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Carolina - Alda Noni

Elisetta - Hilde Güden (Gueden)

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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Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Mario Rossi - 1949(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Macbeth - Paolo Silveri

Lady Macbeth - Lucy Kelston

Banco - Boris Christoff

Macduff - Angelo Mercuriali

Malcolm - Aldo Bertocci

Dama - Miti Truccato Pace

Medico - Empedocle Giordani

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00632

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Recordings of Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.162; Opera on Record p.201; CELLETTI p.936; Opera on CD (1) p.47 (2) p.53 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.40 p.106, mise à jour septembre 2000; MET p.573; MET(VID) p.359; PENGUIN p.487; GIUDICI p.881 (2) p.1431; Opéra International No.72 septembre 1994 p.112; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.8; International Opera Collector Winter 1998 No.10 p.32; Opéra Interational février 1999 No.232 p.68, No.266 mars 2002 p.18

Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 16 October 1949. The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000 where the year is given as 1951.

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Parsifal by Richard Wagner performed in Italian

Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Amfortas - Rolando Panerai

Titurel - Dmitri Lopatto

Gurnemanz - Boris Christoff

Parsifal - Africo Baldelli

Klingsor - Giuseppe Modesti

Kundry - Maria Callas

Knappe 1 - Miti Truccato Pace

Knappe 2 - Silvana Tenti

Knappe 3 - Aldo Bertocci

Knappe 4 - Mario Frosini

Blumenmädchen 1 - Lina Pagliughi

Blumenmädchen 2 - Renata Broilo

Blumenmädchen 3 - Anna Maria Canali

Blumenmädchen 4 - Liliana Rossi (Perino)

Blumenmädchen 5 - Silvana Tenti

Blumenmädchen 6 - Miti Truccato Pace

Ritter 1 - Aldo Bertocci

Ritter 2 - Mario Frosini

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Black Disc; - *Estro Armonico EA 055 {4LPS}; foyer FO 1002 {4LPS} (1980)ª; Fonit Cetra «Archivo RAI» LAR 41 {4LPS} (1984)ª; Roger W. Frank FWR 648 {4LPS}

Compact Disc; - Melodram MEL 36041 {3CDS}; Fonit Cetra CDAR 2020 ; *Hommage 7001843 HOM {3CDS} (1999)ª; Arkadia 78083 {3CDS} (2001)ª; Cantus Classics 5.00134 + 5.00135 {2x2CDS}; fono 1035/37 {3CDS} (2001)ª; Membran 222389 {3CDS} (2006)ª; Mondo Musica MMO 91121 {3CDS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - April 1998 p.59 (mention) [GH]; September+Oktober 2007 S.59 (mention) [GE]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.3 Spring 1989 pp.143-148 [WH]

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.21 (2) p.24 (3) p.22

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Wagner News - No.145 June 2001 p.19 (mention) [ARB]

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Répertoire - No.76 January 1995 p.96

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Comments:- A recording in Italian with some cuts (20, 21 November 1950). The cast given above is as listed in «50 anni di opera lirica alla RAI 1931-1980», p.108, but Jonathan Brown in «Parsifal on Record», p.30, lists the 3rd and 4th squires as Franco Baldaccini and Aldo Bertocci

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Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner performed in Italian and German

Conductor Karl Böhm - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Tannhäuser - Hans Beirer

Elisabeth - Renata Tebaldi

Wolfram von Eschenbach - Carlo Tagliabue

Venus - Livia Pery

Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen - Boris Christoff

Walther von der Vogelweide - Petre Munteanu

Biterolf - Augosto Romani

Heinrich der Schreiber - Gianni Avolanti

Reinmar von Zweter - Iginio Riccò

Hirt - Gilda Martini Rossi

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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 201 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Standing Room Only SRO 834-1 (highlights) {1CD} ;; Hardy Classic HCA 6004-2 {3CDS} (1999)ª

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Recordings of Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.59; HARRIS p.268; Opera on Record p.346; CELLETTI p.1143; Opera on CD (1) p.62 (2) p.69 (3) p.78; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.63-64 p.186, mise à jour mars 2004; MET p.677; MET(VID) p.420; PENGUIN p.547; Stereophile July 1990 p.160; Wagner News Issue No.97 p.18; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March/April 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1068 (2) p.1717; Orpheus August + September 2002 S.81

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.23 No.1 September/October 1999 p.375 [WY]

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Orpheus - Juni 1999 S.54; Februar 2000 S.65-S.66 [GH]

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Opéra International - No.252 décembre 2000 pp.73-74 [SS]

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Classical Express - Issue No.121 April 2000 p.4 [SJT]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII Supplemento al N.129 maggio 1999 p.72 [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Naples (12 March 1950). Beirer sings in German and the rest of the cast in Italian. The singer of the role of Tannhäuser is given by HRE to be Max Lorenz (incorrectly).

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Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Kleiber - 1951(LI)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Guido di Montforte - Enzo Mascherini

Il Sire di Bethume - Bruno Carmassi

Il Conte Vaudemont - Mario Frosini

Arrigo - Giorgio Kokolios Bardi

Giovanni da Procida - Boris Christoff

La Duchessa Elena - Maria Callas

Ninetta - Mafalda Masini

Danieli - Gino Sarri

Tebaldo - Aldo De Paolo

Roberto - Lido Pettini

Manfredo - Breno Ristori

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Black Disc - Penzance 6 {3LPS}; Cetra LO 5/3 {3LPS} Mauro R Fuguette MRF 46 {3LPS}; Melodram MEL 420 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Legendary Recordings LR CD 1008-3 {3CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 2.0005 {3CDS} (1997)ª; DiVa 1109/10/11 {3CDS} (1999)ª; Archipel 0016-3 {3CDS} (2001)ª; Urania «Archivo Storico» URN 22.179 {3CDS} (2001)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1291 {3CDS} (2001)ª; Deltadischi DPR 3030 {3CDS} (2006)ª; Testament SBT 21416 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - June 2001 p.89 [AB]; January 2008 p.90 [PO'C]

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Opera - May 2008 pp.598-599 [RM]

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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.5 May/June 2008 pp.272-274 [HF] [MM]

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Orpheus - November 1997 S.91; Oktober 2001 S.55-S.56 [GH]

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Opéra International - septembre 1984 No.73 p.54

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Diapason - No.554 S janvier 2008 p.111 [MP]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.187 p.141 [JC-1]

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International Record Review - November 2007 p.84 [RP]

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American Record Guide - May/June 2008 Vol.71 No.3 p.282 [RVL]

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Classic Record Collector - Spring 2008 pp.96-97 [TP]

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VERDI DAL VIVO - p.205

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.41 septiembre-octubre 2000 p.98 [JMP]: No.61 junio 2003 pp.85-86 [TF]: No.108 marzo 2008 p.95 [LB]

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Opéra Magazine - No.24 décembre 2007 p.78 [PC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Firenze (26 May 1951; see OPERA August 1951 p.451)

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La Betulia liberata by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Mario Rossi - 1952(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Ozia - Cesare Valletti

Giuditta - Miriam Pirazzini

Amital - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Achior - Boris Christoff

Cabri - Luigia Vincenti

Carmi - Luigia Vincenti

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 276 {1LP} (1963)ª; Melodram MEL 211 {1LP}

Compact Disc; - Nuova Era 2377 {1CD}; Memories HR 4222 {1CD} Istituto Discografico italiano IDIS 6408 {1CD} (2003)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1417 {1CD} (2005)ª

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Recordings of La Betulia liberata by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.447

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.29 No.1 September/October 2005 p.231 [DLK]

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Orpheus - Januar + Februar 2004 S.68 [DN]

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Opéra International - No.286 janvier 2004 p.69 [AF]

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Comments:- Recording of an abridged radio performance (30 May 1952)

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Italian

Conductor Artur Rodzinsky - 1952(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Boris - Boris Christoff

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Mirto Picchi

Marina - Rina Corsi

Pimen - Giuseppe Modesti

Varlaam - Dmitri Lopatto

Shuisky - Angelo Mercuriali

Missail - Mario Carlin

Fyodor - Fernanda Cadoni

Xenia - Loretta Di Lelio

Hostess - Amalia Pini

Simpleton - Angelo Mercuriali

Tchelkalov - Fernando Valentini

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Black Disc - Historical Opera Performances Editions HOPE 20 {3LPS} I Gioelli della Musica GML 10 (Highlights) {1LP}

Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66.316 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Omega Opera Archives 757 (& 525); Premiere Opera Ltd. 2663-3 {3CDRS} (2007)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 publication:-

Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.75 noviembre 2004 pp.82-83 [JV]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 10 December 1952. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) and the CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» dated Wed 11 July 2007.

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Issay Dobrowen - 1952(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française

Chorus - Choeurs Russes de Paris

Boris - Boris Christoff

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Nicolai Gedda

Marina - Eugenia Zareska

Pimen - Boris Christoff

Varlaam - Boris Christoff

Shuisky - Andre Bielecki

Missail - Andre Bielecki

Rangoni - Kim Borg

Fyodor - Eugenia Zareska

Xenia - Ludmilla Lebedeva

Hostess - Lydia Romanova

Simpleton - Wassili Pasternak

Tchelkalov - Kim Borg

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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1044-1047 {4LPS} (1953)ª; HMV ALP 1323 (Highlights) {1LP} (1956)ª; EMI SLS 5072 {4LPS} (1977)ª; RCA Victor LHMV 6400 {4LPS} (1953)ª; RCA Victor WHMV 6400 {EPS} (1953)ª; Capitol-EMI GDR 7164 {4LPS}

Compact Disc; - *EMI CHS 5 65192-2 {3CDS} (1994)ª; EMI CDHC 65192 {3CDS} (USA) (1994)ª; Living Stage LS 4035127 {3CDS} (2002)ª; Pearl GEMS 0188 (+songs - Christoff) {3CDS} (2003)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110242-44 (+excerpts - Chaliapin) {3CDS} (2004)ª; Membran 221758 {3CDS} (2004)ª; Documents 221758-348 {3CDS} (2004)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:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1953 pp.292-293 [AR]; July 1953 p.34 [DST]; November 1956 p.224 (Highlights); February 1977 p.1318 [JW]; October 1977 p.594 [JBS]; December 1994 p.159 [AB]; July 2003 pp.78-79 [PO'C]

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Opera - July 1953 pp.420-421 [H]; August 1994 p.1000

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Opera Now - July 1994 p.54

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Opera News - October 2003 p.62 [DS]

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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.3 January/February 1995 p.408; Vol.28 No.3 January/February 2005 pp.167-168 [BB]

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Orpheus - Januar + Februar 2004 S.67-S.68 [DN]

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Diapason - No.408 octobre 1994 p.164; No.505 juillet-aoüt 2003 p.118 [MB]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.160 p.130

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American Record Guide - January 1953 Vol.19 No.5 p.142 [PHR]

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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1959 Vol.9 No.5 p.54

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BBC Music Magazine - July 1994 p.76

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International Record Review - December 2004 pp.42-43 [MT]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.64 octubre 2003 pp.83-84 [MC]: No.73 septiembre 2004 p.85 [LB] No.76 diciembre 2004 p.87 [JB]

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Comments:- Rimsky-Korsakov's version. See The Times-Weekend May 28 1994 p.7 for a review of the CD

