(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1957(LI) - Gamson Arnold - ORCHESTRA*
2 1960(RA) - Previtali Fernando - RAI Roma*
3 1965(LI) - Franci Carlo - Teatro Comunale di Bologna*
4 1968(LI) - Franci Carlo - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*
5 1978(STU) - López Cobos Jesús - Philharmonia Orchestra*
6 1980(LI) - Siciliani Alessandro - Teatro Massimo di Palermo**
7 1988(LI) - Pritchard John - RAI Torino**
8 1992(LI) - Renzetti Donato - Chicago Lyric Opera*
9 1998(LI) - Rovaris Corrado - Orchestra*
10 1999(STU) - Parry David - Philharmonia Orchestra*
11 2000(LC) - Arrivabeni Paolo - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia*
12 2000(LI) - Gelmetti Gianluigi - Covent Garden*
13 2001(LI) - Crutchfield Will - St. Luke's Orchestra*
14 2001(LI) - Queler Eve - Opera Orchestra of New York*
15 2007(LI) - Palumbo Renato - Teatro Comunale di Bologna*
16 2008(LI) - Mitas Karel - Virtuosi Brunensis*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Arnold Gamson - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - ORCHESTRA
Chorus - CHORUS
Otello - Thomas Hayward
Desdemona - Eileen Farrell
Iago - Hugh Thompson
Rodrigo - Loren Driscoll
Emilia - Martha Lipton
Elmiro - Chester Watson
Gondoliero - Giuseppe Baratti
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Black Disc - *Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 265-2 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Live Opera Heaven Ltd. C 1416 {2CDS} (2003)ª; The Opera Lovers OTER 195701 {2CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Otello by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.736; GIUDICI p.716 (2) p.1191; PENGUIN p.368
Comments:- Recording of a performance of an abridged version (10 October 1957)
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Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1960(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Otello - Agostino Lazzari
Desdemona - Virginia Zeani
Iago - Giuseppe Baratti
Rodrigo - Herbert Handt
Emilia - Anna Reynolds
Elmiro - Franco Ventriglia
Lucio - Alfredo Nobile
Doge - Tommaso Frascati
Gondoliero - Tommaso Frascati
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «Golden Age of Opera» EJS 203 {2LPS} (1961)ª; Replica RPL 2419-2421 {3LPS} (1980)ª; Replica RPL 34129 {3LPS} (1984)ª
Compact Disc - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 718 {2CDS} live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Otello by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.736; GIUDICI p.716 (2) p.1191; PENGUIN p.368
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - November 1982 S.882-S.883 [GH]
Comments:- Broadcast on 19 June 1960
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Conductor Carlo Franci - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Otello - Agostino Lazzari
Desdemona - Virginia Zeani
Iago - Angelo Mori
Rodrigo - Pietro Bottazzo
Elmiro - Franco Ventriglia
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Compact Disc; - Opera Depot OD 10312-2 {2CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Otello by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.736; GIUDICI p.716 (2) p.1191; PENGUIN p.368
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Rossini, Pesaro (25 August 1965). The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Carlo Franci - 1968(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'opera di Roma
Otello - Aldo Bottion
Desdemona - Virginia Zeani
Iago - Gastone Limarilli
Rodrigo - Pietro Bottazzo
Emilia - Giovanna Fioroni
Elmiro - Plinio Clabassi
Lucio - Antonio Pirino
Doge - Fernando Iacopucci
Gondoliero - Fernando Iacopucci
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Black Disc - Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 25-S {3LPS}
Recordings of Otello by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.736; GIUDICI p.716 (2) p.1191; PENGUIN p.368
Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the Rome Opera at the Met (25 June 1968; seeOPERA September 1968 pp.716-717)
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Conductor Jesús López Cobos - 1978(STU)
Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra
Chorus - Ambrosian Singers
Otello - José Carreras
Desdemona - Frederica Von Stade
Iago - Gianfranco Pastine
Rodrigo - Salvatore Fisichella
Emilia - Nucci Condò
Elmiro - Samuel Ramey
Lucio - Keith Lewis
Doge - Alfonso Leoz
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Black Disc; - *Philips 6769 023 {3LPS} (1979)ª
Compact Cassette; - Philips 7699 110 (1979)ª
Compact Disc; - Philips 432 456-2 {2CDS} (1992)ª; Lyrica LRC 1047-1048 {2CDS} (Italy); Philips «Duo» 475 448-2 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Otello by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.736; GIUDICI p.716 (2) p.1191; PENGUIN p.368
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1979 p.140 [AB]; January 1980 p.1121 [JBS] December 1992 p.140 [RO]; July 2004 p.85 [PO'C]
Opera News - February 1980 p.37 [JWF]
American Record Guide - April 1980 Vol.43 No.6 p.41 [DA]
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Conductor Alessandro Siciliani - 1980(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Chorus - Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Otello - Philip Langridge
Desdemona - Margherita Rinaldi
Iago - Ezio Di Cesare
Rodrigo - Bruce Brewer
Emilia - Nucci Condò
Elmiro - Agostino Ferrin
Lucio - G. Puddu
Doge - Pietro Tarantino
Gondoliero - Dino Di Domenico
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DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVDCC 1021 (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Otello by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.736; GIUDICI p.716 (2) p.1191; PENGUIN p.368
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Politeamo Garibaldi, Palermo (March 1980; see OPERA July 1980 pp.713-715). The cast and conductor listed above are those given in «Il Teatro Massimo di Palermo - cento anni attraverso le stagioni liriche e gli artisti» p.230. The DVD issued by House of Opera is listed in their online catalogue of «New DVDs 22 January 2005». The year of the performance recorded is given here as 1981 and the comductor as «Bartoletti».
