini
Samuele - Tancredi Pasero
Tom - Ugo Novelli
Un Giudice - Blando Giusti
Un servo - Blando Giusti
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Black Disc; - La voce del padrone DM 0100-0116 {17x78s-33-sides} ; HMV DB 9075-9091 {17x78s-33 sides;AC} (UK) (1949)ª; La Voix de son Maître FJLP 5033-5034 {2LPS} (1954)ª; La Voce del Padrone QALP 10057-10058 {2LPS}; La Voz de su Amo LALP 217/8 {2LPS} *World Record Club SH 131-2 {2LPS} RCA Victor LCT 6007 {2LPS} (1953)ª;; RCA Victor WCT 6007 {9x45s;EP} (1953)ª; Seraphim IB-6026 {2LPS} (1968)ª; EMI «Gigli Edition» 118392-3
Compact Cassette - EMI «Gigli Edition» 118392-5
Compact Disc; - EMI CHS 7 69993-2 {2CDS} (1989)ª;; Arkadia 78005 {2CDS} (1996)ª; Preiser Records 20005 {2CDS} (2000)ª; EMI Références CHS 5 67476-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110178-9 (+highlights with Bomci, Stracciari,; Arangi-Lombardi) {2CDS} (2002)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 762-2 {2CDRS}; *Aura Music LRC 11102-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 - August 1949 p.43 [AR]; December 1969 p.1011; January 1990 [JBS]April 2001 p.98, p.100 [AB]; May 2002 p.94 [JBS]
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Opera - October 2002 pp.1200-1205 [AB]
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Opera Now - July/August 2002 p.101 [ST]
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Orpheus - Februar 1997 S.56; Heft 9+10 September+Oktober 2003 S.79 [DN]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.4 Winter 1990/91 pp.192-194 [LG]
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Diapason - No.477 janvier 2001 pp.106-107 [AT]
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - August 1949 p.5
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American Record Guide - December 1947 Vol.14 No.4 p.107 [PHR]: April 1953 Vol.19 No.8 p.252 [PHR]: October 1968 Vol.35 No.2 p.154 [WR]: January/February 1990 Vol.53 No.1 p.134 [VAL]: January/February 1997 Vol.60 No.1 p.238
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Classical Express - Issue 78 September 1996 p.8 (mention)
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ARSC Journal - Vol.29 No.2 Fall 1998 p.220 [CB]: Vol.34 No.2 Fall 2003 pp.243-244 [EAM]
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International Record Review - March 2001 p.79 [MVA]
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Disques (Nouvelle Série) - No.65 mai-juin 1954 p.360 [JB]
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The Absolute Sound - Issue 71 May/June 1991 p.152
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.93 noviembre 1996 pp.58-59(mention)
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Répertoire - No.107 novembre 1997 p.67 [LC]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.150 aprile 2001 p.104 [GL]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.44 marzo-abril 2001 p.91 [LB]: No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.98 [SG]
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Comments:- Recorded 1-4, 6,7 July 1943
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1946(FI)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Rigoletto - Tito Gobbi
Gilda - Lina Pagliughi
Duca di Mantova - Mario Filippeschi
Sparafucile - Giulio Neri
Maddalena - Anna Maria Canali
Monterone - Marcello Giorda
Marullo - Virgilio Gottardi
Borsa - Roberto Bruni
Conte di Ceprano - Giuseppe Varni
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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni HOC 005/6 {2CDS} (2004)ª; The Opera Lovers RIG 194601 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2007)ª
DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5646 (2006)ª
VHS Video Cassette - *Historic Opera Performances SL 1056; Bel Canto Society BCS #550
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; «Musica 99» p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1997 p.110 (video) [AB]
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Orpheus - September+Oktober 2004 S.62-S.63 (audio) [IW]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.142-163 (video) [RL]
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Classic CD - November 1996 p.113 (video)
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International Opera Collector - Spring 1997 No.3 p.99 (video)
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.185 luglio-agosto 2004 p.112 (audio) (mention) [GL]
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Comments:- Video recording of a film directed by Carmine Gallone and an audio recording of its soundtrack. Gilda is acted by Marcella Govoni and sung by Pagliughi. According to Stefan Zucker («Opera Fanatic's Catalog» No.40 p.87) «the film was recorded on September 15, 1946». This presumably refers to the soundtrack, and the film was made (or completed) in 1947), which is the year usually given. The DVD issued by Premiere is included in their list of «NEW RELEASES Spring 2006». The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1946(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Aida - Maria Caniglia
Radamès - Beniamino Gigli
Amneris - Ebe Stignani
Amonasro - Gino Bechi
Ramphis - Tancredi Pasero
Il Re di Egitto - Italo Tajo
Una Sacerdotessa - Maria Huder
Un Messaggero - Adelio Zagonora
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Black Disc - HMV DB 6392-6411 {20x78s}; HMV 9131-9150 {20x78s;AC} La Voce del Padrone QALP 10010-10013 {4LPS} (Italy) RCA Victor M 1174 (11-9911 - 11-9930) {20x78s} RCA Victor M 1175 (11-9931 - 11-9950) {20x78s}; RCA Victor LCT 6400 {4LPS} *World Record Club SH 153-5 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - EMI CHS 7 63331-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; Arkadia 78032 {2CDS}; Grammofono 2000 78709/10 {2CDS} ; Preiser Records 20006 {2CDS} (2001)ª; EMI Références CHS 5 67487-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110156/7 {2CDS} (2001)ª
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1947 p.69 [WRA]; October 1971 p.696; May 1990 p. [JBS]; April 2001 p.98, p.100 [AB]; February 2002 p.81, p.83 [MEO]
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Orpheus - Heft 9+10 September+Oktober 2003 S.79 [DN]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.8 No.2 Summer 1991 pp.183-185 [LG]
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Diapason - No.477 janvier 2001 pp.106-107 [AT]
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The Absolute Sound - Issue 71 May/June 1991 p.152
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Classical Express - Issue No.87 June 1997 p.4
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International Record Review - January 2001 p.121 [MVA]
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American Record Guide - September/October 2001 Vol.64 No.5 pp.301-302 [RVL]
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ARSC Journal - Vol.33 No.1 Spring 2002 pp.126-127 [EAM]
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Répertoire - No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.70 (mention): No.107 novembre 1997 p.67 [LC]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.103 octubre 1997 p.41 (mention) [MC]: No.106 enero 1998 p.35 (mention) [JS]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.25 septiembre-noviembre 1997 p.93 [MC]: No.44 marzo-abril 2001 p.91 [TF]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.150 aprile 2001 p.104 [GL]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.50 marzo-abril 2002 pp.91-92 [AG]
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Comments:- Recorded 15-24 July 1946
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1949(LE)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón - Buenos Aires
Chorus - Teatro Colón - Buenos Aires
La principessa Turandot - Maria Callas
Calaf - Mario Del Monaco
Liù - Helena Arizmendi
Timur - Juan Zanin
L'imperatore Altoum - Virgilio Tavini
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Compact Disc; - Eklipse EKR 44 (+Aida - excerpts) {1CD} ; DiVA 1112 (Aida - excerpts) {1CD} (2000)ª
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Recordings of Turandot by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.114; Opera on Record p.618; CELLETTI p.655; Opera on CD (1) p.111 (2) p.122 (3) p.137 MET p.454; MET(VID) p.252; PENGUIN p.320; L'Avant Scéne Opéra No.33 p.97, No.220 p.98; Opera on Video p.187; GIUDICI p.652 (2) p.1073; Répertoire No.97 décembre 1996 p.16; International Opera Collector Spring 1997 No.3 p.40; Opera Quarterly Vo.13 No.4 Summer 1997 p.77; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Diapason No.559 juin 2008 p.78; Gramophone July 2008 p.52
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Juli 1995 S.58
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Opéra International - avril 1996 No.201 p.70
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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (4) p.1
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.40 julio-agosto 2000 p.100, p.102 [TF]: No.54 octubre 2002 p.78 [LB]
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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at the Teatro Colón (20 May 1949)
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di NapolI
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Manrico - Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
Azucena - Cloe Elmo
Leonora - Maria Callas
Conte di Luna - Paolo Silveri
Ferrando - Italo Tajo
Ines - Teresa de Rosa
Ruiz - Luciano della Pergola
Un vecchio zingaro - Gerardo Gaudioso
Un messo - Gianni Avolanti
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Black Disc; - Roger W. Frank FWR 654 {2LPS}; Unique Opera Records UORC 304 {2LPS} (1976)ª; Cetra «Opera Live» LO-29 {2LPS}; Recital Records RR 473 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Melodram 26001 {2CDS}; Pantheon PHE 6636-37 {2CDS} Myto «Historical» 2CD 011 H 053 (+excerpts from performance in Mexico) {2CDS} (2001)ª; Archipel ARPCD 0012-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6352/53 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Opera Fenice FNO 007-8 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1566-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; Mondo Musica MMO 91117 {2CDS} (2007)ª
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Recordings of Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Juli 2001 S.74 [SL]; September+Oktober 2007 S.59 (mention) [GE]
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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.24 (2) p.26 (3) p.25
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Répertoire - No.159 juillet/aoüt 2002 p.113 (mention)
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.65 noviembre 2003 p.84 [MCP]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Naples (27 January 1951)
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Armida - Maria Callas
Rinaldo - Francesco Albanese
Goffredo - Alessandro Zilliani
Eustazio - Gianni Raimondi
Gernando - Mario Filippeschi
Ubaldo - Antonio Salvarezza
Idradote - Mario Frosini
Astarotte - Marco Stefanoni
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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 39 {3LPS}; Melodram MEL 463 {3LPS} Morgan Records MOR 5202 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Melodram 26024 {2CDS}; Great Opera Peformances G.O.P. 758 {2CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 2.0012 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1252 {2CDS} (2000)ª; DiVa 1105-1106 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6370/1 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Celestial Audio CA 167 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2003)ª; Divina Records DVN 16 (2xenhanced-CDS) (2003)ª; Myto MCD 00155 {2CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Armida by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.696; PENGUIN p.391; GIUDICI p.728 (2) p.1207
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - Awards Issue 2002 p.106 [RO]
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Orpheus - Juni 1995 S.62; April 1998 p.62 [GH]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.4 Summer 1989 pp.127-129 [WA]
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Classical Express - Issue 97 April 1998 p.3 [JP]
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International Record Review - August 2002 p.76 [MT]
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American Record Guide - September/October 2002 Vol.65 No.5 p.242 [DA]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.111 junio 1998 p.64 (mention) [PL]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.40 julio-agosto 2000 p.96 [PN]: No.62 julio-agosto 2003 p.83 [MC]
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Répertoire - No.159 juillet/aoüt 2002 p.113 (mention)
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.164 settembre 2002 p.126 [GL]: Anno XVII N.173 giugno 2003 pp.99-100 [GL]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale (12 May 1952?). The date given for the CDs issued by the Istituto Discografico Italiano and by Divina is 26 April 1952. The CDs issued by Divina are enhanced CDs and contain material «never before released»:-
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1952(STU)
Orchestra - Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano
Chorus - Coro
Figaro - Gino Bechi
Il Conte Almaviva - Nicola Monti
Rosina - Victoria de los Ángeles
Dr. Bartolo - Melchiorre Luise
Don Basilio - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Berta - Anna Maria Canali
Fiorello - Erminio Benatti
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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1022-1024 {3LPS} (1952)ª; La Voz de su Amo LALP 107-109 {3LPS}; RCA Victor LM 6104 {3LPS} (1953)ª;; Capitol-EMI GCR 7138 {3LPS} (1959)ª
Compact Disc; - Testament SBT 2166 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Regis RRC 2069 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Membran 231132 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1952 p.173 [HF2]; December 1998 p.111 [AB]; February 2005 p.85 [PO'C]
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Opera - February 1953 p.104 [H]; April 1999 pp.399-405 [AB]
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Opera News - June 1999 p.65 [PG]
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Orpheus - August + September 1999 S.79 [BH]
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Opéra International - juin 1999 No.236 pp.68-69 [SS]
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Diapason - No.464 novembre 1999 p.122 [MP]
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American Record Guide - 1953 Vol.19 No.6 p.179 [PHR]: March/April 1999 Vol.62 No.2 p.311 [LM]
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - December 1952 p.22
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High Fidelity Magazine - January 1959 Vol.9 No.1 p.58 [DJ]
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International Classical Record Collector - Spring 1999 No.16 p.99 [JTH]
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Répertoire - No.121 février 1999 p.51 [PT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.33 mayo-junio 1999 p.94 [RA]
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
La Gioconda - Anna De Cavallieri
Enzo - Giuseppe di Stefano
Barnaba - Ugo Savarese
Laura - Fedora Barbieri
Alvise - Mario Petri
La Cieca - Lucia Danieli
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers GIOC 195301 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.137; Opera on Record 3 p.192; CELLETTI p.572; GIUDICI (2) p.935; Opera on CD (1) p.84 (2) p.92 (3) p.103; MET p.374; MET(VID) p.212; PENGUIN p.285; Opera Now May 1993 p.36; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.232 p.88
Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli in the Arena Flegrea (4 July 1953). The partial cast listed above is that given in «Il Teatro di San Carlo - Cronologia 1737-1987» by Carlo Marinelli Roscioni p.657. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here it is stated «On the whole, sound is acceptable».