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Issay Dobrowen - 1952(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française

Chorus - Choeurs Russes de Paris

Boris - Boris Christoff

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Nicolai Gedda

Marina - Eugenia Zareska

Pimen - Boris Christoff

Varlaam - Boris Christoff

Shuisky - Andre Bielecki

Missail - Andre Bielecki

Rangoni - Kim Borg

Fyodor - Eugenia Zareska

Xenia - Ludmilla Lebedeva

Hostess - Lydia Romanova

Simpleton - Wassili Pasternak

Tchelkalov - Kim Borg

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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1044-1047 {4LPS} (1953)ª; HMV ALP 1323 (Highlights) {1LP} (1956)ª; EMI SLS 5072 {4LPS} (1977)ª; RCA Victor LHMV 6400 {4LPS} (1953)ª; RCA Victor WHMV 6400 {EPS} (1953)ª; Capitol-EMI GDR 7164 {4LPS}

Compact Disc; - *EMI CHS 5 65192-2 {3CDS} (1994)ª; EMI CDHC 65192 {3CDS} (USA) (1994)ª; Living Stage LS 4035127 {3CDS} (2002)ª; Pearl GEMS 0188 (+songs - Christoff) {3CDS} (2003)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110242-44 (+excerpts - Chaliapin) {3CDS} (2004)ª; Membran 221758 {3CDS} (2004)ª; Documents 221758-348 {3CDS} (2004)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:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1953 pp.292-293 [AR]; July 1953 p.34 [DST]; November 1956 p.224 (Highlights); February 1977 p.1318 [JW]; October 1977 p.594 [JBS]; December 1994 p.159 [AB]; July 2003 pp.78-79 [PO'C]

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Opera - July 1953 pp.420-421 [H]; August 1994 p.1000

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Opera Now - July 1994 p.54

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Opera News - October 2003 p.62 [DS]

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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.3 January/February 1995 p.408; Vol.28 No.3 January/February 2005 pp.167-168 [BB]

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Orpheus - Januar + Februar 2004 S.67-S.68 [DN]

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Diapason - No.408 octobre 1994 p.164; No.505 juillet-aoüt 2003 p.118 [MB]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.160 p.130

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American Record Guide - January 1953 Vol.19 No.5 p.142 [PHR]

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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1959 Vol.9 No.5 p.54

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BBC Music Magazine - July 1994 p.76

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International Record Review - December 2004 pp.42-43 [MT]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.64 octubre 2003 pp.83-84 [MC]: No.73 septiembre 2004 p.85 [LB] No.76 diciembre 2004 p.87 [JB]

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Comments:- Rimsky-Korsakov's version. See The Times-Weekend May 28 1994 p.7 for a review of the CD

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Issay Dobrowen - 1952(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française

Chorus - Choeurs Russes de Paris

Boris - Boris Christoff

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Nicolai Gedda

Marina - Eugenia Zareska

Pimen - Boris Christoff

Varlaam - Boris Christoff

Shuisky - Andre Bielecki

Missail - Andre Bielecki

Rangoni - Kim Borg

Fyodor - Eugenia Zareska

Xenia - Ludmilla Lebedeva

Hostess - Lydia Romanova

Simpleton - Wassili Pasternak

Tchelkalov - Kim Borg

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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1044-1047 {4LPS} (1953)ª; HMV ALP 1323 (Highlights) {1LP} (1956)ª; EMI SLS 5072 {4LPS} (1977)ª; RCA Victor LHMV 6400 {4LPS} (1953)ª; RCA Victor WHMV 6400 {EPS} (1953)ª; Capitol-EMI GDR 7164 {4LPS}

Compact Disc; - *EMI CHS 5 65192-2 {3CDS} (1994)ª; EMI CDHC 65192 {3CDS} (USA) (1994)ª; Living Stage LS 4035127 {3CDS} (2002)ª; Pearl GEMS 0188 (+songs - Christoff) {3CDS} (2003)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110242-44 (+excerpts - Chaliapin) {3CDS} (2004)ª; Membran 221758 {3CDS} (2004)ª; Documents 221758-348 {3CDS} (2004)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:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1953 pp.292-293 [AR]; July 1953 p.34 [DST]; November 1956 p.224 (Highlights); February 1977 p.1318 [JW]; October 1977 p.594 [JBS]; December 1994 p.159 [AB]; July 2003 pp.78-79 [PO'C]

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Opera - July 1953 pp.420-421 [H]; August 1994 p.1000

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Opera Now - July 1994 p.54

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Opera News - October 2003 p.62 [DS]

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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.3 January/February 1995 p.408; Vol.28 No.3 January/February 2005 pp.167-168 [BB]

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Orpheus - Januar + Februar 2004 S.67-S.68 [DN]

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Diapason - No.408 octobre 1994 p.164; No.505 juillet-aoüt 2003 p.118 [MB]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.160 p.130

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American Record Guide - January 1953 Vol.19 No.5 p.142 [PHR]

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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1959 Vol.9 No.5 p.54

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BBC Music Magazine - July 1994 p.76

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International Record Review - December 2004 pp.42-43 [MT]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.64 octubre 2003 pp.83-84 [MC]: No.73 septiembre 2004 p.85 [LB] No.76 diciembre 2004 p.87 [JB]

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Comments:- Rimsky-Korsakov's version. See The Times-Weekend May 28 1994 p.7 for a review of the CD

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Norma by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Verdi di Trieste

Chorus - Teatro Verdi di Trieste

Norma - Maria Callas

Adalgisa - Elena Nicolai

Pollione - Franco Corelli

Oroveso - Boris Christoff

Clotilde - Bruna Ronchini

Flavio - Raimondo Botteghelli

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 283-2 {2LPS} (1979)ª

Compact Disc; - Melodram CDM 26031 {2CDS}; Divina Records DVN 3 {2CDS};; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6390/91 {2CDS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of Norma by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera January 1958 p.12; Opera on Record p.154; CELLETTI p.50; Opera on CD (1) p.40 (2) p.46 (3) p.51; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.29 p.106: No.236 p.76; MET p.21; MET(VID) p.10; PENGUIN p.10; Orpheus No.13 1994 Festival p.22; GIUDICI p.31 (2) p.57; Diapason No.439 juillet-aoüt 1997 p.48; Répertoire No.112 avril 1998 p.86; Opéra International juin 2000 No.247 pp.66-70; Donizetti Society Newsletter June 2000 pp.21-23; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Gramophone January 2002 p.28; Classica Répertoire No.94 juillet-aoüt 2007 p.66

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.54 octubre 2002 p.78 [LB]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVII N.173 giugno 2003 pp.99-100 [GL]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.63 septiembre 2003 p.83 [PN]

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Comments:- According to the Divina website the recording of this performance that has survived is incomplete and «The Melodram issue filled in the missing portions with music from other Callas' Norma performances, but does not mention this.» (click URL below). The second edition of Divina's CDs is «enhanced CDs» with documentation in CD-ROM format. More information about the «patches» on the Melodram CDs is given in THE OPERA QUARTERLY Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.553-554.

http://www.divinarecords.com

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Faust by Charles Gounod performed in French

Conductor André Cluytens - 1953(STU)

Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris

Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris

Faust - Nicolai Gedda

Méphistophélès - Boris Christoff

Marguerite - Victoria de los Ángeles

Valentin - Jean Borthayre

Siébel - Martha Angelici

Marthe - Solange Michel

Wagner - Robert Jeantet

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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1162-1165 {4LPS} (1954)ª; RCA Victor LM 6400 {4LPS} (USA) (1954)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 5 65256-2 {3CDS} (1995)ª; Urania 306 {3CDS} (2007)ª; Malibran MR 681 {2CDS} (2008)ª

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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 - September 1954 pp.162-163 [AR]; September 1995 p.124 [PO'C]

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Opera - November 1954 p.684

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Opera Now - November 1995 p.62

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Opera News - December 30 1957 p.22 [KFR]

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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.1 September/October 2007 pp.110-111 [RT]

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Orpheus - Februar 1995 S.56

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Opéra International - février 1995 No.188 p.60

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Diapason - No.412 février 1995 p.94

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.148

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American Record Guide - March 1954 Vol.20 No.7 p.221 [PHR]

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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1954 Vol.4 No.3 p.45 [JH]

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Gramophone Record Review - November 1954 p.27 [MO]

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.185 février 1995 p.100

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Répertoire - No.77 février 1995 p.41

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International Classical Record Collector - No.2 (September 1995) p.117

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.111 junio 2008 p.83 [MC]

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1954(LE)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Aida - Anita Cerquetti

Radamès - Gino Penno

Amneris - Elena Nicolai

Amonasro - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Ramphis - Boris Christoff

Il Re di Egitto - Iginio Riccò

Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma

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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni «The Golden Age of Opera» GAO 134 {1CD};; Bongiovanni «Historical Opera Collection» HOCO 11 {1CD} (2004)ª

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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:-

Fanfare - Vol.16 No.5 May-June 1993 p.344 [JM]

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Classica Répertoire - No.67 novembre 2004 p.118 (mention) [AT]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.77 enero-febrero 2005 p.85 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of parts of Act 1,2 and 3 of a performance at the Arena Flegrea in very poor sound

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Faust by Charles Gounod performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Faust - Ferruccio Tagliavini

Méphistophélès - Boris Christoff

Marguerite - Anna Maria Rovere

Valentin - Enzo Mascherini

Siébel - Vittoria Garofalo

Marthe - Aurora Cattelani

Wagner - Mario Bozzi

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Compact Disc; - *Bongiovanni «Historical Opera Collection» HOC 009/10 (+short; excerpts - Napoli - 1950) {2CDS} (2004)ª

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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:-

Orpheus - 11+12 November+Dezember 2004 S.66 [IW]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.185 luglio-agosto 2004 p.112 (mention) [GL]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.77 enero-febrero 2005 pp.81-82 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Arena Flegrea (August 1954).

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Mazeppa by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky performed in Italian

Conductor Ionel Perlea - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Mazeppa - Ettore Bastianini

Mariya - Magda Olivero

Kochubey - Boris Christoff

Liubov - Mariana Radev

Andrei - David Poleri

Orlik - Jorge (Giorgio) Algorta

Iskra - Fausto Flamini

Drunken Cossack - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc - Rococo RR 1016 (+Iris - excerpts) {3LPS) Estro Armonico EA 046 {3LPS}; Cetra «Opera Live» LO 43 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Melodram CDM 27070 {2CDS} (1989)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66309 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Cantus Classics 500651 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 5028 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Mazeppa by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.155; GIUDICI p.128 (2) p.209; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.109; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63 (corrected in issue for September/October 2003 p.287).

