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Rodolfo - Gianni Poggi

Schaunard - Attilio Barbesi

Marcello - Paolo Silveri

Colline - Cesare Siepi

Mimi - Margherita Carosio

Musetta - Alda Noni

Benoit - Eraldo Coda

Alcindoro - Fernando Corena

Parpignol - Mario Carlin

Sergente dei doganieri - Carlo Ulivi

Un doganiere - Giuseppe Meni

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Compact Disc; - Myto 1 MCD 906.34 (+Andrea Chénier - excerpts) {1CD} (1990)ª; Myto «Historical» H047 (+Andrea Chénier - excerpts) {1CD} (2000)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at La Scala (7 December 1949). It is not certain that all the singers listed above appear in these excerpts

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Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Alfredo Simonetto - 1950(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Gianni Schicchi - Giuseppe Taddei

Lauretta - Grete Rappsardi (-Savio)

Zita - Agnese Dubbini

Rinuccio - Giuseppe Savio

Gherardo - Gino Del Signore

Nella - Renza Ferrari

Betto di Signa - Pier Luigi Latinucci

Simone - Fernando Corena

Marco - Alberto Albertini

Ciesca - Liana Avogardo

Spinelloccio - Franco Calabrese

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Black Disc; - Cetra LPC 50028; Preiser Records PR 9845 {1LP} (1982)ª

Compact Disc; - Preiser Records 90074; Fonit Cetra CDON 363; Fonit Cetra CDON 36 (Trittico); Cantus Classics 500 336 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Warner Fonit 5046 71048-2 {1CD} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.112; Opera on Record 2 p.321; CELLETTIp.603; Opera on CD (1) p.110 (2) p.121 (3) p.136; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.190 p.132; MET p.451; MET(VID) p.249; PENGUIN p.303; GIUDICI p.649; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.157 gennaio 2002 p.116

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1957 p.277

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Opera - January 1958 p.55

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Orpheus - Dezember 1995 S.53; Dezember 1997 S.54 [GH]

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Diapason - No.522 février 2005 p.110 (mention) [MP]

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Gramophone Record Review - December 1957 p.151 [HS]

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Opernwelt - Januar 1/1996 S.55

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International Record Review - April 2005 pp.24-26 [RP]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - N0.84 enero 1996 p.55

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Répertoire - No.90 avril 1996 p.56

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.189 dicembre 2004 p.104 [GL]

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Comments:- The Preiser LP is listed in GRAMOPHONE May 1982 p.1451

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1951(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Figaro - Italo Tajo

Susanna - Alda Noni

Conte Almaviva - Sesto Bruscantini

Contessa Almaviva - Gabriella Gatti

Cherubino - Jolanda Gardino

Marcellina - Miti Truccato Pace

Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Basilio - Angelo Mercuriali

Curzio - Manfredi Ponz De Leon

Antonio - Christiano Dalamangas

Barbarina - Graziella Sciutti

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Black Disc - Cetra LPC 1219 {3LPS}; Cetra Soria 1219 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDO 12 {3CDS}; Warner Fonit 5046 71046-2 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

American Record Guide - October 1951 Vol.18 No.2 p.35 [PHR]: May-June 1994 Vol.57 No.3 p.219

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.184 giugno 2004 pp.99-100 [GL]

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Comments:- The Count's aria «Vedro, mentr'io sospiro...» is omitted

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Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Armando La Rosa Parodi - 1951(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Don Pasquale - Fernando Corena

Norina - Dora Gatta

Malatesta - Afro Poli

Ernesto - Agostino Lazzari

Un notaio - Gino Del Signore

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Black Disc; - Urania URLP 228/229 (USA) (1952)ª; Urania UR 228/2 {2LPS} (USA) (1962)ª;; Urania US 5228/2 {2LPS} (1962)ª; Vox OPBX 147/1-2 {2LPS}; Vox OPX 147 {2LPS}; Belter {2LPS} (Spain) (1958)ª

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Recordings of Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera March 1973 p.203; HARRIS p.90; Opera on Record p.192; CELLETTI p.196; Opera on CD (1) p.36 (2) p.42 (3) p.46; L'Avant Scène Opéra No. 108 p.94; MET p.127; MET(VID) p.77; PENGUIN p.73; GIUDICI p.221 (2) p.366; Opéra Internationaloctobre 1997 p.58; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1964 p.379

