(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1947(LI) - Engelbert Humperdinck - Hänsel und Gretel*
2 1947(LI) - Richard Wagner - Die Walküre*
3 1947(SE) - Christophe Willibald Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice*
4 1948(LI) - Richard Wagner - Tannhäuser*
5 1949(LI) - Richard Wagner - Die Walküre*
6 1950(LI) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Die Zauberflöte*
7 1950(LI) - Giuseppe Verdi - Don Carlos [Don Carlo]*
8 1950(LI) - Giuseppe Verdi - Simon Boccanegra*
9 1950(LI) - Richard Wagner - Lohengrin*
10 1950(LI) - Richard Wagner - Die Walküre*
11 1951(LI) - Richard Wagner - Götterdämmerung*
12 1951(LI) - Richard Wagner - Das Rheingold*
13 1951(LI) - Richard Wagner - Siegfried*
14 1951(LI) - Richard Wagner - Die Walküre*
15 1952(LI) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Così fan tutte*
16 1952(LI) - Giuseppe Verdi - Don Carlos [Don Carlo]*
17 1952(LI) - Giuseppe Verdi - La forza del destino*
18 1952(LI) - Giuseppe Verdi - Otello*
19 1952(LI) - Richard Wagner - Götterdämmerung*
20 1952(LI) - Richard Wagner - Parsifal*
21 1952(STU) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Così fan tutte*
22 1953(LE) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro*
23 1953(LI) - Modest Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov*
24 1953(LI) - Richard Wagner - Lohengrin*
25 1953(LI) - Richard Wagner - Tristan und Isolde*
26 1954(LE) - Richard Wagner - Götterdämmerung*
27 1954(LE) - Richard Wagner - Siegfried*
28 1954(LI) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Così fan tutte*
29 1954(LI) - Modest Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov*
30 1954(LI) - Giuseppe Verdi - La forza del destino*
31 1954(LI) - Richard Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg*
32 1954(LI) - Richard Wagner - Parsifal*
33 1954(LI) - Richard Wagner - Die Walküre*
34 1955(LI) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Così fan tutte*
35 1955(LI) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro*
36 1955(LI) - Giuseppe Verdi - Otello*
37 1955(LI) - Richard Wagner - Lohengrin*
38 1955(RA) - Carl Maria von Weber - Euryanthe*
39 1956(LI) - Giuseppe Verdi - La forza del destino*
40 1956(LI] - Richard Wagner - Parsifal*
41 1957(LI) - Richard Wagner - Götterdämmerung*
42 1957(LI) - Richard Wagner - Das Rheingold*
43 1957(LI) - Richard Wagner - Siegfried*
44 1958(LI) - Giuseppe Verdi - La forza del destino*
45 1958(LI) - Richard Wagner - Tristan und Isolde*
*AUDIO **VIDEO ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1947(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Peter - John Brownlee
Gertrud - Claramae Turner
Hänsel - Risë Stevens
Gretel - Nadine Conner
Die Knusperhexe - Thelma Votipka
Sandmännchen - Lucielle Browning
Taumännchen - Lillian Raymondi
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1356 (& 445 & 1117)
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Recordings of Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Orpheus Juni/Juli 1973 S.63; Opera on Record 2 p.282; CELLETTI p.338; Opera on CD (1) p.101 (2) p.112 (3) p.126; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.104 p.100; Der Opernführer No.3 p.98; MET p.184; MET(VID) p.104; PENGUIN p.162; Opera on Video p.168; GIUDICI p.304 (2) p.528; Opéra International novembre 1997 No.218 p.16; Classic CD Christmas 1999 pp.44-47; Gramophone December 2002 p.36
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (11 January 1947). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). It is stated that the source of this recording (1356) is «Fair to Good private acetates».