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1978 p.1166 [JW]

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Fanfare - Vol.5 No.3 January/February 1982 p.192 [DCS]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.8 No.2 Summer 1991 pp.186-188 [DWW]

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The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.102 [JG]

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Comments:- Recorded at a performance in Florence (6 June 1954)

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Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber performed in Italian

Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1954(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Max - Francesco Albanese

Agathe - Sena Jurinac

Kaspar - Boris Christoff

Ottokar - Emilio Renzi

Kuno - Sesto Bruscantini

Kilian - Leonardo Monreale

Hermit - Ivo Vinco

Ännchen - Orietta Moscucci

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 637 (& 4061); Andromeda ANDRCD 5032 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Opera Depot OD 10258-2 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.131; CELLETTI p.1170; Opera on CD (1) p.26 (2) p.30 (3) p.33; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 105-106 p.162; MET 740; MET(VID) p.453; PENGUIN p.561; Opera on Video p.40; GIUDICI p.1170 (2) p.1835; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.63; Répertoire No.95 octobre 1996 p.13; International Record Collector November 2000 pp.20-25; American Record Guide March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.44-53

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 2006 p.79 [AB]

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International Record Review - February 2006 p.28 [JTH]

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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2006 pp.104-105 [JTH]

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Classica Répertoire - No.79 février 2006 p.105 [AT]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 12 January 1955. According to «Boris Christoff - La Vita, La Voce, L'Arte» p.359 the recording was made on 28 November 1954. The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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A Life for the Tsar [Ivan Susanin] by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka performed in Italian

Conductor Alfredo Simonetto - 1954(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Ivan Susanin - Boris Christoff

Antonida - Virginia Zeani

Bogdan Sobinin - Giuseppe Campora

Vanya - Anna Maria Rota

Sigizmund King of Poland - Eraldo Coda

Polish messenger - Guglielmo Fazzini

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 334 {2LPS} (1977)ª

Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1542 (+1309 +800); Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66340 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 5049 {2CDS} (2006)ª

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Recordings of A Life for the Tsar [Ivan Susanin] by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.107; CELLETTI p.274; Opera on CD (1) p.43 (2) p.49 (3) p.55; PENGUIN p.104; GIUDICI p.248 (2) p.422; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - März + April 2007 S.56 [GH]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.93 septiembre 2006 p.84 [JS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 5 December 1954. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).

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Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1954(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Don Carlo - Mario Filippeschi

Filippo II - Boris Christoff

Rodrigo - Tito Gobbi

Il Grande Inquisitore - Giulio Neri

Un Frate - Plinio Clabassi

Elisabetta di Valois - Antonietta Stella

La principessa Eboli - Elena Nicolai

Tebaldo - Loretta Di Lelio

Il Conte di Lerma - Paolo Caroli

Un Araldo Reale - Paolo Caroli

Una voce dal cielo - Orietta Moscucci

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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1289-1292 {4LPS} (1955)ª; RCA Victor LM 6124 {4LPS} (1955)ª; Capitol-EMI GCR 7165 {4LPS}; *Seraphim IC-6004

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 64642 2 {3CDS}; EMI «Références» CHS 5 67479-2 {3CDS};; Membran 223480 {3CDS} (2006)ª; Naxos 8.111132-34 {3CDS} (2007)ª

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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; No.244 p.136; 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 - November 1955 pp.234-235 [PHW]; February 1956 p.342 (mention) [HCS]; April 1993 p.120; April 2001 p.98, p.100 [AB]

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Opera - January 1956 p.49; June 1993 p.744

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Opera Now - June 1993 p.54

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Diapason - No.477 janvier 2001 pp.106-107 [AT]

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American Record Guide - December 1955 Vol.22 No.4 p.56 [PHR]: September-October 1993 Vol.56 No.5 p.212

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High Fidelity Magazine - December 1955 Vol.5 No.10 p.80, p.82, p.84 [JH]: May 1959 Vol.9 No.5 p.[JH]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - November 1995 p.19

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Gramophone Record Review - December 1955 p.91

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BBC Music Magazine - May 1993 p.67

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Classic CD - June 1993 p.95

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International Record Review - February 2001 p.108 [RP]

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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2007 pp.94-95 [TP]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.44 marzo-abril 2001 p.91 [JV]: No.99 abril 2007 p.94 [JS]

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Comments:- A recording of a 4-act version made on 5-9, 11-14 October 1954

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Giulio Cesare in Egitto by George Frideric Handel performed in Italian

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

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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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.103 septiembre 2007 p.90 [MC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Rome Opera (See OPERA February 1956 p.115)

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Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven performed in Italian

Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1955(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Leonore - Dorothy Dow

Florestan - Amedeo Berdini

Pizarro - Giuseppe Taddei

Rocco - Boris Christoff

Marzelline - Irene Gasperoni

Jaquino - Nicola Monti

Fernando - Franco Calabrese

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Compact Disc; - Andromeda ANDRCD 9036 {2CDS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.119; CELLETTI p.29; Opera on CD p.25 (1) p.29 (3) p.32; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.10 p.102; MET p.8; MET(VID) p.4; PENGUIN p.6; Stereophile January 1994 p.177; May 1994 p.15; BBC Music Magazine February 1995 p.43; Opera on Video p.37; GIUDICI p.11 (2) p.19; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.62; Gramophone January 1997 p.40; Répertoire No.103 juin 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Summer 1997 No.4 p.64; International Record Review March 2001 p.22; American Record Guide March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.44-53

Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 30 November 1955. 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.134.

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Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Mario Rossi - 1955(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Guido di Montforte - Carlo Tagliabue

Il Sire di Bethume - Mario Zorgniotti

Il Conte Vaudemont - Giuliano Ferrein

Arrigo - Mario Ortica

Giovanni da Procida - Boris Christoff

La Duchessa Elena - Anita Cerquetti

Ninetta - Miti Truccato Pace

Danieli - Tommaso Soley

Tebaldo - Walter Artioli

Roberto - Christiano Dalamangas

Manfredo - Sante Andreoli

Ninetta - Pamela Bowden

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 206 {3LPS} (1961)ª; *Morgan 3 MOR 5503 {3LPS}; Mauro R Fuguette MRF 92 {3LPS}; Replica RPL 2433-2435 {3LPS} (1980)ª;; Replica RPL 32433 {3LPS} (1984)ª

Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 982.184 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1567-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; *Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0108 {2CDS} (2005)ª; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS}

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Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - November 1982 S.883 [GH]; Juni 1998 S.57 [GH]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.2 Spring 2001 pp.321-323 [RP]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.187 p.141 [JC-1]

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Classical Express - Issue 98 May 1998 p.6 [MT]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - septiembre - octubre 1998 No.29 pp.99-100 [MC]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.114 octubre 1998 p.42, p.44 [AV]

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Comments:- Recorded on 9 October 1955 and broadcast on 16 November 1955.

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

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

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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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Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber performed in Italian

Conductor Mario Rossi - 1956(LCE)

Orchestra - Teatro Verdi di Trieste

Chorus - Teatro Verdi di Trieste

Max - Alessandro Zilliani

Agathe - Leyla Gencer

Kaspar - Boris Christoff

Ännchen - Renata Scotto

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Compact Disc - On Stage 4707 (+Oberon) {2CDS}

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Recordings of Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.131; CELLETTI p.1170; Opera on CD (1) p.26 (2) p.30 (3) p.33; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 105-106 p.162; MET 740; MET(VID) p.453; PENGUIN p.561; Opera on Video p.40; GIUDICI p.1170 (2) p.1835; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.63; Répertoire No.95 octobre 1996 p.13; International Record Collector November 2000 pp.20-25; American Record Guide March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.44-53

Comments:- Recording of part of a performance in Trieste (18 January 1956). Caspar's aria, sung by Boris Christoff, is from a broadcast (RAI Torino, 12 November 1956) conducted by Vittorio Gui. Mario Petri sang Caspar in Trieste.

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Iris by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Iris - Clara Petrella

Osaka - Giuseppe di Stefano

Kyoto - Saturno Meletti

Il Cieco - Boris Christoff

Una guècha - Aida Hovnanian

Un Merciavolo - Adelio Zagonora

Un Cenciaivolo - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc - Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 133 {2LPS} Cetra «Opera Live» LO 15 (+Cavalleria Rusticana) {4LPS}

Compact Disc - Standing Room Only SRO 505-2 {2CDS}

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Recordings of Iris by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.392; PENGUIN p.199; GIUDICI p.353 (2) p.616

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - März + April 2008 S.57 [KC]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.93 septiembre 2006 p.85 [MC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Rome (December 1956; see OPERA March 1957 p.175 )

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Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Tamino - Juan Oncina

Papageno - Giuseppe Taddei

Königin der Nacht - Mimi Coertse

Sprecher - Plinio Clabassi

Pamina - Sena Jurinac

Sarastro - Boris Christoff

Papagena - Alda Noni

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Compact Cassette - *Lyric Distribution ALD 3013

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Recordings of Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.130: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.136-140; Opera on Record p.106; CELLETTI p.525; Opera on CD (1) p.22 (2) p.26 (3) p.28; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.101 p.138, No.196 p.148; MET p.332; MET(VID) p.186; PENGUIN p.257; BBC Music Magazine May 1994 p.47; Opéra International No.182 juillet-aoüt 1994 p.14; GIUDICI p.495 (2) p.828; Stereophile October 1996 (Vol.19 No.10) p.303; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.15; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.58-60; BBC Music Magazine April 2004 p.52; The Gramophone January 2006 p.28

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli (27 January 1956).

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Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito performed in Italian

Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1956(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Mefistofele - Boris Christoff

Faust - Giancinto Prandelli

Margherita - Orietta Moscucci

Martha - Amalia Pini

Wagner - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - La Voce del Padrone QALP 10156/57 {2LPS} (1956)ª; HMV ALP 1369-1370 {2LPS} (1956)ª; RCA Victor LM 6109 {2LPS} (1957)ª; RCA LM 6049; EMI 3C 153 03150/51 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 5 65655-2 {2CDS} (1996)ª; Urania URN 22.285 {2CDS} (2006)ª

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Recordings of Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.181; Opera on Record 3 p.183; CELLETTI p.121; Opera on CD (1) p.97 (2) p.108 (3) p.121; MET p.62; MET(VID) p.22; PENGUIN p.33; Opera on Video p.163; GIUDICI p.89 (2) p.139; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.238 p.74

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1956 pp.136-137 [AR]; April 1996 p.110 [MEO]

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Opera - November 1956 p.689; February 1996 p.189

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.13 No.1 Autumn 1996 p.133

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Opéra International - juin 1996 No.203 p.52

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Diapason - No.422 janvier 1966 p.86 [MP]

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American Record Guide - March 1957 Vol.23 No.6 p.86 [PHR]: May/June 2006 Vol.69 No.3 p.222 [MM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1957 Vol.7 No.3 p.61 [MDS]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - September 1956 p.15

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Gramophone Record Review - September 1956 p.707 [JC}

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.18 diciembre 1995 - febrero 1996 p.59

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International Classical Record Collector - Summer 1996 No.5 pp.102-103 [JTH]

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Classica Répertoire - No.79 février 2006 p.105 [AT]

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Comments:- Act IV is omitted

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Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Ernani - Mario Del Monaco

Elvira - Anita Cerquetti

Carlo - Ettore Bastianini

Silva - Boris Christoff

Riccardo - Athos Cesarini

Iago - Aurelian Neagu

Giovanna - Luciana Boni

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Black Disc - *Paragon DSV 52018 {3LPS}; Fonit Cetra «Documents> DOC 61 {3LPS} Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 1001 (+Medea +La forza del destino +La Dame de Pique+concert) {14LPS}

Compact Disc; - *Melodram 27016 {2CDS} (1988)ª; Myto 2MCD 981.179 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Belcanto Society #5011 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1287 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 9017 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.99; CELLETTI p.880; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.52 (3) p.57; MET p.570; MET(VID) p.350; PENGUIN p.477 GIUDICI p.867 (2) p.1414; Opéra International No.222 mars 1998 p.54, No.265 février 2002 p.22

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 2001 p.100 [AB]

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Opera News - September 2001 pp.90-92 [NL]

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Fanfare - Vol.7 No.1 September/October 1983 pp.273-275 [ADC]

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Orpheus - April 1998 p.62 (with photograph) [GH]

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Opéra International - septembre 1984 No.73 p.53 [SS]

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Classical Express - Issue 96 March 1998 p.3 [RB]

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American Record Guide - November/December 1998 Vol.61 No.6 p.320 [LM]

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International Record Review - January 2008 pp.27-28 [JTH]

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VERDI DAL VIVO - p.81

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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.55

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.104 [MC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (14 June 1957). See OPERA August 1857 pp.494-496; «Anita Cerquetti - Umilità e Firezza» by Elio Trovato pp.79-81. The BCS CDs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE September 2000 p.95 and in «Opera Fanatic's Catalog» No.63 p.57 where the date of the performance recorded is given as «June 25 1957».