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Cenerentola - Giulietta Simionato
Clorinda - Dora Gatta
Tisbe - Fernanda Cadoni
Don Ramiro - Juan Oncina
Dandini - Giuseppe Taddei
Don Magnifico - Italo Tajo
Alindoro - Dario Caselli
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03045
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Recordings of La cenerentola by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.98; CELLETTI p.712; Opera on CD (1) p.30 (2) p.34 (3) p.37; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.85 p.100; MET p.489; MET(VID) p.287; PENGUIN p.356; Opera on Video p.51; GIUDICI p.717 (2) p.1192; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli (12 December 1953). V. De Taranto rather than Italo Tajo is given in the cast list in «Il Teatro di San Carlo - La Cronologia 1737-1987»
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Aida - Renata Tebaldi
Radamès - Gino Penno
Amneris - Ebe Stignani
Amonasro - Ugo Savarese
Ramphis - Giulio Neri
Il Re di Egitto - Iginio Riccò
Una Sacerdotessa - Anna Perosi
Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma
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Black Disc - Edizione Lirica EL 006 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 109-2 {2CDRS} (2001)ª; House of Opera CDWW 947 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
Comments:- Recording of a performance at Naples (March 1953; see OPERA June 1953 p.356). The CDRs issued by Premiere were advertized as «New» in «Fall 2001» and those issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue for a short time in March 2003.
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Aroldo - Gino Penno
Briano - Ugo Novelli
Mina - Antonietta Stella
Egberto - Aldo Protti
Godvino - Gustavo Gallo
Enrico - Valiano Natali
Elena - Nada Paolo
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Compact Disc; - Melodram 27014 {2CDS};; House of Opera «The Operas of Giuseppe Verdi - Vol.2 His Later Works» {1xCD-ROM} (2002)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 7872 {2CDRS} (2002)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0071 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Aroldo by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.835; Opéra International No.262 No.262 novembre 2001 p.32
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
VERDI DAL VIVO - p.35
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (3 June 1953; see OPERA August 1953 p.487)
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1953(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Elvira - Maria Callas
Arturo Talbot - Giuseppe di Stefano
Sir Riccardo Forth - Rolando Panerai
Sir Giorgio - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Enrichetta di Francia - Aurora Cattelani
Sir Bruno Robertson - Angelo Mercuriali
Lord Gualtiero Valton - Carlo Forti
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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1058-1060 {3LPS} (1953)ª; Columbia 33QCX 10016/18 {3LPS} (Italy) (1953)ª; *EMI SLS 5140 {3LPS} (1978)ª; EMI EX 290874-3 {2LPS} (1987)ª; Angel 3502C {3LPS} (1954)ª; Angel AVB 34065 {2LPS}
Compact Cassette; - HMV TC-SLS 5140; EMI EX 290874-5 (1987)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47308-8 {2CDS} (1989)ª; EMI «The Callas Edition» CDS 5 56275-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; EMI Classics «Historical» 585 647-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110259-60 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of I puritani by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera June 1960 p.387; August 1960 p.585; September 1960 p.653; HARRIS p.220; Opera on Record 2 p.121; CELLETTI p.63; Opera on CD (1) p.39 (2) p.45 (3) p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.96 p.106; MET p.29; PENGUIN p.12; GIUDICI p.40 (2) p.74; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Opéra International No.253 janvier 2001 p.10
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1953 p.198 [AR]; April 1954 p.419 [DST]; November 1978 p.956 [JBS]; September 1987 p.478 [AB]; April 1989 p.1628 [JBS]
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Opera - January 1954 pp.38-39 [HDR]
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Opera Now - May 1993 p.59
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Fanfare - Vol.27 No.5 May/June 2004 pp.77-80 [MM]
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Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2004 S.54-S.55 [GH]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.4 No.4 Winter 1986/7 pp.108-110 [CJT]; Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.576-585 [WA2]
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Diapason - No.439 juillet-aoüt 1997 p.68 [JC]
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American Record Guide - January 1954 Vol.20 No.5 p.151 [PHR]: May/June 2004 Vol.67 No.3 p.234 [RVL]
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High Fidelity Magazine - January-February 1954 Vol.3 No.6 p.52 [JH]
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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.66 (2) p.68 (3) p.65
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BBC Music Magazine - May 1993 p.66
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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.56
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.69 abril 2004 p.83 [PN]: No.71 junio 2004 p.81 [MC]
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1953(STU)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Lucia - Maria Callas
Edgardo - Giuseppe di Stefano
Enrico - Tito Gobbi
Raimondo - Raffaele Ariè
Arturo - Valiano Natali
Alisa - Anna Maria Canali
Normanno - Gino Sarri
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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1131-1132 {2LPS} (1954)ª; Columbia 33CX 1385 {1LP} (Highlights) (1956)ª; *EMI SLS 5056 (ASD 3223/3224-electronically reprocessed to give a stereo effect) {2LPS}(1998)ª; La Voz de su Amo LALP 132-133 {2LPS}; Columbia FCX 258-259 {2LPS} (France) (1954)ª; Angel 3503B {2LPS} (1954)ª
Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 5056 (1977)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 69980-2 {2CDS} (1989)ª; EMI CMS 5 66438-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; EMI CDMB 69980{2CDS} (USA); EMI CDMB 5 66438-2 {2CDS} (USA) ; Regis Records RRC 2006 {2CDS} (2004)ª; EMI Classics «Great Recordings of the Century» 562 747-2 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Naxos 8.110131/2 (+Historical Recordings 1910-1952) {2CDS} (2005)ª; EMI 5 86197-2 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera February 1959 p.86; HARRIS p.150; Opera on Record p.184; CELLETTI p.223; MARINELLI p.114; Opera on CD (1) p.34 (2) p.39 (3) p.43; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.55 p.110, No.233 p.114; MET p.113; MET(VID) p.64; PENGUIN p.78; Opéra International janvier 1995 No.187 p.19, juillet- aoüt 1997 No.215 p.10; Opera on Video p.57; GIUDICI p.190 (2) p.312; Répertoire No.107 novembre 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 1954 p.339 [AR]; November 1956 p.225 (Highlights) [AP]; March 1977 p.1444 [AB]; August 1977 p.346 [IM]; October 1977 p.594 [JBS]; October 1989 p.738 [JBS]; October 2004 p.93 [PO'C]
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Opera - May 1954 pp.301-302 [HDR]
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Opera Now - January/February 1998 p.97 (mention) [GH]
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Fanfare - Vol.28 No.1 September/October 2004 p.108 [DLK]; Vol.28 No.6 July/August 2005 p.119 [BR], pp.119-120 [GJ]
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Diapason - No.441 octobre 1997 p.89 [JC]
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High Fidelity Magazine - January-February 1954 Vol.3 No.6 p.55 [JH]
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American Record Guide - February 1954 Vol.20 No.6 p.182 [PHR]: July/August 1998 Vol.61 No.4 pp.265-266 (mention) [LM]
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Gramophone Record Review - May 1954 p.323
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BBC Music Magazine - November 2004 p.90 [RW]
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International Record Review - December 2004 p.42 [MT]: April 2005 pp.24-26 [RP]
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Disques (Nouvelle Série) - mars/avril 1954 No.63-64 p.216 [JB]
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Répertoire - No.105 septembre 1997 p.68 [PT]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.103 octubre 1997 p.34 (mention) [JPS]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.71 junio 2004 pp.81-82 [LB]: No.81 junio 2005 p.86 [MC]: No.96 diciembre 2006 p.84 [JM]
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Classica Répertoire - No.70 mars 2005 p.102 (mention) [AT]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIX N.192 marzo 2005 p.88 [GL]
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1953(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Santuzza - Maria Callas
Turiddu - Giuseppe di Stefano
Alfio - Rolando Panerai
Lola - Anna Maria Canali
Lucia - Ebe Ticozzi
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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CXS 1182 - Columbia 33CX 1183 (2LPS-3xsides) (1954)ª; *EMI SLS 819 (ASD 2827 - ASD 2829} (+Pagliacci) {3LPS} (1974)ª; *EMI EX 291269-3 (+Pagliacci) {2LPS} (1987)ª;; Angel 3509 {2LPS-3xsides} (1954)ª; Angel 3528 (+Pagliacci) {3LPS}; Columbia FCX 266/267 (France) ;; Balkanton BOA 10337-10339 {3LPS}
Compact Cassette - EMI EX 291269-5 (+Pagliacci)
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47981-8 (+Pagliacci) {3CDS}; EMI CDS 5 56287-2 (+Pagliacci); EMI Classics 5 86830-2 (+Pagliacci) {2CDS} (2005)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111025 {1CD} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1954 p.212 [PHW]; February 1974 p.1605 [RO]; October 1987 p.618 [AB]; October 2005 p.101 [JBS]
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Opera - December 1954 p.758 [HDR]
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Diapason - No.439 juillet-aoüt 1997 pp.90-92 [CC]
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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.68 (2) p.70 (3) p.68
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Gramophone Record Review - November 1954 p.27 [MO]
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American Record Guide - June 1954 Vol.20 No.10 p.321 [PHR]
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High Fidelity Magazine - June 1954 Vol.4 No.4 p.46 [JH]
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Disques (Nouvelle Série) - mars/avril 1954 No.63-64 p.217 [JB]
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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.58
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.83 septiembre 2005 pp.87-88 [MC]: No.90 mayo 2006 pp.81-82 [JV]
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Eugene Onegin - Gino Bechi
Lenski - Giuseppe Campora
Tatyana - Leyla Gencer
Olga - Oralia Domínguez
Larina - Jolanda Gardino
Filipjewna - Amalia Pini
Gremin - Italo Tajo
Triquet - Piero De Palma
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Compact Disc; - Opera Depot OD 10309-1 {2CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (17 March 1954). The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Violetta Valery - Renata Tebaldi
Flora Bervoix - Angela Vercelli
Annina - Rita Jorio
Alfredo Germont - Giancinto Prandelli
Giorgio Germont - Carlo Tagliabue
Gastone - Piero De Palma
Dottore Grenvil - Christiano Dalamangas
Barone Douphol - Arturo La Porta
Marchese d'Obigny - Gerardo Gaudioso
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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni GAO «Golden Age of Opera» 191-192 {2CDS}; Archipel ARPCD 0229 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; «Musica 99» p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - December 9 1995 p.46