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1947(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Lauritz Melchior
Sieglinde - Rose Bampton
Hunding - Nicola Moscona
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Wotan - Herbert Janssen
Fricka - Margaret Harshaw
Gerhilde - Thelma Votipka
Ortlinde - Irene Jessner
Waltraute - Jeanne Palmer
Schwertleite - Margaret Harshaw
Helmwige - Regina Resnik
Siegrune - Hertha Glaz
Grimgerde - Martha Lipton
Roßweiße - Lucielle Browning
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 626
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Met (8 March 1947). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1947(SE)
Orchestra - Southern Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Orfeo - Kathleen Ferrier
Euridice - Ann Ayars
Amor - Zoè Vlachopoulou
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Black Disc; - Decca K 1656-1662 {7x78s} (1947)ª; Decca AK 1656-1662 {7x78s;AC} (1947)ª; Decca LXT 2893 {1LP} (1954)ª; Decca «Ace of Clubs» ACL 293 {1LP} (1966)ª; *Decca 417 182-1 {1LP}; London LL 924 {1LP}
Compact Cassette - Decca 417 182-4
Compact Disc; - Grammofono 2000 AB 78733; Dutton CDEA 5015 {1CD} (1998)ª; Membran 221538 {1CD + 1xbonus-CD} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Orfeo ed Euridice by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.25; CELLETTI p.280: Marinelli p.23; Opera on CD (1) p.12 (2) p.15 (3) p.16; MET p.156; MET(VID) p.89; PENGUIN p.109; Opernwelt 7/Juli 1995 S.14; Répertoire No.99 février 1997 p.10; Gramophone September 1997 p.28; Diapason No.464 novembre 1999 pp.74-77
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1947 p.100 [AR]; August 1954 p.114 [AR]; December 1966 p.331 [AR]; August 1998 p.89 [JBS]
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HiFi News & Record Review - August 1998 p.87 [BN]
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Opéra International - janvier 1998 No.220 p.49 [SS]
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American Record Guide - July 1954 Vol.20 No.11 p.352 [PHR]: January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 p.233 [VAL]
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High Fidelity Magazine - September 1954 Vol.4 No.7 p.54 [CGB]
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Gramophone Record Review - July 1954 p.434
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Classical Express - Issue 97 April 1998 p.4 [JTH]
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Comments:- Recorded in June 1947
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1948(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tannhäuser - Lauritz Melchior
Elisabeth - Helen Traubel
Wolfram von Eschenbach - Herbert Janssen
Venus - Astrid Varnay
Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen - Mihály Székely
Walther von der Vogelweide - John Garris
Biterolf - Osie Hawkins
Heinrich der Schreiber - Emery Darcy
Reinmar von Zweter - Philip Kinsman
Hirt - Maxine Stellman
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Compact Disc; - Myto 3MCD 935.90 {3CDS} (1993)ª; Myto «Historical» 3CD 991 H022 {3CDS} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.59; HARRIS p.268; Opera on Record p.346; CELLETTI p.1143; Opera on CD (1) p.62 (2) p.69 (3) p.78; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.63-64 p.186, mise à jour mars 2004; MET p.677; MET(VID) p.420; PENGUIN p.547; Stereophile July 1990 p.160; Wagner News Issue No.97 p.18; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March/April 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1068 (2) p.1717; Orpheus August + September 2002 S.81
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opéra International - No.178 mars 1994 p.84
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Diapason - No.403 avril 1994 p.160
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Classical Express - Issue No.114 September 1999 p.4 [MT]
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Répertoire - No.67 mars 1994 p.83
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1949(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Max Lorenz
Sieglinde - Rose Bampton
Hunding - Luben Vichey
Brünhilde - Helen Traubel
Wotan - Joel Berglund
Fricka - Kerstin Thorborg
Gerhilde - Thelma Votipka
Ortlinde - Irene Jessner
Waltraute - Jeanne Palmer
Schwertleite - Jean Madeira
Helmwige - Regina Resnik
Siegrune - Hertha Glaz
Grimgerde - Claramae Turner
Roßweiße - Lucielle Browning
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Compact Disc; - Archipel ARPCD 0151-3 {3CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opéra International - No.286 janvier 2004 pp.63-64 [SS]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.65 noviembre 2003 p.85 [MC]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance of an abridged version at the MET (29 January 1949).
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tamino - Richard Tucker
Papageno - John Brownlee
Königin der Nacht - Erna Berger
Sprecher - Paul Schöffler
Pamina - Eleanor Steber
Sarastro - Jerome Hines
Monostatos - Leslie Chabay
Papagena - Lillian Raymondi
1er Geharnischter - Emery Darcy
2er Geharnischter - Lawrence Davidson
Erste Dame - Lucine Amara
Zweite Dame - Thelma Votipka
Dritte Dame - Martha Lipton
Erster Knabe - Genevieve Warner
Zweiter Knabe - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Dritter Knabe - Hertha Glaz
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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 316-3 {3LPS}
Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 253 (& 485)
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Recordings of Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.130: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.136-140; Opera on Record p.106; CELLETTI p.525; Opera on CD (1) p.22 (2) p.26 (3) p.28; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.101 p.138, No.196 p.148; MET p.332; MET(VID) p.186; PENGUIN p.257; BBC Music Magazine May 1994 p.47; Opéra International No.182 juillet-aoüt 1994 p.14; GIUDICI p.495 (2) p.828; Stereophile October 1996 (Vol.19 No.10) p.303; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.15; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.58-60; BBC Music Magazine April 2004 p.52; The Gramophone January 2006 p.28
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (25 November 1950). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Don Carlo - Jussi Björling
Filippo II - Cesare Siepi
Rodrigo - Robert Merrill
Il Grande Inquisitore - Jerome Hines
Un Frate - Lubomir Vichegonov
Elisabetta di Valois - Delia Rigal
La principessa Eboli - Fedora Barbieri
Tebaldo - Anne Bollinger
