(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1953(SE) - Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi - Jésus Etcheverry*
2 1953(SE) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Albert Wolff*
3 1954?(STU) - Cloches de Corneville (Les) by Robert Planquette - Pierre Dervaux*
4 1958(LI) - Lohengrin by Richard Wagner - André Cluytens*
5 1958(STU) - Faust by Charles Gounod - André Cluytens*
6 1958-59(STU) - Carmen by Georges Bizet - Thomas Beecham*
7 1959(LI) - Damnation de Faust (La) by Hector Berlioz - Igor Markevitch**
8 1959(LI) - Lohengrin by Richard Wagner - Lovro von Matacic*
9 1960(LE) - puritani (I) by Vincenzo Bellini - Vittorio Gui*
10 1960(LI) - Carmen by Georges Bizet - Peter Maag*
11 1960(LI) - puritani (I) by Vincenzo Bellini - Vittorio Gui*
12 1961(LI) - nozze di Figaro (Le) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Carlo Maria Giulini*
13 1961(SE) - Iphigénie en Tauride by Christophe Willibald Gluck - Georges Prêtre*
14 1961(STU) - Pêcheurs de perles (Les) by Georges Bizet - Pierre Dervaux*
15 1962(STU) - Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens - Georges Prêtre*
16 1962?(SE) - Lakmé by Léo Delibes - Georges Prêtre*
17 1963(LI) - Carmen by Georges Bizet - Pierre Dervaux*
18 1963(LI) - puritani (I) by Vincenzo Bellini - Richard Bonynge*
19 1964(LI) - Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens - Jean Fournet*
20 1964(SE) - fliegende Holländer (Der) by Richard Wagner - Hans Löwlein*
21 1964(STU) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - André Cluytens*
22 1967(LI) - Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano - Paul Jamin*
23 1970(SE) - Guillaume Tell [Guglielmo Tell] by Gioacchino Rossini - Alain Lombard*
24 1972(LI) - Carmen by Georges Bizet - Georges Prêtre*
25 1973(RA) - Sigurd by Ernest Reyer - Manuel Rosenthal*
26 1974(RA) - Hérodiade by Jules Massenet - David Lloyd-Jones*
27 1975(RA) - Don Procopio by Georges Bizet - Bruno Amaducci***
28 1978(LI) - Mireille by Charles Gounod - Roberto Benzi*
29 1980 - Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky - Rouslan Raichev*
30 1983(LC) - Louise by Gustav Charpentier - Sylvain Cambreling*
31 1984(LI) - Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens - Michelangelo Veltri*
32 1985(LI) - Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens - Georges Prêtre*
*AUDIO **VIDEO ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Jésus Etcheverry - 1953(SE)
Orchestra - Orchestre
Rigoletto - Ernest Blanc
Gilda - Renée Doria
Duca di Mantova - Guy Fouché
Maddalena - Denise Scharley
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Black Disc - Concert Artists LPA 1090 {1LP}
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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
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Conductor Albert Wolff - 1953(SE)
Orchestra - L'Opéra Comique de Paris
Floria Tosca - Suzanne Sarroca
Mario Cavaradossi - José Luccioni
Il barone Scarpia - Ernest Blanc
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Black Disc - London International TW 91132 (+Les Contes d'Hoffmann - excerpts)
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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Gramophone Record Review - May 1956 p.436
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Conductor Pierre Dervaux - 1954?(STU)
Orchestra - Orchestre
Chorus - Choeurs
Gaspard - Louis Musy
Marquis - Ernest Blanc
Grenicheux - Jean Giraudeau
Le Bailli - André Balbon
Cachalot - Claude Jourdain
Serpolette - Colette Riedinger
Germaine - Huguette Boulangeot
Manette - Janette Bocomont
Gertrude - Marthe Amour
Suzanne - Chantal de Rieux
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Black Disc; - Decca 163.641/2 {2LPS} (France) London International TW 91114-91115 {2LPS} (1955)ª
Compact Cassette - Musidisc «Gaieté Lyrique» 201604 (highlights + RIP)
Compact Disc; - Decca(Accord) 465 861-2 {2CDS} (France) (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 1957 p.24
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Diapason - No.481 maI 2001 p.95 [MP]
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American Record Guide - May 1956 Vol.22 No.9 p.146 [MAS]
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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1956 Vol.6 No.5 p.67 [JF]
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Gramophone Record Review - January 1956 p.152
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The Blackwell Guide to the Musical Theatre on Record by Kurt Gänzl - p.37
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Répertoire - No.142 janvier 2001 p.76 [JB]
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Conductor André Cluytens - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Lohengrin - Sándor Kónya
Elsa - Leonie Rysanek
Ortrud - Astrid Varnay
Friedrich von Telramund - Ernest Blanc
König Heinrich - Keith Engen
Der Heerrufer des Königs - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
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Black Disc; - Replica RPL 2489-2492 {4LPS} (1980)ª; Replica RPL 42489 {4LPS} (1984)ª
Compact Disc; - Myto 3 MCD 890.02 {3CDS} (1989)ª; Golden Melodram GM 1.0076 {3CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.60; HARRIS p.141; Opera on Record p.354; CELLETTI p.1099; Opera on CD (1) p.63 (2) p.71 (3) p.79 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.143-144 p.190; MET p.684; MET(VID) p.424; PENGUIN p.526; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Opera on Video p.116; GIUDICI p.1077 (2) p.1728; Répertoire No.94 septembre 1996 p.12
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - November 1982 S.883 [GH]
