(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1943(STU) - ballo in maschera (Un) by Giuseppe Verdi - Tullio Serafin*
2 1948(FI) - cenerentola (La) by Gioacchino Rossini - Oliviero De Fabritiis**
3 1948(LE) - Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea - Ettore Panizza*
4 1948(LE) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Ettore Panizza*
5 1949(LE) - Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano - Victor de Sabata*
6 1949(LI) - matrimonio segreto (Il) by Domenico Cimarosa - Mario Rossi**
7 1950(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Fritz Stiedry*
8 1951(LI) - Orfeo ed Euridice by Christophe Willibald Gluck - Wilhelm Furtwängler**
9 1951(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Alberto Erede***
10 1951-52(STU) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Renato Cellini*
11 1952(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Alberto Erede*
12 1952(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Fritz Stiedry*
13 1952(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Walter Herbert**
14 1952(STU) - Gioconda (La) by Amilcare Ponchielli - Antonino Votto*
15 1953(LI) - Carmen by Georges Bizet - Fritz Reiner*
16 1953(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Franco Capuana*
17 1953(LI) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Dimitri Mitropoulos*
18 1953(LI) - Gioconda (La) by Amilcare Ponchielli - Fausto Cleva*
19 1953(LI) - Gioconda (La) by Amilcare Ponchielli - Tullio Serafin**
20 1953(LI) - Médée [Medea] by Luigi Cherubini - Vittorio Gui*
21 1953(LI) - Médée [Medea] by Luigi Cherubini - Leonard Bernstein*
22 1953(LI) - War and Peace by Sergei Prokofieff - Artur Rodzinsky*
23 1954(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Fausto Cleva*
24 1954(RA) - favorite (La) by Gaetano Donizetti - Angelo Questa*
25 1955(FI) - Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea - Alfredo Simonetto*
26 1955(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Vittorio Gui*
27 1955(LI) - Dom Sébastien by Gaetano Donizetti - Carlo Maria Giulini*
28 1955(LI) - Giulio Cesare in Egitto by George Frideric Handel - Gianandrea Gavazzeni*
29 1955(STU) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Tullio Serafin*
30 1955(STU) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Ionel Perlea***
31 1956(FI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Tullio Serafin*
32 1956(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Antonino Votto*
33 1956(LI) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Gabriele Santini*
34 1956(STU) - ballo in maschera (Un) by Giuseppe Verdi - Antonino Votto*
35 1956(STU) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Herbert von Karajan*
36 1956(STU) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Herbert von Karajan**
37 1957(FI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Fernando Previtali*
38 1957(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Franco Capuana*
39 1957(RA) - cavalieri di Ekebu (I) by Riccardo Zandonai - Alfredo Simonetto**
40 1957(STU) - Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini - Tullio Serafin*
41 1958(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Carlo Maria Giulini**
42 1958(LI) - Hercules by George Frideric Handel - Lovro von Matacic***
43 1959(STU) - Linda di Chamounix by Gaetano Donizetti - Tullio Serafin*
44 1960(LE) - italiana in Algeri (L') by Gioacchino Rossini - Franco Capuana*
45 1961(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Oliviero De Fabritiis*
46 1961(RA) - Genoveva by Robert Schumann - Vittorio Gui*
47 1962(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Mario Rossi*
48 1963(LI) - ballo in maschera (Un) by Giuseppe Verdi - Antonino Votto*
49 1963(LI) - Celestina (La) by Flavio Testi - Gianandrea Gavazzeni*
50 1963(LI) - Debora e Jaele by Ildebrando Pizzetti - Antonino Votto*
51 1963(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Carlo Maria Giulini*
52 1966(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Mario Rossi*
53 1966(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Carlo Felice Cillario**
54 1967(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Bruno Amaducci***
55 1969(LI) - quattro rusteghi (I) by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari - Ettore Gracis*
56 1969(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - James Levine*
57 1970(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Carlo Felice Cillario*
58 1974(LI] - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Peter Maag*
59 1974(STU) - barbiere di Siviglia (Il) by Gioacchino Rossini - James Levine*
60 1977(LI) - Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini - James Levine*
61 1977(LI) - Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini - James Levine***
62 1979(LI) - Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky - Claudio Abbado*
63 1981(LI) - Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano - Nello Santi*
64 1982(FI) - Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni - Georges Prêtre**
65 1983(FI) - Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi - Riccardo Chailly*
66 1990(LI) - Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni - Bruno Bartoletti*
*AUDIO **VIDEO ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1943(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Riccardo - Beniamino Gigli
Renato - Gino Bechi
Amelia - Maria Caniglia
Ulrica - Fedora Barbieri
Oscar - Elda Ribetti
Silvano - N. Niccolini
Samuele - Tancredi Pasero
Tom - Ugo Novelli
Un Giudice - Blando Giusti
Un servo - Blando Giusti
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Black Disc; - La voce del padrone DM 0100-0116 {17x78s-33-sides} ; HMV DB 9075-9091 {17x78s-33 sides;AC} (UK) (1949)ª; La Voix de son Maître FJLP 5033-5034 {2LPS} (1954)ª; La Voce del Padrone QALP 10057-10058 {2LPS}; La Voz de su Amo LALP 217/8 {2LPS} *World Record Club SH 131-2 {2LPS} RCA Victor LCT 6007 {2LPS} (1953)ª;; RCA Victor WCT 6007 {9x45s;EP} (1953)ª; Seraphim IB-6026 {2LPS} (1968)ª; EMI «Gigli Edition» 118392-3
Compact Cassette - EMI «Gigli Edition» 118392-5
Compact Disc; - EMI CHS 7 69993-2 {2CDS} (1989)ª;; Arkadia 78005 {2CDS} (1996)ª; Preiser Records 20005 {2CDS} (2000)ª; EMI Références CHS 5 67476-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110178-9 (+highlights with Bomci, Stracciari,; Arangi-Lombardi) {2CDS} (2002)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 762-2 {2CDRS}; *Aura Music LRC 11102-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; Opera on Record p.258; CELLETTI p.839; Opera on CD (1) p.54 (2) p.61 (3) p.68; MET p.625; MET(VID) p.389; PENGUIN p.467; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.32 p.110: No.237 p.82; GIUDICI p.966 (2) p.1555; BBC Music Magazine September 1999 p.56; Opéra International No.257 mai 2001 p.20; The Gramophone August 2006 p.48
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1949 p.43 [AR]; December 1969 p.1011; January 1990 [JBS]April 2001 p.98, p.100 [AB]; May 2002 p.94 [JBS]
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Opera - October 2002 pp.1200-1205 [AB]
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Opera Now - July/August 2002 p.101 [ST]
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Orpheus - Februar 1997 S.56; Heft 9+10 September+Oktober 2003 S.79 [DN]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.4 Winter 1990/91 pp.192-194 [LG]
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Diapason - No.477 janvier 2001 pp.106-107 [AT]
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - August 1949 p.5
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American Record Guide - December 1947 Vol.14 No.4 p.107 [PHR]: April 1953 Vol.19 No.8 p.252 [PHR]: October 1968 Vol.35 No.2 p.154 [WR]: January/February 1990 Vol.53 No.1 p.134 [VAL]: January/February 1997 Vol.60 No.1 p.238
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Classical Express - Issue 78 September 1996 p.8 (mention)
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ARSC Journal - Vol.29 No.2 Fall 1998 p.220 [CB]: Vol.34 No.2 Fall 2003 pp.243-244 [EAM]
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International Record Review - March 2001 p.79 [MVA]
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Disques (Nouvelle Série) - No.65 mai-juin 1954 p.360 [JB]
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The Absolute Sound - Issue 71 May/June 1991 p.152
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.93 noviembre 1996 pp.58-59(mention)
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Répertoire - No.107 novembre 1997 p.67 [LC]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.150 aprile 2001 p.104 [GL]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.44 marzo-abril 2001 p.91 [LB]: No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.98 [SG]
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Comments:- Recorded 1-4, 6,7 July 1943
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Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1948(FI)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Cenerentola - Fedora Barbieri
Clorinda - Fiorella Carmen Forti
Tisbe - Fernanda Cadoni
Don Ramiro - Gino Del Signore
Dandini - Afro Poli
Don Magnifico - Vito de Taranto
Alindoro - Enrico Formichi
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VHS Video Cassette - V.I.E.W. Video 1401 (+BETA) (NTSC)
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Recordings of La cenerentola by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.98; CELLETTI p.712; Opera on CD (1) p.30 (2) p.34 (3) p.37; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.85 p.100; MET p.489; MET(VID) p.287; PENGUIN p.356; Opera on Video p.51; GIUDICI p.717 (2) p.1192; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera News - September 1990 pp.50-51 [HEP]
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Comments:- The role of Cenerentola is acted in the film by Lori Randi and that of Tisbe by Franca Tamantini
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Conductor Ettore Panizza - 1948(LE)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Adriana Lecouvreur - Maria Caniglia
Maurizio - Beniamino Gigli
Principe di Bouillon - Angel Mattiello
Principessa di Bouillon - Fedora Barbieri
Michonnet - Victor Damiani
Quinault - Carlos Feller
Poisson - Carlos Giusti
Mlle. Jouvenot - Nilda Hofmann
Mlle. Dangeville - Norma Palmieri
L'Abate di Chazeuil - Alvaro Bandini
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00300
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Recordings of Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.15; Opera on Record 2 p.292; CELLETTI p.160; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.155p.126; MET p.82; MET(VID) p.41; PENGUIN p.60; Opera on Video p.214; GIUDICI p.134 (2) p.221; Opéra Internatonal novembre 2000 No.251 pp.60-61
Comments:- Recording of part of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (May 1948).The cast given above was taken from the website of the Teatro Colón and it is not known if all the characters appear in the excerpts issued by Charles Handelman.