Il Conte di Lerma - Paul Franke
Un Araldo Reale - Emery Darcy
Una voce dal cielo - Lucine Amara
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 121 {3LPS} (1972)ª; *Magnificent Editions ME 105/3 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 911 35 {2CDS} (1991)ª; Myto «Historical» 2CD 004 H052 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Celestial Audio CA 269 {3CDRS} (Australia) (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opéra International - mars 1993 p.70
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Comments:- A recording of a performance of a four-act version (11 November 1950). The Magnificent Editions LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE August 1979 p.363
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Simon Boccanegra - Leonard Warren
Jacopo Fiesco - Mihály Székely
Amelia Grimaldi - Astrid Varnay
Gabriele Adorno - Richard Tucker
Paolo Albiani - Giuseppe Valdengo
Pietro - Lorenzo Alvary
Un'ancella - Maxine Stellman
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Paul Franke
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Black Disc - *Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 105-3 {3LPS}; Robin Hood Records RHR 506 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 945.113 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Preiser Records 90520 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 2003 pp.80-81 [AB]
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Orpheus - Februar 1995 S.60; Heft 1+2 Januar 2003 S.75
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Répertoire - No.78 mars 1995 p.79
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (28 January 1950)
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Lohengrin - Lauritz Melchior
Elsa - Helen Traubel
Ortrud - Astrid Varnay
Friedrich von Telramund - Herbert Janssen
König Heinrich - Dezsö Ernster
Der Heerrufer des Königs - Frank Guarrera
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Black Disc - Danacord DACO 111-113 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Danacord DACOCD 222-224 {3CDS}; Archipel ARPCD 0127 {3CDS} (2003)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0146 {3CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.60; HARRIS p.141; Opera on Record p.354; CELLETTI p.1099; Opera on CD (1) p.63 (2) p.71 (3) p.79 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.143-144 p.190; MET p.684; MET(VID) p.424; PENGUIN p.526; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Opera on Video p.116; GIUDICI p.1077 (2) p.1728; Répertoire No.94 septembre 1996 p.12
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November (published September) 2003 p.114 [AB]
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Opéra International - mars 1984 No.68 pp.53-54 [SS]
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Classica Répertoire - No.79 février 2006 p.104 [AT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.89 abril 2006 p.86 [JR]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 January 1950; see «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» by Paul Jackson pp.482-484). The Danacord LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE December 1983 p.739
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Max Lorenz
Sieglinde - Rose Bampton
Hunding - Emanuel List
Brünhilde - Helen Traubel
Wotan - Herbert Janssen
Fricka - Blanche Thebom
Gerhilde - Thelma Votipka
Ortlinde - Irene Jessner
Waltraute - Jeanne Palmer
Schwertleite - Jean Madeira
Helmwige - Maxine Stellman
Siegrune - Hertha Glaz
Grimgerde - Claramae Turner
Roßweiße - Lucielle Browning
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 908
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (18 March 1950). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The source is described as «Poor to Good private home acetates. Wow in Act 3 discs».
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Brünnhilde - Helen Traubel
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Hagen - Dezsö Ernster
Alberich - Gerhard Pechner
Gunther - Herbert Janssen
Gutrune - Regina Resnik
Waltraute - Margaret Harshaw
Woglinde - Erna Berger
Wellgunde - Lucine Amara
Floßhilde - Hertha Glaz
First Norn - Jean Madeira
Second Norn - Martha Lipton
Third Norn - Margaret Harshaw
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Compact Disc; - Gebhardt JGCD 0038-12 (cycle) {12CDS} (2001)ª
Open Reel Tape - Immortal Performances Recorded Music Society (also available on compact cassette)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - Awards Issue 2001 p.115, p.117 [AB]
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Opéra International - No.300 mai 2005 p.83 [FL-2]
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International Record Review - January 2002 pp.77-78 [MVA]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - septiembre 2002 No.157 p.46 (mention) [LT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.54 octubre 2002 p.85 [MC]
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Classica Répertoire - No.73 juin 2005 p.107 [PF]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (17 February 1951).
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Fricka - Margaret Harshaw
Loge - Set Svanholm
Mime - Leslie Chabay
Alberich - Lawrence Davidson
Freia - Jarmila Novotná
Froh - Brian Sullivan
Donner - Osie Hawkins
Erda - Jean Madeira
Fasolt - Jerome Hines
Fafner - Dezsö Ernster
Woglinde - Erna Berger
Wellgunde - Lucine Amara
Floßhilde - Hertha Glaz
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records UORC 276 {2LPS} (1976)ª
Compact Disc; - Gebhardt JGCD 0038-12 (cycle) {12CDS} (2001)ª
Open Reel Tape - Immortal Performances Recorded Music Society (Also available on compact cassette)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.132; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1126; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.6/7 p.146, No.227 p.116; MET p.706; MET(VID) p.433; PENGUIN p.535; Diapason No.145 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - Awards Issue 2001 p.115, p.117 [AB]
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Opéra International - No.300 mai 2005 p.83 [FL-2]
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International Record Review - January 2002 pp.77-78 [MVA]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - septiembre 2002 No.157 p.46 (mention) [LT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.54 octubre 2002 p.85 [MC]
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Classica Répertoire - No.73 juin 2005 p.107 [PF]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (27 January 1950). See «Signing-Off for the Old Met» pp.35-36.