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Don Quichotte by Jules Massenet performed in Italian

Conductor Alfredo Simonetto - 1957(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Don Quichotte - Boris Christoff

Sancho Panza - Carlo Badioli

Dulcinée - Teresa Berganza

Pedro - Ornella Rovero

Garcias - Pina Malgarini

Rodriguez - Alfredo Nobile

Juan - Tommaso Frascati

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 163 {2LPS} (1959)ª; *Fonit Cetra «Archivo RAI» LAR 13 {3LPS} (1982)ª

Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDAR 2025 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Gala 100 594 (+Boris Christoff recital) {2CDS} (2002)ª; Oriel Music Society OMS 133/2 {2CDRS}

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Recordings of Don Quichotte by Jules Massenet are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.241; CELLETTI p.396; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.93 p.96; PENGUINp.203; GIUDICI p.372, (2) p.649; Opéra International octobre 2000 No.250 p.14

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.18 No.5 May/June 1995 p.257

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Orpheus - November 2002 S.92 [GH]

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Opéra International - mai 1995 No.191 p.68

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Diapason - No.493 juin 2002 p.119 (mention) [ED]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.149

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American Record Guide - May/June 1995 Vol.58 No.3 p.136

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Répertoire - No.78 mars 1995 p.103

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Comments:- Recording of a perfomance recorded on 25 May 1957 and broadcast on 6 February 1958. Oriel mistakenly gives the date of this recording as «Mid 1960s»

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1957(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Antonio Massaria

Leonora di Vargas - Anita Cerquetti

Don Carlo - Aldo Protti

Don Alvaro - Pier Miranda Ferraro

Preziosilla - Giulietta Simionato

Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi

Curra - Vera Presti

Padre Guardiano - Boris Christoff

Mastro Trabuco - Adelio Zagonora

Un Chirurgo - Renzo Gonzales

Un Alcalde - Eraldo Coda

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Black Disc - Replica ARPL 32499 {3CDS}; Sonata 9056 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - *CBS/Sony 1047-9 {3CDS}; Bongiovanni GAO 174-176 {3CDS} (1995)ª; Myto 3MCD 992 203 {3CDS} (1999)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. 1865-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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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.19 No.1 September/October 1995 p.346; Vol.23 No.1 September/October 1999 p.374 [JM]

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Orpheus - Mai 1995 S.62; Juli 1999 S.60 [GH]

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Opéra International - septembre 1984 No.73 p.51 [SS]; novembre 1996 No.207 p.57

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.84 enero 1996 p.61

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American Record Guide - July/August 1995 Vol.58 No.4 p.215

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.105 noviembre 2007 p.93 [JS]

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Comments:- Recording of a peformance broadcast on September 29 1957

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A Life for the Tsar [Ivan Susanin] by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka performed in Russian

Conductor Igor Markevitch - 1957(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux

Chorus - Belgrade National Opera

Ivan Susanin - Boris Christoff

Antonida - Teresa Stich-Randall

Bogdan Sobinin - Nicolai Gedda

Vanya - Melanie (Mila) Bugarinovic

Sigizmund King of Poland - Djurdje Djurdjevic

Russian soldier - Djurdje Djurdjevic

Polish messenger - Zhika Yovanovic

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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1613-1615 {3LPS} (1959)ª;; Capitol-EMI GCR 7163 {3LPS} (1959)ª; La Voix de son Maître FALP 505-507 {3LPS} (France) (2059)ª; EMI Pathé 2C 163 73001-3 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - EMI 69698 {2CDS}

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Recordings of A Life for the Tsar [Ivan Susanin] by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.107; CELLETTI p.274; Opera on CD (1) p.43 (2) p.49 (3) p.55; PENGUIN p.104; GIUDICI p.248 (2) p.422; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1959 p.559 (mention); October 1959 p.190; January 1960 p.342 [DST]; September 1981 p. [LS]

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Opera - November 1959 p.750

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High Fidelity Magazine - August 1959 Vol.9 No.8 p.53 [CLO]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - October 1959 p.11

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American Record Guide - November/December 1989 Vol.52 No.6 p.62 [LM]

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Records and Recordings - September 1959 p.14 [FGB]

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Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1957(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Simon Boccanegra - Tito Gobbi

Jacopo Fiesco - Boris Christoff

Amelia Grimaldi - Victoria de los Ángeles

Gabriele Adorno - Giuseppe Campora

Paolo Albiani - Walter Monachesi

Pietro - Paolo Dari

Un'ancella - Silvia Bertona

Un capitano dei balestrieri - Paolo Caroli

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Black Disc; - HMV ALPS 1634 - ALP 1635/36 {3LPS 5-sides} (1958)ª; HMV SLS 5090 (+arias) {2LPS} (1977)ª; La Voce del Padrone QALPS 10229 - QALP 10230/31 {3LPS 5 sides} ; Capitol-EMI GCR 7126 {3LPS} (USA) (1958)ª; Seraphim 1C-1655 {3LPS} (+arias)

Compact Cassette - HMV TC-SLS 5090

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 63513-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; EMI Références CHS 67483-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª

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Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1958 p.293 p.317; January 1959 p.345; August 1977 p.345 [AB]; October 1977 p.504 [JBS]; September 1990 p. [AB]; April 2001 p.98, p.100 [AB]

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Opera - January 1959 p.52

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Orpheus - Mai 2001 S.76-S.77 [SL]

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Diapason - No.477 janvier 2001 pp.106-107 [AT]

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High Fidelity Magazine - November 1958 Vol.8 No.11 p.76 [DJ]

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American Record Guide - December 1958 Vol.25 No.4 p.234 [RS]: March 1980 Vol.43 No.5 p.44 [PCP]

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International Record Review - January 2001 p.122 [RP]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.44 marzo-abril 2001 p.92 [VJ]

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Comments:- Recorded 25 September to 1 October 1957

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Rafael Kubelik - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Boris - Boris Christoff

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Joseph Gostic

Marina - Regina Resnik

Pimen - Joseph Rouleau

Varlaam - David Kelly

Shuisky - John Lanigan

Missail - David Tree

Rangoni - Otakar Kraus

Fyodor - Josephine Veasey

Xenia - Joan Carlyle

Hostess - Edith Coates

Simpleton - Duncan Robertson

Tchelkalov - Geraint Evans

Nurse - Noreen Berry

Nikitich - Forbes Robinson

Mityukha - David Allen

Lavitsky - Rhoderick (Rhydderch) Davies

Cherniovsky - Ronald Lewis

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1074; Live Opera Heaven C 3165 {3CDRS} (2008)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

Comments:- Recording of a perfomance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. This is probably of the performance on 6 November 1958 which was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated November 2-8 1958 p.43). The performance on 31 October 1958 is reviewed in OPERA December 1958 pp.809-812. 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». Here the date of the performance broadcast is given as «Nov, 7 1958», but Boris Godunov was not performed at Covent Garden on that date. The CDRs issued by «Live Opera Heaven» are listed in their «JANUARY 2008 ALERT». The date of the performance recorded is also given here (incorrectly) as «11/7/58».

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Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

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

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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; No.244 p.136; 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; Vol.31 No.1 September/October 2007 pp.234-235 [JM]

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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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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2007 pp.94-95 [TP]

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ARSC Journal - Vol.39 No.1 Spring 2008 pp.164-167 [BRA]

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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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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Jorge (Giorgio) Algorta

Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi

Don Carlo - Ettore Bastianini

Don Alvaro - Franco Corelli

Preziosilla - Oralia Domínguez

Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi

Curra - Anna Di Stasio

Padre Guardiano - Boris Christoff

Mastro Trabuco - Mariano Caruso

Un Chirurgo - Gianni Bardi

Un Alcalde - Giuseppe Forgione

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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 206 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - Melodram IMS 370102 {3CDS} Bongiovanni «Golden Age of Opera» 151/52/53 {3CDS} Hardy Classic HCA 6014 {3CDS}

DVD (Video) - Hardy Classic Video HCD 4002 (2001)ª

VHS Video Cassette - *Legato Classics LCV 001(NTSC); Hardy Classic Video HCV 1001(PAL); Bel Canto Society #666 (NTSC & PAL)

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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:-

(The) Gramophone - October 2002 p.103 (DVD) [AB]

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Opera - February 1997 p.159

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Opera Now - May/June 1997 p.89

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Opera News - April 16 1994 p.42; October 1994 p.50

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Fanfare - Vol.23 No.6 July/August 2002 p.207 (DVD) [CW]; Vol.26 No.1 September/ October 2002 p.286 (correction) [CW]

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Orpheus - Juni 1993 S.60; November 2002 S.95 (DVD) [GH]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol 19 No.2 Spring 2003 pp.290-293 (DVD) [RP]

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Opéra International - juin 1995 No.192 p.61; novembre 1995 No.196 p.57; No.264 janvier 2002 pp.62-63 (DVD) [SS]

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Diapason - No.501 mars 2003 p.112 (DVD) [MP]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.164 p.170; No.175 p.124 (video)

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American Record Guide - Vol.56 No.5 September-October 1993 p.213: September/ October 2001 Vol.64 No.5 p.302 (audio) [RVL]: March/April 2002 Vol.65 No.2 p.247 (DVD) [RVL]

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Classical Express - No.78 September 1996 p.7

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International Opera Collector - Spring 1997 No.3 p.99: Autumn 1997 No.5 p.99 [TP]

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The Perfect Vision - May/June 1999 Issue 24 p.80 (video) [GS]

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BBC Music Magazine - December 2002 p.102 (DVD) [CC]

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Musica (Milano) - No.95 Anno 20 dicembre 1995-gennaio 1996 p.124

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.22 diciembre 1996 - febrero 1997 p.87

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.122 [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Teatro di San Carlo (15 March 1958)

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Khovanshchina by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Italian

Conductor Artur Rodzinsky - 1958(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Ivan Khovansky - Mario Petri