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Conductor Ettore Panizza - 1948(LE)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Manrico - Beniamino Gigli
Azucena - Fedora Barbieri
Leonora - Maria Caniglia
Conte di Luna - Carlos Guichandut
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 325 {1LP} (1965)ª
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Recordings of Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20
Comments:- Recording of part of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (7 July 1948). These excerpts are mixed up with material from other sources to give «the most diabolical disc ever to issue from the often obfuscatory studio of Eddie Smith» (see THE RECORD COLLECTOR Vol.35 Nos 8,9,10 Aug/Sept/Oct 1990 p.216)
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Conductor Victor de Sabata - 1949(LE)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Andrea Chénier - Mario Del Monaco
Carlo Gérard - Paolo Silveri
Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Tebaldi
La mulatta Bersi - Silvana Zanolli
La Contessa di Coigny - Ebe Ticozzi
Madelon - Fedora Barbieri
Roucher - Giuseppe Modesti
Il sanculotto Mathieu - Carmelo Maugeri
Fouquier Tinville - Eraldo Coda
Un Incredible - Mariano Caruso
Pietro Fléville - Attilio Barbesi
L'abate - Giuseppe Nessi
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Black Disc; - Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 42 {1LP} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Myto 1 MCD 906.34 (+La Bohème - excerpts) {1CD} (1990)ª; Myto «Historical» H047 {1CD} (+La Bohème - excerpts) (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Musica (Milano) - N.28 Anno 7 marzo 1983 p.91 [GL]
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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at La Scala (March 1949). All of the singers listed above may not take part in these excerpts. The Fonit Cetra LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1982 p.529
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Conductor Mario Rossi - 1949(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Carolina - Alda Noni
Elisetta - Hilde Güden
Paolino - Tito Schipa
Geronimo - Sesto Bruscantini
Fidalma - Fedora Barbieri
Il conte Robinson - Boris Christoff
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Compact Disc - MDP; Melodram CD 29505 (Act 1 +Giannina e Bernadone) {2CDS}
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Recordings of Il matrimonio segreto by Domenico Cimarosa are surveyed in the following publications:-
American Record Guide January 1959 Vol.25 No.5 pp.312-315; CELLETTI p.168; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.175 p.104; MARINELLI p.38; GIUDICI p.141 (2) p.235
Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (22 March 1949). The recording of Act 1 is a «filler» on the Melodram CDs of Giannina and Bernadone
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Don Carlo - Jussi Björling
Filippo II - Cesare Siepi
Rodrigo - Robert Merrill
Il Grande Inquisitore - Jerome Hines
Un Frate - Lubomir Vichegonov
Elisabetta di Valois - Delia Rigal
La principessa Eboli - Fedora Barbieri
Tebaldo - Anne Bollinger
Il Conte di Lerma - Paul Franke
Un Araldo Reale - Emery Darcy
Una voce dal cielo - Lucine Amara
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 121 {3LPS} (1972)ª; *Magnificent Editions ME 105/3 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 911 35 {2CDS} (1991)ª; Myto «Historical» 2CD 004 H052 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Celestial Audio CA 269 {3CDRS} (Australia) (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opéra International - mars 1993 p.70
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Comments:- *A recording of a performance of a four-act version (11 November 1950). The Magnificent Editions LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE August 1979 p.363
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Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Orfeo - Fedora Barbieri
Euridice - Hilde Güden
Amor - Magda Gabory
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 169 {2LPS} (1973)ª; Cetra «Opera Live» LO 19 {2LPS} (1978)ª; Recital Records RR 419 {2LPS}; Turnabout THS 65112/3 {2LPS}; Palladio LV 933/934{2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Urania «Archivo Storico» URN 22.196 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0076 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Urania URN 290 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Orfeo ed Euridice by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.25; CELLETTI p.280: Marinelli p.23; Opera on CD (1) p.12 (2) p.15 (3) p.16; MET p.156; MET(VID) p.89; PENGUIN p.109; Opernwelt 7/Juli 1995 S.14; Répertoire No.99 février 1997 p.10; Gramophone September 1997 p.28; Diapason No.464 novembre 1999 pp.74-77
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.26 No.3 January/February 2003 pp.102-103 [JC]; Vol.30 No.1 September/October 2006 p.129 [JC]
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Orpheus - Juni 2002 S.56 [SS]
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Opéra International - No.272 octobre 2002 pp.70-71 [RF]
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American Record Guide - 1978 No.8 p.12
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International Record Review - July 2002 p.82 [PB]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance (Dörffel's Edition) at La Scala (7 April 1951)
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Conductor Alberto Erede - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Manrico - Kurt Baum
Azucena - Fedora Barbieri
Leonora - Delia Rigal
Conte di Luna - Leonard Warren
Ferrando - Nicola Moscona
Ines - Barbara Troxell
Ruiz - Thomas Hayward
Un vecchio zingaro - John Baker
Un messo - Alessio De Paolis
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1129
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Recordings of Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (13 Decenber 1951). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Renato Cellini - 1951-52(STU)
Orchestra - RCA Victor Orchestra
Chorus - Robert Shaw Chorale
Manrico - Jussi Björling
Azucena - Fedora Barbieri
Leonora - Zinka Milanov
Conte di Luna - Leonard Warren
Ferrando - Nicola Moscona
Ines - Margaret Roggero
Ruiz - Paul Franke
Un vecchio zingaro - George Cehanovsky
Un messo - Nathaniel Sprinzena
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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6008 {2LPS} (USA) (1952)ª; RCA Victor WDM 6008 {45s-EP} (USA) (1952)ª; HMV ALP 1112-1113 {2LPS} (1954)ª;; HMV ALP 1832-1833 {2LPS} (1961)ª; *RCA «Victrola» VL 43536(2) {2LPS} (Italy) (1977)ª; RCA VLS 00699 {2LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Cassette; - RCA CLK2-5377P1/2; RCA VKS 00699 (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - RCA Victor «Gold Seal» 6643-2-RG {2CDS} (USA) (1988)ª; RCA Victor GD 86643 {2CDS} (UK) (1988)ª; Regis RRC 2060 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Cantus Classics 500 329 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110240-41 (+Milanov - songs) {2CDS} (2003)ª
Open Reel Tape - HMV HTA 9-10 (mono); RCA Victor DC-35 (Highlights-mono)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 1954 p.400 [PHW]; May 1961 p.600 [EG]; October 1961 p.199 (mention) [DST]; January 1983 p.866 (mention) [AB]; August 1988 p.337 [HF]
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Opera - May 1954 pp.302-303 [HDR]
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Fanfare - Vol.12 No.1 September/October 1988 p.287 [JM]; Vol.27 No.3 January/ February 2004 pp.221-223 [JM] (Vol.27 No.4 May/June 2004 p.286 - letter)
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Orpheus - Heft 11+12 November+Dezember 2003 S.65 [IW]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.203-209 [RB]; Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.149-151 [WA2]
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American Record Guide - November 1952 Vol.19 No.3 p.71 [PHR]: September/October 2003 Vol.66 No.5 p.265 [MM]
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Gramophone Record Review - March 1955 p.26 (tape)
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International Record Review - October 2003 pp.28-29 [MVA]
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The Absolute Sound - Issue 44 p.151
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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.575
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.63 septiembre 2003 p.87 [MC]
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Comments:- Recorded in the Manhattan Center, New York (21, 22 February, 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, 16, 30 March 1952). This information comes from «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel. However, according to Bruce Burroughs (OPERA QUARTERLY Vol.17 No.4 Autumn 2001 p.645 endnote 69) Leonora's arias and the act 4 duet with the Count were recorded in May 1951 and «were later incorporated, as planned, into the complete 1952 Trovatore»
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Conductor Alberto Erede - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Don Carlo - Richard Tucker
Filippo II - Cesare Siepi
Rodrigo - Robert Merrill
Il Grande Inquisitore - Jerome Hines
Un Frate - Luben Vichey
Elisabetta di Valois - Delia Rigal
La principessa Eboli - Fedora Barbieri
Tebaldo - Laura Castellano
Il Conte di Lerma - Paul Franke
Un Araldo Reale - Emery Darcy
Una voce dal cielo - Lucine Amara
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 673
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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (20 December 1952). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Don Carlo - Richard Tucker
Filippo II - Jerome Hines
Rodrigo - Paolo Silveri
Il Grande Inquisitore - Hans Hotter
Un Frate - Luben Vichey
Elisabetta di Valois - Delia Rigal
La principessa Eboli - Fedora Barbieri
Tebaldo - Anne Bollinger
Il Conte di Lerma - Paul Franke
Un Araldo Reale - Emery Darcy
Una voce dal cielo - Lucine Amara
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Compact Disc; - Bensar OL 4552 (BRO 124723) {2CDRS} (2005)ª; Academy Records WH Live Opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48
Comments:- *Recording of a performance of a four-act version at the MET (5 April 1952). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Walter Herbert - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - New Orleans Opera
Chorus - New Orleans Opera
Manrico - Kurt Baum
Azucena - Fedora Barbieri
Leonora - Astrid Varnay
Conte di Luna - Robert Weede
Ferrando - Désiré Ligeti
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 6.0014 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - 11+12 November+Dezember 2004 S.65-S.66 [IW]
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Conductor Antonino Votto - 1952(STU)
Orchestra - RAI Torino
Chorus - RAI Torino
La Gioconda - Maria Callas
Enzo - Gianni Poggi
Barnaba - Paolo Silveri
Laura - Fedora Barbieri
Alvise - Giulio Neri
La Cieca - Maria Amadini
Zuàne - Piero Poldi
Isèpo - Armando Benzi
Un Pilota - Piero Poldi
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Black Disc - Cetra LPC 1241-1/3 {3LPS}; Cetra Soria 1241 {3LPS}; Fonit Cetra LPO 2012 {3LPS}; *Ember GVC 34-6; D.G.G. 18164/66 LPM {3LPS}; World Record Club OC 190-2
Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDO 8 {3CDS} (1993)ª; Warner Fonit 3984 29355-2 {3CDS} (1999)ª; *Hommage 7001837-HOM {3CDS} (1999)ª; Regis Records RRC 3004 {3CDS} (2003)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110302-04 (+Maria Callas - recital) {3CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.137; Opera on Record 3 p.192; CELLETTI p.572; GIUDICI (2) p.935; Opera on CD (1) p.84 (2) p.92 (3) p.103; MET p.374; MET(VID) p.212; PENGUIN p.285; Opera Now May 1993 p.36; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.232 p.88
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1958 p.314; April 1968 p.550 p.559; December 1974 p.1211 [JBS]; March 2000 pp.115-116 [AB]
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Opera - January 1959 p.53; December 1994 p.1390; May 2000 p.620 [AB]
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Fanfare - November-December 1993 p.345
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Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2004 S.54-S.55 [GH]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.21 No.2 Spring 2005 p.389 [RES]
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American Record Guide - March 1953 Vol.19 No.7 p.214 [MDS]
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Gramophone Record Review - January 1959 p.208 [GD]
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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.386
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Classic CD - February 2000 p.81 [MT]
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BBC Music Magazine - March 2000 p.85 [JA]
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Classic Record Collector - Spring 2004 pp.97-98 [SH]
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Répertoire - No.66 février 1994 p.100: No.137 juillet/aoüt 2000 p.68
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.70 mayo 2004 p.86 [LB]
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Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Carmen - Fedora Barbieri
Don José - Mario Del Monaco
Micaëla - Hilde Güden
Escamillo - Frank Guarrera
Frasquita - Lucine Amara
Mercédès - Margaret Roggero
Le Dancaïre - George Cehanovsky
Le Remendado - Alessio De Paolis
Moralès - Clifford Harvuot
Zuninga - Osie Hawkins
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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni GB 1179/80-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Myto 2 MCD 032 H074 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66301 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42: No.547 S mai 2007 p.122; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
International Record Review - February 2004 p.31 [JTH]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVII N.174 luglio/agosto 2003 p.115 [GL]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.71 junio 2004 p.81 [MCP]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (31 January 1953).