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno IX N.92 Dicembre 1995 p.81
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Arena Flegrea (mentioned in OPERA September 1954 p.570). According to the review in OPERA NEWS of the CDs issued by Bongiovanni their sound is very poor
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1954(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Norma - Maria Callas
Adalgisa - Ebe Stignani
Pollione - Mario Filippeschi
Oroveso - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Clotilde - Rina Cavallari
Flavio - Paolo Caroli
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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1179-1181 {3LPS} (1954)ª; EMI SLS 5115 {3LPS} (1978)ª; Angel 3517 C/L {3LPS} (1954)ª; *Seraphim IC-6037 {3LPS}; Angel AVB 34065 {2LPS}
Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 5115 (1978)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47304-8 {3CDS} (1986)ª;; EMI 5 56271-2 {3CDS} (1997)ª; EMI Classics «Great Recordings of the Century» 562 6382 {3CDS} (2003)ª; Angel CDC-47303; Naxos 8.110325/7 (+Historical recordings 1927-1936) {3CDS} (2005)ª; EMI Classics Historical 586 8342 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Membran 222382 {3CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Norma by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera January 1958 p.12; Opera on Record p.154; CELLETTI p.50; Opera on CD (1) p.40 (2) p.46 (3) p.51; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.29 p.106: No.236 p.76; MET p.21; MET(VID) p.10; PENGUIN p.10; Orpheus No.13 1994 Festival p.22; GIUDICI p.31 (2) p.57; Diapason No.439 juillet-aoüt 1997 p.48; Répertoire No.112 avril 1998 p.86; Opéra International juin 2000 No.247 pp.66-70; Donizetti Society Newsletter June 2000 pp.21-23; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Gramophone January 2002 p.28; Classica Répertoire No.94 juillet-aoüt 2007 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1954 p.265 [PHW]; January 1955 p.339 [DST]; May 1978 p.1925 [AB]: July 1978 p.167 [JBS]; September 1978 p.566 [IM]; March 1986 p.1195 [AB]; December 2003 p.99 [AB]
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Opera - December 1954 p.758 [HDR]
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Fanfare - Vol.27 No.5 May/June 2004 pp.77-80 [MM]
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Orpheus - ; September+Oktober 2007 S.59 (mention) [GE]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.4 No.4 Winter 1986/7 pp.108-110 [CJT]; Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.533-554 [BB]
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Diapason - No.439 juillet-aoüt 1997 p.68 [JC]
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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.78 (2) p.80 (4) p.76
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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.65
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American Record Guide - December 1954 Vol.21 No.4 p.115 [PHR]
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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1955 Vol.4 No.12 p.57 [JH]
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Gramophone Record Review - November 1954 p.20 [DH]
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International Record Review - January 2004 pp.79-80 [MVA]: April 2005 pp.24-26 [RP]
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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.56
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.25 septiembre-noviembre 1997 p.88 [MC]: No.66 diciembre 2003 p.83 [LB]: No.81 junio 2005 p.85 [VM]: No.84 octubre 2005 p.86 [MCP]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIX N.192 marzo 2005 p.88 [GL]
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1954(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Canio - Giuseppe di Stefano
Nedda - Maria Callas
Tonio - Tito Gobbi
Beppe - Nicola Monti
Silvio - Rolando Panerai
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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CXS 1211 + 33CX 1212 {2LPS-3xsides} (1955)ª; *EMI SLS 819 (ASD 2827 - ASD 2829) {3LPS} (+Cavalleria rusticana) (1974)ª; *EMI EX 291269-3 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {2LPS} (1987)ª; Angel 3527 {2LPS-3xsides) (1955)ª; Angel 3528 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {3LPS};; Balkanton BAO 10337-10339 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {3LPS}
Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 291269-3 (+Cavalleria rusticana) (1987)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47981-8 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {3CDS} (1987)ª; EMI «Callas Edition» CDS 5 56287-2 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {2CDS} (1997)ª; Angel CDCC-47981; EMI CDCB 56287 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {2CDS} (1997)ª; EMI TOCE 8557 {1CD} (Japan) (1994)ª; EMI Classics 5 86830-2 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {2CDS} (2005)ª; Regis Records RRC 1235 {1CD} (2005)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111024 {1CD} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1955 p.146 [PHW]; February 1974 p.1605 [RO]; October 1987 p.618 [AB]; October 2005 p.101 [JBS]
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Opera - November 1955 p.718
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Diapason - No.439 juillet-aoüt 1997 pp.90-92 [CC]
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American Record Guide - May 1955 Vol.21 No.9 p.289 [JN]: July/August 2006 Vol.69 No.4 pp.210-211 [RVL]
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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1955 Vol.5 No.3 p.54 [JH]
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - September 1955 p.12
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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.79 (2) p.81 (4) p.77
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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.296
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Gramophone Record Review - September 1955 p.628 [NC]
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International Record Review - April 2006 pp.32-32 [RP]
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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.58
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.83 septiembre 2005 pp.87-88 [MC]: No.90 mayo 2006 p.81 [JV]
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1954(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Plinio Clabassi
Leonora di Vargas - Maria Callas
Don Carlo - Carlo Tagliabue
Don Alvaro - Richard Tucker
Preziosilla - Elena Nicolai
Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi
Curra - Rina Cavallari
Padre Guardiano - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Mastro Trabuco - Gino Del Signore
Un Chirurgo - Dario Caselli
Un Alcalde - Dario Caselli
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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1258-1260 {3LPS} (1955)ª; *EMI SLS 5120 (ASD 3609-3611) {3LPS} (1978)ª; EMI EX 290921-29092-3 {2LPS} (1987)ª; Angel 3531-C {3LPS} (1955)ª; Angel 35199/201 {3LPS}; Seraphim 6088; Columbia 33QCX 10122/24 {3LPS} (Italy)
Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 5120 (1978)ª;; EMI EX 290921-5 (1987)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47581-8 {3CDS} (1987)ª;; EMI 5 56323-2 {3CDS} (1997)ª; Membran 222392 {3CDS} (2006)ª; EMI Classics «Maria Callas - The Complete Studio Recordings» {70CDS} (2007)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111322-24 (+excerpts cond.Cellini, Perlea) {3CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 - June 1955 p.26 [PHW]; August 1955 p.119 (letter); September 1955 p.126 [DST]; September 1978 p.549 [JBS]; November 1978 p.970 [IM]; October 1987 p. [RO]
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Opera - September 1955 p.592
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.227-232 [DH]
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Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 p.94
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American Record Guide - April 1955 Vol.21 No.8 p.252: May/June 2008 Vol.71 No.3 pp.281-282 [CHP]
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - July 1955 p.13
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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.80 (2) p.82 (3) p.79
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Gramophone Record Review - June 1955 p.447
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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.57
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Comments:- The «soup scene» was omitted from the original release and is not included in the CDs issued by Naxos.
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1954[RA]
Orchestra - RAI Milano
Chorus - RAI Milano
Otello - Mario Del Monaco
Desdemona - Onelia Fineschi
Iago - Renato Capecchi
Cassio - Mario Carlin
Rodrigo - Vittorio Pandano
Lodovico - Dario Caselli
Montano - Leonardo Monreale
Emilia - Bruna Ronchini
Un Araldo - Piero Poldi
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Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 003 223 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 6307 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Otello by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Oktober 2000 S.57 [GH]
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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 pp.92-93 [AG]: No.74 octubre 2004 pp.88-89 [JV]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 8 September 1954
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Guido di Montforte - Giangiacomo Guelfi
Il Sire di Bethume - Iginio Riccò
Il Conte Vaudemont - Aldo Terrosi
Arrigo - Mario Filippeschi
Giovanni da Procida - Giulio Neri
La Duchessa Elena - Anna Di Cavalieri
Danieli - Piero De Palma
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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni GB HOC 025/26-2 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - September+Oktober 2005 S.59 [IW]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.84 octubre 2005 p.90 [PN]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli (16 December 1955)
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1955(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Norma - Maria Callas
Adalgisa - Ebe Stignani
Pollione - Mario Del Monaco
Oroveso - Giuseppe Modesti
Clotilde - Rina Cavallari
Flavio - Athos Cesarini
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Black Disc; - Replica RPL 2416-2418 {3LPS} (1980)ª; Melodram MEL 017 {3LPS} (1980;)ª; Fonit Cetra «Archivo RAI» LAR 28 {3LPS} (1984)ª; Movimento Musica MM 03 005 {3LPS}; Discophilia IDS 22/24 {3LPS}; Paragon DSV 52017 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - *Sony 78DC 833-5 {3CDS} (Japan); Fonit Cetra CDAR 2018;; Opera d'Oro OPD 1301 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Opera d'Oro «Grand Tier» OPD 7003 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Hommage 7001830 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 321-2 {2CDRS};; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66370 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Myto «Historical» 2MCD 00140 {2CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Norma by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera January 1958 p.12; Opera on Record p.154; CELLETTI p.50; Opera on CD (1) p.40 (2) p.46 (3) p.51; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.29 p.106: No.236 p.76; MET p.21; MET(VID) p.10; PENGUIN p.10; Orpheus No.13 1994 Festival p.22; GIUDICI p.31 (2) p.57; Diapason No.439 juillet-aoüt 1997 p.48; Répertoire No.112 avril 1998 p.86; Opéra International juin 2000 No.247 pp.66-70; Donizetti Society Newsletter June 2000 pp.21-23; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Gramophone January 2002 p.28; Classica Répertoire No.94 juillet-aoüt 2007 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - January 1996 p.22