Andrey Khovansky - Amedeo Berdini

Vasily Golitsyn - Mirto Picchi

Shaklovity - Giampiero Malaspina

Dosifey - Boris Christoff

Marfa - Irene Companeez

Scribe - Herbert Handt

Emma - Jolanda Mancini

Varsonofiev - Dmitri Lopatto

Strelets I - Giorgio Canello

Strelets II - Dmitri Lopatto

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Compact Disc; - Datum DAT 12320 {2CDS}; Stradivarius STV DTM 12320 {2CDS};; VAI VAIA 1052-2 (1994)ª

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Recordings of Khovanshchina by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.544; Opera on CD (2) p.99 (3) p.111; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.57-58 p.166; MET(VID) p.196; PENGUIN p.267; Opera on Video p.153; GIUDICI p.530 (2) p.870; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.18 No.1 September/October 1994 p.277

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Opéra International - février 1995 No.188 p.68; juillet/aoüt 1996 No.204 p.63

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.162 p.168

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Comments:- Recording of a radio performance (3 July 1958)

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Faust by Charles Gounod performed in French

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

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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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Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Nello Santi - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Carlo - Eugenio Fernandi

Filippo II - Boris Christoff

Rodrigo - Ettore Bastianini

Il Grande Inquisitore - Raffaele Ariè

Un Frate - Nicola Zaccaria

Elisabetta di Valois - Sena Jurinac

La principessa Eboli - Regina Resnik

Tebaldo - Norbert Balatsch

Il Conte di Lerma - Carlo Schmidt

Un Araldo Reale - Klaus Klinke

Una voce dal cielo - Liselotte Maikl

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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 036 {3LPS} (1981)ª

Compact Disc; - Bella Voce BL 107.405 (+excerpts cond. Haitink 1966) (1999)ª; Fabbri Editori {2CDS}

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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; No.244 p.136; 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.7 No.1 September/October 1983 pp.275-276 [JM]

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Orpheus - Oktober 1999 S.57 [GH]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.2 p.153

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American Record Guide - November/December 1999 Vol.62 No.6 p.298 [LM]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance of a 4-act version at the Salzburg Festival (1 August 1960; see OPERA Autumn 1960 p.52). The CDs issued by Fabbri Editori are listed in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.70

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Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Lyric Opera of Chicago

Chorus - Lyric Opera of Chicago

Don Carlo - Richard Tucker

Filippo II - Boris Christoff

Rodrigo - Tito Gobbi

Il Grande Inquisitore - Ferruccio Mazzoli

Un Frate - Franco Ventriglia

Elisabetta di Valois - Margherita Roberti

La principessa Eboli - Giulietta Simionato

Tebaldo - Jeanne Diamond

Il Conte di Lerma - Mariano Caruso

Una voce dal cielo - Shirley Johnson

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Black Disc - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 38 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Living Stage LS 1089 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. {2CDRS}

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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; No.244 p.136; 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:-

Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.72 juLio-agosto 2004 pp.86-87 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Chicago (October 1960; see OPERA December 1960 p.817 )

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Parsifal by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor André Cluytens - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Amfortas - Gustav Neidlinger

Titurel - Silvio Maionica

Gurnemanz - Boris Christoff

Parsifal - Sándor Kónya

Klingsor - Georg Stern

Kundry - Rita Gorr

Knappe 1 - Clara Foti

Knappe 2 - Stefania Malagù

Knappe 3 - Mario Ferrara

Knappe 4 - Angelo Mercuriali

Blumenmädchen 1 - Montserrat Caballé

Blumenmädchen 2 - Ursula Kerp

Blumenmädchen 3 - Susanne Will

Blumenmädchen 4 - Colette Lorand

Blumenmädchen 5 - Hilde Koch

Blumenmädchen 6 - Maria Graf

Ritter 1 - Rinaldo Pelizzoni

Ritter 2 - Giuseppe Morresi

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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 437 {4LPS}

Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 100.77 {4CDS} (2006)ª; Opera Depot OD 10032-4 {4CDRS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

American Record Guide - May/June 2006 Vol.69 No.3 p.230 [JPM]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.89 abril 2006 p.86 [VM]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro alla Scala (2 May 1960). The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Reginald Goodall - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Boris - Boris Christoff

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Edgar Evans

Marina - Margreta Elkins

Pimen - Joseph Rouleau

Varlaam - Michael Langdon

Shuisky - John Lanigan

Missail - David Tree

Fyodor - Josephine Veasey

Xenia - Jeannette Sinclair

Hostess - Edith Coates

Simpleton - Robert Bowman

Tchelkalov - David Ward

Krushchov - Thomas Fletcher

Nurse - Noreen Berry

Nikitich - Robert Savoie

Mityukha - Ronald Lewis

Lavitsky - Ronald Lewis

Cherniovsky - Rhoderick (Rhydderch) Davies

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03999

Compact Disc - House of Opera CD 274

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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 in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (10 June 1961). This performance was broadcast on the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated June 8 1961 p.9)

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Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Mario Rossi - 1961(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Don Carlo - Luigi Ottolini

Filippo II - Boris Christoff

Rodrigo - Ettore Bastianini

Il Grande Inquisitore - Ferruccio Mazzoli

Un Frate - Leonardo Monreale

Elisabetta di Valois - Margherita Roberti

La principessa Eboli - Anna Maria Rota

Tebaldo - Carla Vannini

Il Conte di Lerma - Mario Carlin

Un Araldo Reale - Mario Carlin

Una voce dal cielo - Donatella Rosa

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Black Disc - Melodiya M 10 47959-005 {4LPS}

Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1555

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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; No.244 p.136; 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 broadcast on 5 May 1961. 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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The Golden Cockerel by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov performed in Italian

Conductor Massimo Freccia - 1961(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

King Dodon - Boris Christoff

Prince Guidon - Aldo Bertocci

Prince Afron - Mario Borriello

Commander Polkan - Giorgio Tadeo

Amelfa - Royal Housekeeper - Giovanna Fioroni

Astrologer - Tommaso Frascati

The Queen of Shemakha - Gianna D' Angelo

The Golden Cockerel - Maria Monaci

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Black Disc - Michael D. Polimmeni MDP Collectors Limited Edition 023 {2CDS}

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Recordings of The Golden Cockerel by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.694; MET p.474; GIUDICI (2) p.1133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.211 p.80; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 24 September 1961

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Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1961(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Don Carlo - Flaviano Labò

Filippo II - Boris Christoff

Rodrigo - Ettore Bastianini

Il Grande Inquisitore - Ivo Vinco

Un Frate - Alessandro Maddalena

Elisabetta di Valois - Antonietta Stella

La principessa Eboli - Fiorenza Cossotto

Tebaldo - Aurora Cattelani

Il Conte di Lerma - Franco Piva

Un Araldo Reale - Piero De Palma

Una voce dal cielo - Giuliana Matteini

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Black Disc; - D.G.G. LPM 18760-3 (1962)ª;; D.G.G. SLPM 138760-3 (1962)ª; D.G.G. 2711 003

Compact Disc; - *DG 435 062-2 {3CDS} (1991)ª; DG 437 739-2

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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; No.244 p.136; 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 - October 1962 p.205; January 1963 p.334; September 1991 p. [JBS]

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Orpheus - 7+8 Juli-August 2007 S.59 [IW]

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Opéra International - mars 1993 p.70

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Diapason - février 1993 p.137

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American Record Guide - September 1962 Vol.29 No.1 p.14 [GK]

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High Fidelity Magazine - September 1962 Vol.12 No.9 p.77, pp.94-95 [CLO]

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BBC Music Magazine - August 1993 p.53

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Répertoire - février 1993 p.68

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Comments:- Recording of a five act version.

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Attila by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Attila - Boris Christoff

Ezio - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Odabella - Margherita Roberti

Foresto - Gastone Limarilli

Uldino - Franco Franchi

Leone - Mario Frosini

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Black Disc; - Movimento Musica 02018; Melodram MEL 402 (+Christoff recital) {3LPS}*Arkadia (distributed by Fonit Cetra) ARK 13 {2LPS} (1983)ª

Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 935.89 {2CDS} (1993)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1267 (2000)ª; The Opera Lovers ATT 196201 (Canada) {2CDRS}

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Recordings of Attila by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.836; Opera on CD (1) p.44 (2) p.50 (3) p.56; Opera on Video p.68; MET(VID) p.357; PENGUIN p.466; GIUDICI p.878 (2) p.1426; Opéra International No.260 septembre 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - February 18 1995 p.36

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Fanfare - Vol.7 No.1 September/October 1983 pp.273-275 [ADC]; Vol.17 No.4 March- April 1994 p.351

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Opéra International - mars 1984 No.68 p.52 [SS]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.167 p.124

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Répertoire - No.67 March 1994 p.80

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Comments:- Recorded on 1st December 1962 at Teatro Comunale Firenze. The performance on 15 December 1962 is reviewed by HDR in OPERA February 1963 p.91 and who states «The audience was unfortunately sparse». A recording with an identical cast said to have been made at the Theater des Westens Berlin on 5-12-62 is reviewed in OPERA QUARTERLY Vol 2 No 1 p.179. (See also the review by ADC in FANFARE September/October 1983 p.274). The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE September 1983 p.407

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Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin performed in Russian

Conductor Oscar Danon - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Yaroslavna - Consuelo Rubio

Konchakovna - Carol Smith

Polovtsian Girl - Jeanne Diamond

Nurse - Prudencija Bickus

Vladimir - David Poleri

Eroshka - Mariano Caruso

Ovlur - Rudolf Knoll

Prince Igor - Igor Gorin

Prince Galitsky - Boris Christoff

Skula - Renato Cesari

Khan Konchak - Boris Christoff

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 176

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Recordings of Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.105; Opera on Record 3 p.240; CELLETTI p.127; Opera on CD (1) p.83 (2) p.91 (3) p.102; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.168 p.104 MET p.67; MET(VID) p.24; PENGUIN p.35; Opera on Video p.141; GIUDICI p.92 (2) p.146; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (12 October 1962). 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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Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin performed in Russian

Conductor Oscar Danon - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Yaroslavna - Consuelo Rubio

Konchakovna - Carol Smith

Polovtsian Girl - Jeanne Diamond

Nurse - Prudencija Bickus

Vladimir - David Poleri

Eroshka - Mariano Caruso

Ovlur - Rudolf Knoll

Prince Igor - Igor Gorin

Prince Galitsky - Boris Christoff

Skula - Renato Cesari

Khan Konchak - Boris Christoff

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 176

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Recordings of Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.105; Opera on Record 3 p.240; CELLETTI p.127; Opera on CD (1) p.83 (2) p.91 (3) p.102; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.168 p.104 MET p.67; MET(VID) p.24; PENGUIN p.35; Opera on Video p.141; GIUDICI p.92 (2) p.146; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (12 October 1962). 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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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner performed in Italian

Conductor Lovro von Matacic - 1962(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Hans Sachs - Giuseppe Taddei

Veit Pogner - Boris Christoff

Sixtus Beckmesser - Renato Capecchi

Fritz Kothner - Vito Susca

Walther von Stolzing - Luigi Infantino

David - Carlo Franzini

Eva - Bruna Rizzoli

Magdalena - Fernanda Cadoni

Nachtwächter - Silvio Maionica

Kunz Vogelgesang - Vito Tatone

Konrad Nachtigall - Giovanni Ciavola

Ulrich Eisslinger - Raimondo Botteghelli

Balthasar Zorn - Ezio De Giorgi

Augustin Moser - Walter Brunelli

Hermann Ortel - Renzo Gonzales

Hans Schwarz - Silvio Maionica

Hans Foltz - James Loomis

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Compact Disc - Datum DAT 12310 {4CDS}