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American Record Guide - July/August 2006 Vol.69 No.4 p.214 [JPM]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.87 enero-febrero 2006 p.84 [MC]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (see OPERA, October 1958 p. 631). The Replica LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE June 1984 p.91
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Conductor André Cluytens - 1958(STU)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris
Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris
Faust - Nicolai Gedda
Méphistophélès - Boris Christoff
Marguerite - Victoria de los Ángeles
Valentin - Ernest Blanc
Siébel - Liliane Berton
Marthe - Rita Gorr
Wagner - Victor Autran
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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1721-1724 {4LPS} (1959)ª;; HMV ASD 307-310 {4LPS} (1959)ª; Capitol GDR 7154 {4LPS} (1960)ª;; Capitol SGDR 7154 {4LPS} (1960)ª; La Voce del Padrone QALP 261-264 {4LPS}; La Voce del Padrone QALPS 261-264 ; {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - *EMI CMS 7 69983 2 {3CDS} (1989)ª; EMI TOCE WPCC 8142-4 {3CDS} (Japan) (1993)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 567 967-2 {3CDS} (2003)ª
Open Reel Tape; - Angel ZD 3622 (7½ips 4-track) (1964)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1960 pp.369-370 [PHW]; July 1989 p. [JBS]; June 2003 p.79 [PO'C]
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Opera - March 1960 p.221
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Fanfare - Vol.27 No.1 September/October 2003 pp.124-125 [JM]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.148; No.217 p.92 [DVM]
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American Record Guide - April 1960 Vol.26 No.8 p.618 [PLM]: September 1964 Vol.31 No.1 p.62, p.64 (open reel tape) [JM]: September/October 2003 Vol.66 No.5 p.114 [KM]
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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1960 Vol.10 No.5 p.68 [CLO]: August 1964 Vol.14 No.8 p.108 (open reel tape) [RDD]
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ARSC Journal - Vol.20 No.2 Fall 1989 p.177 [CPGP]
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Records and Recordings - December 1959 p.19 [FGB]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.15 marzo-mayo 1995 p.59: No.62 julio-agosto 2003 p.81 [LB]
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Conductor Thomas Beecham - 1958-59(STU)
Orchestra - Orchestre Radio-Symphonique de Paris
Chorus - Maîtrise et Choeur de Radio-France - Les Petits Chanteurs de Versailes
Carmen - Victoria de los Ángeles
Don José - Nicolai Gedda
Micaëla - Janine Micheau
Escamillo - Ernest Blanc
Frasquita - Denise Monteil
Mercédès - Monique Linval
Le Dancaïre - Jean-Christophe Benoit
Le Remendado - Michel Hamel
Moralès - Bernard Plantey
Zuninga - Xavier Depraz
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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1762-1764 {3LPS} (1960)ª;; HMV ASD 331-333 {3LPS} (1960)ª; HMV SLS 5021 {3LPS} (1976)ª; La Voix de son Maître FALP 618/20 {3LPS} (1960)ª; La Voix de son Maître ASDF 145/7 {3LPS} (1960)ª; Capitol GCR 7207 {3LPS} (1960)ª;; Capitol SGCR 7207 {3LPS} (1960)ª; Angel 3613 C/L {3LPS} (1961)ª;; Angel S 3613 C/L {3LPS} (1961)ª; EMI Electrola 1C 183 10680/2 {3LPS}
Compact Cassette; - HMV TC-SLS 5021 (1976)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 49240-2 {3CDS} (1988)ª; EMI CDS 5 56214-2 {3CDS}; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» CMS 5 67537-2 {3CDS} (2000)ª
Open Reel Tape; - Angel ZC 3613 (7½ips 4-track) (1963)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:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1960 p.423 [PHW]; April 1960 p.509 [DST]; May 1960 p.592 [PHW]; February 1976 p.1374 [AB]; May 1976 p.1822 [IM]; July 1976 p.147 [JBS]; June 1988 p. [AB]; October (published August) 2000 pp.102-104 [EG]
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Opera - March 1960 p.221; July 1960 p.498
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Orpheus - Juli/August + August/September 1973 S.90-S.91 [CK]
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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1960 Vol.10 No.2 p.54 [CLO]: June 1963 Vol.13 No.6 p.91 [RDD] (open reel tape)
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American Record Guide - March 1960 Vol.26 No.7 pp.516-518 [CJL]: August 1963 Vol.29 No.10 p.996 [CJL] (open reel tape): January/February 1998 Vol.61 No.1 p.83 [KM]
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Records and Recordings - February 1960 p.16 [FGB] April 1960 p.24 [DH]
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International Record Review - October 2000 p.108 [JTH]
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Disques (Nouvelle Série) - No.114 janvier-février 1960 pp.38-39 [JB]: No.119 p.374 [RA]
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Répertoire - No.140 novembre 2000 p.86 [CH]
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Comments:- Recorded in the Salle Wagram, Paris (April 1958, September 1959; see THE GRAMOPHONE, February 1960 p.403; RECORDS AND RECORDING February 1960 p.11 ; HIGH FIDELITY December 1959 Vol.9 No.12 p.49; CLASSIC RECORD COLLECTOR Autumn 2005 pp.31-32) All of Mercédès' music is sung by Monique Linval (as listed above and which was recorded in the second session), except the Act 2 quintet which is sung by Marcelle Croisier and which was recorded in the first session. Note that the LPs were originally issued on the Capitol label in 1960 in the USA but then re-issued on the Angel label at the end of 1961
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Conductor Igor Markevitch - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestre National de la R.T.F.