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Opera News - December 9 1995 p.46
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Fanfare - Vol.18 N0 3 January/February 1995 p.118; Vol.27 No.5 May/June 2004 pp.77-80 [MM]
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Orpheus - April 1998 p.59 (mention) [GH]
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Diapason - No.530 novembre 2005 pp.138-139 [MP]
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The Absolute Sound - Issue 44 p.151
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Classic CD - April 1995 p.82
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Répertoire - No.73 octobre 1994 p.92
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI - N.108 - maggio 1997 p.104 (mention)
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Classica Répertoire - No.73 juin 2005 p.106 (mention) [AT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 29 June 1955. The Fonit Cetra LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE June 1984 p.68
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1955(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Milano
Chorus - RAI Milano
Marguerite de Valois - Antonietta Pastori
Valentine de Saint-Bris - Anna Di Cavalieri
Urbain - Jolanda Gardino
Raoul de Nangis - Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
Compte de Nevers - Giuseppe Taddei
Compte de Saint-Bris - Giorgio Tozzi
Marcel - Nicola Zaccaria
Bois-Rosé - Tommaso Frascati
De Tavannes - Dino Formichini
De Cossé - Tommaso Frascati
De Thoré - Giorgio Tadeo
De Retz - Guido Mazzini
De Meru - Nestore Catalani
Maurevert - Nestore Catalani
Dame d'Honneur 1 - Bianca Furlai
Girl 1 - Bianca Furlai
Girl 2 - Edy (Editta) Amedeo
Monk 1 - Renato Ercolani
Monk 2 - Nestore Catalani
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 117 {4LPS} (1957)ª; Replica RPL 2401-2403 (1980)ª
Compact Disc; - Memories 4566-4568 {3CDS}; Living Stage LS 5132 {3CDS} (2004)ª; Bongiovanni HOC 043/5 {3CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Les Huguenots by Giacomo Meyerbeer are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.137; CELLETTI p.421; Opera on CD (1) p.27 (2) p.31 (3) p.34 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.134 p.108; MET p.253; MET(VID) p.136; Opera on Video p.42; GIUDICI p.381 (2) p.661
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Now - January 1995 p.53
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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.3 January/February 1995 p.205
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Orpheus - Januar 1981 S.76 [CHH]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.99 abril 2007 p.90 [JS]
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Comments:- Recording of a broadcast performance, probably recorded in the Spring of 1955 and probably broadcast on 23 October 1955 and 3 June 1956 (See «EJS Discography»p.26 and «More EJS» p.575). An EP (Cetra EPO 0344) of extracts is reviewed THE GRAMOPHONE, October 1960 p.226. There are also highlights of this performance on the Gala CDs of the performance at La Scala with the date given as October 231955
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1955(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Aida - Maria Callas
Radamès - Richard Tucker
Amneris - Fedora Barbieri
Amonasro - Tito Gobbi
Ramphis - Giuseppe Modesti
Il Re di Egitto - Nicola Zaccaria
Una Sacerdotessa - Elvira Galassi
Un Messaggero - Franco Ricciardi
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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1318-1320 {3LPS} (1956)ª; *EMI SLS 5108 {3LPS} (1978)ª; EMI EX 290976-3 {3LPS} (1987)ª; Angel 3525 {3LPS} (1956)ª; Columbia 33 WCX 1318/20 {3LPS} (Germany) (1958)ª; Electrola C 90 475/477 {3LPS} (Germany) (1959)ª
Compact Cassette; - HMV TC-SLS 5108 (1978)ª;; EMI EX 290976-5 (1987)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 49030-8 {3CDS} (1987)ª; EMI «Callas Edition» CDS 5 56316-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111240/1 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1956 p.322 [PHW]; February 1978 p.1465 [AB]; July 1978 p.256 [AB]; November 1987 p. [AB]
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Opera - March 1956 p.176
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Diapason - No 438 juin 1997 p.94
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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.102 (2) p.104 (4) p.1OO
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Gramophone Record Review - January 1956 p.153
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American Record Guide - January 1956 Vol.22 No.5 p.81 [PHR]: July/August 2007 Vol.70 No.4 p.228 (mention) [CHP]
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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.57
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1955(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Rigoletto - Tito Gobbi
Gilda - Maria Callas
Duca di Mantova - Giuseppe di Stefano
Sparafucile - Nicola Zaccaria
Maddalena - Adriana Lazzarini
Giovanna - Giuse Gerbino
Monterone - Plinio Clabassi
Marullo - William Dickie
Borsa - Renato Ercolani
Conte di Ceprano - Carlo Forti
Contessa di Ceprano - Elvira Galassi
Un paggio - Luisa Mandelli
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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CXS 1324 & 33CX 1325-1326 {3LPS 5-sides} (1956)ª; HMV SLS 5018 {3LPS} (+Callas recital) {3LPS} (1976)ª; EMI EX 290928-3 {2LPS} (1987)ª; Angel 3537 {3LPS 5-sides} (1956)ª; Hungaroton SLPLX 12439-12440 {2LPS};; Columbia 33QCXS 10216, 33QCX 10217/18 {3LPS 5 sides} (Italy)
Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 5018; EMI EX 290928-5 (1987)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47465-8 {2CDS} (1987)ª; EMI «Callas Edition» 5 56237-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Angel CDCB-47469 {2CDS};; Naxos «Historical» 8.111242/3 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; «Musica 99» p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1956 pp.361-362 [PHW]; April 1956 p.410 [DST]; May 1956 p.453 (mention) [HCS]; March 1976 p.1507 [AB]; July 1976 p.147 [JBS]; February 1987 p.1181 [AB]
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Opera - April 1956 p.251
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.197-203 [TE]
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Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 p.94
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - March 1956 p.15
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Gramophone Record Review - March 1956 p.288
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American Record Guide - April 1956 Vol.22 No.8 p.131 [PHR]: May/June 1987 Vol.50 No.3 p.64 [RVL]: July/August 2007 Vol.70 No.4 p.228 (mention) [CHP]
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High Fidelity Magazine - April 1956 Vol.6 No.4 p.82 [MDS]
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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.103 (2) p.104 (4) p.101
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The Absolute Sound - Issue 53 May/June 1988 p.107
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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.574
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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.57
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1955(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Violetta Valery - Antonietta Stella
Flora Bervoix - Elvira Galassi
Annina - Luisa Mandelli
Alfredo Germont - Giuseppe di Stefano
Giorgio Germont - Tito Gobbi
Gastone - Giuseppe Zampieri
Dottore Grenvil - Silvio Maionica
Barone Douphol - William Dickie
Marchese d'Obigny - Nicola Zaccaria
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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1370-1371 {2LPS} (1956)ª; Columbia 33QCX 10211/12 {2LPS} (Italy); EMI 3C 163 00972/00873 M {2LPS} (Italy) Angel 3545 {2LPS} (1956)ª
Compact Disc; - Testament SBT 2211 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111272-3 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; «Musica 99» p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1956 p.138 [PHW]; November 1956 p.195 (mention) [HCS] September 2001 p.97 [JBS]
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Opera - November 1956 p.689
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Opera News - May 2002 p.87 [DJB]
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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.3 January/February 2008 pp.275-276 [BB]
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Orpheus - 11+F November 2001 S.89 [GH]
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American Record Guide - October 1956 Vol.23 No.2 p.20 [PHR]: March/April 2002 Vol.65 No.2 p.232 [LM]
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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1956 Vol.6 No.10 p.102 [JH]
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - September 1956 p.16
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Gramophone Record Review - September 1956 p.715 [DH]
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International Record Review - November 2001 p.87 [RP]
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Répertoire - No.151 novembre 2001 p.79 [PD]
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.261 janvier 2002 p.102 [GG]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.161 maggio 2002 p.109 [GL]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 pp.98-99 [AG]
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Comments:- Recorded 15-21 September 1955. See the ARSC Journal 1987 Vol.19 No.2-3 pp.54-61
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1956(FI)
Orchestra - RAI Milano
Chorus - RAI Milano
Falstaff - Giuseppe Taddei
Fenton - Luigi Alva
Ford - Scipio Colombo
Dr. Cajus - Mario Carlin
Bardolfo - Renato Ercolani
Pistola - Franco Calabrese
Alice Ford - Rosanna Carteri
Nannetta - Anna Moffo
Meg Page - Anna Maria Canali
Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri
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Black Disc - GDL
DVD (Video) - Video Artists International VAIDVD 4333 (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 2006 p.99 (DVD) [JBS]
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Diapason - No.536S mai 2006 p.126 (DVD) [MP]
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American Record Guide - July/August 2006 Vol.69 No.4 p.230 [RVL]
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Opéra Magazine - No.8 juin 2006 p.84 (DVD) [JC]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.89 abril 2006 p.78 (DVD) [PN]
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Comments:- Video recordings of a television film and audio recording of its soundtrack broadcast on 9 May 1956. The audio recording is listed (with the year given as 1958) in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL juin 2000 No.247 p.21.
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Violetta Valery - Renata Tebaldi
Flora Bervoix - Elvira Galassi
Annina - Liliana Poli
Alfredo Germont - Nicola Filacuridi
Giorgio Germont - Ugo Savarese
Gastone - Angelo Rossi
Dottore Grenvil - Paolo Washington
Barone Douphol - Alessandro Maddalena
Marchese d'Obigny - Mario Frosini
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Black Disc - Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 73 {3LPS}
Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution ALD 2227 (1991)ª
Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers TRA 195601 {2CDRS} (Canada)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; «Musica 99» p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale (10 May 1956; see OPERA July 1956 p.412). The Cetra LPs are listed in the mise a jour to L'Avant Scène OpéraNo.51 - mars 2000 (p.6), but I have been unable to find further information. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca. Here the recording is described as abridged.