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Mime - Peter Klein
Wanderer - Ferdinand Frantz
Brünhilde - Helen Traubel
Alberich - Gerhard Pechner
Erda - Karin Branzell
Fafner - Dezsö Ernster
Waldvogel - Erna Berger
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Compact Disc; - Gebhardt JGCD 0038-12 (cycle) {12CDS} (2001)ª
Open Reel Tape - Immortal Performances Recorded Music Society (Also available on compact cassette)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Siegfried by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1136; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scene Opéra No.14 p.132; MET p.721; MET(VID) p.441; PENGUIN p.542; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - Awards Issue 2001 p.115, p.117 [AB]
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Opéra International - No.300 mai 2005 p.83 [FL-2]
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International Record Review - January 2002 pp.77-78 [MVA]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - septiembre 2002 No.157 p.46 (mention) [LT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.54 octubre 2002 p.85 [MC]
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Classica Répertoire - No.73 juin 2005 p.107 [PF]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Met (10 February 1951). See «Signing-Off for the Old Met» pp.40-43.
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Günther Treptow
Sieglinde - Astrid Varnay
Hunding - Lubomir Vichegonov
Brünhilde - Kirsten Flagstad
Wotan - Ferdinand Frantz
Fricka - Blanche Thebom
Gerhilde - Thelma Votipka
Ortlinde - Irene Jessner
Waltraute - Jeanne Palmer
Schwertleite - Jean Madeira
Helmwige - Regina Resnik
Siegrune - Hertha Glaz
Grimgerde - Martha Lipton
Roßweiße - Lucielle Browning
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Compact Disc; - Gebhardt JGCD 0038-12 (cycle) {12CDS} (2001)ª
Open Reel Tape - Immortal Performances Recorded Music Society (Also available on compact cassette)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - Awards Issue 2001 p.115, p.117 [AB]
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Opéra International - No.300 mai 2005 p.83 [FL-2]
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International Record Review - January 2002 pp.77-78 [MVA]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - septiembre 2002 No.157 p.46 (mention) [LT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.54 octubre 2002 p.85 [MC]
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Classica Répertoire - No.73 juin 2005 p.107 [PF]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (3 February 1951). See «Signing-Off for the Old Met» pp.37-40.
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Fiordiligi - Eleanor Steber
Dorabella - Blanche Thebom
Despina - Patrice Munsel
Ferrando - Richard Tucker
Guglielmo - Frank Guarrera
Don Alfonso - John Brownlee
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1287
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Recordings of Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.128: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.132-136; Opera June 1968 p.451; Opera on Record p.86; CELLETTI p.451; Opera on CD (1) p.20 (2) p.24 (3) p.26; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.131-32 p.74; MET p.315;MET(VID) p.176; PENGUIN p.226; Stereophile Vol.14 No.8 August 1991 p.174; Classic CD April 1996 p.32; GIUDICI p.476 (2) p.804; BBC Music Magazine May 1997p.51; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.57-58
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (12 January 1952). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Don Carlo - Richard Tucker
Filippo II - Jerome Hines
Rodrigo - Paolo Silveri
Il Grande Inquisitore - Hans Hotter
Un Frate - Luben Vichey
Elisabetta di Valois - Delia Rigal
La principessa Eboli - Fedora Barbieri
Tebaldo - Anne Bollinger
Il Conte di Lerma - Paul Franke
Un Araldo Reale - Emery Darcy
Una voce dal cielo - Lucine Amara
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Compact Disc; - Bensar OL 4552 (BRO 124723) {2CDRS} (2005)ª; Academy Records WH Live Opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48
Comments:- Recording of a performance of a four-act version at the MET (5 April 1952). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Luben Vichey
Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov
Don Carlo - Leonard Warren
Don Alvaro - Richard Tucker
Preziosilla - Mildred Miller
Fra Melitone - Gerhard Pechner
Curra - Laura Castellano
Padre Guardiano - Jerome Hines
Un Chirurgo - Algerd Brazis
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Compact Disc; - Music & Arts CD-693 {2CDS}; *Bensar Records Ltd. OL 112952 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; The Opera Lovers FOR 195201 {2CDRS} (2007)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 publication:-
Opéra International - June 1993 p.83
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (29 November 1952; the performance on 10 November 1952 is reviewed in OPERA January 1952 p.21). 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 Fritz Stiedry - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Otello - Ramón Vinay
Desdemona - Eleanor Steber
Iago - Leonard Warren
Cassio - Thomas Hayward
Rodrigo - Paul Franke
Lodovico - Luben Vichey
Montano - Osie Hawkins
Emilia - Martha Lipton
Un Araldo - Algerd Brazis
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 699
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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
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (9 February 1952). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Brünnhilde - Helen Traubel