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Conductor Franco Capuana - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
Chorus - Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
Don Carlo - Mirto Picchi
Filippo II - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Rodrigo - Enzo Mascherini
Il Grande Inquisitore - Romo Morisani
Un Frate - Armando Torti
Elisabetta di Valois - Maria Pedrini
La principessa Eboli - Fedora Barbieri
Tebaldo - Laura Cavalieri
Il Conte di Lerma - Mario Villa
Un Araldo Reale - Emilio Renzi
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 434 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100 761 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48
Comments:- *Recording of a performance on 6 March 1953 (briefly mentioned in OPERA June 1953p.355). The Melodram LPs are listed in Parnassus Records' online catalogue p.270
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Silvio Maionica
Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi
Don Carlo - Aldo Protti
Don Alvaro - Mario Del Monaco
Preziosilla - Fedora Barbieri
Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi
Curra - Angela Vercelli
Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi
Mastro Trabuco - Piero De Palma
Un Chirurgo - Walter Finessi
Un Alcalde - Giorgio Giorgetti
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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 4/3 {3LPS} Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 62 {3LPS} Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 1001 (+Medea +Ernani +La Dame de Pique + concert) {14LPS}; Vox Turnabout THS 65117/9 {3LPS} Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 125 {3LPS}
Compact Cassette; - House of Opera CAS 485 (2000)ª
Compact Disc; - foyer 3-CF-2005 {3CDS}; House of Opera #485 {3CDS} (2000)ª; Archipel ARPCD 0126 {3CDS} (2003)ª; Celestial Audio CA 233 {3CDRS} (Australia) (2004)ª; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.227-232 [DH]
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Opéra International - septembre 1984 No.73 p.53 [SS]
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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.54
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.63 septiembre 2003 pp.86-87 [JS]
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Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (14 June 1953). See OPERA September 1953 p.551. The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) listed as new issues in their website in June 2004.
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Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
La Gioconda - Zinka Milanov
Enzo - Kurt Baum
Barnaba - Leonard Warren
Laura - Fedora Barbieri
Alvise - Cesare Siepi
La Cieca - Jean Madeira
Zuàne - George Cehanovsky
Isèpo - Alessio De Paolis
Un Pilota - Algerd Brazis
Due cantori - Gabor Carelli
- Lawrence Davidson
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 258
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Recordings of La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.137; Opera on Record 3 p.192; CELLETTI p.572; GIUDICI (2) p.935; Opera on CD (1) p.84 (2) p.92 (3) p.103; MET p.374; MET(VID) p.212; PENGUIN p.285; Opera Now May 1993 p.36; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.232 p.88
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (3 January 1953). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
La Gioconda - Anna De Cavallieri
Enzo - Giuseppe di Stefano
Barnaba - Ugo Savarese
Laura - Fedora Barbieri
Alvise - Mario Petri
La Cieca - Lucia Danieli
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers GIOC 195301 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.137; Opera on Record 3 p.192; CELLETTI p.572; GIUDICI (2) p.935; Opera on CD (1) p.84 (2) p.92 (3) p.103; MET p.374; MET(VID) p.212; PENGUIN p.285; Opera Now May 1993 p.36; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.232 p.88
Comments:- *Recording of a performance given by the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli in the Arena Flegrea (4 July 1953). The partial cast listed above is that given in «Il Teatro di San Carlo - Cronologia 1737-1987» by Carlo Marinelli Roscioni p.657. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here it is stated «On the whole, sound is acceptable».
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Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Firenze
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Firenze
Medea - Maria Callas
Glauce - Gabriella Tucci
Neris - Fedora Barbieri
Giasone - Carlos Guichandut
Creonte - Mario Petri
Capitano - Mario Frosini
Due Ancelle - Liliana Poli
- Maria Andreassi
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Black Disc - Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 60; Voce 71 (Highlights) {1LP} Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 1001 (+Ernani +La forza del destino +La Dame de Pique +concert) {14LPS}
Compact Disc; - Legato H-516-2 {2CDS}; Gala GL 100.521 (Highlights);; Golden Melodram GM 2.0037 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6394/95 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Encore CD 131-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Médée [Medea] by Luigi Cherubini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.30; CELLETTI p.146; MET p.79; PENGUIN p.59; GIUDICI p.119 (2) p.196
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - November 1999 S.93-94 [GH]
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Opéra International - septembre 1984 No.73 p.53 [SS]
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Diapason - No.430 octobre 1996 p.102 (Highlights); No.505 juillet-aoüt 2003 p.117 [VA]
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International Record Review - October 2003 p.29 [MVA]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.35 septiembre-octubre 1999 p.90C [JS]: No.62 julio-agosto 2003 p.80 [JS]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVII N.173 giugno 2003 p.99-101 [GL]
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Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale (7 May 1953). The highlights on the Gala CD are a «filler» on the discs of the recording in Dallas conducted by Rescigno. The CDs issued by the Istituto Discografico Italiano are reviewed in the «Online Music Magazine (click link below). The CDRs issued on the Encore label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Leonard Bernstein - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Medea - Maria Callas
Glauce - Maria Luisa Nache
Neris - Fedora Barbieri
Giasone - Gino Penno
Creonte - Giuseppe Modesti
Capitano - Enrico Campi
Due Ancelle - Angela Vercelli
- Maria Amadini
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 138 {2LPS} (1973)ª; BJR 129 {3LPS}; Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 102 {3LPS}; Morgan 5301 {3LPS};; Cetra «Opera Live» LO 36 {3LPS}; Turnabout «Historical» THS 65157/9 {3LPS} ; Melodram MEL 404 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Melodram 26022 {2CDS}; Melodram 260108 {2CDS}; Fonit Cetra CDE 3002 {2CDS}; Hunt CD 516; Golden Melodram GM 20039 {2CDS} (2000)ª; EMI CMS 5 67909-2 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Médée [Medea] by Luigi Cherubini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.30; CELLETTI p.146; MET p.79; PENGUIN p.59; GIUDICI p.119 (2) p.196
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1978 p.244 [AB]; November 2002 p.122 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.2 November/December 1994 p.431; Vol.26 No.4 March/April 2003 pp.93-95 [MM]
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Orpheus - June 1993 p.61
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Opéra International - septembre 1984 No.73 pp.53-54
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Diapason - No.496 octobre 2002 p.132 [VA]
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International Record Review - November 2002 p.71 [RP]
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BBC Music Magazine - November 2002 p.95 [GH]
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American Record Guide - March/April 2003 Vol.66 No.2 pp.219-221 [LM]
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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.72 (2) p.74 (3) p.72
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - noviembre 2000 No.137 p.41 [SV]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.43 enero-febrero 2001 p.88 [PN]: No.58 marzo 2003 p.80 [MC]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (10 December 1953) (see Opera Feb 1954 p.78). The Turnabout LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE September 1982 p.308
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Conductor Artur Rodzinsky - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Andrei Bolkonsky - Ettore Bastianini
Natasha Rostova - Rosanna Carteri
Sonya - Vittoria Calma
Maria Akhrosimova - Fedora Barbieri
Ilya Rostov - Italo Tajo
Pytor Bezukhov (Pierre) - Franco Corelli
Helena Bezukhova - Cesy Broggini
Anatol Kuragin - Mirto Picchi
Dolokhov - Renato Capecchi
Maria Bolkonsky - Marinelli Meli
Marshal Kutuzov - Italo Tajo
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Black Disc - Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 77 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 50052 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 5022 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of War and Peace by Sergei Prokofieff are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.581; Opera on CD (1) p.136 (2) p.149 (3) p.168 MET p.388; PENGUIN p. 294; GIUDICI p.576 (2) p.958; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.79 abril 2005 pp.81-82 [JS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Fioerentino (May 1956; see OPERA August 1953 p.486
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Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Aida - Zinka Milanov
Radamès - Kurt Baum
Amneris - Fedora Barbieri
Amonasro - Leonard Warren
Ramphis - Jerome Hines
Il Re di Egitto - Luben Vichey
Una Sacerdotessa - Margaret Roggero
Un Messaggero - Paul Franke
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 676
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (20 February 1954). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Angelo Questa - 1954(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Torino
Chorus - RAI Torino
Alfonso - Carlo Tagliabue
Leonora - Fedora Barbieri
Fernando - Gianni Raimondi
Baldassare - Giulio Neri
Don Gasparo - Mariano Caruso
Ines - Loretta Di Lelio
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Black Disc - *Cetra OLPC 1256/1-3 {3LPS}; Everest 405(3) {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Cetra CDO 511 {2CDS}; Warner Fonit 0927 43617-2 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La favorite by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.74; CELLETTI p.214; Opera March 1993 p.291 - April 1993 p.416; MET p.124; MET(VID) p.75; PENGUIN p.77; GIUDICI p.212 (2) p.355
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1961 p.218; January 1962 p.343
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Opera - October 1961 p.666
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Orpheus - Mai 1998 S.56 [GH]
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Conductor Alfredo Simonetto - 1955(FI)
Orchestra - RAI Milano
Chorus - RAI Milano
Adriana Lecouvreur - Marcella Pobbe
Maurizio - Nicola Filacuridi
Principe di Bouillon - Carlo Badioli
Principessa di Bouillon - Fedora Barbieri
Michonnet - Otello Borgonovo
Quinault - Eraldo Coda
Poisson - Edda Vincenzi
Mlle. Jouvenot - Sandra Ballinari
Mlle. Dangeville - Miti Truccato Pace
L'Abate di Chazeuil - Gino Del Signore
Un maggiordomo - Walter Artioli
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Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66367 {2CDS} (2007)ª
DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVDCC 113 (2005)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5885 (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.15; Opera on Record 2 p.292; CELLETTI p.160; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.155p.126; MET p.82; MET(VID) p.41; PENGUIN p.60; Opera on Video p.214; GIUDICI p.134 (2) p.221; Opéra Internatonal novembre 2000 No.251 pp.60-61
Comments:- *Video recording of a television film and audio recording of its soundtrack. The DVD issued by House of Opera is (was?) listed on their website as a new issue on 22 January 2005 and that issued by Premiere is listed in «New Releases - October 2006».