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1956(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Mosè - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Elisero - Agostino Lazzari
Faraone - Giuseppe Taddei
Aménofi - Gianni Jaia
Aufide - Tommaso Frascati
Osiride - Plinio Clabassi
Maria - Anna Maria Rota
Anaìde - Anita Cerquetti
Sinaìde - Rosanna Carteri
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Compact Disc; - Eklipse EKR P-10 {2CDS}; Living Stage LS 4035149 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0183 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Bongiovanni GB 039/40-2 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Moïse et Pharaon [Mosè] by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.743; PENGUIN p.367; Fanfare Vol.19 No.2 p.350, Vol.23 No.4 pp.305-307
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Oktober 1995 S.59
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Opéra International - avril 1998 No.223 p.22, p.53 [SS]
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American Record Guide - November/December 2002 Vol.65 No.6 pp.257-258 [CHP]
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International Record Review - March 2007 p.26 [JTH]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.84 enero 1996 p.62
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.94 octubre 2006 pp.85-86 [MC]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 27 June 1956 (See OPERA February 1957 p.109)
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1956(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Mosè - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Elisero - Agostino Lazzari
Faraone - Giuseppe Taddei
Aménofi - Mario Filippeschi
Aufide - Piero De Palma
Osiride - Plinio Clabassi
Maria - Lucia Danieli
Anaìde - Caterina Mancini
Sinaìde - Bruna Rizzoli
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Black Disc; - Philips A 00393-00395 {3LPS}; Philips ABL 3201-3203 {3LPS} (UK) (1957)ª; Philips PHM-3-580 {3LPS}; Fontana 5670001 3ZKY {3LPS} ; Philips GL 5696 (highlights) {1LP} (1965)ª
Compact Disc; - Philips «Collector's Operas» 442 100-2 {2CDS} (1995)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Moïse et Pharaon [Mosè] by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.743; PENGUIN p.367; Fanfare Vol.19 No.2 p.350, Vol.23 No.4 pp.305-307
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1957 p.278 [AP]; March 1995 p.102 [RO]
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Opera - September 1965 p.672 (highlights) [ET]
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Orpheus - March 1995 p.62
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Opéra International - mars 1995 No.189 p.72
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Diapason - No.412 février 1995 p.120
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.153
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - December 1957 p.23
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American Record Guide - August 1960 Vol.26 No.12 p.994 [AR]: February 1966 Vol.32 No.6 p.504
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High Fidelity Magazine - July 1965 Vol.15 No.7 pp.67-68 [CLO]
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Répertoire - No.78 mars 1995 p.66
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.15 mars-mayo 1995 p.62
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia
Chorus - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia
Francesco Foscari, Doge di Venezia - Giangiacomo Guelfi
Jacopo Foscari - Mirto Picchi
Lucrezia Contarini - Leyla Gencer
Jacopo Loredano - Alessandro Maddalena
Barbarigo - Ottorino Begali
Pisana - Marisa Salimbeni
Fante del Consiglio de' Dieci - Augusto Veronese
Servo de Doge - Uberto Scaglione
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 155 {2LPS} (1959)ª; Cetra «Opera Live» LO 67/2 {2LPS}; Melodram MEL 465 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Hunt 34029 (+Gencer - recital) {2CDS}; Arkadia CDMP 439.2 {2CDS}; Myto 2 MCD 031 273 {2CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of I due Foscari by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.877; PENGUIN p.476; Opera on CD (1) p.46 (2) p.58 (3) p.58; Opéra International No.184 octobre 1994 p.16: No.271 septembre 2002 p.20; MET(VID) p.355; GIUDICI p.874 (2) p.1422; Orpheus Mai 2001 S.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opéra International - No.184 octobre 1994 p.80
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Diapason - No.506 septembre 2003 p.118 [MP]
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Répertoire - No.61 septembre 1993 p.80
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Classica Répertoire - No.59 février 2004 p.118 [PT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Fenice (December 1957, see OPERA March 1958 p.184)
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Chorus - Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Guido di Montforte - Giuseppe Taddei
Il Sire di Bethume - Franco Ventriglia
Il Conte Vaudemont - Giorgio Tadeo
Arrigo - Mario Filippeschi
Giovanni da Procida - Bernard Ladysz
La Duchessa Elena - Antonietta Stella
Ninetta - Clara Betner
Danieli - Sergio Tedesco
Tebaldo - Vito Tatone
Roberto - Ferruccio Mazzoli
Manfredo - Vittorio Pandano
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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 346 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni «The Golden Age of Opera» GAO 145-146 {2CDS} Andromeda ANDRCD 5093 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - November + Dezember 2007 S.60 [DN]
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Classica Répertoire - No.96 octobre 2007 p.110 [AT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Massimo di Palermo (January 1957). According to the review in Fanfare the sound quality of the GAO CDs is very poor
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1957(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Lucia - Maria Callas
Edgardo - Eugenio Fernandi
Enrico - Rolando Panerai
Raimondo - Giuseppe Modesti
Arturo - Dino Formichini
Alisa - Elvira Galassi
Normanno - Valiano Natali
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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 221 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Melodram 26014 {2CDS}; Arkadia HP 422.2 {2CDS}; Myto «Historical» 2CD 00133 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera February 1959 p.86; HARRIS p.150; Opera on Record p.184; CELLETTI p.223; MARINELLI p.114; Opera on CD (1) p.34 (2) p.39 (3) p.43; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.55 p.110, No.233 p.114; MET p.113; MET(VID) p.64; PENGUIN p.78; Opéra International janvier 1995 No.187 p.19, juillet- aoüt 1997 No.215 p.10; Opera on Video p.57; GIUDICI p.190 (2) p.312; Répertoire No.107 novembre 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.124 (2) p.125 (4) p.121
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.105 noviembre 2007 p.90 [JV]
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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance (26 June 1957)
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1957(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Medea - Maria Callas
Glauce - Renata Scotto
Neris - Miriam Pirazzini
Giasone - Mirto Picchi
Creonte - Giuseppe Modesti
Médée - Alfredo Giacomotti
Dircé - Lidia Maripietri
Néris - Elvira Galassi
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Black Disc; - Ricordi AOCL 316001 {3LPS} (Italy); Ricordi OCL 16014-16016 (1979)ª; Columbia 33CX 1618-1620 (1959)ª;; Columbia SAX 2290-2292 (1959)ª; Mercury OL 3-104 {3LPS} (USA) (1958)ª;; Mercury SOL 3-104 {3LPS} (USA) (1958)ª; Mercury SR 3-9000 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - *Denon 60C37-7336-37; *EMI CMS 7 63625-2 (+Ah! perfido) {2CDS} (1991)ª; EMI 5 66435-2 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Angel CDMB-63625 {2CDS}
Open Reel Tape; - Mercury STR 90000 (7½ips 4-track) (USA) (1965)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Médée [Medea] by Luigi Cherubini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.30; CELLETTI p.146; MET p.79; PENGUIN p.59; GIUDICI p.119 (2) p.196
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1958 p.138 (mention) [HCS]; March 1959 p.468 [AR]; July 1959 p.50 [DST]; December 1959 p.299 [AR]; November 1979 p.903 [JBS] February 1991 p.1553 [JBS]
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Opera - April 1959 p.253; January 1960 p.53
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Opera Now - January/February 1998 p.97 (mention) [GH]
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Opéra International - octobre 1997 No.217 p.57 [SS]
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Diapason - No.440 septembre 1997 p.76 [AT]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.180 p.125 [DVM]
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American Record Guide - September 1958 Vol.25 No.1 p.26 [PLM]: September 1965 Vol.32 No.1 pp.85-86 (open reel tape) [CJL]: July/August 1998 Vol.61 No.4 p.265 (mention) [LM]
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High Fidelity Magazine - September 1958 Vol.8 No.9 p.61 [DJ]: August 1965 Vol.15 No.8 p.131 (open reel tape) [RDD]
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Records and Recordings - February 1959 p.17 [FGB]: November 1959 p.21 [DH]
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Gramophone Record Review - March 1959 p.358 [AH]
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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.129 (2) p.131 (3) p.127
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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.136
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Classic CD - May 1998 p.93 [ST]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.103 octubre 1997 p.34 (mention) [JPS]
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Comments:- This recording was made by Mercury (see CLASSIC RECORD COLLECTOR Autumn 2001 p.25)
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1957(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Manon Lescaut - Maria Callas
Des Grieux - Giuseppe di Stefano
Lescaut - Giulio Fioravanti
Geronte - Franco Calabrese
Edmondo - Dino Formichini
Una voce sola - Fiorenza Cossotto
L'oste - Carlo Forti
Il maestro di ballo - Vito Tatone
Un sergente degli arcieri - Giuseppe Morresi
Lampionaio - Franco Ricciardi
Un comandante di Marina - Franco Ventriglia
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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1583-1585 (1959)ª; EMI RLS 737 {3LPS} (1980)ª; *EMI EX 290041-3 (EX 290041-1 - EX 290042-1) {2LPS} (1986)ª; Angel 3564 C/L {3LPS} (1960)ª;; Seraphin IC-6089
Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 290041-5 (1986)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47393-8 {2CDS} (1986)ª; EMI CDS 5 56301-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Angel CDCB 47392 {2CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1959 p.301; January 1960 p.342; April 1980 p.1503 [JBS] June 1980 p.78 [SIR]; March 1986 p. [EG]; September 1986 p. [EG]
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Opera - January 1960 p.53
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.157
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Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 p.84
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - December 1959 p.15
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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1960 Vol.10 No.3 p.72 [CLO]: May 1960 Vol.10 No.5 p.72 [CLO]
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American Record Guide - April 1960 Vol.26 No.8 p.637 [PLM]
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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.126 (2) p.128 (4) p.123
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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.403
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Records and Recordings - November 1959 p.25 [FGB]
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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.58
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Musica (Milano) - N.118 giugno-luglio 2000 p.84 [SH]
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1957(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Suor Angelica - Victoria de los Ángeles
La Zia Principessa - Fedora Barbieri
La Badessa - Mina Doro
La Zelatrice - Corinna Vozza
La Maestra delle novizie - Mina Doro
Suor Genovieffa - Lydia Marimpietri
Suor Osmina - Santa Chissari
Suor Dolcina - Anna (Maria) Marcangeli
La Sorella Infermiera - Teresa Cantarini
La Cercatrice 1 - Lydia Marimpietri
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Black Disc - HMV ALP 1577 {1LP}; HMV SLS 5066 {3LPS} (Trittico}; World Record Club ST 934 (Electronic stereo); Capitol-EMI G 7115 {1LP} (USA)
Compact Disc - EMI 7 64165 2
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Recordings of Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.112; Opera on Record 2 p.318; CELLETTIp.627; Opera on CD (1) p.110 (2) p.121 (3) p.136; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.190 p.132; MET p.447; MET(VID) p.240; PENGUIN p.318; Opera on Video p.185; GIUDICI p.646; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.157 gennaio 2002 p.116
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 1958 p.22; June 1970 p.89; October 1976 p.650 [AB]; June 1993 p.102
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Opera - July 1958 p.464
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - May 1958 p.20
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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1958 Vol.8 No.10 p.73 [DG]
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American Record Guide - December 1958 Vol.25 No.4 p.256 [PLM]
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Répertoire - décembre 1992 p.94
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1957(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Floria Tosca - Antonietta Stella
Mario Cavaradossi - Gianni Poggi
Il barone Scarpia - Giuseppe Taddei
Il Sagristano - Leo Padis
Cesare Angelotti - Ferruccio Mazzoli
Spoletta - Piero De Palma
Sciarrone - Antonio Sacchetti
Un pastore - Giovanni Bianchini
Un carceriere - Gerardo Gaudioso
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Black Disc - Columbia M2L 402 {2LPS} (USA); Philips 6720 007 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Live Opera Heaven Ltd. C 1371 {2CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1958 p.293
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American Record Guide - January 1959 Vol.25 No.5 p.338 [PLM]
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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1959 Vol.9 No.2 p.64 [DJ]
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Comments:- Premiere issued a recording of Tosca on CDR in 2003 (CDNO 1128-2) for which the partial cast is given as Stella, Poggi, Taddei and the conductor as Serafin with the year as 1958. I do not know if this is the same recording.