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American Record Guide - December 1952 Vol.19 No.4 p.108 [PHR]: June 1962 Vol.28 No.10 p.794 [GLM]: February 1963 Vol.29 No.6 p.448 [HG}

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1951(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Cio Cio San - Renata Tebaldi

Pinkerton - Giuseppe Campora

Sharpless - Giovanni Inghilleri

Suzuki - Nell Rankin

Kate Pinkerton - Gianna Diozzi

Goro - Piero De Palma

Il principe Yamadori - Melchiorre Luise

Lo zio Bonzo - Fernando Corena

Il commissario imperiale - Michele Calvino

L'ufficiale del Registro - Luigi Pizzeri

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 2638-2640 {3LPS} (1952)ª; Decca «Ace of Clubs» ACL 59-61 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOM 528-530 {3LPS} (1967)ª; London LLPA-8 {3LPS} (1952)ª; Richmond RS 63001 {3LPS} (1963)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca 440 230-2 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Pearl GEMS 0172 (+Tebaldi recital) {2CDS} (2002)ª; Decca 473 045-2 (Tebaldi - Puccini Edition) {12CDS} (2002)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110254-55 {2CDS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1952 p.208 [AR]; August 1967 p.125 [EG]; December 2003 p.105 [AB]

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Opera - June 1952 p.369; November 1967 pp.927-928 [AB]; October 2002 pp.1200-1205 [AB]

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Orpheus - Juli+August 2004 S.65 [IW]

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Diapason - No.400 janvier 1994 p.140

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American Record Guide - February 1952 Vol.18 No.6 p.172 [PHR]: February 1963 Vol.29 No.6 p.466 (mention) [HG]: November/December 2002 Vol.65 No.6 p.257 [LM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - July 1963 Vol.13 No.7 p.60 [CLO]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - February 1952 p.11

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BBC Music Magazine - March 1994 p.84

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International Record Review - February 2004 p.30 [JTH]

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Répertoire - No.66 février 1994 p.88

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2003 No.161 pp.54-55 [SV]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.182 aprile 2004 pp.108-109 [GL]

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Comments:- There is a reference to this recording in a letter to the editor of GRAMOPHONE (June 1975 p.23)

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Armando La Rosa Parodi - 1952

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Gino Calò

Leonora di Vargas - Adriana Guerrini

Don Carlo - Anselmo Colzani

Don Alvaro - Giuseppe Campora

Preziosilla - Miriam Pirazzini

Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena

Curra - Maria Forcato

Padre Guardiano - Giuseppe Modesti

Mastro Trabuco - Gino Del Signore

Un Chirurgo - Mario Cappelli

Un Alcalde - Giovanni Cosimi

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Black Disc; - Urania URLP 226 {3LPS} (1952)ª;; Urania US 5226-3 {3LPS} (1962)ª; Saga FID 2138 (Highlights)

Compact Disc; - Preiser Records 20033 {2CDS} (2004)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:-

American Record Guide - December 1952 Vol.19 No.4 p.110 [FAL]: May 1961 Vol.28 No.9 p.740: May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.242-243 [MM]

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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2004 pp.102-103 [JTH]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.79 abril 2005 p.83 [MCP]

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1952(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Aida - Renata Tebaldi

Radamès - Mario Del Monaco

Amneris - Ebe Stignani

Amonasro - Aldo Protti

Ramphis - Dario Caselli

Il Re di Egitto - Fernando Corena

Una Sacerdotessa - Suzanne Danco

Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 2735-2737 {3LPS} (1952)ª; Decca «Ace of Clubs» ACL 172-174 {3LPS} (1962)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOM 516-518 {3LPS} (1967)ª; Decca D47D3 {3LPS} (1978)ª; London LLA-13 {3LPS} (1952)ª; London A 4308 {3LPS}; Richmmond RS 63002 {3LPS} (1963)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 440 239-2 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Pearl GEMS 0191 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110129-30 {2CDS} (2002)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 1952 pp.173-174 [LS]; December 1962 pp.310-311 [EG]; April 1967 pp.545-546 [PHW]; May 1978 p.1930 [AB]; October 1978 p.646 [JBS]; December 2003 p.105 [AB]

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Opera - July 1967 p.591

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Fanfare - Vol.27 No.5 May/June 2004 pp.220-211 [JM]

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Orpheus - Juli+August 2004 S.66 [IW]