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Hagen - Dezsö Ernster
Alberich - Gerhard Pechner
Gunther - Paul Schöffler
Gutrune - Regina Resnik
Waltraute - Margaret Harshaw
Woglinde - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Wellgunde - Lucine Amara
Floßhilde - Hertha Glaz
First Norn - Jean Madeira
Second Norn - Margaret Roggero
Third Norn - Margaret Harshaw
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 306
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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (5 January 1952). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Amfortas - Hans Hotter
Titurel - Luben Vichey
Gurnemanz - Jerome Hines
Parsifal - Hans Hopf
Klingsor - Gerhard Pechner
Kundry - Margaret Harshaw
Alto Stimme - Jean Madeira
Knappe 1 - Genevieve Warner
Knappe 2 - Mildred Miller
Knappe 3 - Paul Franke
Knappe 4 - Gabor Carelli
Blumenmädchen 1 - Lucine Amara
Blumenmädchen 2 - Lois Hunt
Blumenmädchen 3 - Hertha Glaz
Blumenmädchen 4 - Anne Bollinger
Blumenmädchen 5 - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Blumenmädchen 6 - Margaret Roggero
Ritter 1 - Emery Darcy
Ritter 2 - Osie Hawkins
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Compact Disc; - Archipel ARPCD 0065-3 {3CDS} (2002)ª; Omega Opera Archive 914
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Classical Express - May 2002 p.7 [MT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (12 April 1952). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1952(STU)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera Association
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera Association
Fiordiligi - Eleanor Steber
Dorabella - Blanche Thebom
Despina - Roberta Peters
Ferrando - Richard Tucker
Guglielmo - Frank Guarrera
Don Alfonso - Lorenzo Alvary
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Black Disc; - Columbia SL-122 {3LPS} (USA) (1952)ª; Columbia «Odyssey» Y 3-32 670 (USA)
Compact Disc; - Sony «Classical Masterworks» MH2K 60652 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Cantus Classics 500 340 {2CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.128: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.132-136; Opera June 1968 p.451; Opera on Record p.86; CELLETTI p.451; Opera on CD (1) p.20 (2) p.24 (3) p.26; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.131-32 p.74; MET p.315;MET(VID) p.176; PENGUIN p.226; Stereophile Vol.14 No.8 August 1991 p.174; Classic CD April 1996 p.32; GIUDICI p.476 (2) p.804; BBC Music Magazine May 1997p.51; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.57-58
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - January 1999 p.78
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Fanfare - Vol.22 No.4 March/April 1999 pp.287-288 [MHF]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.16 No.4 Autumn 2000 pp.673-677 [ETG]
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Opéra International - novembre 1998 No.229 p.57 [AF]
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American Record Guide - November 1952 Vol.19 No.3 p.73 [PHR]: March/April 1999 Vol.62 No.2 p.180 [KM]
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Classical Express - Issue 104 November 1998 p.4 [PA]
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International Opera Collector - Winter 1998 No.10 p.107 [MO]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII - N.125 gennaio 1999 p.90 [GL]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.31 enero-febrero 1999 p.83 [JS]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.118 febrero 1999 p.44 [JD]
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Das Opernglas - Februar 1999 S.71 [NE]
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Comments:- Recording of an abridged English version
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1953(LE)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Figaro - Erich Kunz
Susanna - Irmgard Seefried
Conte Almaviva - Frank Guarrera
Contessa Almaviva - Lisa Della Casa
Cherubino - Mildred Miller
Marcellina - Hertha Glaz
Bartolo - Salvatore Baccaloni
Basilio - Alessio De Paolis
Curzio - Gabor Carelli
Antonio - Lawrence Davidson
Barbarina - Genevieve Warner
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 720
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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56
Comments:- Incomplete recording of a performance at the MET (26 December 1953). 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». It is also stated «Missing Overture, several seconds end of Act 1. Rough beginning 7 minutes of Act 3. Sound ranges fair to excellent»
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Boris - George London
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Brian Sullivan
Marina - Blanche Thebom
Pimen - Norman Scott
Varlaam - Salvatore Baccaloni
Shuisky - Andrew McKinley
Missail - Thomas Hayward
Rangoni - Sigurd Björling
Fyodor - Mildred Miller
Xenia - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Hostess - Martha Lipton
Simpleton - Paul Franke
Tchelkalov - Clifford Harvuot
Nurse - Jean Madeira
Nikitich - Lawrence Davidson
Mityukha - Algerd Brazis
Lavitsky - Osie Hawkins
Cherniovsky - Lawrence Davidson
Frontier Guard - Osie Hawkins
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 250
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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (28 March 1953). 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». It is described as coming from «Private Acetates» with «Very good sound».