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Conductor John Pritchard - 1988(LI)
Orchestra - RAI Torino
Chorus - Coro
Otello - Chris Merritt
Desdemona - June Anderson
Iago - Ezio Di Cesare
Rodrigo - Rockwell Blake
Emilia - Raquel Pierotti
Elmiro - Giorgio Surjan
Lucio - Eugenio Favano
Doge - Francesco Piccoli
Gondoliero - Enrico Facini
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DVD (Video) - Encore DVD 2223 (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Otello by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.736; GIUDICI p.716 (2) p.1191; PENGUIN p.368
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Teatro Rossini, Pesaro (August 1988; see OPERA November 1988 pp.1305-1306).
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Conductor Donato Renzetti - 1992(LI)
Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera
Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera
Otello - Chris Merritt
Desdemona - Lella Cuberli
Iago - Richard Croft
Rodrigo - Rockwell Blake
Emilia - Nancy Maultsby
Elmiro - Henry Runey
Lucio - Roy Cornelius Smith
Doge - Patrick Denniston
Gondoliero - Hong-Shen Li
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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 455 {3CDRS} (Australia) (2005)ª; Celestial Audio CA 455 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Otello by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.736; GIUDICI p.716 (2) p.1191; PENGUIN p.368
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (September or October 1992; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.164 décembre 1992 p.40). A recording of one of the performances was broadcast by «The Nuveen/Lyric Opera of Chicago Radio Network» on 29 May 1993. See OPERA NEWS May 1993 p.49. The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) listed as new issues in their website in Easter 2005 and also November 2008 (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Corrado Rovaris - 1998(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra
Chorus - Coro
Otello - Bruce Ford
Desdemona - Mariella Devia
Iago - Charles Workman
Rodrigo - Paul Austin Kelly
Emilia - Enkelejda Shkosa
Elmiro - Simone Alberghini
Lucio - Antonino Siragusa
Doge - Cesare Catani
Gondoliero - Antonino Siragusa
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Compact Cassette; - Legato Classics Incorporated ALD 4789 (1998)ª
Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 686 {2CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Otello by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.736; GIUDICI p.716 (2) p.1191; PENGUIN p.368
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Palafestival, Pesaro (8 August 1998; see OPERA November 1998 pp.1341-1342). The compact cassettes issued by Legato are listed in their list of «New Audio Cassette Listings(ALD) - Winter 1998» and the CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues October 2007.
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Conductor David Parry - 1999(STU)
Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra
Chorus - Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Otello - Bruce Ford
Desdemona - Elizabeth Futral
Iago - Juan José Lopera
Rodrigo - William Matteuzzi
Emilia - Enkelejda Shkosa
Elmiro - Ildebrando d' Arcangelo
Lucio - Dominic Natoli
Doge - Ryland Davies
Gondoliero - Barry Banks
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Compact Disc; - Opera Rara ORC 18 {3CDS} (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Otello by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.736; GIUDICI p.716 (2) p.1191; PENGUIN p.368
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 2000 p.18, p.102 [RO]
Fanfare - Vol.23 No.5 May/June 2000 pp.219-220 [JK]
Orpheus - April 2000 S.71 [GH]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.1 Winter 2001 pp.136-141 [JKL]
Opéra International - No.245 avril 2000 pp.72-74 [SS]
Diapason - No.469 avril 2000 p.94 [MP]
International Record Review - March 2000 p.136 [MP]
American Record Guide - Vol.63 No.3 May/June 2000 p.176 [DA]
Le Monde de la Musique - No.242 avril 2000 p.88 [CFP]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.138 marzo 2000 pp.98-99 [GL]
Répertoire - No.138 septembre 2000 p.69 [LC]
Das Opernglas - Februar 2000 S.71 [MW]
Comments:- Recorded in September, October 1999
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Conductor Paolo Arrivabeni - 2000(LC)
Orchestra - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia
Chorus - Bratislava Chamber Choir
Otello - Irine Ratiani
Desdemona - Patrizia Ciofi
Iago - Gregory Bonfatti
Rodrigo - Simon Edwards
Emilia - Barbara Vivian
Elmiro - Soon-Won Kang
Lucio - Daniele Gaspari
Doge - Salvatore Cordella
Gondoliero - Alessandro Codeluppi
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Compact Disc; - Dynamic CDS 369/1-3 {3CDS} (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Otello by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.736; GIUDICI p.716 (2) p.1191; PENGUIN p.368
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July (published May) 2001 p.99 [RO]
Fanfare - Vol.25 No.1 September/October 2001 pp.255-256 [HF]
Orpheus - Mai 2001 S.72 [SL]
Opéra International - No.257 mai 2001 pp.69-70 [DF]
Diapason - No.487 décembre 2001 pp.125-126 [MP]
American Record Guide - September/October 2001 Vol.64 No.5 pp.187-188 [DA]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.151 maggio 2001 p.92 [GL]
Répertoire - No.150 octobre 2001 p.109 [PT]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.47 septiembre-octubre 2001 p.94 [JMP]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - septiembre 2001 No.146 p.50 [JS]
Comments:- Recorded at performances of the «Malibran version» at the Martina Franca Festival.