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Diapason - No.401 février 1994 p.149

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American Record Guide - November 1952 Vol.19 No.3 p.71 [PHR]: February 1963 Vol.29No.6 p.466 (mention) [HG]: September/October 2003 Vol.66 No.5 p.265 [MM]: March/April 2004 Vol.67 No.2 p.261 [RVL]

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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1963 Vol.13 No.2 p.91 [CLO]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - November 1952 p.18

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BBC Music Magazine - March 1994 p.84

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Classic CD - March 1994 p.63

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International Record Review - October 2003 pp.28-29 [MVA]: February 2004 p.30 (mention) [JTH]

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Disques (Nouvelle Série) - No.65 mai-juin 1954 p.307 [GE]

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Répertoire - No.66 février 1994 p.88

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.64 octubre 2003 pp.84-85 [MC]

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Armando La Rosa Parodi - 1952(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

La Gioconda - Anita Corridori

Enzo - Giuseppe Campora

Barnaba - Anselmo Colzani

Laura - Miriam Pirazzini

Alvise - Fernando Corena

La Cieca - Rina Cavallari

Zuàne - Guido Pasella

Un Cantore - Guido Pasella

Isèpo - Angelo Mercuriali

Un Pilota - Gino Calò

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Black Disc; - Urania URLP 229 {4LPS}; Nixa ULP 9229-1/4 {4LPS} (1953)ª

Compact Disc; - Preiser Records 20034 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Cantus Classics 500706 {2CDS}

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Recordings of La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.137; Opera on Record 3 p.192; CELLETTI p.572; GIUDICI (2) p.935; Opera on CD (1) p.84 (2) p.92 (3) p.103; MET p.374; MET(VID) p.212; PENGUIN p.285; Opera Now May 1993 p.36; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.232 p.88

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1954 pp.295-296 [AP]

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Opera - February 1954 p.109 [HDR]

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American Record Guide - February 1953 Vol.19 No.6 p.179 [PHR]: May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.239 [KM]

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Gramophone Record Review - January p.129

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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2004 pp.102-103 [JTH]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.78 marzo 2005 p.88 [JS]

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1952(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Giuseppe Campora

Il barone Scarpia - Enzo Mascherini

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Dario Caselli

Spoletta - Piero De Palma

Sciarrone - Antonio Sacchetti

Un pastore - Gianfranco Volante

Un carceriere - Antonio Sacchetti

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 2730-2731 {2LPS} (1952)ª; Decca «Ace of Clubs» ACL 154-155 {2LPS}; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOM 533-534 {2LPS}; Decca «Eclipse» ECS 206-207 {2LPS} London LL 660-661 {2LPS} (1952)ª; Richmond RS 62002 {2LPS} (1963)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca 440 236-2 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Decca 473 045-2 (Tebaldi - Puccini Edition) {12CDS} (2002)ª; Andromeda 813 880 {2CDS}; Cantus Classics 500 339 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Pearl GEMS 0199 {2CDS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1952 p.143 [AR]; December 1952 pp.172-173 [AR]; April 1962 pp.518-519 [EG]; June 1968 p.74 [PHW]; December 2003 p.105 [AB]

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Opera - May 1953 pp.303-304 [H]

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Diapason - No.400 janvier 1994 p.140

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - November 1952 p.17

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American Record Guide - January 1953 Vol.19 No.5 p.144 [PHR]: February 1963 Vol.29 No.6 p.466 (mention) [HG]

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High Fidelity Magazine - July 1963 Vol.13 No.7 p.60 [CLO]

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Classic CD - March 1994 p.63

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International Record Review - February 2004 p.30 [JTH]

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Répertoire - No.66 février 1994 p.88

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2003 No.161 pp.54-55 [SV]

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Guillaume Tell [Guglielmo Tell] by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Mario Rossi - 1952?(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Guglielmo Tell - Giuseppe Taddei

Arnoldo Melchtal - Mario Filippeschi

Gualtiero Furst - Giorgio Tozzi

Melchthal - Plinio Clabassi

Jemmy - Graziella Sciutti

Edwige - Miti Truccato Pace

Un pescatore - Antonio Pirino

Leutoldo - Mario Zorgniotti

Gessler - Fernando Corena

Matilde - Rosanna Carteri

Rodolfo - Tommaso Soley

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Black Disc - Cetra LPC 1232 1-4 {4LPS}; Cetra Soria 1232 {4LPS} *Turnabout/Vox THS 65099/101 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Warner Fonit 8573 87489-2 {3CDS} (2001)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66324 {3CDS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Guillaume Tell [Guglielmo Tell] by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.41; CELLETTI p.724; Opera on CD (1) p.32 (2) p.36 (3) p.41 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.118 p.116; MET(VID) p.297; PENGUIN p.363; Opera on Video p.55; GIUDICI p.750 (2) p.1235