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Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Aida - Antonietta Stella
Radamès - Franco Corelli
Amneris - Fedora Barbieri
Amonasro - Anselmo Colzani
Ramphis - Mario Petri
Il Re di Egitto - Plinio Clabassi
Una Sacerdotessa - Elisabetta Fusco
Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma
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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni «The Golden Age of Opera» GAO 116-117 {2CDS} Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 870-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; House of Opera CDBB 597 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6476/77 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
American Record Guide - July/August 2006 Vol.69 No.4 p.212 [RVL]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.93 septiembre 2006 p.87 [MC]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XX N.203 marzo 2006 pp.88-91 [GL]
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Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples (November 1955)
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Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Zaida - Fedora Barbieri
Dom Sébastien - Gianni Poggi
Camoëns - Enzo Mascherini
Dom Juan de Silva - Giulio Neri
Abayaldos - Dino Dondi
Dom Henrique - Paolo Washington
Dom Antonio - Angelo Rossi
Ben-Selim - Ugo Novelli
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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 20 {3LPS}; Cetra DOC 75
Compact Disc; - Italian Opera Rarities LO 7726-7228 {3CDS} ; Pantheon PHE 6662-6664 {3CDS}; Living Stage LS 1048 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0115 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Celestial Audio CA 593 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Dom Sébastien by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.204; Orpheus Dezember 1995 S.11; Opéra International décembre 1997 No.219 p.23
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Now - July 1995 p.55
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.14 No.3 Spring 1998 p.199 [RB]
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Opéra International - avril 1996 No.201 p.62
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Diapason - No.530 novembre 2005 p.139 [MP]
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BBC Music Magazine - April 1995 p.85
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Répertoire - No.83 septembre 1995 p.40
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.68 marzo 2004 p.85 [JS]
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Classica Répertoire - No.75 septembre 2005 p.107 [AT]
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Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (see OPERA July 1955 p.421). The performance is in Italian and a finale from Belisario was inserted which is said to have been sanctioned in letters by Donizetti. The reviewer in ÓPERA ACTUAL mistakenly attributes the role of Zaida to Giulietta Simionato. The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues April 2007.
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Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'opera di Roma
Giulio Cesare - Boris Christoff
Cleopatra - Onelia Fineschi
Cornelia - Fedora Barbieri
Sesto - Franco Corelli
Tolomeo - Mario Petri
Achilla - Ricardo Cassinelli
Nireno - Ferruccio Mazzoli
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Black Disc - Historical Operatic Enterprises HRE 318-3 {3LPS} (1980)
Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1517-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 5079 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Giulio Cesare in Egitto by George Frideric Handel are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.32; CELLETTI p.312; Opera on CD (1) p.8 (2) p.11 (3) p.12; L'Avant Scène Opéra Vol.97 p.98; MET p.176; MET(VID) p.98; PENGUIN p.133; GIUDICI p.286 (2) p.486; Opera News July 1996 p.32; American Record Guide January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 pp.65-66; The Gramophone May 2005 p.36
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Rome Opera (See OPERA February 1956 p.115)
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1955(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Aida - Maria Callas
Radamès - Richard Tucker
Amneris - Fedora Barbieri
Amonasro - Tito Gobbi
Ramphis - Giuseppe Modesti
Il Re di Egitto - Nicola Zaccaria
Una Sacerdotessa - Elvira Galassi
Un Messaggero - Franco Ricciardi
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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1318-1320 {3LPS} (1956)ª; *EMI SLS 5108 {3LPS} (1978)ª; EMI EX 290976-3 {3LPS} (1987)ª; Angel 3525 {3LPS} (1956)ª; Columbia 33 WCX 1318/20 {3LPS} (Germany) (1958)ª; Electrola C 90 475/477 {3LPS} (Germany) (1959)ª
Compact Cassette; - HMV TC-SLS 5108 (1978)ª;; EMI EX 290976-5 (1987)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 49030-8 {3CDS} (1987)ª; EMI «Callas Edition» CDS 5 56316-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111240/1 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1956 p.322 [PHW]; February 1978 p.1465 [AB]; July 1978 p.256 [AB]; November 1987 p. [AB]
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Opera - March 1956 p.176
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Diapason - No 438 juin 1997 p.94
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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.102 (2) p.104 (4) p.1OO
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Gramophone Record Review - January 1956 p.153
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American Record Guide - January 1956 Vol.22 No.5 p.81 [PHR]: July/August 2007 Vol.70 No.4 p.228 (mention) [CHP]
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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.57
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Conductor Ionel Perlea - 1955(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Aida - Zinka Milanov
Radamès - Jussi Björling
Amneris - Fedora Barbieri
Amonasro - Leonard Warren
Ramphis - Boris Christoff
Il Re di Egitto - Plinio Clabassi
Una Sacerdotessa - Bruna Rizzoli
Un Messaggero - Mario Carlin
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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6122 {3LPS} (USA) (1955)ª; RCA Victor 26.35004EA {3LPS}; RCA Victor VIC 6119 {3LPS} ; HMV ALP 1388-1390 {3LPS} (1956)ª; *RCA VL 43533 (3) {3LPS} (Italy) (1977)ª; RCA VLS 43533 {3LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Cassette; - RCA ALK-3-5380p.1/2/3; RCA VKS 00699 (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - RCA GD 86652 {3CDS} (1988)ª; Urania URN 22274 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Naxos 8.11042-44 (+Un ballo in maschera - Mitropoulos - excerpts) {3CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1955 p.255 (mention) [HCS]; November 1956 pp.221-222 [PHW]; January 1983 p.866 (mention) [AB]; August 1988 p.338 [AB]
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Opera - December 1956 p.758
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Orpheus - Oktober/November 1973 S.57-58 [JL]; 11+12 Nov-Dez 2006 S.60-61 [WD]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.238-244 [CPCG]; Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.159-160 [WA]
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American Record Guide - November 1955 Vol.22 No.3 p.40, p.43 [PHR]: November/ December 2006 Vol.69 No.6 p.203 [CHP]
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High Fidelity Magazine - November 1955 Vol.5 No.9 p.64-vi [JH]
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - November 1956 p.13
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Gramophone Record Review - November 1956 p.37 [DH]
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The Absolute Sound - Issue 44 p.150
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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.565
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIX N.193 aprile 2005 p.87 [GL]
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Comments:- See HIGH FIDELITY October 1955 Vol.22 No.2 p.61, p.154
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1956(FI)
Orchestra - RAI Milano
Chorus - RAI Milano
Falstaff - Giuseppe Taddei
Fenton - Luigi Alva
Ford - Scipio Colombo
Dr. Cajus - Mario Carlin
Bardolfo - Renato Ercolani
Pistola - Franco Calabrese
Alice Ford - Rosanna Carteri
Nannetta - Anna Moffo
Meg Page - Anna Maria Canali
Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri
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Black Disc - GDL
DVD (Video) - Video Artists International VAIDVD 4333 (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 2006 p.99 (DVD) [JBS]
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Diapason - No.536S mai 2006 p.126 (DVD) [MP]
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American Record Guide - July/August 2006 Vol.69 No.4 p.230 [RVL]
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Opéra Magazine - No.8 juin 2006 p.84 (DVD) [JC]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.89 abril 2006 p.78 (DVD) [PN]
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Comments:- *Video recordings of a television film and audio recording of its soundtrack broadcast on 9 May 1956. The audio recording is listed (with the year given as 1958) in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL juin 2000 No.247 p.21.