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Conductor Gianluigi Gelmetti - 2000(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Otello - Bruce Ford
Desdemona - Mariella Devia
Iago - Octavio Arévalo
Rodrigo - Juan Diego Flórez
Emilia - Leah-Marian Jones
Elmiro - Alastair Miles
Lucio - Timothy Robinson
Doge - Robin Leggate
Gondoliero - Timothy Robinson
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 548-3 {3CDRS}; House of Opera (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Otello by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.736; GIUDICI p.716 (2) p.1191; PENGUIN p.368
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (February 2000). The date given in Premiere's catalogue is 12 February 2000, but there was no performance on that day. The date given by House of Opera in their online catalogue was 5 February 2000. The performance on 17 February 2003 was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times Issue dated 12-18 February 2000 p.134) and Kenneth Tarver sang the role of Rodrigo in this performance. The performance on 31 January 2000 is reviewed in OPERA April 2000 p.476; OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.244 mars 2000 p.54 and that on 15 February 2000 in OPERA May 2000 p.591.
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Conductor Will Crutchfield - 2001(LI)
Orchestra - St. Luke's Orchestra
Chorus - Bel Canto at Caramoor
Otello - Carlo Scibelli
Desdemona - Marguerite Krull
Iago - Matthew Chellis
Rodrigo - David Adams
Emilia - Georgia Jarman
Elmiro - Daniel Mobbs
Lucio - James Archie Worley
Doge - Robert Crutchfield
Gondoliero - Samuel Lloyd Kinsey
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Compact Disc - House of Opera CD 807L
Recordings of Otello by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.736; GIUDICI p.716 (2) p.1191; PENGUIN p.368
Comments:- Recording of a «semi-staged» performance in the Venetian Theater at Caramoor (7 July 2001).
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Conductor Eve Queler - 2001(LI)
Orchestra - Opera Orchestra of New York
Chorus - The Oratorio Society of New York
Otello - Bruce Ford
Desdemona - Ruxandra Donose
Iago - Robert McPherson
Rodrigo - Kenneth Tarver
Emilia - Maria Zitchak
Elmiro - Daniel Mobbs
Lucio - Guillermo Lagundimo
Doge - Gaston Rivero
Gondoliero - Gaston Rivero
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Compact Disc; - Live Opera Heaven C 3092 {3CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Otello by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.736; GIUDICI p.716 (2) p.1191; PENGUIN p.368
Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance in the Carnegie Hall, New York (17 January 2007). The cast listed above is that given in the OONY website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). For a review on the internet click link below. The CDRs issued by «Live Opera Heaven» are listed in their «AUGUST 2007 ALERT».
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Conductor Renato Palumbo - 2007(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Chorus - Prague Chamber Chorus
Otello - Gregory Kunde
Desdemona - Olga Peretyatko
Iago - Chris Merritt
Rodrigo - Juan Diego Flórez
Emilia - Maria Gortsevskaya
Elmiro - Mirco Palazzi
Lucio - Enrico Iviglia
Doge - Aldo Bottion
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2758-3 {3CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Otello by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.736; GIUDICI p.716 (2) p.1191; PENGUIN p.368
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro (8 August 2007). According to a review on the internet (click link below) it was not this performance, but that «on August 14th which really struck vocal gold.» The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «New Releases» dated Tuesday 08 January 2008.
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Conductor Karel Mitas - 2008(LI)
Orchestra - Virtuosi Brunensis
Chorus - Philharmonischer Chor Transilvania Cluj
Otello - Michael Spyres
Desdemona - Jessica Pratt
Iago - Giorgio Trucco
Rodrigo - Filippo Adami
Emilia - Geraldine Chauvet
Elmiro - Ugo Guagliardo
Lucio - Hugo Colin
Doge - Sean Spyres
Gondoliero - Leonardo Cortellazzi
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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 945 {2CDRS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Otello by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.736; GIUDICI p.716 (2) p.1191; PENGUIN p.368
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the «Rossini in Wildbad» Festival (July 2008). The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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