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Lohengrin - Brian Sullivan
Elsa - Eleanor Steber
Ortrud - Margaret Harshaw
Friedrich von Telramund - Sigurd Björling
König Heinrich - Dezsö Ernster
Der Heerrufer des Königs - Arthur Budney
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 324 (& 330 & 3863) ;; Gala GL 100640 (+excerpts cond. Busch) {3CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.60; HARRIS p.141; Opera on Record p.354; CELLETTI p.1099; Opera on CD (1) p.63 (2) p.71 (3) p.79 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.143-144 p.190; MET p.684; MET(VID) p.424; PENGUIN p.526; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Opera on Video p.116; GIUDICI p.1077 (2) p.1728; Répertoire No.94 septembre 1996 p.12
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (11 April 1953). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tristan - Set Svanholm
Isolde - Helen Traubel
Brangaene - Blanche Thebom
Marke - Hans Hotter
Kurwenal - Paul Schöffler
Melot - Emery Darcy
Hirt - Dieter Franke
Steuerman - Algerd Brazis
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Thomas Hayward
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 323 (& 815)
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Recordings of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Tristan und Isolde on Record by Jonathan Brown; Opera on Record p.363; CELLETTI p.1148; Opera on CD (1) p.64 (2) p.72 (3) p.81; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.34-45 p.196; MET p.692; MET(VID) p.428; PENGUIN p.548; Répertoire mars 1994 p.9; American Record Guide Mar/Apr 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD February 1995 p.32; BBC Music Magazine Oct 1995 p.49; Gramophone October 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.1086 (2) p.1742; Opéra International février 1998 No.221 p.20; Wagner News Issue No.125 February 1998 pp.10-11 (list of recordings); The Gramophone September 2006 p.56
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (21 March 1953). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.72-74. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LE)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Margaret Harshaw
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Hagen - Dezsö Ernster
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Elfriede Wasserthal
Woglinde - Joan Sutherland
Wellgunde - Rosina Raisbeck
Floßhilde - Marjorie Thomas
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Compact Disc; - Pearl GEM 0232 {1CD} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 2006 p.79 [AB]
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International Record Review - October 2005 p.90 [MT]
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American Record Guide - March/April 2006 Vol.69 No.2 pp.249-250 [KM]
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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (29 June 1954). Otakar Kraus, although listed by Pearl, does not appear in these excerpts.
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LE)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Mime - Paul Kuen
Wanderer - Ferdinand Frantz
Brünhilde - Margaret Harshaw
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Waldvogel - Joan Sutherland
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Compact Disc; - Pearl GEMS 230 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Siegfried by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1136; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scene Opéra No.14 p.132; MET p.721; MET(VID) p.441; PENGUIN p.542; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 p.296 [JPM]
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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Fiordiligi - Eleanor Steber
Dorabella - Blanche Thebom
Despina - Patrice Munsel
Ferrando - Richard Tucker
Guglielmo - Frank Guarrera
Don Alfonso - John Brownlee
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 979
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Recordings of Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.128: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.132-136; Opera June 1968 p.451; Opera on Record p.86; CELLETTI p.451; Opera on CD (1) p.20 (2) p.24 (3) p.26; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.131-32 p.74; MET p.315;MET(VID) p.176; PENGUIN p.226; Stereophile Vol.14 No.8 August 1991 p.174; Classic CD April 1996 p.32; GIUDICI p.476 (2) p.804; BBC Music Magazine May 1997p.51; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.57-58
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (10 April 1954). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Boris - Cesare Siepi
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Giulio Gari
Marina - Blanche Thebom
Pimen - Norman Scott
Varlaam - Salvatore Baccaloni
Shuisky - Charles Kullman
Missail - Thomas Hayward
Rangoni - Clifford Harvuot
Fyodor - Mildred Miller
Xenia - Genevieve Warner
Hostess - Martha Lipton
Simpleton - Paul Franke
Tchelkalov - Arthur Budney
Nurse - Jean Madeira
Nikitich - Lawrence Davidson
Mityukha - Algerd Brazis
Lavitsky - Osie Hawkins
Cherniovsky - Lawrence Davidson
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 740
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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (27 February 1954). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Luben Vichey
Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov
Don Carlo - Leonard Warren
Don Alvaro - Gino Penno
Preziosilla - Jean Madeira
Fra Melitone - Gerhard Pechner
Curra - Thelma Votipka
Padre Guardiano - Jerome Hines
Mastro Trabuco - Paul Franke
Un Chirurgo - George Cehanovsky
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 294
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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
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (20 March 1954). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Hans Sachs - Otto Edelmann
Veit Pogner - Kurt Böhme
Sixtus Beckmesser - Gerhard Pechner
Fritz Kothner - John Brownlee
Walther von Stolzing - Hans Hopf
David - Paul Franke
Eva - Lisa Della Casa
Magdalena - Hertha Glaz
Nachtwächter - Clifford Harvuot
Kunz Vogelgesang - Charles Anthony
Konrad Nachtigall - Calvin Marsh
Ulrich Eisslinger - James McCracken
Balthasar Zorn - Benjamin Wilkes
Augustin Moser - Gabor Carelli
Hermann Ortel - Osie Hawkins
Hans Schwarz - Norman Scott
Hans Foltz - Lorenzo Alvary
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 909
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Recordings of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.184; Opera February 1957 p.82; Opera on Record p.376; CELLETTI p.1110; Opera on CD (1) p.66 (2) p.73 (3) p.82; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.116-117 p.214; MET p.700; MET(VID) p.430; PENGUIN p.528; American Record Guide Vol 57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD August 1994 p.36; Opera on Video p.120; GIUDICI p.1103 (2) p.1760; Gramophone January 1999 p.26; International Record Review April 2001 p.14
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (11 December 1954). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The source is described as «Very Good AM aircheck. Missing Prelude».