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Conductor Antonino Votto - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Don Carlo - Angelo Loforese
Filippo II - Cesare Siepi
Rodrigo - Ettore Bastianini
Il Grande Inquisitore - Giulio Neri
Un Frate - Paolo Washington
Elisabetta di Valois - Anita Cerquetti
La principessa Eboli - Fedora Barbieri
Tebaldo - Liliana Poli
Il Conte di Lerma - Enzo Guagni
Un Araldo Reale - Alberto Lotti-Camici
Una voce dal cielo - Iselle Favati
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Black Disc - Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 78 {3LPS}
Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 1494
Compact Disc; - Melodram IMS 370104; Myto 3MCD 993.210 (+Mazeppa - excerpts) {3CDS} (1999)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66.350 (+Bastianini - recital) {3CDS} (2006)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 5064 (+highlights - cond. Adler) {3CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.23 No.6 July/August 2000 pp.283-285 [JM]
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Orpheus - June 1993 p.60
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Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.61
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Classical Express - Issue No.119 February 2000 p.4 [SJT]
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American Record Guide - November/December 2006 Vol.69 No.6 p.271 [RVL]
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Classica Répertoire - No.90 mars 2007 p.100 [AT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance of a 4-act version at the Maggio Musicale. See OPERA August 1956 pp.476-478
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Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Paolo Washington
Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi
Don Carlo - Giangiacomo Guelfi
Don Alvaro - Giuseppe di Stefano
Preziosilla - Fedora Barbieri
Fra Melitone - Melchiorre Luise
Curra - Luciana Boni
Padre Guardiano - Giulio Neri
Mastro Trabuco - Sergio Tedesco
Un Chirurgo - Mario Frosini
Un Alcalde - Giorgio Giorgetti
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Black Disc; - *Paragon DSV 52005 {3LPS} (1980)ª
Compact Disc; - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 3103 {3CDS} ;; Myto 3 CD 062 H114 (+higlights - cond.Mitropoulos - 1953) {3CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.30 No.1 September/October 2006 pp.265-266 [JM]
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American Record Guide - July/August 2006 Vol.69 No.4 p.214 [MM]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.91 junio 2006 p.86 [PN]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Communale, Florence (8 June 1956; see OPERA August 1956 p.475)
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Conductor Antonino Votto - 1956(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Riccardo - Giuseppe di Stefano
Renato - Tito Gobbi
Amelia - Maria Callas
Ulrica - Fedora Barbieri
Oscar - Eugenia Ratti
Silvano - Ezio Giordano
Samuele - Silvio Maionica
Tom - Nicola Zaccaria
Un Giudice - Renato Ercolani
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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1472-1474 {3LPS} (1957)ª; *EMI RLS 736 {3LPS} (1979)ª; EMI EX 290925-3 {2LPS} (1987)ª; Angel 3557 {3LPS} (1957)ª;; Seraphim IC 6087
Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 290925-5 (1987)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47498-8 {2CDS} (1987)ª;; EMI CDS 5 56320-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; Opera on Record p.258; CELLETTI p.839; Opera on CD (1) p.54 (2) p.61 (3) p.68; MET p.625; MET(VID) p.389; PENGUIN p.467; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.32 p.110: No.237 p.82; GIUDICI p.966 (2) p.1555; BBC Music Magazine September 1999 p.56; Opéra International No.257 mai 2001 p.20; The Gramophone August 2006 p.48
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 1957 p.5; October 1957 p.190; January 1958 p.305; June 1979 p.103 [JBS]; September 1987 p. [AB]
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Opera - December 1957 p.778
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Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 p.94
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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1957 Vol.7 No.5 p.62 [MS]
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American Record Guide - June 1957 Vol.23 No.9 p.145 [PLM]
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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.113 (2) p.114 (4) p.110
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Gramophone Record Review - November 1957 p.60 [DH]
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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.57
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1956(STU)
Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra
Chorus - Philharmonia Chorus
Falstaff - Tito Gobbi
Fenton - Luigi Alva
Ford - Rolando Panerai
Dr. Cajus - Tomaso Spataro
Bardolfo - Renato Ercolani
Pistola - Nicola Zaccaria
Alice Ford - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Nannetta - Anna Moffo
Meg Page - Nan Merriman
Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri
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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1410-1412 {3LPS} (1957)ª; Columbia SAX 2254-2256 (1961)ª; EMI SLS 5037 (ASD 3142-3144) {3LPS} (1976)ª;; EMI SLS 5211 {2LPS} (1980)ª; EMI EX 749668-1 {2LPS} (1988)ª; Angel 3552 C/L {3LPS} (1956)ª;; Angel S 3552 C/L {3LPS} (1959)ª; Columbia 33QCX 10141/42 {2LPS} (Italy)
Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 5211 (1980)ª;; EMI EX 749668-4 (1988)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 49668-2 {2CDS} (1988)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 5 67083-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 7243 5 67162 2 3 {2CDS} (USA) (1999)ª; Toshiba EMI TOCE 11379-80 {2CDS} (Japan) (1999)ª; Angel CDCB-49668 {2CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1957 p.288; March 1957 p.382; July 1957 p.45 July 1961 p.80; January 1976 p.1239 [AB]; July 1976 p.147 [JBS]; December 1980 p.880 [AB] ; September 1988 p. [HF]; October 1999 p.120 [RTF]
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Opera - May 1957 p.314; October 1961 p.666; Summer 2002 Supplement «Thirty all-time great recordings» p.12 [MB]
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Fanfare - Vol.23 No.2 November/December 1999 pp.46-50 [JK]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.248-252 [WRM]
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High Fidelity Magazine - December 1956 Vol.6 No.12 p.98 [MDS]: February 1959 Vol.9 No.2 p.76 [DJ]
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American Record Guide - February 1959 Vol.25 No.6 p.414: January/February 2000 Vol.63 No.1 p.182 [LM]
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Gramophone Record Review - April 1957 p.458
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International Classical Record Collector - No.2 (September 1995) p.33
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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 pp.107-109 [MO]
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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.568
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.235 septembre 1999 p.106
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Musica (Milano) - N.114 ottobre-novembre 1999 p.130 [SH]
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Comments:- *Recorded in the Kingsway Hall (18-29 June 1956). See «Herbert von Karajan - A Life in Music» by Richard Osborne p.406
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1956(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Manrico - Giuseppe di Stefano
Azucena - Fedora Barbieri
Leonora - Maria Callas
Conte di Luna - Rolando Panerai
Ferrando - Nicola Zaccaria
Ines - Luisa Villa
Ruiz - Renato Ercolani
Un vecchio zingaro - Giulio Mauri
Un messo - Renato Ercolani
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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CXS 1483 33CX 1484-1485 {3LPS 5-sides} (1957)ª; *EMI SLS 869 (ASD 2948-2950)(+Callas Recital) {3LPS} (1974)ª; *EMI EX 7 49347-1 {2LPS} (1987)ª; Angel 3554 {3LPS 5-sides} (1957)ª
Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 869; EMI EX 7 49347-4 (1987)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 49347-2 {2CDS} (1987)ª; EMI «Callas Edition» CDS 5 56333-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 5 62901 {2CDS} (2004)ª; EMI 77365 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 1957 p.444; November 1957 p.233; January 1958 p.305; January 1974 p.1422 [AB]; December 1974 p.1079 [AB]; December 1987 p. [RO]
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Opera - January 1958 p.53
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Fanfare - Vol.28 No.4 March/April 2005 p.216 [GJ]; Vol.30 No.5 May/June 2007 p.2225 [BB]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.203-209 [RB]
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Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 p.94
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American Record Guide - April 1957 Vol.23 No.7 p.112: January/February 2005 Vol.68 No.1 p.192 (mention) [CHP]
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High Fidelity Magazine - September 1957 Vol.7 No.9 p.79 [CMS]
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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.110 (2) p.111 (4) p.107
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The Absolute Sound - Issue 53 May/June 1988 p.106
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - December 1957 p.24
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Gramophone Record Review - November 1957 p.60 [DH]
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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.57
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Comments:- See «Herbert von Karajan - A Life in Music» by Richard Osborne pp.406-407
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Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1957(FI)
Orchestra - RAI Milano
Chorus - RAI Milano
Manrico - Mario Del Monaco
Azucena - Fedora Barbieri
Leonora - Leyla Gencer
Conte di Luna - Ettore Bastianini
Ferrando - Plinio Clabassi
Ines - Laura Londi
Ruiz - Athos Cesarini
Un vecchio zingaro - Sergio Liliani
Un messo - Walter Artioli
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Black Disc; - Historic Recording Enterprises HRE 268 {2LPS} (1979)ª; Replica RPL 2413-2415 (1980)ª;; foyer FO 1012 {3LPS} (1980)ª
Compact Disc; - *CBS/SONY 54DC 1022-1023 {2CDS} (Japan) ; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 704 {2CDS}; Arkadia MP 483.2 {2CDS}; Arkadia 352 065 {2CDS};; Myto 2 MCD 013 247 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1121-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
DVD (Video) - *Hardy Classic Video HCD 4006 (2002)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Bel Canto Society #5 (NTSC); Hardy Classic Video HCV 1006 (PAL)
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Recordings of Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - July 2003 pp.56-57 [MB]
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Fanfare - Vol.19 No.1 September/October 1995 p.349 (audio); Vol.25 No.5 May/June 2002 pp.221--222 (audio) [GJ]
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Orpheus - Februar 1996 S.60; Januar 1997 S.63 (video); Dezember 1997 S.62 (video) [GH]; November 2002 S.95 (DVD) [GH]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.142-163 [RL]: Vol.20 No.1 Winter 2004 pp.122-125 (DVD) [RP]
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Opéra International - novembre 1997 No.218 p.51 (VHS) [SS]; No.274 décembre 2002 pp.68-69 (DVD) [SS]
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Diapason - No.504 juin 2003 p.123 (DVD) [MP]
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Classical Express - Issue No.89 August 1997 p.1
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BBC Music Magazine - February 2003 p.94 [GH]
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American Record Guide - March/April 2003 Vol.66 No.2 pp.233-234 (DVD) [LM]
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Répertoire - No.85 novembre 1995 p.80 (audio): No.162 novembre 2002 p.103 (audio) [PT]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI N.111 settembre 1997 p.106 [GL]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - diciembre 1997 - febrero 1998 No.26 p.99 [FSR]: No.51 mayo-junio 2002 pp.99-100 (audio) [LB]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - septiembre 2002 No.157 p.61 [JS]
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Comments:- *A video (VHS, DVD) and a recording of the soundtrack (LP, CD) of a television film (recorded 18 April 1957)
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Conductor Franco Capuana - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Manrico - Mario Filippeschi
Azucena - Fedora Barbieri
Leonora - Antonietta Stella
Conte di Luna - Aldo Protti
Ferrando - Plinio Clabassi
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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni «The Golden Age of Opera »GAO 101-102 {2CDS} Bongiovanni HOC 048/49 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opéra International - No.181 juin 1994 p.70
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Naples
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Conductor Alfredo Simonetto - 1957(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Milano