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1957(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
La principessa Turandot - Maria Callas
Calaf - Eugenio Fernandi
Liù - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Ping - Mario Borriello
Pang - Renato Ercolani
Pong - Piero De Palma
Timur - Nicola Zaccaria
L'imperatore Altoum - Giuseppe Nessi
Un mandarino - Giulio Mauri
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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1555-1557 {3LPS} (1958)ª;; HMV RLS 741 {3LPS} (1979)ª; EMI EX 29167-3 {2LPS} (1987)ª; EMI Pathé 3C 163 00969/71 {3LPS} (1979)ª; Angel CL 3571 {3LPS} (1958)ª
Compact Cassette; - HMV TC-RLS 741 (1979)ª;; EMI 29167-5 (1987)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47971-8 {2CDS} (1987)ª;; EMI CDS 5 56307-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; EMI Classics «Great Recordings of the Century» 5096832 (or 09682) {2CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Turandot by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.114; Opera on Record p.618; CELLETTI p.655; Opera on CD (1) p.111 (2) p.122 (3) p.137 MET p.454; MET(VID) p.252; PENGUIN p.320; L'Avant Scéne Opéra No.33 p.97, No.220 p.98; Opera on Video p.187; GIUDICI p.652 (2) p.1073; Répertoire No.97 décembre 1996 p.16; International Opera Collector Spring 1997 No.3 p.40; Opera Quarterly Vo.13 No.4 Summer 1997 p.77; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Diapason No.559 juin 2008 p.78; Gramophone July 2008 p.52
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1958 p.350; September 1958 p.158; January 1959 p.346; September 1979 p.517 [EG]; November 1987 p. [EG]
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Opera - December 1958 p.799
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Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 p.84
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American Record Guide - March 1958 Vol.24 No.7 p.314 [PLM]: July/August 2008 Vol.71 No.4 pp.152-153 [MM]
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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1958 Vol.8 No.3 p.58 [CMS]
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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.124 (2) p.127 (4) p.122
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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.58
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Comments:- Recorded in the Teatro alla Scala (9-13, 15 July 1957)
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(FI)
Orchestra - RAI Milano
Chorus - RAI Milano
Otello - Mario Del Monaco
Desdemona - Rosanna Carteri
Iago - Renato Capecchi
Cassio - Gino Mattera
Rodrigo - Athos Cesarini
Lodovico - Plinio Clabassi
Montano - Nestore Catalani
Emilia - Luisella Ciaffi Ricagno
Un Araldo - Bruno Cioni
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Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100582 {2CDS} (2002)ª
DVD (Video) - Hardy Classic Video HCD 4004 (2001)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Bel Canto Society #4; Hardy Classic Video HCV 1014
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Otello by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1997 p.110; March 2003 p.92 [AB]
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Opera News - March 2003 p.91 [IS]
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Fanfare - Vol.26 No.1 September/October 2002 pp.284-285 [HF]
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Orpheus - November 2002 S.95 [GH]; September+Oktober 2004 S.75 (DVD) [SS]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.142-163 [RL]
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Opéra International - No.263 décembre 2001 pp.66-67 (DVD) [SS]
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Diapason - No.501 mars 2003 p.112 (DVD) [MP]
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International Opera Collector - Spring 1997 No.3 p.99
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BBC Music Magazine - December 2002 p.102 [CC]
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American Record Guide - January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 pp.246-247 [RVL]
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Classic Record Collector - Spring 2003 p.63 (DVD) [TP]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.122 [GL]
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Comments:- Video recording of a film and audio recording of its soundtrack. See advertisment insert in OPERA NEWS, December 14 1996
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Suor Angelica - Leyla Gencer
La Zia Principessa - Neda Monte
La Badessa - Maja Sunara
La Zelatrice - Jole de Maria
La Maestra delle novizie - Vera Magrini
Suor Genovieffa - Nunzia Mosca
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers SUO 195801 {1CDR} (2008)ª
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Recordings of Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.112; Opera on Record 2 p.318; CELLETTIp.627; Opera on CD (1) p.110 (2) p.121 (3) p.136; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.190 p.132; MET p.447; MET(VID) p.240; PENGUIN p.318; Opera on Video p.185; GIUDICI p.646; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.157 gennaio 2002 p.116
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (25 April 1958). The partial cast listed above is that given in the website «Omagio a Leyla Gencer» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDR issued by «The Opera Lovers» is listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Elena - Rosanna Carteri
Malcolm - Irene Companeez
Uberto (Giacomo) - Cesare Valletti
Rodrigo di Dhu - Edward Ruhl
Douglas d'Angus - Paolo Washington
Albina - Carmen Piccini
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 253 {2LPS} (1962)ª; CLS ARPCL 32038
Compact Disc; - Grand Tier ENGT-CD2 # 14/96 {2CDS} (1997)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La donna del lago by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.718; PENGUIN p.359; GIUDICI p.733 (2) p.1216
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.22 No.1 September/October 1998 p.295 [RVL]
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American Record Guide - July/August 1997 Vol.60 No.4 p.240
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro della Pergola at the Maggio Musicale (9 May 1958, see OPERA August 1958 pp.499-502). This performance was broadcast on the BBC Third Programme on 28 September 1958 (See OPERA November 1956 p.744)
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera
Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera
Falstaff - Tito Gobbi
Fenton - Alvino Misciano
Ford - Cornell MacNeil
Dr. Cajus - Mariano Caruso
Bardolfo - Luigi Vellucci
Pistola - Kenneth Smith
Alice Ford - Renata Tebaldi
Nannetta - Anna Moffo
Meg Page - Anna Maria Canali
Mistress Quickly - Giulietta Simionato
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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 282-2 {2LPS} (1979)ª
Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 206-2 {2CDS} (1996)ª; Premiere Opera ltd. CDNO 7662 {2CDS} (2002)ª; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Classical Express - Issue No.79 October 1996 p.5
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VERDI DAL VIVO - p.96
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.64
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (10 October 1958, see OPERA December 1958 p.780)
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(SE)
Orchestra - Santa Cecilia
Chorus - Santa Cecilia
Mefistofele - Cesare Siepi
Faust - Giuseppe di Stefano
Margherita - Renata Tebaldi
Martha - Lucia Danieli
Wagner - Piero De Palma
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Black Disc - Decca SET 558 {1LP}; London OS 26274 {1LP}
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Recordings of Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.181; Opera on Record 3 p.183; CELLETTI p.121; Opera on CD (1) p.97 (2) p.108 (3) p.121; MET p.62; MET(VID) p.22; PENGUIN p.33; Opera on Video p.163; GIUDICI p.89 (2) p.139; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.238 p.74
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1973 p.1358 [EG]; April 1973 p.1834 [DST]
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Comments:- It is said (e.g. Opera on Record 3 p.188) that Decca started to record this opera with di Stefano and replaced him with Del Monaco and that this disc comes from the aborted recording. Some scenes appear to have come from the set with Del Monaco
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(STU)
Orchestra - Santa Cecilia
Chorus - Santa Cecilia
Mefistofele - Cesare Siepi
Faust - Mario Del Monaco
Margherita - Renata Tebaldi
Elena - Floriana Cavalli
Martha - Lucia Danieli
Wagner - Piero De Palma
Pantalis - Lucia Danieli
Nereo - Piero De Palma
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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5487-5489 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca SXL 2094-2096 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 591-593 {3LPS} (1970)ª; London A 4339 {3LPS} (1959)ª;; London OSA 1307 {3LPS} (1959)ª
Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 440 054-2 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 458 704-2 (France) {2CDS} (1997)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66389 {2CDS} (2008)ª
Open Reel Tape - London LOR 90011 (4-track 7½ips)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.181; Opera on Record 3 p.183; CELLETTI p.121; Opera on CD (1) p.97 (2) p.108 (3) p.121; MET p.62; MET(VID) p.22; PENGUIN p.33; Opera on Video p.163; GIUDICI p.89 (2) p.139; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.238 p.74
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 1959 pp.21-22 [PHW]; July 1970 p.215 [AB]; April 1994 p.97 [MEO]
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Opera - June 1959 p.391
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Opera Now - March 1994 p.55
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Orpheus - Mai 1994 S.61
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Records and Recordings - May 1959 p.23 [FGB]
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Gramophone Record Review - June 1959 p.595 [DH]
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High Fidelity Magazine - December 1959 Vol.9 No.12 p.87 [CLO]: February 1961 Vol.11 No.2 p.91 (open reel tape) [RDD]
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American Record Guide - January 1960 Vol.26 No.5 p.348 [PLM]: April 1961 Vol.27 No.8 p.672 (open reel tape) [PCP]: September/October 1994 Vol.57 No.5 p.105
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BBC Music Magazine - March 1994 p.83
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Répertoire - No.67 March 1994 p.30: No.108 décembre 1997 p.76 (mention) [PT]
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The Absolute Sound - Issue 98 p.156
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Adina - Rosanna Carteri
Nemorino - Luigi Alva
Dulcamara - Giuseppe Taddei
Belcore - Rolando Panerai
Giannetta - Angela Vercelli
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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1649/1650 {2LPS} (1959)ª; Columbia SAX 2298/2299 {2LPS} (1959)ª; EMI 3C 163-00863/64; Angel 3594 B/L {2LPS} (1960)ª;; Seraphim S-60001
Compact Cassette - EMI «Classics for Pleasure» TC-CFPD4733
Compact Disc - EMI «Classics for Pleasure» CD-CFPD4733; EMI CMS 5 65658-2
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.95; Opera on Record p.173; CELLETTI p.205; Opera on CD (1) p.35 (2) p.40 (3) p.45; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.95 p.90; MARINELLI p.103; MET p.102; MET(VID) p.56; PENGUIN p.74; Opera on Video p.61; GIUDICI p.172; Opéra International novembre 1997 No.218 p.20; American Record Guide September/October2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1959 p.189; January 1960 p.342; May 1994 p.108
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Opera - December 1959 p.812
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Opera Now - December 1993 p.57; March/April 1996 p.105
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Opéra International - octobre 1996 No.206 p.55
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Diapason - No.421 décembre 1995 p.108
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - October 1959 p.11
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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1960 Vol.10 No.2 p.54 [CLO]
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American Record Guide - April 1960 Vol.26 No.8 p.616 [PLM]
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Records and Recordings - September 1959 p.15 [FGB]: December 1959 p.17 [FGB]
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Répertoire - No.86 décembre 1995 p.38
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.18 diciembre 1995 - febrero 1996 p.59
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno X N.94 febbraio 1996 p.53
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(STU)
Orchestra - Santa Cecilia
Chorus - Santa Cecilia
Rodolfo - Carlo Bergonzi
Schaunard - Renato Cesari
Marcello - Ettore Bastianini
Colline - Cesare Siepi
Mimi - Renata Tebaldi
Musetta - Gianna D' Angelo
Benoit - Fernando Corena
Alcindoro - Fernando Corena
Parpignol - Piero De Palma
Sergente dei doganieri - Attilio D' Orazi
Un doganiere - Giorgio Onesti
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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5542-5543 {2LPS} (1959)ª;; Decca SXL 2170-2171 {2LPS} (1959)ª; Decca D5D2 {2LPS} (1976)ª; *Decca 411 868-1 {2LPS} (1985)ª;; London A 4236 {2LPS} (1960)ª;; London OSA 1208 {2LPS} (1960)ª; London «Jubilee» JL 42002; Vivante London KIJC 9194/9195
Compact Cassette; - Decca K5K 22; Decca 411 868-4 (1985)ª
Compact Disc; - Decca 411 868-2 {2CDS} (1985)ª; Decca «Grand Opera» 425 534-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; Double Decca 448 725-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 458 710-2 {2CDS} (France) (1997)ª; Decca «The Compact Opera Collection» 470 431-2 {2CDS} (2002)ª
Open Reel Tape; - London LOS 90014 (7½ips 4-track) (1962)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1959 p.300; April 1960 p.510 (mention) [DST]; August 1976 p.332 [EG]; November 1977 p.900 [AB]; February 1985 p. [AB]; December 1985 p. [EG]; February 1990 p. [MEO]; January 1997 p.100 [MEO]
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Opera - January 1960 p.53; October 2002 pp.1200-1205 [AB]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.161
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - November 1959 p.15