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Amfortas - George London
Titurel - Lubomir Vichegonov
Gurnemanz - Hans Hotter
Parsifal - Set Svanholm
Klingsor - Lawrence Davidson
Kundry - Astrid Varnay
Alto Stimme - Jean Madeira
Knappe 1 - Genevieve Warner
Knappe 2 - Mildred Miller
Knappe 3 - Paul Franke
Knappe 4 - Gabor Carelli
Blumenmädchen 1 - Jean Fenn
Blumenmädchen 2 - Lucine Amara
Blumenmädchen 3 - Maria Leone
Blumenmädchen 4 - Hertha Glaz
Blumenmädchen 5 - Heidi Krall
Blumenmädchen 6 - Margaret Roggero
Ritter 1 - James McCracken
Ritter 2 - Osie Hawkins
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 442 {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - Adonis 54001 (+Die Walküre - Act 1) {4CDS} (1999)ª; Omega Opera Archive 315 (& 690); Wallhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0070 {4CDS} (2004)ª; *Bensar OL 41754 {4CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.190 p.179 [PF]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (17 April 1954). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.81-84. The Adonis CDs are advertized in CLASSICAL EXPRESS No.114 september 1999 p.9. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Set Svanholm
Sieglinde - Astrid Varnay
Hunding - Hans Hotter
Brünhilde - Margaret Harshaw
Wotan - Ferdinand Frantz
Fricka - Blanche Thebom
Gerhilde - Thelma Votipka
Ortlinde - Heidi Krall
Waltraute - Mariquita Moll
Schwertleite - Jean Madeira
Helmwige - Lucine Amara
Siegrune - Hertha Glaz
Grimgerde - Martha Lipton
Roßweiße - Sandra Warfield
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1055 (& 760) Adonis 54001 (Act 1 +Parsifal - Stiedry 1954) {4CDS}
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.190 p.179 [PF]
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Comments:- Recording of of a performance at the MET (13 February 1954; see «Sign-Off for the Old MET» p.80). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Fiordiligi - Eleanor Steber
Dorabella - Blanche Thebom
Despina - Patrice Munsel
Ferrando - Cesare Valletti
Guglielmo - Frank Guarrera
Don Alfonso - Lorenzo Alvary
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1190 (& 1049); Andromeda ANDRCD 9020 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.128: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.132-136; Opera June 1968 p.451; Opera on Record p.86; CELLETTI p.451; Opera on CD (1) p.20 (2) p.24 (3) p.26; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.131-32 p.74; MET p.315;MET(VID) p.176; PENGUIN p.226; Stereophile Vol.14 No.8 August 1991 p.174; Classic CD April 1996 p.32; GIUDICI p.476 (2) p.804; BBC Music Magazine May 1997p.51; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.57-58
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (17 December 1955). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Figaro - Cesare Siepi
Susanna - Nadine Conner
Conte Almaviva - Frank Guarrera
Contessa Almaviva - Eleanor Steber
Cherubino - Mildred Miller
Marcellina - Jean Madeira
Bartolo - Fernando Corena
Basilio - Alessio De Paolis
Curzio - Gabor Carelli
Antonio - Lorenzo Alvary
Barbarina - Vilma Georgiou
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 931 (& 696); Andromeda ANDRCD 9039 {3CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (15 January 1955). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) Here the date of the performance recorded is given (incorrectly) as 16 January 1955.
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Otello - Mario Del Monaco
Desdemona - Renata Tebaldi
Iago - Leonard Warren
Cassio - Paul Franke
Rodrigo - James McCracken
Lodovico - Luben Vichey
Montano - Osie Hawkins
Emilia - Martha Lipton
Un Araldo - Arthur Budney
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 394 (& 400); The Opera Lovers 195502 {2CDRS} (2008)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
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (12 March 1955). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). 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 Fritz Stiedry - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Lohengrin - Brian Sullivan
Elsa - Eleanor Steber
Ortrud - Margaret Harshaw
Friedrich von Telramund - Hermann Uhde
König Heinrich - Otto Edelmann
Der Heerrufer des Königs - Arthur Budney
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 831
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Recordings of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.60; HARRIS p.141; Opera on Record p.354; CELLETTI p.1099; Opera on CD (1) p.63 (2) p.71 (3) p.79 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.143-144 p.190; MET p.684; MET(VID) p.424; PENGUIN p.526; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Opera on Video p.116; GIUDICI p.1077 (2) p.1728; Répertoire No.94 septembre 1996 p.12
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (24 December 1955). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.90-92. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1955(RA)
Orchestra - BBC Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - BBC Chorus
König Ludwig VI - Kurt Böhme
Adolar - Frans Vroons
Euryanthe - Joan Sutherland
Lysiart - Otakar Kraus
Eglantine - Marianne Schech
Bertha - Beryl Hatt
Rudolf - Lloyd Strauss-Smith
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera EJS 415 {2LPS} (1967)ª
Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 204 {2CDS} (Australia) (2003)ª; *Mithridate «Ponto» POCD 1017 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 5015 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Euryanthe by Carl Maria von Weber are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1169; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.153 p.94; PENGUIN p.560; GIUDICI p.1174 (2) p.1841
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - Awards Issue 2005 p.115 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.29 No.5 May/June 2006 pp.226-227 [JHN]
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Orpheus - Heft 11+12 November+Dezember 2003 S.61 [GH]
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Diapason - No.510 janvier 2004 pp.98-99 (mention) [JC]
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American Record Guide - March/April 2006 Vol.69 No.2 p.254 [KM]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast by the BBC Third Programme on 30 September and 1 October 1955. See Radio Times Issue dated September 23 1955 p.44. p.49. This recording is incorrectly attributed to Cologne Radio in Celestial Audio's online catalogue.