Chorus - RAI Milano
Giosta Berling - Mirto Picchi
La Comandante - Fedora Barbieri
Anna - Rina Malatrasi
Sintram - Nicola Zaccaria
Cristiano - Giampiero Malaspina
Samzelius - Bruno Cioni
Liecrona - Mario Carlin
Un'ostessa - Maria Amadini
Una fanciulla - Nicoletta Panni
Un cavaliere - Arrigo Cattelani
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 376 {2LPS} (1966)ª; Bismark Beane MRF 167 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - *Gala GL 100711 (+Barbieri recital) {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of I cavalieri di Ekebu by Riccardo Zandonai are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1181
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Heft 3+4 März+April 2003 S.81 [GH]
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Opéra International - No.277 mars 2003 pp.71-72 [PC]
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Diapason - No.504 juin 2003 p.120 [MP]
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Comments:- Recorded on 31 March 1957 and first broadcast on 16 January 1958
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1957(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Suor Angelica - Victoria de los Ángeles
La Zia Principessa - Fedora Barbieri
La Badessa - Mina Doro
La Zelatrice - Corinna Vozza
La Maestra delle novizie - Mina Doro
Suor Genovieffa - Lydia Marimpietri
Suor Osmina - Santa Chissari
Suor Dolcina - Anna (Maria) Marcangeli
La Sorella Infermiera - Teresa Cantarini
La Cercatrice 1 - Lydia Marimpietri
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Black Disc - HMV ALP 1577 {1LP}; HMV SLS 5066 {3LPS} (Trittico}; World Record Club ST 934 (Electronic stereo); Capitol-EMI G 7115 {1LP} (USA)
Compact Disc - EMI 7 64165 2
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Recordings of Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.112; Opera on Record 2 p.318; CELLETTIp.627; Opera on CD (1) p.110 (2) p.121 (3) p.136; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.190 p.132; MET p.447; MET(VID) p.240; PENGUIN p.318; Opera on Video p.185; GIUDICI p.646; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.157 gennaio 2002 p.116
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 1958 p.22; June 1970 p.89; October 1976 p.650 [AB]; June 1993 p.102
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Opera - July 1958 p.464
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - May 1958 p.20
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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1958 Vol.8 No.10 p.73 [DG]
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American Record Guide - December 1958 Vol.25 No.4 p.256 [PLM]
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Répertoire - décembre 1992 p.94
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Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Don Carlo - Jon Vickers
Filippo II - Boris Christoff
Rodrigo - Tito Gobbi
Il Grande Inquisitore - Michael Langdon
Un Frate - Joseph Rouleau
Elisabetta di Valois - Gré Brouwenstijn
La principessa Eboli - Fedora Barbieri
Tebaldo - Jeannette Sinclair
Il Conte di Lerma - Edgar Evans
Un Araldo Reale - Robert Allman
Una voce dal cielo - Ava June
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Black Disc; - *Paragon DSV 52008 {3LPS} (1980)ª
Compact Disc; - Myto 3MCD 941.97 (+Un ballo in maschera - excepts - Bergonzi) {3CDS} (1994)ª; Royal Opera House «Heritage Series» ROHS 003 {3CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 2006 p.112 [JBS]
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Opera - March 2007 pp.351-353 [RM]
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Opera News - August 1994 p.34
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Fanfare - Vol.17 No.6 July/August 1994 p.267
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Orpheus - April 1994 p.60: März + April 2007 S.59 [SS]
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Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.61
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American Record Guide - July-August 1994 Vol.57 No.4 p.184
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International Record Review - December 2006 pp.78-79 [RP]
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Répertoire - No.69 mai 1994 p.72
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VERDI DAL VIVO - p.65
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.98 marzo 2007 p.95 [JR]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance of a five-act version at Covent Garden (12 May 1958 see OPERA June 1958 p.396)
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Conductor Lovro von Matacic - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Iole - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Lichas - Ettore Bastianini
Dejanira - Fedora Barbieri
Hyllus - Franco Corelli
Hercules - Jerome Hines
Priest - Agostino Ferrin
Trachinian - Vittorio Tatozzi
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 395 {3LPS} (1967)ª; Giuseppe di Stefano Records GDS 3002 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 3.0025 {3CDS} (1998)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1516-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Hercules by George Frideric Handel are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.46; CELLETTI p.316; PENGUIN p.135: GIUDICI p.296 (2) p.512; American Record Guide January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 pp.78-79; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.221 p.80
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - März 1999 S.58-59 [GH]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.3 No.3 Autumn 1985 pp.201-203 [GJ]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.190 p.177 [AP]
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Classical Express - Issue 102 September 1998 p.6 [JTH]
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Comments:- *Recording of a performance at La Scala (29 December 1958; see OPERA March 1959 p.173). The year of the performance recorded is given as 1959 in Premiere's 2004 CD Catalog and it is possible that there are two recordings, one of a performance is December 1958 and one of a performance in January 1959.
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1959(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Linda - Antonietta Stella
Carlo - Cesare Valletti
Antonio - Giuseppe Taddei
Pierotto - Fedora Barbieri
Il Prefetto - Giuseppe Modesti
Il Marchese di Boisfleury - Renato Capecchi
Maddalena - Rina Corsi
L'Intendente - Piero De Palma
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Black Disc; - Philips A 00423-4-5L {3LPS} (Europe) (1959)ª; Columbia M3L 403 {3LPS} (USA) (1959)ª
Compact Disc; - Philips 442 093-2 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66349 (+Barbieri - recital) {3CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Linda di Chamounix by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.222; GIUDICI p.219 (2) p.362; Opéra International novembre 1997 No.218 p.23
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1959 p.52; February 1960 p.424 [PHW]; April 1960 p.510 [DST]; September 1994 p.109 [JBS]
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Opera - April 1960 p.294
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Opera Now - September 1994 p.52
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Opéra International - No.184 octobre 1994 p.77
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Diapason - No.407 septembre 1994 p.131
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.152
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American Record Guide - September 1959 Vol.26 No.1 p.37 [MDS]: November/December 2006 Vol.69 No.6 pp.267-268 [CHP]
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High Fidelity Magazine - September 1959 Vol.9 No.9 p.66 [CLO]
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Records and Recordings - February 1960 p.20 [FGB]
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BBC Music Magazine - September 1994 p.85
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Répertoire - No.73 October 1994 p.36
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Conductor Franco Capuana - 1960(LE)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Isabella - Fedora Barbieri
Lindoro - Nicola Monti
Mustafà - Paolo Washington
Taddeo - Marcello Cortis
Elvira - Renata Ongaro
Zulma - Flora Rafanelli
Haly - Marco Stecchi
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Black Disc - I Gioielli della Lirica 53 {1LP}
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Recordings of L' italiana in Algeri by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.105; CELLETTI p.728; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.157 p.118; MET p.476; MET(VID) p.280; PENGUIN p.364; GIUDICI p.689; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at the Maggio Musicale (see OPERA Festval Issue 1960 p.20)
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Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Manrico - Franco Corelli
Azucena - Fedora Barbieri
Leonora - Mirella Parutto (-Boyer)
Conte di Luna - Ettore Bastianini
Ferrando - Agostino Ferrin
Ines - Anna (Maria) Marcangeli
Ruiz - Vittorio Pandano
Un vecchio zingaro - Carlo Platania
Un messo - Mino Russo
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 050 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Bel Canto Society BCS 5012 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 837-2 {2CDRS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 2001 pp.96-97 [AB]
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Opera News - September 2001 pp.90-92 [NEL]
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International Record Review - June 2001 pp.80-81 [MVA]
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Comments:- *Recording of a guest performance given by the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma in the Theater des Westens, Berlin - October 1961; see OPERA January 1962 p.35
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Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1961(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Torino
Chorus - RAI Torino
Genoveva - Consuelo Rubio
Golo - Nicola Filacuridi
Hidulfus - Franco Calabrese
Caspar - Ledo Freschi
Siegfried - Mario Borriello
Margaretha - Fedora Barbieri
Drago - Giorgio Tadeo
Balthasar - Renzo Gonzales
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 458 (1961)ª; Melodram MEL 031 {3LPS} (1981)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Genoveva by Robert Schumann are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.766; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.71 p.108
Comments:- Recorded 13 January 1961 and broadcast on 14 May 1961
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Conductor Mario Rossi - 1962(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Falstaff - Tito Gobbi
Fenton - Agostino Lazzari
Ford - Renato Capecchi
Dr. Cajus - Vittorio Pandano
Bardolfo - Renato Ercolani
Pistola - Enrico Campi
Alice Ford - Renata Tebaldi
Nannetta - Mirella Freni
Meg Page - Fernanda Cadoni
Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri
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Black Disc - Movimento Musica MM 030 22 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Opera d'Oro OPD 1313 {2CDS} (2001)ª; House of Opera CDBB 655 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples (1 December 1962; mentioned in OPERA March 1963 p.187). The cast listed above is that given in OPERA, but some sources give Anna Maria Rota as singing the role of Meg. The Movimento Musica LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.670. 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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Conductor Antonino Votto - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Gustavo III - Carlo Bergonzi
Ankastrom - Licinio Montefusco
Amelia - Margherita Roberti
Ulrica - Fedora Barbieri
Oscar - Maria Manni-Jottini
Cristiano - Augusto Frati
Ribbing - Alessandro Maddalena
Dehorn - Marco Stefanoni
Minister for Justice - Aldo Neri
Ankastrom's servant - Enzo Guagni
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 4149
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Recordings of Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; Opera on Record p.258; CELLETTI p.839; Opera on CD (1) p.54 (2) p.61 (3) p.68; MET p.625; MET(VID) p.389; PENGUIN p.467; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.32 p.110: No.237 p.82; GIUDICI p.966 (2) p.1555; BBC Music Magazine September 1999 p.56; Opéra International No.257 mai 2001 p.20; The Gramophone August 2006 p.48
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (May 1963; see Opera Festival Issue 1963 p.89). The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Celestina - Fedora Barbieri
Melibea - Magda Olivero
Alisa - Maria Teresa Mandalari
Pleberio - Lino Puglisi
Lucrezia - Rena Garazioti
Calisto - Mirto Picchi
Parmeno - Agostino Lazzari
Sempronio - Piero Guelfi
Tristano - Gianfranco Manganotti
Elicia - Cesy Broggini
Areusa - Mafalda Masini
Centurione - Antonio Zerbini
Frate - Mario Frosini
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1554
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Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (May or June 1963). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The details of the cast listed above are those given by Carlo Marinelli in ODE (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). See also «Magda Olivero - Una Voce per tre Generazioni» by Vincenzo Quattrocchi pp.84-85.
