(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1967(LI) - Vandernoot Joseph - Fulham Municipal Orchestra*
2 1971(RA) - Cillario Carlo Felice - RAI Torino*
3 1972?(RA) - Balkwill Bryan - BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra*
4 1973?(Act 2;SE) - Guadagno Anton - Wiener Volksoper*
5 1977(LI) - Queler Eve - Opera Orchestra of New York*
6 1984(LI) - Latham-Koenig Jan - New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra**
7 2002(LI) - Levi Yoel - Orchestre National de France*
8 2004(LI) - Macatsoris Christofer - Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia*
9 2004(LI) - Pál Tamás - Orchestra Filarmonica Mediterranea**
10 2008(LI) - David Yoram - Teatro Regio di Torino*
11 2008(LI) - Queler Eve - Opera Orchestra of New York*
12 200?(STU) - Veronese Alberto - Santa Cecilia*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Joseph Vandernoot - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Fulham Municipal Orchestra
Chorus - Hammersmith Opera
Fidelia - Angela Rubini
Edgar - Edward Byles
Tigrana - Doreen Doyle
Frank - Michael Rippon
Gualtiero - Graham Nicholls
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 400 {2LPS} (1967)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Edgar by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.600; GIUDICI p.577 (2) p.960
Comments:- Recording of a performance by the Hammersmith Opera (6 April 1967; see OPERA June 1967 p.520)
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Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario - 1971(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Torino
Chorus - RAI Torino
Fidelia - Mietta Sighele
Edgar - Veriano Luchetti
Tigrana - Biancamaria Casoni
Frank - Renzo Scorsoni
Gualtiero - Alfredo Colella
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 100 {2LPS} (1972)ª; Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 105
Compact Disc; - Opera d'Oro OPD 1449 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Edgar by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.600; GIUDICI p.577 (2) p.960
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Fanfare - Vol.30 No.1 September/October 2006 pp.206-207 [RT]
Comments:- Recording of a broadcast performance (24 September 1971)
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Conductor Bryan Balkwill - 1972?(RA)
Orchestra - BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - BBC Northern Singers
Fidelia - Pauline Tinsley
Edgar - Ronald Dowd
Tigrana - Marjorie Biggar
Frank - Terence Sharpe
Gualtiero - Jolyon Dodgson
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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 889
Recordings of Edgar by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.600; GIUDICI p.577 (2) p.960
Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 30 January 1972. See Radio Times Issue dated 29 January-4 February 1972 p.26. The date given in mr. tape's catalogue is 30 August 1969
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Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1973?(Act 2;SE)
Orchestra - Wiener Volksoper
Chorus - Wiener Academie Kammerchor
Edgar - Barry Morell
Tigrana - Nancy Stokes
Frank - Walker Wyatt
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Black Disc - RCA DPS 2052 (+Le Villi)
Recordings of Edgar by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.600; GIUDICI p.577 (2) p.960
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
(The) Gramophone - April 1974 p.1887 [EG]
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Conductor Eve Queler - 1977(LI)
Orchestra - Opera Orchestra of New York
Chorus - Schola Cantorum of New York - New York City Opera Children's Chorus
Fidelia - Renata Scotto
Edgar - Carlo Bergonzi
Tigrana - Gwendolyn Killebrew
Frank - Vincenzo Sardinero
Gualtiero - Mark Munkittrick
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Black Disc; - Columbia M2 34584 {2LPS} (USA) (1978)ª; CBS «Masterworks» 79213 {2LPS} (UK) (1978)ª
Compact Disc; - *CBS M2K 79213 {2CDS} (1989)ª;; CBS M2K 34584
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Edgar by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.600; GIUDICI p.577 (2) p.960
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1978 p.1284 [EG]; April 1978 p.1677 [JBS]; October 1989 p. [MEO]
Fanfare - Vol.1 No.4 March/April 1978 p.60 [KH]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.154
Comments:- According to the review in FANFARE this is a recording of a concert performance in Carnegie Hall in April 1977 with certain section re-recorded a few days later(See also OPERA August 1977 p.749)
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Conductor Jan Latham-Koenig - 1984(LI)
Orchestra - New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra
Fidelia - Zsuzsanna Dénes
Edgar - Raimundo Mettre
Tigrana - Helrun Gardow
Frank - Gianluigi Senici
Gualtiero - Aldo Poramente
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DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVDCC 485 (2005)ª
VHS Video Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated #8675 (1994)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Edgar by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.600; GIUDICI p.577 (2) p.960
Comments:- Video recording of a performance at the Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte, Montepulciano (See OPERA December 1984 pp.1367-1368). The DVD issued by House of Opera is listed in their online catalogue of «New DVDs 22 January 2005»
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Conductor Yoel Levi - 2002(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestre National de France
Chorus - Maitrise de Radio France
Fidelia - Julia Varady
Edgar - Carl Tanner
Tigrana - Mary Ann McCormick
Frank - Dalibor Jenis
Gualtiero - Carlo Cigni
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Compact Disc; - Naïve V 4957 {2CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Edgar by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.600; GIUDICI p.577 (2) p.960
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November (published September) 2003 p.109, p.111, p.112 [EG]
Opera - October 2003 pp.1284-1285 [GH]
Opera News - February 2004 pp.67-69 [IS]
Fanfare - Vol.27 No.6 July/August 2004 pp.166-167 [GJ]
Orpheus - Januar + Februar 2004 S.64 [BH]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.20 No.4 Autumn 2004 pp.756-759 [RP]
Opéra International - No.282 septembre 2003 pp.73-74 [PC]
Diapason - No.505 juillet-aoüt 2003 pp.93-94 [ED]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.217 p.90 [ES]
International Record Review - November 2003 pp.74-75 [P'OC]
American Record Guide - January/February 2004 Vol.67 No.1 pp.144-145 [CHP]
Répertoire - No.171 septembre 2003 p.72 [PT]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.65 noviembre 2003 p.82 [LB]
Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in the Olivier Messiaen Saal, Paris (7 December 2002).