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov
Don Carlo - Richard Tucker
Don Alvaro - Leonard Warren
Preziosilla - Rosalind Elias
Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena
Curra - Thelma Votipka
Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi
Mastro Trabuco - Alessio De Paolis
Un Chirurgo - George Cehanovsky
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Black Disc - Movimento Musica 03.828 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 943.106 {2CDS} (1994)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:-
Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.157-159 [WA2]
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Opéra International - novembre 1996 No.207 p.58
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (17 March 1956). A recording of «La forza del destino» is listed on the on-line catalogue of «The Opera Lovers» with the same date as this recording (17.03.56) with the conductor given as Mitropoulos. This seems to be an error as the «MET Annals» gives Stiedry. Mitropoulos never conducted «La forza del destino» at the MET.
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1956(LI]
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Amfortas - Paul Schöffler
Titurel - Nicola Moscona
Gurnemanz - Otto Edelmann
Parsifal - Set Svanholm
Klingsor - Gerhard Pechner
Kundry - Margaret Harshaw
Alto Stimme - Sandra Warfield
Knappe 1 - Vilma Georgiou
Knappe 2 - Rosalind Elias
Knappe 3 - Paul Franke
Knappe 4 - Gabor Carelli
Blumenmädchen 1 - Vilma Georgiou
Blumenmädchen 2 - Maria Leone
Blumenmädchen 3 - Hertha Glaz
Blumenmädchen 4 - Heidi Krall
Blumenmädchen 5 - Emilia Cundari
Blumenmädchen 6 - Margaret Roggero
Ritter 1 - Albert Da Costa
Ritter 2 - Clifford Harvuot
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 702
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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (24 March 1956). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Brünnhilde - Margaret Harshaw
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Kurt Böhme
Alberich - Lawrence Davidson
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Marianne Schech
Waltraute - Jean Madeira
Woglinde - Heidi Krall
Wellgunde - Rosalind Elias
Floßhilde - Sandra Warfield
First Norn - Belen Amparan
Second Norn - Margaret Roggero
Third Norn - Gloria Lind
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 913
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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (2 March 1957). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.214-216. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Wotan - Hermann Uhde
Fricka - Blanche Thebom
Loge - Ramón Vinay
Mime - Norman Kelley
Alberich - Lawrence Davidson
Freia - Mariquita Moll
Froh - James McCracken
Donner - Arthur Budney
Erda - Jean Madeira
Fasolt - Kurt Böhme
Fafner - Dezsö Ernster
Woglinde - Heidi Krall
Wellgunde - Rosalind Elias
Floßhilde - Sandra Warfield
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 709 (& 476); The Opera Lovers RHE 195701 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2007)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 232 {2CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.132; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1126; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.6/7 p.146, No.227 p.116; MET p.706; MET(VID) p.433; PENGUIN p.535; Diapason No.145 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (26 January 1957). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Mime - Norman Kelley
Wanderer - Otto Edelmann
Brünhilde - Martha Mödl
Alberich - Gerhard Pechner
Erda - Jean Madeira
Fafner - Kurt Böhme
Waldvogel - Laurel Hurley
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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 233 {3CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Siegfried by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1136; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scene Opéra No.14 p.132; MET p.721; MET(VID) p.441; PENGUIN p.542; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (16 February 1957).
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov
Don Carlo - Mario Sereni
Don Alvaro - Flaviano Labò
Preziosilla - Margaret Roggero
Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena
Curra - Thelma Votipka
Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi
Mastro Trabuco - Paul Franke
Un Chirurgo - George Cehanovsky
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 906
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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
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (25 January 1958). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tristan - Ramón Vinay
Isolde - Margaret Harshaw
Brangaene - Blanche Thebom
Marke - Otto Edelmann
Kurwenal - Walter Cassel
Melot - Calvin Marsh
Hirt - Paul Franke
Steuerman - Osie Hawkins
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Robert Nagy
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 365 (&371); Bensar OL 3158 (BRO 122735) {3CDRS} (2004)ª; The Opera Lovers TRI 195801 {3CDRS} (Canada) (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Tristan und Isolde on Record by Jonathan Brown; Opera on Record p.363; CELLETTI p.1148; Opera on CD (1) p.64 (2) p.72 (3) p.81; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.34-45 p.196; MET p.692; MET(VID) p.428; PENGUIN p.548; Répertoire mars 1994 p.9; American Record Guide Mar/Apr 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD February 1995 p.32; BBC Music Magazine Oct 1995 p.49; Gramophone October 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.1086 (2) p.1742; Opéra International février 1998 No.221 p.20; Wagner News Issue No.125 February 1998 pp.10-11 (list of recordings); The Gramophone September 2006 p.56
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Wagner News - No.167 April 2005 p.19 [ARB]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (1 March 1958). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» and those issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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
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NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli
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Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española
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