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High Fidelity Magazine - January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.72 [CLO]: May 1962 Vol.12 No.5 p.105 (open reel tape) [RDD]
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American Record Guide - April 1960 Vol.26 No.8 p.628 [PLM]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.95 enero 1997 p.49
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Records and Recordings - November 1959 p.18 [FGB]
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The Absolute Sound - June/July 2001 Issue 130 p.73 [RB]
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Répertoire - No.108 décembre 1997 p.76 (mention)
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Comments:- See ICRC Autumn Edition 1997 No.10 pp.58-60
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(STU)
Orchestra - Santa Cecilia
Chorus - Santa Cecilia
Cio Cio San - Renata Tebaldi
Pinkerton - Carlo Bergonzi
Sharpless - Enzo Sordello
Suzuki - Fiorenza Cossotto
Kate Pinkerton - Lidia Nerozzi
Goro - Angelo Mercuriali
Il principe Yamadori - Michele Cazzato (Casato)
Lo zio Bonzo - Paolo Washington
Il commissario imperiale - Virgilio Carbonari
Yakusidè - Oscar Nanni
L'ufficiale del Registro - Oscar Nanni
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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5468-5470 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca SXL 2054-2056 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca D4D3 {3LPS}; *Decca 411 634-1 {3LPS} (1986)ª; London OSA 1406 {4LPS} (1959)ª
Compact Cassette; - Decca 411 634-4 (1986)ª
Compact Disc; - Decca 411 634-2 {2CDS} (1986)ª; Decca(London) «Grand Opera» 425 531-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 455 874-2 {2CDS} (France) (1997)ª; «Double Decca» 452 594-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Decca «The Compact Opera Collection» 470 577-2 {2CDS} (2002)ª
Open Reel Tape; - London LOL 90013 (7½ips) (highlights); London LOR 90010 (4-track 7½ips) (1960)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1959 p.415; August 1976 p.332 [EG]; July 1986 p. [EG] March 1990 p. [MEO]; September 1997 p.116,[MEO]; April 1999 p.36 [IM]
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Opera - February 1959 p.123
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Orpheus - August-September 1997 S.76
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Gramophone Record Review - January 1959 p.209 [JC]: February 1959 p.292 [DH]
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Records and Recordings - February 1959 p.22 [FGB]
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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.402
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High Fidelity Magazine - 1959 Vol.9 No.7 p.53 [RD]: May 1960 Vol.10 No.5 p.106 (open reel tape) [RDD]: October 1960 Vol.10 No.10 p.116 (open reel tape) [RDD]
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American Record Guide - August 1959 Vol.25 No.12 p.853 [PLM]: May 1960 Vol.26 No.9p.763(open reel tape) [PCP]: September 1960 Vol.27 No.1 p.84 (open reel tape) [PCP]
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Classical Express - Issue No.89 August 1997 p.2
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Répertoire - No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention)
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Comments:- See «Putting the Record Straight» by John Culshaw pp.183-186
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Violetta Valery - Victoria de los Ángeles
Flora Bervoix - Santa Chissari
Annina - Silvia Bertona
Alfredo Germont - Carlo Del Monte
Giorgio Germont - Mario Sereni
Gastone - Sergio Tedesco
Dottore Grenvil - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Barone Douphol - Vico Polotto
Marchese d'Obigny - Silvio Maionica
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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1780-1782 {3LPS} (1960)ª; HMV ASD 359-361 {3LPS} (1960)ª; HMV SLS 5097 {3LPS}; *EMI «Classics for Pleasure» CFPD 41 4450 3 {2LPS} (1985)ª; Capitol GCR 7221 {3LPS} (1960)ª;; Capitol SGCR {3LPS} (1960)ª
Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 5097; EMI «Classics for Pleasure» TC CFPD 414450-5 (1985)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 49578-2 {2CDS} (1988)ª; EMI CD-CFP 4450 {2CDS}; EMI 0 7777 67576 2 9 {2CDS}; EMI «Double Forte» CZS 5 73824-2 {2CDS} (2000)ª; EMI 367726-2 {2CDS} (2006)ª
Open Reel Tape; - Angel ZC 3623 (7½ips 4-track) (1964)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; «Musica 99» p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1960 p.180 [AR]; January 1961 p.378 [DST]; November 1977 p.894 [AB]; December 1985 p.838 [JBS]; September 1988 pp.482-483 [AB]; September 2000 p.96 [IM]
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Opera - November 1960 p.771
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Opera Now - February 1993 p.56; September/October 2000 p.99 [GH]
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Fanfare - Vol.30 No.5 May/June 2007 pp.223-225 [RT]
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Orpheus - 11 - November (Festival 2000) 2000 S.87-S.88 [GH]
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American Record Guide - November 1960 Vol.27 No.3 p.200 [CJL]: August 1964 Vol.30 No.12 p.1132 (open reel tape) [CJL]
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High Fidelity Magazine - November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.99 [CLO]: August 1964 Vol.14 No.8 p.108 (open reel tape) [RDD]
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Gramophone Record Review - January 1961 p.159 [DH]
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Classics - January 1993 67
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International Record Review - August 2000 p.108 [SP]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.43 enero-febrero 2001 p.98 [VJ]
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Comments:- The Capitol LP set also included a rehearsal disc
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Lucia - Joan Sutherland
Edgardo - João Gibin
Enrico - John Shaw
Raimondo - Joseph Rouleau
Arturo - Kenneth MacDonald
Alisa - Margreta Elkins
Normanno - Robert Bowman
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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 342 {2LPS}
Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 1029
Compact Disc; - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 21017 {2CDS} ; Bella Voce BLV 107 218 (highlights); Golden Melodram GM 50024 {2CDS};; Royal Opera House «Heritage Series» ROHS 002 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera February 1959 p.86; HARRIS p.150; Opera on Record p.184; CELLETTI p.223; MARINELLI p.114; Opera on CD (1) p.34 (2) p.39 (3) p.43; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.55 p.110, No.233 p.114; MET p.113; MET(VID) p.64; PENGUIN p.78; Opéra International janvier 1995 No.187 p.19, juillet- aoüt 1997 No.215 p.10; Opera on Video p.57; GIUDICI p.190 (2) p.312; Répertoire No.107 novembre 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 2006 p.98 [JBS] (see Letter in December 2006 p.6)
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Opera - January 2007 pp.100-102 [RL]
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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.1 September/October 2007 pp.91-92 [BR]
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Orpheus - 7+8 Juli-August 2007 S.56-S.57 [IW]
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Opéra International - January 1995 No.187 p.62
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International Opera Collector - Summer 1997 p.79 (highlights - mention)
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Classical Express - Issue 102 September 1998 p.6 [DM]
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American Record Guide - May/June 1999 Vol.62 No.3 p.276 [DA]
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International Record Review - July/August 2006 pp.76-77 [JTH]
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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2006 pp.102-103 [DP]
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ARSC Journal - Vol.39 No.1 Spring 2008 pp.164-167 [BRA]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XX N.208 settembre 2006 pp.103-105 [GL]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.97 enero-febrero 2007 p.89 [JV]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (26 February 1959) shortly after Sutherland's debut in the role of Lucia (See OPERA April 1959 p.258). The «highlights» are a «filler» on the Bella Voce CDs of the recording of the performance in Chicago (1975). The CDs issued by the Royal Opera House include an interview with Joan Sutherland.
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1959(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Linda - Antonietta Stella
Carlo - Cesare Valletti
Antonio - Giuseppe Taddei
Pierotto - Fedora Barbieri
Il Prefetto - Giuseppe Modesti
Il Marchese di Boisfleury - Renato Capecchi
Maddalena - Rina Corsi
L'Intendente - Piero De Palma
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Black Disc; - Philips A 00423-4-5L {3LPS} (Europe) (1959)ª; Columbia M3L 403 {3LPS} (USA) (1959)ª
Compact Disc; - Philips 442 093-2 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66349 (+Barbieri - recital) {3CDS} (2006)ª
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Recordings of Linda di Chamounix by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.222; GIUDICI p.219 (2) p.362; Opéra International novembre 1997 No.218 p.23
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1959 p.52; February 1960 p.424 [PHW]; April 1960 p.510 [DST]; September 1994 p.109 [JBS]
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Opera - April 1960 p.294
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Opera Now - September 1994 p.52
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Opéra International - No.184 octobre 1994 p.77
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Diapason - No.407 septembre 1994 p.131
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.152
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American Record Guide - September 1959 Vol.26 No.1 p.37 [MDS]: November/December 2006 Vol.69 No.6 pp.267-268 [CHP]
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High Fidelity Magazine - September 1959 Vol.9 No.9 p.66 [CLO]
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Records and Recordings - February 1960 p.20 [FGB]
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BBC Music Magazine - September 1994 p.85
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Répertoire - No.73 October 1994 p.36
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1959(STU)
Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra
Chorus - Philharmonia Chorus
Lucia - Maria Callas
Edgardo - Ferruccio Tagliavini
Enrico - Piero Cappuccilli
Raimondo - Bernard Ladysz
Arturo - Leonard Del Ferro
Alisa - Margreta Elkins
Normanno - Renzo Casellato
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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1723-1724 (1960)ª;; Columbia SAX 2316-2317 (1960)ª; EMI SLS 5166 (ASD 3223/3224) {2LPS} (1979)ª;; EMI EX 290876-3 {2LPS} (1987)ª; Angel 3601 B/L {2LPS} (1959)ª;; Angel S 3601 B/L {2LPS} (1959)ª
Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 5166 (1979)ª;; EMI EX 290876-5 (1987)ª; Angel 4AV-34000
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47440-8 {2CDS} (1987)ª; EMI CDS 5 56284-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Angel CDCB 7 47440; EMI CDCB 5 56284-2 {2CDS} (USA); EMI TOCE 8581-2 {2CDS} (Japan) (1995)ª
Open Reel Tape; - Angel Y2S 3601 (3óips 4-track) (1965)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera February 1959 p.86; HARRIS p.150; Opera on Record p.184; CELLETTI p.223; MARINELLI p.114; Opera on CD (1) p.34 (2) p.39 (3) p.43; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.55 p.110, No.233 p.114; MET p.113; MET(VID) p.64; PENGUIN p.78; Opéra International janvier 1995 No.187 p.19, juillet- aoüt 1997 No.215 p.10; Opera on Video p.57; GIUDICI p.190 (2) p.312; Répertoire No.107 novembre 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1960 pp.77-78 [AP] October 1960 p.205 [DST] November 1960 p.287; October 1979 p.703 [AB] January 1987 p.1056 [AB]
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Opera - September 1960 p.636
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Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 p.64
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High Fidelity Magazine - November 1959 Vol.9 No.11 p.77 [CLO]: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 p.176 (open reel tape) [RDD]
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American Record Guide - January 1960 Vol.26 No.5 p.358 [PLM]: September 1965 Vol.32 No.1 pp.85-86 (open reel tape) [CJL]
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Gramophone Record Review - July 1960 p.523 [BJ]: December 1960 p.102 [BJ]
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Records and Recordings - July 1960 p.12 [FGB]
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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.151 (2) p.153 (4) p.149
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The Absolute Sound - Issue 53 May/June 1988 p.109
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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.57
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.25 septiembre-noviembre 1997 p.89 [FE]
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Amina - Joan Sutherland
Elvino - Agostino Lazzari
Rodolfo - Joseph Rouleau
Lisa - Jeannette Sinclair
Alessio - David Kelly
Notaro - Robert Bowman
Teresa - Noreen Berry
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1653
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Recordings of La sonnambula by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.265; Opera on Record 2 p.115; CELLETTI p.72; Opera on CD (1) p.38 (2) p.44 (3) p.49; L'Avant Scéne Opéra No.178 p.72; MET p.18; MET(VID) p.7; PENGUIN p.13; GIUDICI p.29 (2) p.47; Opéra International No.253 janvier 2001 p.10
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House (25 October 1960; see «A Prima Donna's Progress» p.93). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme. See Radio Times Issue dated October 22-28 1960 p.37. The performance on 21 October is reviewed in OPERA December 1960 pp.848-849. 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». Omega has also issued what appears to be another recording of this performance (1177), but attributed it incorrectly to Edinburgh on 25 September 1960.