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Recordings of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.184; Opera February 1957 p.82; Opera on Record p.376; CELLETTI p.1110; Opera on CD (1) p.66 (2) p.73 (3) p.82; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.116-117 p.214; MET p.700; MET(VID) p.430; PENGUIN p.528; American Record Guide Vol 57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD August 1994 p.36; Opera on Video p.120; GIUDICI p.1103 (2) p.1760; Gramophone January 1999 p.26; International Record Review April 2001 p.14

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Juli 1995 S.59

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor André Cluytens - 1962(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (Paris)

Chorus - Sofia National Opera

Boris - Boris Christoff

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Dimiter Uzunov

Marina - Evelyn Lear

Pimen - Boris Christoff

Varlaam - Boris Christoff

Shuisky - John Lanigan

Missail - Milen Paunov

Rangoni - Anton Diakov

Fyodor - Ana Alexieva

Xenia - Ekterina Georgieva

Hostess - Mira Kalin

Simpleton - Kiril Dulgerov

Tchelkalov - Jacques Mars

Krushchov - Vasil Benchev

Nurse - Melanie (Mila) Bugarinovic

Lavitsky - Jacques Mars

Cherniovsky - Kostadine Scherkerlisky

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Black Disc; - HMV «Angel Series» AN 110-113 {4LPS} (1963)ª; HMV «Angel Series» SAN 110-113 {4LPS} (1963)ª; HMV SLS 903; HMV EX 291302-3 {3LPS} (1988)ª; Angel 3633 D/L {4LPS} (1963)ª; Angel S 3633 D/L {4LPS} (1963)ª

Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 291302-5 (1988)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47993-8 {3CDS} (1988)ª; Musical Heritage Society MHS 533892F {3CDS} (USA) (1998)ª; EMI 5 67877-2 {2CDS} (2002)ª

Open Reel Tape; - Angel ZD 3633 (7½ips 4-track) (1963)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:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1963 p.149; January 1964 p.318; September 1988 p.[MEO]; June 2003 p.79 [PO'C]

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Fanfare - Vol.22 No.3 January/February 1999 p.217 [BP]

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American Record Guide - May 1963 Vol.29 No.9 p.693 [GK]: January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 pp.156-157 [LM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - June 1963 Vol.13 No.6 p.66 [RCM]: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.112 [RDD]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.58 marzo 2003 p.81 [BD]

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Comments:- See HIGH FIDELITY April 1963 Vol.13 No.4 pp. 51-56, p.119; THE GRAMOPHONE September 1963 p.129

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor André Cluytens - 1962(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (Paris)

Chorus - Sofia National Opera

Boris - Boris Christoff

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Dimiter Uzunov

Marina - Evelyn Lear

Pimen - Boris Christoff

Varlaam - Boris Christoff

Shuisky - John Lanigan

Missail - Milen Paunov

Rangoni - Anton Diakov

Fyodor - Ana Alexieva

Xenia - Ekterina Georgieva

Hostess - Mira Kalin

Simpleton - Kiril Dulgerov

Tchelkalov - Jacques Mars

Krushchov - Vasil Benchev

Nurse - Melanie (Mila) Bugarinovic

Lavitsky - Jacques Mars

Cherniovsky - Kostadine Scherkerlisky

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Black Disc; - HMV «Angel Series» AN 110-113 {4LPS} (1963)ª; HMV «Angel Series» SAN 110-113 {4LPS} (1963)ª; HMV SLS 903; HMV EX 291302-3 {3LPS} (1988)ª; Angel 3633 D/L {4LPS} (1963)ª; Angel S 3633 D/L {4LPS} (1963)ª

Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 291302-5 (1988)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47993-8 {3CDS} (1988)ª; Musical Heritage Society MHS 533892F {3CDS} (USA) (1998)ª; EMI 5 67877-2 {2CDS} (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:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1963 p.149; January 1964 p.318; September 1988 p.[MEO]; June 2003 p.79 [PO'C]

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Fanfare - Vol.22 No.3 January/February 1999 p.217 [BP]

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American Record Guide - May 1963 Vol.29 No.9 p.693 [GK]: January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 pp.156-157 [LM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - June 1963 Vol.13 No.6 p.66 [RCM]: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.112 [RDD]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.58 marzo 2003 p.81 [BD]

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Comments:- See HIGH FIDELITY April 1963 Vol.13 No.4 pp. 51-56, p.119; THE GRAMOPHONE September 1963 p.129

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor André Cluytens - 1962(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (Paris)

Chorus - Sofia National Opera

Boris - Boris Christoff

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Dimiter Uzunov

Marina - Evelyn Lear

Pimen - Boris Christoff

Varlaam - Boris Christoff

Shuisky - John Lanigan

Missail - Milen Paunov

Rangoni - Anton Diakov

Fyodor - Ana Alexieva

Xenia - Ekterina Georgieva

Hostess - Mira Kalin

Simpleton - Kiril Dulgerov

Tchelkalov - Jacques Mars

Krushchov - Vasil Benchev

Nurse - Melanie (Mila) Bugarinovic

Lavitsky - Jacques Mars

Cherniovsky - Kostadine Scherkerlisky

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Black Disc; - HMV «Angel Series» AN 110-113 {4LPS} (1963)ª; HMV «Angel Series» SAN 110-113 {4LPS} (1963)ª; HMV SLS 903; HMV EX 291302-3 {3LPS} (1988)ª; Angel 3633 D/L {4LPS} (1963)ª; Angel S 3633 D/L {4LPS} (1963)ª

Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 291302-5 (1988)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47993-8 {3CDS} (1988)ª; Musical Heritage Society MHS 533892F {3CDS} (USA) (1998)ª; EMI 5 67877-2 {2CDS} (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:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1963 p.149; January 1964 p.318; September 1988 p.[MEO]; June 2003 p.79 [PO'C]

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Fanfare - Vol.22 No.3 January/February 1999 p.217 [BP]

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American Record Guide - May 1963 Vol.29 No.9 p.693 [GK]: January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 pp.156-157 [LM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - June 1963 Vol.13 No.6 p.66 [RCM]: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.112 [RDD]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.58 marzo 2003 p.81 [BD]

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Comments:- See HIGH FIDELITY April 1963 Vol.13 No.4 pp. 51-56, p.119; THE GRAMOPHONE September 1963 p.129

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Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor John Pritchard - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Don Carlo - Ragnar Ulfung

Filippo II - Boris Christoff

Rodrigo - Tito Gobbi

Il Grande Inquisitore - Nicola Zaccaria

Un Frate - David Kelly

Elisabetta di Valois - Marie Collier

La principessa Eboli - Grace Bumbry

Tebaldo - Janet Coster

Una voce dal cielo - Barbara Holt

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 4156 (& 4105)

Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 7308

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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; No.244 p.136; 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 in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (11 April 1963). The performance on 6 April 1963 is reviewed in OPERA May 1963 pp.349-351.

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Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Nabucco - Tito Gobbi

Ismaele - Alfonso La Morena

Zaccaria - Boris Christoff

Abigaille - Danica Mastilovic

Fenena - Anna Maria Rota

Gran Sacerdote - William Wilderman

Abdallo - Carlos (Carlo) Cossutta

Anna - Corinna Vozza

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1109; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1260-2 {2CDRS}

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Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (4 October 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».

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Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven performed in German

Conductor Lorin Maazel - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Leonore - Hilde Zadek

Florestan - Ernst Kozub

Pizarro - Boris Christoff

Rocco - Otto von Rohr

Marzelline - Graziella Sciutti

Fernando - Rudolf Knoll

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1730 (& 1236) {2CDRS}

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Recordings of Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.119; CELLETTI p.29; Opera on CD p.25 (1) p.29 (3) p.32; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.10 p.102; MET p.8; MET(VID) p.4; PENGUIN p.6; Stereophile January 1994 p.177; May 1994 p.15; BBC Music Magazine February 1995 p.43; Opera on Video p.37; GIUDICI p.11 (2) p.19; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.62; Gramophone January 1997 p.40; Répertoire No.103 juin 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Summer 1997 No.4 p.64; International Record Review March 2001 p.22; American Record Guide March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.44-53

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Teatro dell' Opera di Roma (13 February 1964). 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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Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin performed in Italian

Conductor Armando La Rosa Parodi - 1964(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Yaroslavna - Margherita Kalmus

Konchakovna - Oralia Domínguez

Polovtsian Girl - Nelly Pucci

Nurse - Corinna Vozza

Vladimir - Luigi Infantino

Eroshka - Giampaolo Corradi

Ovlur - Ennio Buoso

Prince Igor - Giuseppe Taddei

Prince Galitsky - Boris Christoff

Skula - Vito Susca

Khan Konchak - Boris Christoff

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Compact Disc - *Melodram MEL 27028

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Recordings of Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.105; Opera on Record 3 p.240; CELLETTI p.127; Opera on CD (1) p.83 (2) p.91 (3) p.102; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.168 p.104 MET p.67; MET(VID) p.24; PENGUIN p.35; Opera on Video p.141; GIUDICI p.92 (2) p.146; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- Recorded on 19 September 1964; Act 3 is omitted

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Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin performed in Italian

Conductor Armando La Rosa Parodi - 1964(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Yaroslavna - Margherita Kalmus

Konchakovna - Oralia Domínguez

Polovtsian Girl - Nelly Pucci

Nurse - Corinna Vozza

Vladimir - Luigi Infantino

Eroshka - Giampaolo Corradi

Ovlur - Ennio Buoso

Prince Igor - Giuseppe Taddei

Prince Galitsky - Boris Christoff

Skula - Vito Susca

Khan Konchak - Boris Christoff

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Compact Disc - *Melodram MEL 27028

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Recordings of Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.105; Opera on Record 3 p.240; CELLETTI p.127; Opera on CD (1) p.83 (2) p.91 (3) p.102; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.168 p.104 MET p.67; MET(VID) p.24; PENGUIN p.35; Opera on Video p.141; GIUDICI p.92 (2) p.146; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- Recorded on 19 September 1964; Act 3 is omitted

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Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Edward Downes - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Don Carlo - Bruno Prevedi

Filippo II - Boris Christoff

Rodrigo - Peter Glossop

Il Grande Inquisitore - David Ward

Un Frate - Michael Langdon

Elisabetta di Valois - Gwyneth Jones

La principessa Eboli - Rita Gorr

Tebaldo - Elizabeth Robson

Il Conte di Lerma - John Dobson

Un Araldo Reale - Ronald Lewis

Una voce dal cielo - Roxolana Roslak

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Compact Disc; - Oriel Music Society OMS 142/3M {3CDS} (2001)ª; House of opera CD 276 {3CDS}

Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 1185

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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; No.244 p.136; 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:- This appears to be a recording of a performance a 5-act version at Covent Garden in June 1966. There were performances with the cast given above on 10, 13, 16 June 1966. The performance on 10 June is reviewed in OPERA August 1966 pp.668-669. The recording was first broadcast by the BBC Music Programme on 2 April 1967 (See Radio Times March 30 1967 p.18) and again by BBC Radio 3 on 19 September 1968 (See Radio Times September 12 1968 p.58)