Chorus - Choeurs de la R.T.F.
Faust - Nicolai Gedda
Méphistophélès - Ernest Blanc
Marguerite - Régine Crespin
Brander - Louis Morin
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Compact Disc; - *Audio Encylopedia AE 202 - Opera from Paris (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La Damnation de Faust by Hector Berlioz are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.167; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.22 p.92; CELLETTI p.83; PENGUIN p.18; Opéra International No.62 septembre 1983 p.18; Répertoire avril 1994 p.11; Orpheus Heft 9+10 September+Oktober 2003 S.68; The Opera Quarterly Vol.19 No.3 Summer 2003 pp.431-446; Opéra International No.284 novembre 2003 p.22; American Record Guide May/June 2007 Vol.70 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Festival de Montreux (24 September 1959)
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Conductor Lovro von Matacic - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Lohengrin - Sándor Kónya
Elsa - Elisabeth Grümmer
Ortrud - Rita Gorr
Friedrich von Telramund - Ernest Blanc
König Heinrich - Franz Crass
Der Heerrufer des Königs - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 591(4)
Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 1.OOO2 - 3 {3CDS} (1997)ª; Orfeo C 691063 D {3CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.60; HARRIS p.141; Opera on Record p.354; CELLETTI p.1099; Opera on CD (1) p.63 (2) p.71 (3) p.79 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.143-144 p.190; MET p.684; MET(VID) p.424; PENGUIN p.526; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Opera on Video p.116; GIUDICI p.1077 (2) p.1728; Répertoire No.94 septembre 1996 p.12
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - December 20 1997 p.39 [PJS]
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Orpheus - Juli 1997 S.13
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.274
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Diapason - No.542 décembre 2006 pp.110-111 [ED]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.179 p.99 [CM]
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Classical Express - Issue No.87 June 1997 p.4
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American Record Guide - January/February 1998 Vol.61 No.1 p.241 [RVL]
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International Record Review - October 2006 p.92 [MT]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.103 octubre 1997 p.45 (mention) [LT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - diciembre 1997 - febrero 1998 No.26 p.89 [BL]: No.96 diciembre 2006 p.88 [PN]
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Opéra Magazine - No.20 juillet-aoüt 2007 p.78 [FL-2]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival
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Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1960(LE)
Orchestra - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Elvira - Joan Sutherland
Arturo Talbot - Nicola Filacuridi
Sir Riccardo Forth - Ernest Blanc
Sir Giorgio - Giuseppe Modesti
Enrichetta di Francia - Monica Sinclair
Sir Bruno Robertson - John Kentish
Lord Gualtiero Valton - David Ward
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Compact Disc - Standing Room Only SRO 841-2 (+La Sonnambula 1961) {2CDS}
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Recordings of I puritani by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera June 1960 p.387; August 1960 p.585; September 1960 p.653; HARRIS p.220; Opera on Record 2 p.121; CELLETTI p.63; Opera on CD (1) p.39 (2) p.45 (3) p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.96 p.106; MET p.29; PENGUIN p.12; GIUDICI p.40 (2) p.74; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Opéra International No.253 janvier 2001 p.10
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.576-585 [WA2]
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ARSC Journal - Vol.26 No.1 Spring 1995 p.112 [RL]
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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance given at the Edinburgh Festival (8 September 1960). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme. See Radio Times Issue dated September 4-10 1960 p.39. The collection of excerpts on the SRO CD is a «filler» on the CDs of La Sonnambula conducted by Rescigno (1961)
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Conductor Peter Maag - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Carmen - Irina Arkhipova
Don José - Mario Del Monaco
Micaëla - Marcella Pobbe
Escamillo - Ernest Blanc
Frasquita - Vittoria Magnaghi
Mercédès - Anna Di Stasio
Le Dancaïre - Giuseppe Forgione
Le Remendado - Franco Ricciardi
Moralès - Guido Malfatti
Zuninga - Enrico Campi
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Black Disc - Movimento Musica MM 03 002 {3LPS}
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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
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples (14 December 1960). The Movimento Musica LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.670
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Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Elvira - Joan Sutherland
Arturo Talbot - Nicola Filacuridi
Sir Riccardo Forth - Ernest Blanc
Sir Giorgio - Giuseppe Modesti
