(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1955(LI) - Giulini Carlo Maria - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*
2 1984(LI) - Queler Eve - Opera Orchestra of New York*
3 1998(LI) - Boncompagni Elio - Aachener Symphoniker*
4 1998(LI) - Gatti Daniele - Teatro Comunale di Bologna*
5 2005(LC) - Elder Mark - Covent Garden*
6 2006(LI) - Queler Eve - Opera Orchestra of New York*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Zaida - Fedora Barbieri
Dom Sébastien - Gianni Poggi
Camoëns - Enzo Mascherini
Dom Juan de Silva - Giulio Neri
Abayaldos - Dino Dondi
Dom Henrique - Paolo Washington
Dom Antonio - Angelo Rossi
Ben-Selim - Ugo Novelli
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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 20 {3LPS}; Cetra DOC 75
Compact Disc; - Italian Opera Rarities LO 7726-7228 {3CDS} ; Pantheon PHE 6662-6664 {3CDS}; Living Stage LS 1048 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0115 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Celestial Audio CA 593 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Dom Sébastien by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.204; Orpheus Dezember 1995 S.11; Opéra International décembre 1997 No.219 p.23
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Now - July 1995 p.55
Opera Quarterly - Vol.14 No.3 Spring 1998 p.199 [RB]
Opéra International - avril 1996 No.201 p.62
Diapason - No.530 novembre 2005 p.139 [MP]
BBC Music Magazine - April 1995 p.85
Répertoire - No.83 septembre 1995 p.40
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.68 marzo 2004 p.85 [JS]
Classica Répertoire - No.75 septembre 2005 p.107 [AT]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (see OPERA July 1955 p.421). The performance is in Italian and a finale from Belisario was inserted which is said to have been sanctioned in letters by Donizetti. The reviewer in OPERA ACTUAL mistakenly attributes the role of Zaida to Giulietta Simionato. The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues April 2007.
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Conductor Eve Queler - 1984(LI)
Orchestra - Opera Orchestra of New York
Chorus - Schola Cantorum of New York
Zaida - Klára Takács
Dom Sébastien - Richard Leech
Camoëns - Lajos Miller
Dom Juan de Silva - Sergei Koptchak
Abayaldos - Darren Nimnitch
Dom Henrique - Greg Ryerson
Dom Antonio - Neil Wilson
Ben-Selim - Kevin Maynor
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Compact Disc - Legato Classics LCD 190-2 {2CDS}
Recordings of Dom Sébastien by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.204; Orpheus Dezember 1995 S.11; Opéra International décembre 1997 No.219 p.23
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - February 3 1996 p.36
Opera Quarterly - Vol.14 No.3 Spring 1998 p.199 [RB]
Opéra International - avril 1996 No.201 p.62
Classical Express - September 1995 p.4
American Record Guide - November/December 1995 Vol.58 No.6 p.112
L'opera (Milano) - Anno X N.94 febbraio 1996 p.70
Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in Carnegie Hall (23 March 1984)
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Conductor Elio Boncompagni - 1998(LI)
Orchestra - Aachener Symphoniker
Chorus - Aachener Städische Theater
Zaida - Monica Minarelli
Dom Sébastien - Robert Woroniecki
Camoëns - Ettore Kim
Dom Juan de Silva - Randall Jabosh
Abayaldos - Mario Taghadossi
Dom Henrique - Götz Seiz
Dom Antonio - Andreas Joost
Ben-Selim - Wolfgang Biebuyck
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Compact Disc; - Kicco Classic KCO18CD-1/2 {2CDS} (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Dom Sébastien by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.204; Orpheus Dezember 1995 S.11; Opéra International décembre 1997 No.219 p.23
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opéra International - janvier 1999 No.231 pp.19-20, p.48 [SS]
American Record Guide - March/April 1999 Vol.62 No.2 p.124 [CHP]
L'opera (Milano) - n.123 novembre 1998 supplemento p.64 [GL]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.33 mayo-junio 1999 p.90 [SG]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.122 junio 1999 p.46 [JS]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in Italian of an edition prepared by the conductor
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Conductor Daniele Gatti - 1998(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Zaida - Sonia Ganassi
Dom Sébastien - Giuseppe Sabbatini
Camoëns - Roberto Servile
Dom Juan de Silva - Giorgio Surjan
Abayaldos - Nicolas Rivenq
Dom Henrique - Luciano Leoni
Dom Antonio - Enrico Cossutta
Ben-Selim - Riccardo Zanellato
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Compact Cassette; - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 09251 (2002)ª
Compact Disc; - House of Opera CD 627 {2CDRS} (2001)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 5351 {2CDRS} Celestial Audio CA 497 {3CDRS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Dom Sébastien by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.204; Orpheus Dezember 1995 S.11; Opéra International décembre 1997 No.219 p.23
Comments:- This appears to be a recording of a performance given by the Bologna Company in the Teatro Gaetano Donizetti di Bergamo (29 November 1998). The cast listed above is that given in «Opera '99 - Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'Opera Lirica Italiana». The performance with the same cast at Bologna on 6 December 1998 is reviewed in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.231 janvier 1999 pp.19-20. The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his supplementary catalogue dated March 2002 and the CDRs issued by House of Opera in their «New Releases March 2001». The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues February 2006.
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Conductor Mark Elder - 2005(LC)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Zaida - Veselina Kasarova
Dom Sébastien - Giuseppe Filianoti
Camoëns - Carmelo Corrado Caruso
Dom Juan de Silva - Alastair Miles
Abayaldos - Simon Keenlyside
Dom Henrique - Robert Gleadow
Dom Antonio - John Upperton
Ben-Selim - Andrew Slater
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Compact Disc; - Opera Rara ORC 33 {3CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Dom Sébastien by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.204; Orpheus Dezember 1995 S.11; Opéra International décembre 1997 No.219 p.23
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 2007 p.106 [JBS]
Opera - May 2007 p.608, 610 [JA]
Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2007 S.55-S.56 [GH]
Diapason - No.548 juin 2007 p.90 [JC]
Classica Répertoire - No.93 juin 2007 p.80 [PT]
Opéra Magazine - No.19 juin 2007 pp.72-73 [JB]
Donizetti Society Newsletter - No.101 June 2007 pp.39-41 [GH]
Comments:- Recorded at two concert performances in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (10, 13 September 2005). The ballets were recorded separately in the Cadogan Hall, London.
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Conductor Eve Queler - 2006(LI)
Orchestra - Opera Orchestra of New York
Chorus - New York City Gay Mens's Chorus - The Scott Choral Artists of New York
Zaida - Veselina Kasarova
Dom Sébastien - Dmitry Korchak
Camoëns - Stephen Powell
Dom Juan de Silva - Daniel Lewis Williams
Abayaldos - Stephen Gaertner
Dom Henrique - Mark Risinger
Dom Antonio - Michael Fabiano
Ben-Selim - Philip Cokorinos
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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 591 {2CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Dom Sébastien by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.204; Orpheus Dezember 1995 S.11; Opéra International décembre 1997 No.219 p.23
Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in Carnegie Hall (7 November 2006). The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues April 2007.
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