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Giulio Cesare in Egitto by George Frideric Handel performed in Italian

Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia

Chorus - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia

Giulio Cesare - Boris Christoff

Cleopatra - Lydia Marimpietri

Cornelia - Oralia Domínguez

Sesto - Eugenio Fernandi

Tolomeo - Massimiliano Malaspina

Achilla - Franco Federici

Curio - Giorgio Santi

Nireno - Paolo Cesari

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Compact Disc - Mondo Musica MFOH 10041 {3CDS}

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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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1998 p.126 [JBS]

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Opera News - February 14 1998 p.40 [CJL]

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Orpheus - November 1997 S.89 [SL]

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Opéra International - octobre 1998 No.228 p.56 [JCL]

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Classical Express - Issue 92 November 1997 p.4 [NL]

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International Opera Collector - Winter 1997 No.6 p.95 [MO]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.108 marzo 1998 p.34 [AV]

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L'opera (Milano) - Supplemento al n.119 maggio 1998 p.27 [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in La Fenice (6 February 1966)

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L' incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Franci - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Poppea - Claudia Parada

Nerone - Mirto Picchi

Ottavia - Mirella Parutto (-Boyer)

Ottone - Renato Cesari

Seneca - Boris Christoff

Arnalta - Oralia Domínguez

Lucano - Nicola Monti

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Compact Disc; - Opera d'Oro OPD 1243 {2CDS} (2000)ª

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Recordings of L' incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.20; MARINELLI p.3; CELLETTI p.430; Opera on CD (1) p.2 (2) p.3 (3) p.3; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.115 p.154; MET p.264; PENGUIN p.218; Opera on Video p.3; GIUDICI p.392 (2) p.686; Opéra International No.297 janvier 2005 p.31; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.224 p.134

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.

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Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin performed in Russian

Conductor Jerzy Semkow - 1966(STU)

Orchestra - Sofia National Opera

Chorus - Sofia National Opera

Yaroslavna - Julia Wiener(-Chenisheva)

Konchakovna - Reni Penkova

Polovtsian Girl - Liliana Bareva

Nurse - Radka Gaeva

Vladimir - Todor Todorov

Eroshka - Kiril Dulgerov

Ovlur - Lyuben Mikhailov

Prince Igor - Constantin Chekerliski

Prince Galitsky - Boris Christoff

Skula - Alexei Milkovsky

Khan Konchak - Boris Christoff

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Black Disc - Angel SCL 3714 {3LPS}; HMV ASD 2345 {3LPS}; Pathé CAN 176-178

Compact Disc; - *EMI «Studio» CMS 7 63386-2 (+songs) {3CDS} (1990)ª; EMI CMS 5 66814-2 {2CDS} (1998)ª;; EMI CDMB 7243 5 66814-2 {2CDS} (USA)

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Recordings of Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.105; Opera on Record 3 p.240; CELLETTI p.127; Opera on CD (1) p.83 (2) p.91 (3) p.102; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.168 p.104 MET p.67; MET(VID) p.24; PENGUIN p.35; Opera on Video p.141; GIUDICI p.92 (2) p.146; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1968 p.393 (highlights); June 1990 p.104 [JW]

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Opera - June 1990 p.104

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Fanfare - Vol.22 No.4 March/April 1999 p.166 [BP]

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Diapason - No.454 décembre 1998 p.72 (mention) [MP]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.189 p.88 [DVM]

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Classic CD - February 1999 p.116 [MQ]

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American Record Guide - March/April 1991 Vol.54 No.2 p.[VAL]: March/April 1999 Vol.62 No.2 p.99 [KM]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.115 noviembre 1998 p.46 (mention) [PL]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.31 enero-febrero 1999 p.77 [JS]

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Comments:- Recorded in the Salle Wagram, Paris (May 1966). Act 3 is omitted

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Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin performed in Russian

Conductor Jerzy Semkow - 1966(STU)

Orchestra - Sofia National Opera

Chorus - Sofia National Opera

Yaroslavna - Julia Wiener(-Chenisheva)

Konchakovna - Reni Penkova

Polovtsian Girl - Liliana Bareva

Nurse - Radka Gaeva

Vladimir - Todor Todorov

Eroshka - Kiril Dulgerov

Ovlur - Lyuben Mikhailov

Prince Igor - Constantin Chekerliski

Prince Galitsky - Boris Christoff

Skula - Alexei Milkovsky

Khan Konchak - Boris Christoff

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Black Disc - Angel SCL 3714 {3LPS}; HMV ASD 2345 {3LPS}; Pathé CAN 176-178

Compact Disc; - *EMI «Studio» CMS 7 63386-2 (+songs) {3CDS} (1990)ª; EMI CMS 5 66814-2 {2CDS} (1998)ª;; EMI CDMB 7243 5 66814-2 {2CDS} (USA)

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Recordings of Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.105; Opera on Record 3 p.240; CELLETTI p.127; Opera on CD (1) p.83 (2) p.91 (3) p.102; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.168 p.104 MET p.67; MET(VID) p.24; PENGUIN p.35; Opera on Video p.141; GIUDICI p.92 (2) p.146; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1968 p.393 (highlights); June 1990 p.104 [JW]

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Opera - June 1990 p.104

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Fanfare - Vol.22 No.4 March/April 1999 p.166 [BP]

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Diapason - No.454 décembre 1998 p.72 (mention) [MP]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.189 p.88 [DVM]

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Classic CD - February 1999 p.116 [MQ]

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American Record Guide - March/April 1991 Vol.54 No.2 p.[VAL]: March/April 1999 Vol.62 No.2 p.99 [KM]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.115 noviembre 1998 p.46 (mention) [PL]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.31 enero-febrero 1999 p.77 [JS]

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Comments:- Recorded in the Salle Wagram, Paris (May 1966). Act 3 is omitted

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The Maid of Pskov [Ivan the Terrible] by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov performed in Italian

Conductor Samo Hubad - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Verdi di Trieste

Chorus - Teatro Verdi di Trieste

Tsar Ivan Vasil'yevich - Boris Christoff

Princess Olga - Radmila Tokmakova

Mikhail Andreyevich Tucha - Lajos Kozma

Prince Yuri Ivanovich Tokmakov - Lorenzo Gaetani

Boyar Nikita Matuta - Giuseppe Botta

Stepanida Matuta (Styosha) - Daniela Mazzucato (Meneghini)

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Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100.739 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of The Maid of Pskov [Ivan the Terrible] by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.690

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Classica Répertoire - No.61 avril 2004 p.105 [DF]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Verdi di Trieste (January 1968).

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Robert le Diable by Giacomo Meyerbeer performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Robert - Giorgio Merighi

Alice - Stefania Malagù

Isabelle - Renata Scotto

Bertram - Boris Christoff

Raimbaut - Gianfranco Manganotti

Albert - Giovanni Antonini

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Black Disc - Mauro R Fuguette MRF 20 {3LPS} Historical Opera Performances Edition HOPE 213 {LPS}

Compact Cassette - *Pantheon Music (Legends) XLNC-127

Compact Disc; - Melodram MEL 37024 (+orchestral musuic by Meyerbeer) {3CDS} ;; *Hunt CD 549; Myto 3 MCD 992.206 (+Christoff - recital) {3CDS} (1999)ª; Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 006 (The Operas of Giacomo Meyerbeer); {1xCD-ROM} (2001)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1341 {3CDS} (2002)ª; Living Stage LS 4035139 {3CDS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of Robert le Diable by Giacomo Meyerbeer are surveyed in the following publications:-

L'Avant Scène Opéra No.76 p.98

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.12 No.2 November/December 1988 p.226 [RVL]; Vol.23 No.2 November/December 1999 p.316 [GJ]

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Orpheus - Juli 1999 S.60 (mention) [GH]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.19 No.3 Summer 2003 pp.563-565 [RP3]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.35 septiembre-octubre 1999 p.93 [JS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale (7 May 1968, see OPERA, Festival Issue 1968 p.104)

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Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1968(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Ernani - Bruno Prevedi

Elvira - Montserrat Caballé

Carlo - Peter Glossop

Silva - Boris Christoff

Riccardo - Franco Ricciardi

Iago - Giuseppe Morresi

Giovanna - Mirella Fiorentini

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Black Disc - *BJR 110-2 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00454

Compact Disc; - Frequenz 043 018 {2CDS}; Nuova Era 2359-60 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1132 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Living Stage LS 4035154 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Celestial Audio CA 013 {2CDS} (Australia) (2003)ª

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Recordings of Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.99; CELLETTI p.880; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.52 (3) p.57; MET p.570; MET(VID) p.350; PENGUIN p.477 GIUDICI p.867 (2) p.1414; Opéra International No.222 mars 1998 p.54, No.265 février 2002 p.22

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

American Record Guide - January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 pp.235-236 [LM]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.33 mayo-junio 1999 p.95 [MC]: No.64 octubre 2003 p.85 [VJ]

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Comments:- Recorded on 26 November 1968 and broadcast on 25 March 1969. This recording is incorrectly attributed to La Scala in Charles Handelman's catalog dated November 2000

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Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Franci - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia

Chorus - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia

Don Carlo - Juan Oncina

Filippo II - Boris Christoff

Rodrigo - Mario Petri

Il Grande Inquisitore - Franco Pugliese

Un Frate - Alessandro Maddalena

Elisabetta di Valois - Maria Candida

La principessa Eboli - Mirella Parutto (-Boyer)

Tebaldo - Anna Maria Bixio

Il Conte di Lerma - Athos Cesarini

Un Araldo Reale - Guido Fabbris

Una voce dal cielo - Rosetta Pizzo

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Compact Disc; - Mondo Musica MFOH 10271 {3CDS} (1998)ª

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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; No.244 p.136; 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.22 No.4 March/April 1999 p.356 [HF]

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Orpheus - Mai 1999 S.60 [IW]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.32 marzo-abril 1999 p.99 [PN]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.117 enero 1999 p.52 (mention) [AV]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance of a 4-act version in La Fenice (April 1969)

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The Maid of Pskov [Ivan the Terrible] by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov performed in Italian

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Tsar Ivan Vasil'yevich - Boris Christoff

Princess Olga - Nicoletta Panni

Mikhail Andreyevich Tucha - Ruggero Bondino

Prince Yuri Ivanovich Tokmakov - Lorenzo Gaetani

Boyar Nikita Matuta - Aldo Bertocci

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Compact Disc - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 720 {2CDS} House of Opera CD 477 (+Boris Christoff recital)

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Recordings of The Maid of Pskov [Ivan the Terrible] by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.690

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro dell'Opera, Rome.

