(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1953?(STU) - Bron Onissim - USSR State Radio Orchestra*
2 1958(RA) - Cariven Marcel - Orchestre Lyrique de l'O.R.T.F.*
3 1967(RA) - Doussard Jean - Orchestre Lyrique de l'O.R.T.F.*
4 1973(FI) - Voightmann Karl F. - Komische Oper Berlin**
5 19??(RA) - Kreder Jean Paul - Orchestre de l'O.R.T.F.*
6 2006(LI) - Järvi Kristjan - Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg**
7 2007(STU) - Borowitz Michael - Ohio Light Opera*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Onissim Bron - 1953?(STU)
Orchestra - USSR State Radio Orchestra
Chorus - USSR State Radio Chorus
Barbe-Bleue - Anatole Orfenov
Boulotte - Nina Postavnicheva
Hermia - Vavara Gradova
Popolani - Daniel Demyanov
Le Roi Bobèche - Pavel Pontryagin
Anna - A. Matushina
Raul - Ivan Kartavenko
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Black Disc - Melodiya D 01668-71 {2LPS}
Comments:- Recording of a Russian version with text by A. Argo. The Melodiya LPs are listed in the 1968 edition of the Melodiya catalogue p.593
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Conductor Marcel Cariven - 1958(RA)
Orchestra - Orchestre Lyrique de l'O.R.T.F.
Chorus - Choral Lyrique de la O.R.T.F.
Barbe-Bleue - Michel Sénéchal
Boulotte - Fanély Revoil
Hermia - Claudine Collart
Saphir - Joseph Peyron
Popolani - Charles Daguerressar
Le Roi Bobèche - André Duvaleix
Le Comte Oscar - André Balbon
Isaure - Jacqueline Meyer
Heloise - Janette Levasseur
Eleonore - Huguette Hennetier
Blanche - Raymonde Notti(-Pagès)
La Reine Clémentine - Deva Dassy
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Compact Disc; - Premiere (Italy) unnumbered {2CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Comments:- Recorded or/and broadcast on 10 May 1958. The CDRS issued by Premiere (Italy) are (were?) advertised on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Jean Doussard - 1967(RA)
Orchestra - Orchestre Lyrique de l'O.R.T.F.
Chorus - Chorale Lyrique de l'O.R.T.F.
Barbe-Bleue - Henri Legay
Boulotte - Lina Dachary
Hermia - Monique Stiôt
Saphir - Bernard Alvi
Popolani - Aimé Doniat
Le Roi Bobèche - René Lenoty
Le Comte Oscar - René Terrasson
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Black Disc - Bourg BG 2005/6 {2LPS}
Compact Disc - Memories HR-4591/2 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1211 {2CDS}
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1985 p. [AML]
Opera News - January 6 1996 p.39
Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.58
Répertoire - No.83 septembre 1995 p.61
American Record Guide - January/February 1996 Vol.59 No.1 p.151
Fono Forum - Juli 1983 S.56-S.57 [WB]
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Conductor Karl F. Voightmann - 1973(FI)
Orchestra - Komische Oper Berlin
Daphnis - Manfred Hopp
Fleurette - Ingrid Czerny
Boulotte - Anny Schlemm
Popolani - Rudolf Asmus
Graf Oskar - Helmut Polze
Ritter Blaubart - Hanns Nocker
König Bobeche - Werner Enders
Königin Clementine - Ruth Schob-Lipka
Isaure - Irmgard Arnold
Alvarez - Hans-Otto Rogge
Heloise - Evelyn Bölcke
Rosalinde - Christa Noack-von-Kampitz
Eleonore - Eva-Maria Baum
Blanche - Ute Trekel-Burgkhardt
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Laser Disc - Dreamlife DMLB 2 (Japanese NTSC)
DVD (Video) - ~Dreamlife DLVC 1065 (Japan) (2001)ª; ArtHaus 101 306 (Walter Felsenstein edition) {12DVDS} (2008)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Dreamlife DMVB 48 (Japanese NTSC)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera - June 2008 pp.731-733 [RP2]
Comments:- Video recording of film of a German version «Ritter Blaubart» directed by WalterFelsenstein. The original TV Film is reviewed in ORPHEUS April/May 1974 S.250-S.251 .
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Conductor Jean Paul Kreder - 19??(RA)
Orchestra - Orchestre de l'O.R.T.F.
Chorus - Choeurs de l'O.R.T.F.
Barbe-Bleue - Guy Fouché
Boulotte - Lina Dachary
Hermia - Géneviève Moizan
Saphir - Joseph Peyron
Popolani - Andrea Guiot
La Reine Clémentine - Gabrielle Ristori
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 309 (+Pépito) {2LPS} (1976)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Comments:- There is no dialogue. The cast listed above is that given in «More EJS» p.225, about which there seem to be some uncertainties.
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Conductor Kristjan Järvi - 2006(LI)
Orchestra - Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg
Chorus - Bregenzer Festspielchor - Kornmarktchor
Fleurette - Daniela Fally
Boulotte - Susanne Reinhard
Popolani - Markus Brück
Graf Oskar - Otto Katzameier
Ritter Blaubart - Wolfgang Ablinger(-Sperrhacke)
König Bobeche - Robert Wörle
Königin Clementine - Natascha Petrinsky
Isaure - Anja Augustin
Alvarez - Marco di Sapia
Heloise - Therese Grabner
Rosalinde - Yoko Yasui
Eleonore - Magdalena Anna Hofmann
Blanche - Gerda Lischka
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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5911 (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Comments:- Video recording of a performance in the Kornmarkttheater, Bregenz (August 2006; see OPERA November 2006 p.1316). The DVD issued by Premiere is included in their list of «NEW RELEASES October 2006».
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Conductor Michael Borowitz - 2007(STU)
Orchestra - Ohio Light Opera
Chorus - Ohio Light Opera
Bluebeard - Peter (Nathan) Foltz
Boulotte - Jessie Wright Martin
Fleurette - Betha Christopher
Queen Clementine - Sahara Glasener-Boles
Saphir - Michael Denos
Count Oscar - Patrick Howle
Popolani - Jacob Allen
King Bobeche - Gary Moss
Princess Hermia - Betha Christopher
Héloise - Kathryn McCreary
Éléonora - Amanda Kingston
Isaure - Kemper Lecroy Florin
Rosalinde - Amanda Opuszynski
Blanche - Laura Riggs
Alvarez - Anthony Buck
Notary - Spiro Matsos
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Compact Disc; - Albany Troy 993 {2CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.31 No.5 May/June 2008 pp.208-210 [JM] [JK]
American Record Guide - March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 p.150 [CHP]
Comments:- Recording of a performance performed in an English translation by Richard Traubner.
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