Enrichetta di Francia - Monica Sinclair
Sir Bruno Robertson - John Kentish
Lord Gualtiero Valton - David Ward
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1398
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Recordings of I puritani by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera June 1960 p.387; August 1960 p.585; September 1960 p.653; HARRIS p.220; Opera on Record 2 p.121; CELLETTI p.63; Opera on CD (1) p.39 (2) p.45 (3) p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.96 p.106; MET p.29; PENGUIN p.12; GIUDICI p.40 (2) p.74; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Opéra International No.253 janvier 2001 p.10
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Glyndebourne Festival (18 July 1960). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (See Radio Times Issue dated June 12-18 1960). 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 Carlo Maria Giulini - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra
Chorus - Philharmonia Chorus
Figaro - Fernando Corena
Susanna - Elisabeth Söderström
Conte Almaviva - Ernest Blanc
Contessa Almaviva - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Cherubino - Teresa Berganza
Marcellina - Edda Vincenzi
Bartolo - Giorgio Tadeo
Basilio - Hugues Cuénod
Curzio - Hugues Cuénod
Antonio - Piero Cappuccilli
Barbarina - Heather Harper
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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 4644
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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56
Comments:- Recording of concert performance in the Royal Festival Hall (6 February 1961). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme. See Radio Times Issue dated February 4-10 1961 p.27. There is a review in OPERA March 1961 pp.205-206.
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Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1961(SE)
Orchestra - Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (Paris)
Chorus - Choeur René Duclos
Iphigénie - Rita Gorr
Oreste - Ernest Blanc
Pylade - Nicolai Gedda
Thoas - Louis Quilico
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Black Disc - Odeón FALP 30192 {1LP}; Odeón ASDF 231 {1LP}; HMV ALP 1897 {1LP}; HMV ASD 465{1LP}; EMI 1 731 881 {1LP} Angel 35632 {1LP}; Angel S 35632 {1LP}
Compact Disc; - EMI 5 73089-2 (collection) {10CDS} (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Iphigénie en Tauride by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.72; CELLETTI p.278; Opera on CD (1) p.14 (2) p.18 (3) p.19; PENGUIN p.108; Opéra International avril 1995 No.190 p.22; GIUDICI p.262; Répertoire No.99 février 1997 p.12
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1961 p.165; May 1962 p.562; July 1962 p.42
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Opera - October 1961 p.665
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Fanfare - Vol.22 No.4 March/April 1999 p.193 [JK]
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Opéra International - juin 1984 No.71 p.50 [VH]; janvier 1999 No.231 p.46 [SS]
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Répertoire - No.119 décembre 1998 p.87 [JB]
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Conductor Pierre Dervaux - 1961(STU)
Orchestra - L'Opéra-Comique de Paris
Chorus - L'Opéra-Comique de Paris
Leila - Janine Micheau
Nadir - Nicolai Gedda
Zurga - Ernest Blanc
Nourabad - Jacques Mars
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Black Disc; - Columbia FCX 866-867 {2LPS} (France) (1961)ª; Columbia SAFX 182-183 {2LPS} (France) (1961)ª; Columbia 33CX 1795-1796 {2LPS} (UK) (1962)ª; Columbia SAX 2442-2443 {2LPS} (UK) (1962)ª; EMI SLS 877 {2LPS} (1975)ª; Angel 3603 B/L {2LPS} (1962)ª;; Angel S 3603 B/L {2LPS} (1962)ª
Compact Disc; - *EMI CMS 7 69704-2 (+Ivan IV - excerpts) {2CDS} (1989)ª; EMI CMS 5 66020-2 (+Ivan IV - excerpts) {2CDS}
Open Reel Tape; - Angel Y2S 3603 (3óips 4-track) (1965)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Les Pêcheurs de perles by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.182; CELLETTI p.117; Opera on CD (1) p.88 (2) p.97 (3) 108; L'Avant Scéne Opéra No.124 p.88; MET p.43; PENGUIN p.30; GIUDICI p.63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 1962 p.19 [PHW]; March 1975 p.1697 [AB] April 1989 p. [LS]
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Opera - September 1962 p.628
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Opera Now - January-February 1997 p.99
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Fanfare - Vol.12 No.6 July/August 1989 pp.104-106 [HF]
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Orpheus - Januar 1997 S.54
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Diapason - No.58 juin-juillet 1961 p.20 [JG]
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American Record Guide - June 1962 Vol.28 No.10 p.788 [MDS]: November 1965 Vol.32 No.3 p.274 (open reel tape) [RJ]
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High Fidelity Magazine - September 1962 Vol.12 No.9 p.84 [CLO]: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 p.176 (open reel tape) [RDD]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.24 junio-agosto 1997 p.56
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Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1962(STU)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris