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Conductor Antonino Votto - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Jaele - Clara Petrella
Debora - Fedora Barbieri
Mara - Adriana Lazzarini
Sisera - Bruno Prevedi
Jesser - Lino Puglisi
Hever - Wladimiro Ganzarolli
Scillem - Piero De Palma
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Black Disc - Omega Opera Archive 2271
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Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro alla Scala (January 1963). The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Chorus - Netherlands Chamber Choir
Falstaff - Fernando Corena
Fenton - Luigi Alva
Ford - Renato Capecchi
Dr. Cajus - Mario Carlin
Bardolfo - Florindo Andreolli
Pistola - Enrico Campi
Alice Ford - Ilva Ligabue
Nannetta - Mirella Freni
Meg Page - Fernanda Cadoni
Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri
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Compact Disc; - Verona 27095 {2CDS}; Radio Netherlands 5001 (Concertgebouw; Orchestra 1960-1970) (14CDS) (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera Monthly - September 1991 p.41 [WHW]
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American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 p.228 [RH2]
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Comments:- Recording of a perfornance at Gravenhage as part of the Holland Festival (see OPERA Festival Issue 1963 pp.85-86)
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Conductor Mario Rossi - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - RAI Torino
Chorus - RAI Torino
Falstaff - Tito Gobbi
Fenton - Agostino Lazzari
Ford - Walter Alberti
Dr. Cajus - Mario Carles
Bardolfo - Florindo Andreolli
Pistola - Leonardo Monreale
Alice Ford - Ilva Ligabue
Nannetta - Lydia Marimpietri
Meg Page - Anna Maria Canali
Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri
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Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 061 323 (La forza del destino - Gavazenni 1965 - highlights) {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
American Record Guide - September/October 2006 Vol.69 No.5 p.290 [KM]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.94 octubre 2006 pp.86-87 [VM]
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Comments:- *Recording of a performance broadcast on 19 October 1966. The cast listed above is that given in «50 anni di opera lirica alla Rai 1931-1980» by Giorgio Gualerzi and Carlo Marinelli Roscioni p.183.
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Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Manrico - Umberto Borso
Azucena - Fedora Barbieri
Leonora - Montserrat Caballé
Conte di Luna - Kostas Paskalis
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Compact Cassette - Live Opera Heaven 701
Compact Disc - House of Opera CD 374 {2CDS}
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Recordings of Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20
Comments:- Recording of a performance in Barcelona (January 1966; see «Montserrat Caballé - Casta Diva» p.118)
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Conductor Bruno Amaducci - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Falstaff - Ezio Flagello
Fenton - Luigi Alva
Ford - Frank Guarrera
Dr. Cajus - Mariano Caruso
Bardolfo - Andrea Velis
Pistola - Norman Scott
Alice Ford - Phyllis Curtin
Nannetta - Judith Raskin
Meg Page - Mildred Miller
Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers FAL 196701 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2007)ª
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Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (16 December 1967). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Ettore Gracis - 1969(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Torino
Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Torino
Lunardo - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Margarita - Fedora Barbieri
Lucieta - Mariella Adani
Maurizio - Alfredo Mariotti
Marina - Edda Vincenzi
Filipeto - Agostino Lazzari
Simon - Alessandro Maddalena
Canciano - Renato Cesari
Siora Felice - Magda Olivero
Conte Riccardo Arcolai - Mario Carlin
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Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100.553 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1385 {2CDS} (2003)ª
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Recordings of I quattro rusteghi by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1178; GIUDICI p.1178 (2) p.1845
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.27 No.3 January/February 2004 pp.234-235 [GJ]
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Orpheus - Februar 2000 S.64 [MK]
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Diapason - No.498 décembre 2002 p.126 [MP]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance given on 21 December 1969
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Conductor James Levine - 1969(LI)
Orchestra - Cleveland Orchestra
Chorus - Chorus
Manrico - Richard Tucker
Azucena - Fedora Barbieri
Leonora - Gabriella Tucci
Conte di Luna - Cornell MacNeil
Ferrando - Ara Berberian
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Compact Cassette - mr. tape 6178
Compact Disc - *Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 818-2 {2CDRS}
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Recordings of Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20
Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance. According to «Fedora Barbieri» by Elio Trovato p.358 there was a concert performance with the above cast in the Theater of Oakland University on 30 July 1969. Mr. tape gives 30 July and Premiere 3 July (probably incorrect).
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Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris
Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris
Falstaff - Tito Gobbi
Fenton - Gérard Dunan
Ford - Matteo Manuguerra
Dr. Cajus - Jacques Potier
Bardolfo - Robert Andreozzi
Pistola - Gérard Chapuis
Alice Ford - Andrea Guiot
Nannetta - Christiane Eda-Pierre
Meg Page - Marie-Luce Bellary
Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri
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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 6152 (2007)ª
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Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52
Comments:- *This appears to be a video recording of a performance in the Palais Garnier, Paris (April 1970). The cast listed above is that given in L'AVANT SCÈNE OPÉRA No.87/88 p.175 and OPERA July 1970 p.669. The DVD issued by Premiere is listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» dated 21 May 2007. Here the year of the performance recorded is given as 1973. It is also stated that there are «glitches in Gobbi's Act III monologue».
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Conductor Peter Maag - 1974(LI]
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Falstaff - Giuseppe Taddei
Fenton - Ugo Benelli
Ford - Alberto Rinaldi
Bardolfo - Florindo Andreolli
Pistola - Giovanni Foiani
Alice Ford - Antonietta Cannarile
Nannetta - Rita Talarcio
Meg Page - Anna Di Stasio
Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri
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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 1711
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Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (23 April 1974). The performance on 19 April 1974 is reviewed in OPERA October 1974 p.902.
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Conductor James Levine - 1974(STU)
Orchestra - London Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - John Alldis Choir
Figaro - Sherrill Milnes
Il Conte Almaviva - Nicolai Gedda
Rosina - Beverly Sills
Dr. Bartolo - Renato Capecchi
Don Basilio - Ruggero Raimondi
Berta - Fedora Barbieri
Fiorello - Joseph Galiano
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Black Disc; - HMV «Angel» SLS 985 {3LPS} (1975)ª; Angel SCLX 3761 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 5 66040-2 {2CDS}; HMV «Classics» D5 72892-2 {2CDS}; EMI Classics 7243 5 85523 2 4 {2CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1975 p.903 [JBS]; July 2004 p.85 [PO'C]
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Opera Now - January-February 1997 p.99
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Orpheus - Januar 1997 p.54
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Opéra International - avril 1997 No.212 p.57
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.175 p.123 (mention)
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American Record Guide - March/April 1997 Vol.60 No.2 p.207
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Répertoire - No.97 décembre 1996 p.61
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.22 diciembre 1996 - febrero 1996 p.80: No.70 mayo 2004 pp.86-87 [MC]
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Comments:- *The recording on the CDs is slightly cut with «Cessa di più», which appears on the LPs, omitted (See American Record Guide May/June 1997 Vol.60 No.3 p.303)
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Conductor James Levine - 1977(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Gianni Schicchi - Cornell MacNeil
Lauretta - Josella Ligi
Zita - Fedora Barbieri
Rinuccio - Neil Shicoff
Gherardo - Charles Anthony
Nella - Betsy Norden
Gherardino - Lawrence Klein
Betto di Signa - Russell Christopher
Simone - Italo Tajo
Marco - Gene Boucher
Ciesca - Shirley Love
Spinelloccio - Richard Best
Pinellino - Herman Marcus
Guccio - Edmond Karlsrud
Amantio di Nicolao - Andrij Dobriansky
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1476 Bensar OS 22677 (BRO 12418) (Trittico) {3CDRS}
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Recordings of Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.112; Opera on Record 2 p.321; CELLETTIp.603; Opera on CD (1) p.110 (2) p.121 (3) p.136; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.190 p.132; MET p.451; MET(VID) p.249; PENGUIN p.303; GIUDICI p.649; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.157 gennaio 2002 p.116
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (26 February 1977). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor James Levine - 1977(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Suor Angelica - Teresa Zylis-Gara
La Zia Principessa - Fedora Barbieri
La Badessa - Jean Kraft
La Zelatrice - Shirley Love
La Maestra delle novizie - Elvira Green
Suor Genovieffa - Betsy Norden
Suor Osmina - Linore Aronson
Suor Dolcina - Ann Florio
La Sorella Infermiera - Cynthia Munzer
La Cercatrice 1 - Alma Jean Smith
La Cercatrice 2 - Elena Doria
La conversa 1 - Joyce Olson
La conversa 2 - Maureen Smith
Due novizie - Linda Mays
- Barbara Bystrom
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers SUO 197701 {1CDR} (Canada) Bensar OS 22677 {BRO 124118) (Trittico) {3CDRS}
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Recordings of Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.112; Opera on Record 2 p.318; CELLETTIp.627; Opera on CD (1) p.110 (2) p.121 (3) p.136; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.190 p.132; MET p.447; MET(VID) p.240; PENGUIN p.318; Opera on Video p.185; GIUDICI p.646; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.157 gennaio 2002 p.116
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (26 February 1977). The CDR issued by «The Opera Lovers» is listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) and those issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.»