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Boris - Boris Christoff

Grigory (False Dmitry) - William McAlpine

Marina - Yvonne Minton

Pimen - Inia Te Wiata

Varlaam - Michael Langdon

Shuisky - John Dobson

Missail - David Lennox

Rangoni - Otakar Kraus

Fyodor - Delia Wallis

Xenia - Elizabeth Robson

Hostess - Elizabeth Bainbridge

Simpleton - Kenneth MacDonald

Tchelkalov - Hugh Sheehan

Krushchov - Handel Owen

Nurse - Noreen Berry

Nikitich - Eric Garrett

Lavitsky - Hugh Sheehan

Cherniovsky - George Macpherson

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Compact Disc; - Oriel Music Society OMS 137/3 {3CDRS} (2001)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

Comments:- Recording of a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's version at Covent Garden (7 March 1970)

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Moïse et Pharaon [Mosè] by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Mosè - Boris Christoff

Elisero - Carlo Franzini

Faraone - Franco Pugliese

Aménofi - Franco Tagliavini

Aufide - Antonio Pirino

Osiride - Plinio Clabassi

Maria - Ada Finelli

Anaìde - Gabriella Tucci

Sinaìde - Biancamaria Casoni

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Black Disc - Raritas OPR 415 {2LPS}

Compact Disc - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 21036 {2CDS}

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Recordings of Moïse et Pharaon [Mosè] by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.743; PENGUIN p.367; Fanfare Vol.19 No.2 p.350, Vol.23 No.4 pp.305-307

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Fanfare - Vol.23 No.4 March/April 2000 p.306 (mention) [HF]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Rome Opera (March 1971). The performance on 31 March 1971 with a slightly different cast is reviewed by HDR in OPERA June 1971 pp.482-483. The GDS CDs are incorrectly labeled as «Mosè in Egitto». The Raritas LPs are listed in Parnassus Records' online catalogue P270

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I masnadieri by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1972(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Massimiliano - Boris Christoff

Carlo - Gianni Raimondi

Francesco - Renato Bruson

Amalia - Ilva Ligabue

Armino - Giampaolo Corradi

Moser - Giovanni Foiani

Rolla - Mario Talba

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE V-811-3 {3LPS} (1982)ª

Compact Cassette - *Legato ALD 2862

Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni «The Golden Age of Opera» GAO 135-136 {2CDS} Myto 2 MCD 973.158 {2CDS} (1997)ª; *House of Opera - The Operas of Verdi - Volume 1 - The Early Years {1xCD-ROM} (2001)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1346 {2CDS} (2002)ª

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Recordings of I masnadieri by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.952; GIUDICI p.893 (2) p.1446; Lyrica N.29 Anno III Maggio 1996 p.56; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - November 1997 p.54 [CJL]

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Fanfare - Vol.16 No.5 May-June 1993 p.345 [MM]

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Orpheus - Oktober 1993 S.57: Oktober 1997 S.58 [GH]

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Opéra International - No.57 mars 1983 p.56 [SS]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - diciembre 1997 - febrero 1998 No.26 p.88 [JV]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Rome Opera (29 November 1972, see OPERA March 1973 p.249)

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Saul and David by Carl Nielsen performed in English

Conductor Jascha Horenstein - 1972-73(RA)

Orchestra - Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - Danish National Radio Choir

Saul - Boris Christoff

Jonathan - Willy Hartmann

Michal - Elisabeth Söderström

David - Alexander Young

Samuel - Michael Langdon

Abner - Kim Borg

Abishai - Bodil Gobel

Witch of Endor - Sylvia Fisher

Guard - Mogens Berg

Young Girl - Kirsten Buhl-Moller

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Black Disc; - *Unicorn RHS 343-5 {3LPS} (1976)ª

Compact Disc; - Unicorn-Kanchana DKPCD 9086-9087 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1233 {2CDS} (2000)ª

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Recordings of Saul and David by Carl Nielsen are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.549; American Record Guide July-August 1994 Vol.57 No.4 p.190; May/June 2004 Vol.67 No.3 p.68

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - July 1976 p.211 [RL]; January 1977 p.1132 [JBS]; January 1990 p. [DJF]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.2 p.149

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ARSC Journal - 1977 Vol.IX No.1 p.101 [JWB]

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Comments:- Recording based on a performance given on Danish Radio with an audience (27 March 1972). The booklet which accompanies the LPs contains the following note «Based on the EBU (European Broadcasting Union) Copenhagen performance, 27th March 1972. In a subsequent session, brief supplementary retakes were made for technical reasons, conducted by Joel Lazar assistant to Jascha Horenstein» This was amplified by Joel Lazar in an E-mail to the OPERA-L website (12 June 2000). Mr. Lazar states «In December 1973, [with Horenstein's prior consent] I returned to Copenhagen and recorded the major scenes from Acts I and IV with Boris Christoff to cover passages which had not gone to their satisfaction in either the performance or in rehearsals. Approximately 25 minutes of the final release comes from that session.» This was some months after Horenstein's death on 2 April 1973

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Yuri Ahronovitch - 1974(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Boris - Boris Christoff

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Jon Andrew

Marina - Josephine Veasey

Pimen - Gwynne Howell

Varlaam - Michael Langdon

Shuisky - John Lanigan

Missail - Alexander Oliver

Rangoni - Raimund Herincx

Fyodor - Anne Pashley

Xenia - Elizabeth Gale

Hostess - Elizabeth Bainbridge

Simpleton - Robert Tear

Tchelkalov - Robert Lloyd

Krushchov - William Elvin

Nurse - Johanna Peters

Nikitich - Richard Van Allan

Lavitsky - William Elvin

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00354

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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 Rimsky-Korsakov's version in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (November 1974). It appears that this performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was made «in-house». In one of the seven performance that were given the role of Varlaam was sung by Richard Van Allan and that of the Hostess was sung by Anne Wilkens in two of them (see OPERA September 1975 pp.887-889). It is therefore possible that these singers appear in the recording issued by Charles Handelman which is listed in his catalogue dated November 2000 p.13.

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Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1974(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Massimo di Palermo

Chorus - Teatro Massimo di Palermo

Nabucco - Cornell MacNeil

Ismaele - Ruggero Bondino

Zaccaria - Boris Christoff

Abigaille - Elena Souliotis

Fenena - Franca Mattiucci

Gran Sacerdote - Plinio Clabassi

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Compact Disc; - Opera Depot OD 10345-2 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26

Comments:- Recording of a performance in Palermo (15 January 1974). The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on the website http://www.operadepot.com (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).

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A Life for the Tsar [Ivan Susanin] by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka performed in Italian?

Conductor Jerzy Semkow - 1974(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Ivan Susanin - Boris Christoff

Antonida - Margherita Rinaldi

Bogdan Sobinin - Jon Piso

Vanya - Viorica Cortez

Sigizmund King of Poland - James Loomis

Polish messenger - Fernandino Jacopucci

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 2570

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Recordings of A Life for the Tsar [Ivan Susanin] by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.107; CELLETTI p.274; Opera on CD (1) p.43 (2) p.49 (3) p.55; PENGUIN p.104; GIUDICI p.248 (2) p.422; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 23 September 1974. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).

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Attila by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1976(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia

Chorus - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia

Attila - Boris Christoff

Ezio - Lorenzo Saccomani

Odabella - Maria Parazzini

Foresto - Francisco Ortiz

Uldino - Guido Fabbris

Leone - Ledo Freschi

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Compact Disc; - On Stage 4703 {2CDS}; Mondo Musica MFOH 10151 {2CDS}; The Opera Lovers ATT 196801 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2005)ª

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Recordings of Attila by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.836; Opera on CD (1) p.44 (2) p.50 (3) p.56; Opera on Video p.68; MET(VID) p.357; PENGUIN p.466; GIUDICI p.878 (2) p.1426; Opéra International No.260 septembre 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.22 No.1 September/October 1998 p.336 [JM]

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Orpheus - November 1996 S.39; Oktober 1998 S.55 [IW]

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Classical Express - Issue No.79 October 1996 p.5: Issue 98 May 1998 p.6 [NL]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - marzo-mayo 1998 No.27 p.90 [MC]

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L'opera (Milano) - Supplemento al n.119 maggio 1998 p.27 [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in La Fenice (10 January 1976). The Mondo Musica and The Opera Lovers CDs give the year (incorrectly) as 1968. According to the «Cronolgia» in «Boris Christoff» by Carlo Curami and Maurizio Modugno Boris Christoff did not sing Attila anywhere in 1968 (pp.392-393)

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Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1976(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro de la Zarzuela de Madrid

Chorus - Teatro de la Zarzuela de Madrid

Don Carlo - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall

Filippo II - Boris Christoff

Rodrigo - Vincenzo Sardinero

Il Grande Inquisitore - Antonio Zerbini

Elisabetta di Valois - Montserrat Caballé

La principessa Eboli - Grace Bumbry

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers DON 197601(3CDRS}

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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; No.244 p.136; 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 in the Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid (26 April 1976). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Anna Bolena by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Ferro - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Anna Bolena - Leyla Gencer

Enrico - Boris Christoff

Giovanna - Maria Luisa (Bordin) Nave

Percy - Pietro Bottazzo

Rochefort - Robert Amis El Hage

Smeton - Anna Di Stasio

Hervey - Gino Sinimberghi

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00437

Compact Disc; - On Stage 4719/3 {3CDS}; Gala GL 100 659 (highlights +recording - Lewis +highlights - Rudel) {4CDS} (2006)ª

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Recordings of Anna Bolena by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.52; CELLETTI p.190; MET p.99; PENGUIN p.72; GIUDICI p.169 (2) p.275; Opéra International mars 1997 No.211 p.14; International Opera Collector Summer 1998 No.8 p.18

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Februar 2001 S.60 [SL]

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Opéra International - No.263 décembre 2001 pp.69-70 [SS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro dell'Opera, Rome (April 1977; see OPERASeptember 1977 pp.894-895)

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Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Ottavio Ziino - 1978(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari

Chorus - Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari

Nabucco - Renato Bruson

Ismaele - Ruggero Bondino

Zaccaria - Boris Christoff

Fenena - Mirna Pecile

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 4050

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Recordings of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Petruzzelli, Bari (15 January 1978).

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Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor James Conlon - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Don Carlo - Vasile Moldoveanu

Filippo II - Boris Christoff

Rodrigo - Renato Bruson

Il Grande Inquisitore - Gwynne Howell

Un Frate - Malcolm King

Elisabetta di Valois - Sylvia Sass

La principessa Eboli - Elizabeth Connell

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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 663-3

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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; No.244 p.136; 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 in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The performance on 27 March 1979 is reviewed in OPERA May 1979 pp.494-495. It appears that none of the performances in this series was broadcast, so the recording was probably made «in-house».

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Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Daniel Oren - 1980(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Simon Boccanegra - Matteo Manuguerra

Jacopo Fiesco - Boris Christoff

Amelia Grimaldi - Maria Parazzini

Gabriele Adorno - Gianfranco Cecchele

Paolo Albiani - Felice Schiavi

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Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (10 May 1980). The performance on 2 May 1980 is reviewed in OPERA September 1980 pp.938-939.

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Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Günter Neuhold - 1982(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Regio di Parma

Chorus - Teatro Regio di Parma

Don Carlo - Vasile Moldoveanu

Filippo II - Boris Christoff

Rodrigo - Renato Bruson

Il Grande Inquisitore - Luigi Roni

Un Frate - Franco Federici

Elisabetta di Valois - Ghena Dimitrova

La principessa Eboli - Stefania Toczyska

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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 396-3 {3CDRS}

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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; No.244 p.136; 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 in the Teatro Regio di Parma (January 1982). The performance on 5 January 1982 is reviewed in OPERA April 1982 pp.412-413.

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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

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