Chorus - Chorale René Duclos
Samson - Jon Vickers
Dalila - Rita Gorr
Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Ernest Blanc
Abimélech - Anton Diakov
Le Vieillard Hébreu - Anton Diakov
Le messager philistin - Rémy Corazza
Premier philistin - Jacques Pottier
Deuxième philistin - Jean-Pierre Hurteau
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Black Disc; - HMV «Angel Series» AN 117-119 {3LPS} (1963)ª; HMV «Angel Series» SAN 117-119 {3LPS} (1963)ª; *EMI 2C 167-12837-9 (France) Angel 3639 C/L {3LPS} (1963)ª;; Angel S 3639 C/L {3LPS} (1963)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47895-8 {2CDS} (1988)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» CMS 5 67598-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª
Open Reel Tape; - Angel ZC 3639 (7½ips 4-track) (1964)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1963 p.285; July 1988 p. [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.25 No.3 January/February 2002 pp.191-192 [JM]
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Orpheus - Dezember 2001 S.57-S.58 [GH]
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High Fidelity Magazine - January 1964 Vol.14 No.1 p.66 [CLO]: August 1964 Vol.14 No.8 p.108 (open reel tape) [RDD]
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American Record Guide - February 1964 Vol.30 No.6 p.497 [MDS]: October 1964 Vol.31 No.2 p.160 (open reel tape) [RJ]
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Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1962?(SE)
Orchestra - L'Opéra Comique de Paris
Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris
Lakmé - Gianna D' Angelo
Gérald - Nicolai Gedda
Nilakantha - Ernest Blanc
Mallika - Jane Berbié
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Black Disc; - Columbia DTX 30.506 {1LP} (France) (1962)ª; Columbia ASTX 130.506 {1LP} (France) (1962)ª; HMV HQM 1027 {1LP} (1964)ª;; HMV HQS 1027 {1LP} (1964)ª; Angel 36107 {1LP} (1964)ª; Angel S 36107 {1LP} (1964)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI 5 73089-2 (collection) {10CDS} (1998)ª
Open Reel Tape; - Angel ZS 36107 (7½ips 4-track) (1964)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Lakmé by Léo Delibes are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.185; Opera on CD (1) p.86 (2) p.95 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.183 p.82; MET p.96; MET(VID) p.52; PENGUIN p.68; GIUDICI p.161; Répertoire No.170 juillet-aoüt 2003 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1966 p.125
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Opera - October 1966 p.801 [HDR]
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Fanfare - Vol.22 No.4 March/April 1999 p.193 [JK]
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Opéra International - janvier 1999 No.231 p.46 [SS]
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Diapason - No.72 décembre 1962 p.23 [JG]
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American Record Guide - June 1964 Vol.30 No.10 p.978 [RJ] (open reel tape): August 1964 Vol.30 No.12 p.1099 [MDS]
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High Fidelity Magazine - August 1964 Vol.14 No.8 p.76, p.78 [CLO]
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Audio & Record Review - August 1966 p.27 [CW]
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Répertoire - No.119 décembre 1998 p.87 [JB]
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Conductor Pierre Dervaux - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Carmen - Biserka Cvejic
Don José - Jon Vickers
Micaëla - Myrtha Gabarini
Escamillo - Ernest Blanc
Frasquita - Carmen de la Mata
Mercédès - Isabel Casey
Le Dancaïre - Per Drewsen
Le Remendado - Nino Falzetti
Moralès - Gui Gallardo
Zuninga - Walter Maddalena
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers CAR 196301 {2CDRS} (2007)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
Comments:- Recording of a performance in Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (June 1963). The cast listed above is that given in website of the Teatro Colón. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - American Opera Society
Chorus - American Opera Society
Elvira - Joan Sutherland
Arturo Talbot - Nicolai Gedda
Sir Riccardo Forth - Ernest Blanc
Sir Giorgio - Justino Díaz
Enrichetta di Francia - Betty Allen
Lord Gualtiero Valton - Raymond Michalski
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Black Disc - Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 39 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Standing Room Only SRO 838-2 {2CDS} ;; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of I puritani by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera June 1960 p.387; August 1960 p.585; September 1960 p.653; HARRIS p.220; Opera on Record 2 p.121; CELLETTI p.63; Opera on CD (1) p.39 (2) p.45 (3) p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.96 p.106; MET p.29; PENGUIN p.12; GIUDICI p.40 (2) p.74; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Opéra International No.253 janvier 2001 p.10
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Now - February 1993 p.57
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Orpheus - Dezember 1993 S.59
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.576-585 [WA2]
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Opéra International - No.183 septembre 1994 p.69