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Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1979(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Boris - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Michail Svetlev
Marina - Lucia Valentini-Terrani
Pimen - Nicola Ghiuselev
Varlaam - Ruggero Raimondi
Shuisky - Philip Langridge
Missail - Florindo Andreolli
Rangoni - John Shirley-Quirk
Fyodor - Helga Müller(-Molinari)
Xenia - Alida Ferrarini
Hostess - Fedora Barbieri
Simpleton - Carlo Gaifa
Tchelkalov - Luigi De Corato
Krushchov - Aronne Ceroni
Nurse - Eleonora Jankovic
Nikitich - Alfredo Giacomotti
Mityukha - Giovanni Savoiardo
Lavitsky - Giuseppe Morresi
Cherniovsky - Carlo Meliciani
First Policeman - Giovanni Foiani
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Compact Disc; - Myto 3 MCD 021.254 {3CDS} (2002)ª
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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - August + September 2002 S.86 [SS]
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Opéra International - No.273 novembre 2002 p.69 [VH]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - septiembre 2002 No.157 p.32 [AV]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.55 noviembre 2002 p.84 [TF]
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Comments:- *Recording of a performance in Mussorgsky's original orchestration (7 december 1979; see OPERA February 1980 pp.185-186). The year of this performance is given incorrectly as 1978 by Myto.
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Conductor Nello Santi - 1981(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Andrea Chénier - Plácido Domingo
Carlo Gérard - Piero Cappuccilli
Madeleine di Coigny - Gabriela Benacková
La mulatta Bersi - Rohangiz Yachmi(-Caucig)
La Contessa di Coigny - Cseslawa Slania
Madelon - Fedora Barbieri
Roucher - Hans Helm
Il sanculotto Mathieu - Alfred Sramek
Fouquier Tinville - Reid Bunger
Un Incredible - Heinz Zednik
Pietro Fléville - Paul Wolfrum
L'abate - Yoshihisa Yamaj
Dumas - Edmund Zelotes Toliver
Schmidt - Rudolf Mazzola
Il maestro di casa - Walter Fink
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Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 1498
Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 247 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
DVD (Video) - Bel Canto Society BCSDVD 452 (2005)ª; DG 073 4070 (2005)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Bel Canto Society BCS #452 (NTSC & PAL)
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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Diapason - No 529 octobre 2005 p.138 (DVD) [MP]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.85 noviembre 2005 p.76 (DVD) [FSR]
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Classica Répertoire - No.76 octobre 2005 pp.118-119 (DVD) [PF]
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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2006 pp.65-66 (DVD) [TP]
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Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance in the Vienna State Opera (30 April 1981; see OPERA August 1981 pp.832-833). 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» and the VHS cassette issued by BCS is listed in «Opera Fanatic's Catalog» No.63 pp.9-10.
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Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1982(FI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Santuzza - Elena Obraztsova
Turiddu - Plácido Domingo
Alfio - Renato Bruson
Lola - Axelle Gall
Lucia - Fedora Barbieri
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Black Disc; - Philips 416 137-1 {2LPS} (1985)ª
Compact Cassette; - Philips 416 137-4 (1985)ª
Compact Disc; - Philips 416 137-2 {1CD} (1986)ª; Philips «Duo» 454 265-2 (+Pagliacci) (1997)ª; Decca 470 570-2 (+Pagliacci) {2CDS} (2002)ª
Laser Disc - *Philips 070 203-1 (NTSC); Philips 070 103-1 (PAL)
DVD (Video) - Philips PHBP 1008 (Japan) (2000)ª; Philips 070 428-9 (+Pagliacci) (2001)ª; DG 073 4034 (+Pagliacci) (2005)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Philips 070 528-3 (NTSC); Philips 070 203-3 (NTSC) Philips 070 428-3 (PAL); Philips 070 103-3 (PAL)
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Recordings of Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.64; Opera on Record p.542; CELLETTI p.380; MARINELLI p.435; Opera on CD(1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.130; MET p.220; MET(VID) p.124; PENGUIN p.195; GIUDICI p.140; Opéra International mai 1999 No.235 p.66; Répertoire No.130 décembre 1999 p.86; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1985 p. (audio) [JBS]; February 1986 p.1070 (audio) [JB]; April 2002 p.92 (DVD) [MEO]
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Fanfare - Vol.23 No.6 July/August 2002 pp.155-156 (DVD) [CW]; Vol.29 No.2 November/December 2005 pp.346-347 (DVD) [RT]
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Opéra International - No.273 novembre 2002 pp.64-65 (DVD) [SS]
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Diapason - No.439 juillet-aoüt 1997 p.90; No.496 octobre 2002 p.136 (DVD) [MP]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.178 p.91
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American Record Guide - May/June 1997 Vol.60 No.3 p.156 [LM]: Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 p.313 (DVD) [RVL]
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International Record Review - May 2002 p.88 [CC]
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Répertoire - No.157 mai 2002 p.42 (DVD) [PT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.106 (DVD) [PMH]
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Conductor Riccardo Chailly - 1983(FI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Rigoletto - Ingvar Wixell
Gilda - Edita Gruberova
Duca di Mantova - Luciano Pavarotti
Sparafucile - Ferruccio Furlanetto
Maddalena - Victoria Vergara
Giovanna - Fedora Barbieri
Monterone - Ingvar Wixell
Marullo - Bernd Weikl
Borsa - Rémy Corazza
Conte di Ceprano - Roland Bracht
Contessa di Ceprano - Kathleen Kuhlmann
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Laser Disc - Decca 071 401-1 (PAL); London 071 501-1 (NTSC) *London WOOZ 25001/2(Japanese NTSC)
DVD (Video) - Decca POBL 1007 (Japan) (2000)ª; Decca 071 401-9 (2001)ª; Decca 073 4166 (2006)ª; DG B0006581-09 (USA) (2006)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Decca 071 401-3(PAL)
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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; «Musica 99» p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1988 p.580; August 2001 p.94 [JBS]
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Opera - January 2002 pp.115-121 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.25 No.2 November/December 2001 pp.295-296 [RT]; Volume 30 No.2 November/December 2006 pp.331-332 [RT]
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Orpheus - 11+F November 2001 S.96 [MK2]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.3 Spring 1989 pp.120-124 [TE]
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Opéra International - No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 pp.68-69 (DVD) [SS]
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Diapason - No.484 septembre 2001 pp.150-151 [MP]
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International Record Review - June 2001 pp.84-85 [SP]: July/August 2006 p.83 [RP]
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The Classical Video Guide - p.125
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.153 giugno 2001 pp.95-96 [MG]
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Répertoire - No.148 juillet/aoüt 2001 p.30 [PT]
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Opéra Magazine - No.9 juillet/aoüt 2006 p.85 [JC]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.95 noviembre 2006 p.79 [PMH]
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Comments:- The role of Marullo is acted by Louis Otey. According to the Gruberova online discography the soundtrack was recorded in December 1981 and the film was made in April, May 1982.
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Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1990(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra della Toscana
Chorus - Coro Cooperativa Artisti Associati
Santuzza - Katerina Ikonomou
Turiddu - Giuseppe Giacomini
Alfio - Alessandro Cassis
Lola - Paola Romanò
Lucia - Fedora Barbieri
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 07046
Compact Disc; - fonè 93 F 11 {1CD} (1994)ª
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Recordings of Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.64; Opera on Record p.542; CELLETTI p.380; MARINELLI p.435; Opera on CD(1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.130; MET p.220; MET(VID) p.124; PENGUIN p.195; GIUDICI p.140; Opéra International mai 1999 No.235 p.66; Répertoire No.130 décembre 1999 p.86; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - March 1995 p.56
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Opéra International - juin 1995 No.192 p.67
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Diapason - No.407 septembre 1994 p.148
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Répertoire - No.72 septembre 1994 p.54
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.31 enero-febrero 1999 p.81 [VJ]
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Comments:- *The Compact Cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000 where the performance that was recorded is attributed to Pisa on 4 September 1990. However, according to «Opera '91 - Annuario EDT dell'opera Lirica in Italia» Cavalleria Rusticana was not performed in Pisa on that day, but it was performed in the Teatro La Gran Guardia di Livorno with the cast indicated by Handelman. I have assumes this to be the correct attribution; i.e. the recording is of the same performance as that issued on CD by foné.
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