There is only one recording of Zoraida di Granata by Gaetano Donizetti on file (performed in Italian)

Conductor David Parry - 1999(STU)

Orchestra - Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields

Chorus - Geoffrey Mitchell Choir

Almuzir - Bruce Ford

Zoraida - Marjella Cullagh

Abenamet - Paul Austin Kelly

Ali - Matthew Hargreaves

Ines - Cristina Pastorello

Almanzor - Dominic Natoli

Abenamet (in revised version) - Diana Montague

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Compact Disc; - Opera Rara ORC 17 {4CDS} (1999)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

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This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1999 p.120 [AB]

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Opera - January 2000 p.119 [RF]

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Fanfare - Vol 23 No.3 January/February 2000 p.239 [JK], p.240 [GJ]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.16 No.3 Summer 2000 pp.499-502 [WA]

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Opéra International - No.245 avril 2000 pp.71-72 [SS]

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Diapason - No.469 avril 2000 pp.76-78 [MP]

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Classic CD - December 1999 p.80 [MT]

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BBC Music Magazine - February 2000 p.70 (in brief) [CO]

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American Record Guide - March/April 2000 Vol.63 No.2 p.100 [VAL]

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Classical Express - Issue No.120 March 2000 p.3 [JTH]

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Donizetti Society Newsletter - No.80 June 2000 p.28 [PM]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII N.133 ottobre 1999 p.95 [GL]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.37 enero-febrerp 2000 p.88 [MC]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - Mo.127 diciembre 1999 pp.41-42 [JS]

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Répertoire - No.133 mars 2000 p.53 [LC]

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Comments:- The Opera Rara CDs contain recordings of both versions, that for a tenor- and that for a contralto- Abenamet

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Abbreviations

(STU), "Studio" Recording

(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts

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

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

(LI), "Live" Recording

(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts

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

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

(RA), A Radio Performance

(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance

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

(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española

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