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.163 p.121
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ARSC Journal - Vol.26 No.1 Spring 1995 p.113 [RL]
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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in Philadelphia (18 April 1963). A concert performance with the same cast in Carnegie Hall, New York on 16 April 1963 is reviewed in OPERA July 1963 p.460
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Conductor Jean Fournet - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - Radio Filharmonisch Orkest
Chorus - Groot Omroepkoor
Samson - Jon Vickers
Dalila - Oralia Domínguez
Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Ernest Blanc
Abimélech - Henk Driessen
Le Vieillard Hébreu - Peter van der Bilt
Le messager philistin - Fred Bongers
Premier philistin - Bert van't Hof
Deuxième philistin - Aad de Rijk
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Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100574 (+excerpts cond. Baudo) {2CDS} (2000)ª; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS} ;; Opera d'Oro «Grand tier» OPD 7028 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Bravissimo Opera Library 9802 (French Opera Masterworks) {14CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.31 No.4 March/April 2008 pp.284-285 [JK]
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Orpheus - Februar 2001 S.55 [GH]: März + April 2007 S.57 [GH]
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American Record Guide - November/December 2006 Vol.69 No.6 p.270 [CHP]
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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance (29 February 1964)
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Conductor Hans Löwlein - 1964(SE)
Orchestra - Bamberger Symphoniker
Chorus - SAINT PAUL CHOIR
Holländer - Ernest Blanc
Senta - Suzanne Sarroca
Erik - Paul Finel
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Black Disc - D.G.G. 136 466
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Recordings of Der fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.58; HARRIS p.123; Opera on Record p.338; CELLETTI p.1080; Opera on CD (1) p.61 (2) p.68 (3) p.76; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.30 p.114, mise à jour pp.2-15; MET p.670; MET(VID) p.417; PENGUIN p.519American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.58, Vol.65 No.4 July/ August 2002 p.57; Wagner News Issue No.108 April 1995 p.16; GIUDICI p.1060; Ópera Actual (Barcelona) junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.26; Opéra International juin 2000 No.247 pp.14-17; Gramophone March 2002 pp.30-33
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Conductor André Cluytens - 1964(STU)
Orchestra - Orchestre de la Societé des Concerts du Conservatoire (Paris)
Chorus - Choeurs René Duclos
Hoffmann - Nicolai Gedda
Olympia - Gianna D' Angelo
Giulietta - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Antonia - Victoria de los Ángeles
Coppélius - George London
Dapertutto - Ernest Blanc
Miracle - George London
Nicklaus - Jean-Christophe Benoit
Spalanzani - Michel Sénéchal
Frantz - Jacques Loreau
Schlemil - Jean-Pierre Laffage
Crespil - Robert Geay
Andres - Jacques Loreau
Cochenille - Jacques Loreau
Pitichinacchio - Jacques Loreau
La Mère d'Antonia - Christiane Gayraud
Lindorf - Nicola Ghiuselev
Stella - Renée Fauré
Nathanael - André Mallabrera
Luther - Jean-Pierre Laffage
Hermann - Jacques Pruvost
Muse - Renée Fauré
Second voice in the Barcarolle - Jeannine Collard
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Black Disc; - HMV «Angel Series» AN 154-156 {3LPS} (1965)ª; HMV «Angel Series» SAN 154-156 {3LPS} (1965)ª; Electola SMA 91 459/61 {3LPS} (1965)ª; EMI Electrola 1C 157 00045/7 {3LPS};; Angel 3667 C/L {3LPS} (1965)ª;; Angel S 3667 C/L {3LPS} (1965)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 63222-2 {2CDS} (1989)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 5 67983-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª
Open Reel Tape; - Angel Y3S-3667 (3óips 4-track) (1966)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1965 p.254 [PHW]; January 1966 p.334 [DST] July 1982 p.167 [JBS] ; December 1989 p. [AML]; June 2003 p.79 [PO'C]
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Opera - January 1966 pp. 44-45 [HDR]
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Fanfare - Vol.27 No.1 September/October 2003 pp.174-176 [JM]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.217 p.93 [DVM]
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American Record Guide - November 1965 Vol.32 No.3 pp.218-219 [ML]: Vol. 32 No.8 April 1966 p.736 (open reel tape) [RJ]
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High Fidelity Magazine - December 1965 Vol.15 No.12 p.98, p.100 [CLO]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.15 marzo-mayo 1995 p.62: No.62 julio-agosto 2003 p.81, p.83 [MC]
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Audio & Record Review - November 1965 p.15 [CW]
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Comments:- According to Michel Parouty (DIAPASON No.474 October 2000 p.56) the last act was recorded in Barcelona in 1965, but according to James Miller in his review in FANFARE «a small part of her role was sung in Barcelona with an orchestra in Paris adding the accompaniment».
