There are 5 recordings of Le Cid by Jules Massenet on file

(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )

1 1976(LI) - Queler Eve - Opera Orchestra of New York*

2 1979(LI) - Delacôte Jacques - Hamburgische Staatsoper*

3 1981(LI) - Giovaninetti Reynald - Orchestre*

4 1981(LI) - Rudel Julius - San Francisco Opera*

5 1987(LI) - García-Navarro Luis Antonio - ORF Symphonie-Orchester*

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Le Cid by Jules Massenet performed in French

Conductor Eve Queler - 1976(LI)

Orchestra - Opera Orchestra of New York

Chorus - Byrne Camp Chorale

Don Arias - Clinton Ingram

Don Alonzo - Theodore Hodges

Don Gormas - Arnold Voketatis

Chimène - Grace Bumbry

L'Infante - Eleanor Bergquist

Le Roi - Jake Gardner

Rodrigue - Plácido Domingo

Don Diègue - Paul Plishka

The Moorish Envoy - Peter Lightfoot

St. James - John Adams

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Black Disc; - CBS «Masterworks» 79300 {3LPS} (UK) (1977)ª; *CBS Sony M3 34211 {3LPS} (USA) (1977)ª

Compact Disc; - CBS «Masterworks» 79300 {2CDS} (1990)ª; Sony M2K 79.300 {2CDS}

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Recordings of Le Cid by Jules Massenet are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.395; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.161 p.5 (a few sentences); PENGUIN p.202;GIUDICI p.361

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - March 1977 p.1449 [LS]; April 1977 p.1529 [JBS]; February 1990 p. [JBS]

Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in Carnegie Hall, New York (8 March 1976)

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Le Cid by Jules Massenet performed in French

Conductor Jacques Delacôte - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - Hamburgische Staatsoper

Chorus - Hamburgische Staatsoper

Don Gormas - Ude Krekow

Chimène - Grace Bumbry

L'Infante - Faye Robinson

Le Roi - Franz Grundheber

Rodrigue - Plácido Domingo

Don Diègue - Bonaldo Giaiotti

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CBBB 323 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of Le Cid by Jules Massenet are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.395; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.161 p.5 (a few sentences); PENGUIN p.202;GIUDICI p.361

Comments:- Recording of a concert performance (7 April 1979). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»

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Le Cid by Jules Massenet performed in French

Conductor Reynald Giovaninetti - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestre

Chorus - Choeur

Chimène - Dunja Vejzovic

L'Infante - Peggy Bouveret

Le Roi - Jean-Philippe Lafont

Rodrigue - Plácido Domingo

Don Diègue - Paul Plishka

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 322 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of Le Cid by Jules Massenet are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.395; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.161 p.5 (a few sentences); PENGUIN p.202;GIUDICI p.361

Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris (15 February 1981; see L'AVANT SCENE OPÉRA No.161 p.133). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22» where the date of the performance is given incorrectly as 1 November 1981.

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Le Cid by Jules Massenet performed in French

Conductor Julius Rudel - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Don Arias - Jonathan Green

Don Alonzo - Carl Glaum

Don Gormas - Eric Halfvarson

Chimène - Carol Neblett

L'Infante - Jennifer Ringo

Le Roi - Timothy Noble

Rodrigue - William Lewis

Don Diègue - Ferruccio Furlanetto

The Moorish Envoy - Thomas Woodman

St. James - Gregory Stapp

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 4129

Recordings of Le Cid by Jules Massenet are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.395; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.161 p.5 (a few sentences); PENGUIN p.202;GIUDICI p.361

Comments:- Recording of a «stylized concert version» in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (October 1981). According to the online performance archive of the San Francisco Opera «Due to the last-minute cancellation of the original scheduled Rodrigue, Placido Domingo, the role was performed by William Lewis, who learned the part at five days' notice, and performed it throughout the run in costume and with a score». The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). The date of the performance recorded is given here as 7 November 1981 which was the date that a recording was broadcast.

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Le Cid by Jules Massenet performed in French

Conductor Luis Antonio García-Navarro - 1987(LI)

Orchestra - ORF Symphonie-Orchester

Chorus - Wiener Singakademie

Don Arias - Ramón Vargas

Don Alonzo - Ivan Urbas

Don Gormas - Paolo Gavanelli

Chimène - Mara Zampieri

L'Infante - Sonia Ghazarian

Le Roi - Giuseppe Taddei

Rodrigue - Plácido Domingo

Don Diègue - Sergei Koptchak

The Moorish Envoy - Ivan Urbas

St. James - Paolo Gavanelli

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 323 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 5113 {3CDRS}

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Le Cid by Jules Massenet are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.395; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.161 p.5 (a few sentences); PENGUIN p.202;GIUDICI p.361

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Juli+August 2004 S.70-S.71 [GH]

Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in the Grosses Konzerthaus, Vienna (26 April 1987). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»

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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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