(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1950(LI) - Ghione Franco - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli*
2 1969(RA) - Silipigni Alfredo - RAI Torino*
3 1977(RA) - Arena Maurizio - RAI Torino*
4 1995(LI) - Gavazzeni Gianandrea - Teatro Massimo di Palermo***
5 2000(STU) - Frontalini Silvano - Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma*
6 2005(LI) - Silipigni Alfredo - Teatro Grattacielo*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Franco Ghione - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Zazà - Mafalda Favero
Milio Dufresne - Giancinto Prandelli
Cascart - Carlo Tagliabue
Mamma Anaide - Agnese Dubbini
Floriana - Lydia Malisci
Signora Dufresne - Rosa Morelli
Natalia - M. Valeria Zazo
Totò - Sonia Lo Giudice
Courtois - Carlo Badioli
Bussy - Gerardo Gaudioso
Augusto - Gianni Avolanti
Marco - Luciano della Pergola
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 356 {2LPS} (1966)ª
Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 1164; Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03671
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Zazà by Ruggiero Leoncavallo are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.370
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the San Carlo Theatre, Naples (2 January 1950). The cassettes issued by both Lyric Distribution and Charles Handelman are (mistakenly?) attributed in their catalogues to La Scala 1947.
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Conductor Alfredo Silipigni - 1969(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Torino
Chorus - RAI Torino
Zazà - Clara Petrella
Milio Dufresne - Giuseppe Campora
Cascart - Tito Turtura
Mamma Anaide - Elinor Parker
Floriana - Adriana Buda
Signora Dufresne - Zoe Papadaki
Natalia - Elena Barcis
Totò - Daniela Campora
Courtois - Tino Nava
Bussy - Duilio Contoli
Augusto - Ernesto Sormani
Marco - Ernesto Sormani
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Black Disc - Cetra-ERI LPS 3275; Cetra SLP 3270 {3LPS}
Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03672
Compact Disc; - *Nuova Era 2316/17 (+Zanetto) {2CDS} ; Memories HR 4519/20 (+Zanetto) {2CDS}; Warner Fonit 5050467 779921 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Zazà by Ruggiero Leoncavallo are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.370
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 1990 p.1683 [MEO]
Opera - September 1970 p.854
Opera Quarterly - Vol.11 No.2 1995 p.197
Diapason - No.530 novembre 2005 p.100 [JCH2]
Classic Record Collector - Winter 2005 pp.102-103 [JTH]
Comments:- Recorded September 1969. There are many cuts. The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000.
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Conductor Maurizio Arena - 1977(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Torino
Chorus - RAI Torino
Zazà - Lynne Strow-Piccolo
Milio Dufresne - Luciano Saldari
Cascart - Angelo Romero
Mamma Anaide - Sylvana Mazzieri
Floriana - Mariella Adani
Signora Dufresne - Maria Grazia Piolatto
Natalia - Sofia Mezzetti
Totò - Guidi Rimonda
Courtois - Angelo Mosatti
Bussy - Vinicio Cocchieri
Augusto - Saverio Burzano
Marco - Pietro Tarantino
Claretta - Maria Grazia Piolatto
Malardot - Ermanno Lorenzi
Lartigon - Vito Susca
Duclou - Giovanni Gaznerolli
Michelin - Nino Carta
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Black Disc - Bismark Beane MRF 176-S {3LPS}
Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03669
Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100 732 (+Germania - excerpts) {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Zazà by Ruggiero Leoncavallo are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.370
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2004 S.65 [GH]
Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 25 August 1977. The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000.
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Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1995(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Chorus - Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Zazà - Denia Mazzola(-Gavazzeni)
Milio Dufresne - Luca Canonici
Cascart - Stefano Antonucci
Mamma Anaide - Viorica Cortez
Floriana - Donatella Lombardi
Signora Dufresne - Patrizia Gentile
Natalia - Daniela Ruzza
Totò - Evelina Arnone
Courtois - Ugo Tortorici
Bussy - Armando Gabba
Augusto - Pietro Tarantino
Marco - Mario Ferrara
Claretta - Elisabetta Jaroszewicz (Mureddu)
Malardot - Renzo Casellato
Lartigon - Giancarlo Tosi
Duclou - Carmelo Caruso
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera; {2CDRS} (2003)ª
DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVDCC 1526; Encore DVD 2103 (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Zazà by Ruggiero Leoncavallo are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.370
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Politeama Garibaldi, Palermo (5 January 1995). The cast listed above is that given in «Opera '95 Annuario EDT dell'Opera Lirica in Italia» p.156. The CDRs issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue (January 2003) and the DVD-R issued on the Encore label is (was?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Silvano Frontalini - 2000(STU)
Orchestra - Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma
Chorus - Coro
Zazà - Lisa Houben
Milio Dufresne - Sergio Panajia
Cascart - Barry Anderson
Mamma Anaide - Lucia Mastromarino
Floriana - Annalisa Scano
Signora Dufresne - Gaia Hubbard
Natalia - Susanna Branchini
Totò - Maria Debora Farina
Courtois - Valerio Marchetti
Bussy - Domenico Balzani
Augusto - Enrico Stinchelli
Marco - Enrico Stinchelli
Claretta - Susanna Branchini
Malardot - Daniele Giannini
Lartigon - Valerio Marchetti
Duclou - Jean François Vinciguerra
Michelin - Michelangelo Iachetti
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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni GB 2289/90-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Zazà by Ruggiero Leoncavallo are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.370
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.25 No.3 January/February 2002 pp.160-161 [GJ]
Orpheus - 11+F November 2001 S.87 [HCM]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.18 No.2 Spring 2002 pp.288-291 [WF]
American Record Guide - November/December 2001 Vol.64 No.6 pp.139-140 [CHP]
Comments:- Recorded in Rome (September-December 2000)
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Conductor Alfredo Silipigni - 2005(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Grattacielo
Chorus - Cantori di New York
Zazà - Aprile Millo
Milio Dufresne - Gerard Powers
Cascart - Stephen Gaertner
Mamma Anaide - Eugenie Grunewald
Floriana - Marco Moncloa
Signora Dufresne - Aida Baligh
Natalia - Jayoung Yoon
Totò - Angelica Asaro
Courtois - Young-Bok Kim
Bussy - Mark Womack
Augusto - Louis Emilio Cabrera
Marco - Louis Emilio Cabrera
Claretta - Kimiko Hata
Malardot - Anthony Pulgram
Duclou - Stephan Kirchgraber
Michelin - Daniel Lee
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Compact Disc; - Live Opera Heaven C 2671 {2CDRS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Zazà by Ruggiero Leoncavallo are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.370
Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in the Alice Tully Hall, New York on 12 November 2005. The cast listed above is that which was announced and may be incorrect (click link below). The CDRs issued by LOH are included in their «Feb. 2006 Alert» and those issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) announced as new issues in July 2006 in their online catalogue.
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