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Conductor Paul Jamin - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Nice
Chorus - L'Opéra de Nice
André Chénier - Giuseppe Savio
Madeleine - Suzanne Sarroca
Gérard - Ernest Blanc
La Mulâtresse Bersi - Nicole Oxombre
Roucher - Georges Vaillant
Fléville - Georges Vaillant
Fouquier - Georges Vaillant
Madelon - Simone Libor
Un Muscadin - Ginès Sirera
L'Abbé - Ginès Sirera
La Comtesse - Alice Chamirian
Mathieu - Carlo Silverio
L'Intendant - Victor Autran
Dumas - Victor Autran
Schmidt - Victor Autran
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Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia; «WWW Site on a Disc 5 - to April 2004» {1xCD-ROM} (2004)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
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Conductor Alain Lombard - 1970(SE)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris
Guillaume Tell - Ernest Blanc
Arnold Melchtal - Nicolai Gedda
Mathilde - Andrea Guiot
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Black Disc - EMI 2C 061 10899 {1LP}; Seraphim S 60181 {1LP}
Compact Disc; - EMI 5 73089-2 (collection) {10CDS} (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Guillaume Tell [Guglielmo Tell] by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.41; CELLETTI p.724; Opera on CD (1) p.32 (2) p.36 (3) p.41 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.118 p.116; MET(VID) p.297; PENGUIN p.363; Opera on Video p.55; GIUDICI p.750 (2) p.1235
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.22 No.4 March/April 1999 p.193 [JK]
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Opéra International - janvier 1999 No.231 p.46 [SS]
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Répertoire - No.119 décembre 1998 p.87 [JB]
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Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1972(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Carmen - Fiorenza Cossotto
Don José - Guy Chauvet
Micaëla - Maria Chiara
Escamillo - Ernest Blanc
Frasquita - Giovanna Santelli
Mercédès - Nicoletta Ciliento
Le Dancaïre - Nino Carta
Le Remendado - Franco Ricciardi
Moralès - Arturo Testa
Zuninga - Carlo Del Bosco
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00199
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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
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro alla Scala. The date given in Charles Handelman's catalog for November 2000 is December 1971. However, Carmen was not performed at La Scala in 1971. The only performance in which the three singers listed by Handelman (Cossotto, Chiara, Chauvet) appear together was that on 4 February 1972.
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Conductor Manuel Rosenthal - 1973(RA)
Orchestra - Orchestre Philharmonique de l'O.R.T.F.
Chorus - Choeurs de l'O.R.T.F.
Sigurd - Guy Chauvet
Gunther - Robert Massard
Hagen - Jules Bastin
Le Grand-Prêtre - Ernest Blanc
Rudiger - Bernard Demigny
Irnfrid - Jean Dupouy
Hawart - Claude Meloni
Ramunc - Jean-Louis Soumagnas
Le Barde - Nicola Christou
Brunehild - Andrea Guiot
Hilda - Andrée Esposito
Uta - Denise Scharley
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Recordings Corporation UORC 219 {3LPS} (1974)ª; BJR 141 {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - *Le Chant du Monde LDC 278917-19 {3CDS} ; *Audio Encyclopedia AE 202 - Opera in Paris (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (1999)ª; Celestial Audio CA 026 {3CDRS} (Australia)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 1989 p. [LS]
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Fanfare - Vol.12 No.6 July-August 1989 p.225 [JM]
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Opéra International - No.171 juillet-aoüt 1993 p.23
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Conductor David Lloyd-Jones - 1974(RA)
Orchestra - Orchestre Lyrique de la R.T.F.
Chorus - Choeur de Radio France
Salomé - Muriel De Channes
Hérodiade - Nadine Denize
Jean - Jean Brazzi
Hérode - Ernest Blanc
Phanuel - Pierre Thau
Vitellius - Michel Philippe
Le Grand Prêtre - Bernard Angot
Une jeune Babylonienne - Odile Versini
Une voix - Michel Martin
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Black Disc - Bismark Beane MRF 126 {3LPS}; Rodolphe RP 12449/51 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - *Rodolphe RPC 32450-51 {2CDS}; Rodolphe RPV 32661.62 {2CDS}; ; Phoenix 514.2 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1336 {2CDS} (2002}ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Hérodiade by Jules Massenet are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.398; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.187 p.122
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1986 p. [LS]
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Fanfare - Vol.26 No.4 March/April 2003 pp.143-144 [HF]
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Orpheus - März 1997 S.59 (mention)
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Musica (Milano) - No.99 Anno 20 agosto-settembre 1996 p.114
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - septiembre - octubre 1998 No.29 p.97 [JR]
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Comments:- Recorded on 5 December 1974
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Conductor Bruno Amaducci - 1975(RA)
Orchestra - Orchestre Lyrique de l'O.R.T.F.
Chorus - Choral Lyrique de l'O.R.T.F.