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Conductor Christofer Macatsoris - 2004(LI)
Orchestra - Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
Chorus - New Jersey Master Chorale - Wayne Richmond Children Song of New Jersey
Fidelia - Latonia Moore
Edgar - James Valenti
Tigrana - Jennifer G. Hsiung
Frank - Yungbae Yang
Gualtiero - Matthew Arnold
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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 549 {1CDR} (Australia) (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Edgar by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.600; GIUDICI p.577 (2) p.960
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Perleman Theater, Philadelphia (21 January 2004).
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Conductor Tamás Pál - 2004(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra Filarmonica Mediterranea
Chorus - Coro di voci bianche dell'Opera di Brasov
Fidelia - Montserrat Marti
Edgar - Dario Balzanelli
Tigrana - Halla Margret
Frank - Andrea Rola
Gualtiero - Giovanni Tarasconi
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DVD (Video) - Encore DVD 2202 (2005)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5875 (2006)ª; Kultur D 4195 (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Edgar by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.600; GIUDICI p.577 (2) p.960
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XXI N.214 marzo 2007 p.83
Comments:- The DVD issued by Premiere is included in their «2006 FALL NEW RELEASES» where the year of the performance recorded is given as 2003. However, it appears more likely that it is of a performance on 31 July 2004 given in the Grande Terme di Villa Adeiana, Roma as part of the Festival Euro Mediterraneo. The details listed above are those given in «Opera 2004 - Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'Opera Lirica in Italia» p.213. The DVD-R issued on the Encore label is (was?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here the year of the performance recorded is also given as 2003.
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Conductor Yoram David - 2008(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Regio di Torino
Chorus - Teatro Regio di Torino
Fidelia - Amarilli Nizza
Edgar - José Cura
Tigrana - Julia Gertseva
Frank - Marco Vratogna
Gualtiero - Carlo Cigni
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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 815 {2CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Edgar by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.600; GIUDICI p.577 (2) p.960
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Regio di Torino (June or July 2008). The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues November 2008. There is a review of a performance on the internet: ####http://www.operaduetstravel.com/20080704 Edgar.html
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Conductor Eve Queler - 2008(LI)
Orchestra - Opera Orchestra of New York
Chorus - New York Choral Society
Fidelia - Latonia Moore
Edgar - Marcello Giordani
Tigrana - Jennifer Larmore
Frank - Stephen Gaertner
Gualtiero - Giovanni Guagliardo
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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 787 {2CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Edgar by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.600; GIUDICI p.577 (2) p.960
Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in Carnegie Hall, New York (13 April 2008). The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) listed as new issues in their website in June 2008 (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Alberto Veronese - 200?(STU)
Orchestra - Santa Cecilia
Chorus - Santa Cecilia
Fidelia - Adriana Damato (d'Amato)
Edgar - Plácido Domingo
Tigrana - Marianne Cornetti
Frank - Juan (Joan) Pons
Gualtiero - Rafal Siwek
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Compact Disc; - DG 477 6102 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Edgar by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.600; GIUDICI p.577 (2) p.960
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 2006 p.89 [PO'C]
Opera - December 2006 pp.1512-1513 [RM]
Opera News - November 2006 p.61 [IS]
Diapason - No.538 juillet-aoüt 2006 p.73 [ED]
BBC Music Magazine - June 2006 p.75 [GH]
International Record Review - July/August 2006 pp.79-80 [JTH]
American Record Guide - November/December 2006 Vol.69 No.6 p.164 [RVL]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.92 julio-agosto 2006 p.86 [MC]
Opéra Magazine - No.9 juillet/aoüt 2006 p.78 [PC]
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