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1960(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Norma - Maria Callas
Adalgisa - Christa Ludwig
Pollione - Franco Corelli
Oroveso - Nicola Zaccaria
Clotilde - Edda Vincenzi
Flavio - Piero De Palma
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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1766-1768 {3LPS} (1961)ª; Columbia SAX 2412-2414 {3LPS} (1961)ª; EMI SLS 5186 {2LPS} (1980)ª; Angel 3615 C/L {3LPS} (1961)ª;; Angel S 3615 C/L {3LPS} (1961)ª
Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 5186 (1980)ª
Compact Disc; - *EMI CMS 7 63000-22 {3CDS} (1989)ª;; EMI CMS 5 66428-2 {3CDS} (1997)ª
Open Reel Tape; - Angel Y3S 3615 (3óips 4-track) (1965)ª
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Recordings of Norma by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera January 1958 p.12; Opera on Record p.154; CELLETTI p.50; Opera on CD (1) p.40 (2) p.46 (3) p.51; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.29 p.106: No.236 p.76; MET p.21; MET(VID) p.10; PENGUIN p.10; Orpheus No.13 1994 Festival p.22; GIUDICI p.31 (2) p.57; Diapason No.439 juillet-aoüt 1997 p.48; Répertoire No.112 avril 1998 p.86; Opéra International juin 2000 No.247 pp.66-70; Donizetti Society Newsletter June 2000 pp.21-23; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Gramophone January 2002 p.28; Classica Répertoire No.94 juillet-aoüt 2007 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1961 p.263; January 1962 p.342; June 1980 p.60 [JBS] July 1989 p. [JBS]
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Opera - January 1962 p.51; September 1980 p.910; March 1998 p.289 (mention) [AB]
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Opera Now - January/February 1998 p.97 (mention) [GH]
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Diapason - No.442 novembre 1997 p.74 [JC]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.181-182 p.217 [CM]
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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1961 Vol.11 No.10 p.80 [CLO]: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 p.176 (open reel tape) [RDD]
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American Record Guide - November 1961 Vol.28 No.3 p.194 [PLM]: September 1965 Vol.31 No.12 pp.85-86 (open reel tape) [CJL]: July/August 1998 Vol.61 No.4 pp.265-266 (mention) [LM]
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Répertoire - No.105 September 1997 p.67 [PT]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.103 octubre 1997 p.34 (mention) [JPS]
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1960(STU)
Orchestra - Santa Cecilia
Chorus - Santa Cecilia
Santuzza - Giulietta Simionato
Turiddu - Mario Del Monaco
Alfio - Cornell MacNeil
Lola - Ana Raquel Satra
Lucia - Anna Di Stasio
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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5613-5615 (+Pagliacci) {3LPS} (1961)ª; Decca SXL 2253-2255 (+Pagliacci) {3LPS} (1961)ª; Decca LXT 5643-5644 {2LPS}; Decca SXL 2281-2282 {2LPS}; CISCO KIJC 9166-9168 (+Pagliacci) {3LPS} London A 4240 (+song recital) {2LPS}; London OSA 1213 (+song recital) {2LPS} London A 4358 (+Pagliacci) {3LPS}; London OSA 1330 (+Pagliacci) {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Decca 421 807-2 (+Pagliacci) {2CDS} (1989)ª; Belart 450 016-2 {1CD}; Decca 467 484-2 (+Pagliacci) {2CDS} (2002)ª
Open Reel Tape; - London LOH 90032 (4-track 7½ips) (1961)ª
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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:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1961 p.441; November 1961 p.274; August 1989 p. [JBS]
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Opera - June 1961 p.407; November 1961 p.723
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American Record Guide - January 1961 Vol.27 No.5 p.402 [CJL]: July 1961 Vol.27 No.11 p.902 (open reel tape) [RJ]
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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1961 Vol.11 No.3 p.62 [CLO]: September 1961 Vol.11 No.9 p.124 (open reel tape) [RDD]
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Comments:- This recording was incorrectly reported in OPERA as being conducted by FrancescoMolinari-Pradelli (see OPERA March 1962 p.210)
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1960(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Otello - Jon Vickers
Desdemona - Leonie Rysanek
Iago - Tito Gobbi
Cassio - Florindo Andreolli
Rodrigo - Mario Carlin
Lodovico - Ferruccio Mazzoli
Montano - Franco Calabrese
Emilia - Miriam Pirazzini
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Black Disc; - *RCA Victor LD-6155/1-3 {3LPS} (UK) (1961)ª; RCA LDS 6155/1-3 {3LPS} (UK) (1961)ª; RCA SER 5646-5648; RCA «Victrola» VL 43545-3 {3LPS} (1977)ª; RCA Victor AGL 3-1969 {3LPS} (USA)
Compact Cassette - RCA RK 40001
Compact Disc; - *RCA GD 81969 {2CDS} (UK) (1988)ª; RCA 1969-2-RG {2CDS} (USA); RCA Victor «Living Stereo» 09026 63180-2 (1998)ª
Open Reel Tape; - RCA Victor FTC 8004 (7½ips 4-track) (USA) (1962)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Otello by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1961 p.268; January 1962 p.340; November 1972 p.966 [AB]; September 1987 p. [AB]; November 1988 p. [AB]
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Opera - January 1962 p.50
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Fanfare - Vol.12 No.4 March/April 1989 pp.321-322 [JM]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.244-247 [WA]
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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1961 Vol.11 No.10 p.73 [CLO]: August 1962 Vol.12 No.8 p.104 (open reel tape) [RDD]
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American Record Guide - November 1961 Vol.28 No.3 p.180 [CJL]: January/February 1999 Vol.62 No.1 p.198 [LM]
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BBC Music Magazine - August 1999 p.71 [CO]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII N.131 luglio-agosto 1999 p.92 [MG]
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Chorus - Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Elvira - Joan Sutherland
Arturo Talbot - Gianni Raimondi
Sir Riccardo Forth - Mario Zanasi
Sir Giorgio - Ferruccio Mazzoli
Enrichetta di Francia - Vera Magrini
Sir Bruno Robertson - Mario Ferrara
Lord Gualtiero Valton - Antonio Zerbini
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 460 {3LPS}
Compact Disc - Bella Voci BLV 107 227 {2CDS}
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Recordings of I puritani by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera June 1960 p.387; August 1960 p.585; September 1960 p.653; HARRIS p.220; Opera on Record 2 p.121; CELLETTI p.63; Opera on CD (1) p.39 (2) p.45 (3) p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.96 p.106; MET p.29; PENGUIN p.12; GIUDICI p.40 (2) p.74; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Opéra International No.253 janvier 2001 p.10
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Februar 1997 S.58
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.576-585 [WA2]
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Classical Express - Issue No.83 February 1997 p.4
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Palermo (January 1961; see OPERA, April 1961 p.246HIGH FIDELITY May 1961 Vol.11 No.5 p.12). See also «A Prima Donna's Progress» byJoan Sutherland pp.98-99
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1962(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo
Isabeau - Marcella Pobbe
Ermynthrude - Renata Davini
Ermyngarde - Anna Lia Bazzani
Giglietta - Licia Galvano
Folco - Pier Miranda Ferraro
Re Raimondo - Rinaldo Rola
Messer Cornelius - Orazio Gualtiero
Il Cavaliere Faidit - Piero Francia
L'Araldo maggiore - Piero Benzi
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 430 {2LPS} (1968)ª
Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni GB 1135/36-2 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Gala GL 100 717 {2CDS}
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Recordings of Isabeau by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.393
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Dezember 1995 p.56; März + April 2004 S..66 (mention) [GH]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.16 No.2 p.163
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Opéra International - avril 1999 No.234 p.70 [SS]
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American Record Guide - March/April 1996 Vol.59 No.2 p.151
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Classical Express - Issue No.73 March 1996 p.8
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno IX N.92 Dicembre 1995 p.74
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.86 marzo 1996 p.51
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Musica (Milano) - No.101 Anno 21 - dicembre 1996-gennaio 1997 p.129
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at San Remo (13 January 1962). The performance of January 20 1962 is reviewed briefly in OPERA April 1962 p.259
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1962(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Otello - James McCracken
Desdemona - Virginia Zeani
Iago - Tito Gobbi
Cassio - Carlos (Carlo) Cossutta
Rodrigo - Nino Mazziotti
Lodovico - Franco Pugliese
Montano - Arturo La Porta
Emilia - Anna Maria Canali
Un Araldo - Nino Mandolesi
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Black Disc; - Legendary Recordings LR 177-3 {3LPS} (1982)ª
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Recordings of Otello by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opéra International - No.57 mars 1983 pp.56-57 [SS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Rome (15 December 1962; see OPERA February 1963 p.96 ). The LR LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE December 1982 p.722
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1962(SE)
Orchestra - Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo
Isabeau - Marcella Pobbe
Folco - Pier Miranda Ferraro
Re Raimondo - Rinaldo Rola
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Black Disc; - *Cetra OLPC 55034 {1LP} (UK) (1963)ª; Cetra LPC 55034 {1LP} (USA) (1963)ª
Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDON 44 {1CD} (1996)ª; Warner Fonit 50504671045-2-5 (+Pobbe - recital) {1CD} (2004)ª
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Recordings of Isabeau by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.393
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1963 p.397
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Opera - October 2004 pp.1271-1272 [GH]
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Orpheus - Mai 1997 S.59
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Opéra International - No 290 mai 2004 p.84 [JC]
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Diapason - No.514 mai 2004 p.127 [MP]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.172 p.222
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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1963 Vol.13 No.2 p.87 [GB]
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Classical Express - Issue No.78 September 1996 p.5
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Répertoire - No.92 juin 1996 p.49
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Comments:- This recording of excerpts was made in the studio at about the same time as the performance at San Remo, a recording of which has been issued by Bongiovanni (see OPERA QUARTERLY, Vol.16 No. p.163)
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1962(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Manrico - Carlo Bergonzi
Azucena - Fiorenza Cossotto
Leonora - Antonietta Stella
Conte di Luna - Ettore Bastianini
Ferrando - Ivo Vinco
Ines - Armanda Bonato
Ruiz - Franco Ricciardi
Un vecchio zingaro - Giuseppe Morresi
Un messo - Angelo Mercuriali
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Black Disc; - D.G.G. LPM 18835-37 {3LPS} (1963)ª; D.G.G. SLPM 138835-37 {3LPS} (1963)ª; DG 2709011 {3LPS}; DG «Privilege» 2728 008 {3LPS}; DG 415 389-1 {2LPS} (1985)ª
Compact Cassette; - DG 415 389-4 (1985)ª
Compact Disc; - DG 435 053-2 {2CDS} (1991)ª; DG «Double» 445 451-2 {2CDS} (1996)ª; DG «Double» 453 118-2 {2CDS}; DG 477 5662 (2007)ª
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Recordings of Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1963 p.287; April 1964 p.454; August 1976 p.334 [AB] October 1985 p. [AB]; September 1991 p. [JBS]; January 1996 p.106 [AB]; March 1998 p.112 [IM]
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Opéra International - juillet/aoüt 1995 No.193 p.71
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Diapason - No.405 juin 1994 p.158
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American Record Guide - October 1963 Vol.30 No.2 p.147 [PLM]: June 1979 Vol.42 No.8 p.34 [RVL]
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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.142 [CLO]
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Classic CD - May 1998 p.93 [ST]
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International Record Review - February 2007 p.24 [RP]
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Répertoire - No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 P70
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.180 septembre 1994 p.118
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.16 junio-agosto 1995 p.66
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.105 diciembre 1997 p.61 (mention) [HQ]
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Arena di Verona
Chorus - Arena di Verona
Aida - Leyla Gencer
Radamès - Gastone Limarilli
Amneris - Giulietta Simionato
Amonasro - Giangiacomo Guelfi
Ramphis - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Il Re di Egitto - Antonio Zerbini
Una Sacerdotessa - Silvana Tumicelli
Un Messaggero - Ottorino Begali
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
Comments:- Video recording of Acts 1 to 3 of a performance in the Arena di Verona (4 August 1963). Act 4 was not performed because of bad weather.
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