Don Procopio - Jules Bastin
Don Odoardo - Alain Vanzo
Don Ernesto - Robert Massard
Don Andronico - Ernest Blanc
Pasquino - Jean-Louis Soumagnas
Donna Bettina - Mady Mesplé
Donna Eufemia - Lyliane Guitton
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 297 {2LPS} (1976)ª; Bismark Beane MRF 177 (+Le Docteur Miracle +Djamileh) {2LPS}
Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00484
Compact Disc; - Le Chant du Monde LDC 278 914 {1CD} (1990)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Diapason - No.363 septembre 1990 p.132 [JLD]
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Comments:- For a reason that is not clear to me the role of Donna Eufemia is assigned to Liliane Berton in «More EJS» pp.214-215.
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Conductor Roberto Benzi - 1978(LI)
Orchestra - Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Chorus - Choeur
Mireille - Danièle Perriers
Vincent - Aldo Filistad
Taven - Michèle Vilma
Ourrias - Ernest Blanc
Vincenette - Christine Barbaux
Maître Ramon - Marc Vento
Ambroise - Armand Arapian
Clémence - Véronique Dietschy
Andreloùn - Michel Vallat
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DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVDCC 921 (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Mireille by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.297; GIUDICI p.277 (2) p.467
Comments:- Video recording of a performance in Carpentas. See OPERA Festival Issue 1978 pp.71-73. The DVD issued by House of Opera is listed in their online catalogue of «New DVDs 22 January 2005»
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Conductor Rouslan Raichev - 1980
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris
Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris
Boris - Ruggero Raimondi
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Wieslaw Ochman
Marina - Viorica Cortez
Pimen - Peter Meven
Varlaam - Aage Haugland
Shuisky - Kenneth Riegel
Missail - Charles Burles
Rangoni - Roger Soyer
Fyodor - Zehava Gal
Xenia - Christine Barbaux
Hostess - Anna Ringart
Simpleton - Michel Sénéchal
Tchelkalov - Ernest Blanc
Nurse - Jocelyne Taillon
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Laser Disc; - Nihon Monitor (NMC) LSZS 00160 (Japanese NTSC); Dreamlife DMLB 47;; (Japanese NTSC) (1995)ª
DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 6165 (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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
Comments:- Recording of a performance of Shostakovich's version in the Palais Garnier (See OPERA August 1980 p.760). The DVD issued by Premiere is listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» dated 21 May 2007.
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Conductor Sylvain Cambreling - 1983(LC)
Orchestra - Théâtre de la Monnaie (Bruxelles)
Chorus - Théâtre de la Monnaie (Bruxelles)
Louise - Felicity Lott
Julien - Jérôme Pruett
La Mère - Rita Gorr
Le Père - Ernest Blanc
Le Noctambule - Christian Jean
Le Pape de Fous - Christian Jean
Irma - Anne-Marie Dur
Camille - Anna Marsilio
Gertrude - Christine Lemaître
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Black Disc; - ERATO NUM 750843 {3LPS} (1983)ª
Compact Cassette; - ERATO MCE 750843 (1983)ª
Compact Disc; - ERATO 8573 82298-2 {3CDS} (2000)ª
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Recordings of Louise by Gustav Charpentier are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.141; Opera on CD (1) p.112 (2) p.123 (3) p.138; MET p.76; PENGUIN p.55; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.197 p.90
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1983 p.668 [LS]; December 2000 pp.127-128 [PO'C]
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Diapason - No.473 septembre 2000 p.82 [ED]
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International Record Review - December 2000 p.120 [RP]
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Répertoire - No.138 septembre 2000 p.52 [JB]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.145 novembre 2000 pp.98-99 [GL]
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Comments:- Recorded at performances in the Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels (January 1983; see OPERA May 1983 p.528 The cast also includes Gérard Serkoyan, Anna Marsilio, Christine Lemaître. A guest performance of this production in Frankfurt (11 February 1983) is reviewed in ORPHEUS März 1983 S.270.
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Conductor Michelangelo Veltri - 1984(LI)
Orchestra - Orquesta Filarmónica de Santiago de Chile
Chorus - Coro del Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile
Samson - Gilbert Py
Dalila - Ann Howard
Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Ernest Blanc
Abimélech - Mario Solomonoff
Le Vieillard Hébreu - Mariano de la Maza
Le messager philistin - Juan José Acosta
Premier philistin - Juan Gaete
Deuxième philistin - Carlos Miranda
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DVD (Video) - Live Opera Heaven 866
VHS Video Cassette; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 2748 (NTSC) (2003)ª
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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28
Comments:- Video recording of a performance in the Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile (October 1984; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL décembre 1984 No.76 p.50). The VHS issued by Premiere is listed in «New Fall 2003 Video Cassette Releases». I thank Sr. Hernan Torres Moris for information concerning the cast, orchestra and chorus.
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Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1985(LI)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Nice
Chorus - L'Opéra de Nice
Samson - Plácido Domingo
Dalila - Waltraud Meier
Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Ernest Blanc
Abimélech - Jacques Mars
Le Vieillard Hébreu - Victor von Halem
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 548 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the «Acropolis» Nice (9 June 1985; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL juillet/aoüt 1985 No.83 p.37). 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»
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