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1960 pp.227-228 [PHW]

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Opera - November 1960 p.770

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Orpheus - April 2002 S.58 [GH]

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American Record Guide - June 1952 Vol.18 No.10 p.298 [PHR]: July/August 2005 Vol.68 No.4 p.245 [KM]

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International Record Review - March 2002 pp.79-80 [CC]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI N.111 settembre 1997 p.96 [GL]: Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.117 [SL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 8 March 1952

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I quattro rusteghi by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari performed in Italian

Conductor Alfredo Simonetto - 1953(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Lunardo - Fernando Corena

Margarita - Agnese Dubbini

Lucieta - Gianna Perea-Labia

Maurizio - Pasquale Lombardo

Marina - Alda Noni

Filipeto - Mario Carlin

Simon - Carlo Ulivi

Canciano - Christiano Dalamangas

Siora Felice - Ester Orel

Conte Riccardo Arcolai - Manfredi Ponz De Leon

Una giovane serva - Gilda Capozzi

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Black Disc - Cetra OPLC 1239/1-3; Cetra Soria 1239 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Warner Fonit 8573 87481-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª

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Recordings of I quattro rusteghi by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.1178; GIUDICI p.1178 (2) p.1845

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - July 1962 p.64; October 1962 p.190

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Opera - August 1962 p.545

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Orpheus - Januar 2002 S.58 [GH]

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American Record Guide - May 1953 Vol.19 No.9 p.275 [MDS]

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International Record Review - March 2002 p.83 [MT]

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Classic Record Collector - Spring 2002 pp.100-101 [JTH]

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Il maestro di cappella by Domenico Cimarosa performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Amaducci - 1953(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestra dei Pommeriggi Musicali di Milano

Maestro - Fernando Corena

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Black Disc - Decca LW 5112 (1x10in.LP}; London LD 9188 (1x10in.LP}; London 5194 (+arias) {1LP}

Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia «WWW Site 4» {1xCD-ROM} (2003)ª

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Recordings of Il maestro di cappella by Domenico Cimarosa are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.167; PENGUIN p.61; GIUDICI (2) p.234

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

American Record Guide - July 1954 Vol.20 No.11 p.352 [JN]

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Gramophone Record Review - July 1954 p.433 [RN]

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American Record Guide - January 1959 Vol.25 No.5 pp.312-315 [BI]

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Disques (Nouvelle Série) - No.67 septembre-octobre 1954 p.522 [CR]

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Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1953(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

La principessa Turandot - Inge Borkh

Calaf - Mario Del Monaco

Liù - Renata Tebaldi

Ping - Fernando Corena

Pang - Mario Carlin

Pong - Renato Ercolani

Timur - Nicola Zaccaria

L'imperatore Altoum - Gaetano Fanelli

Un mandarino - Ezio Giordano

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5128-5130 {3LPS} (1955)ª; Decca SXL 2078-2080 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 622-624 {3LPS}; London XLLA 36 {3LPS} (1956)ª;; London OSA 1308

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 433 761-2; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 455 868-2 (France);; Double Decca 452 964-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Decca 473 045-2 (Tebaldi - Puccini Edition) {12CDS} (2002)ª

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Recordings of Turandot by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.114; Opera on Record p.618; CELLETTI p.655; Opera on CD (1) p.111 (2) p.122 (3) p.137 MET p.454; MET(VID) p.252; PENGUIN p.320; L'Avant Scéne Opéra No.33 p.97, No.220 p.98; Opera on Video p.187; GIUDICI p.652 (2) p.1073; Répertoire No.97 décembre 1996 p.16; International Opera Collector Spring 1997 No.3 p.40; Opera Quarterly Vo.13 No.4 Summer 1997 p.77; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1955 p.281 [PHW]; April 1956 p.409 [DST]; April 1959 p.530; November 1972 p.967; August 1993 p.82 [AB]; April 1999 p.38 [IM] (the conductor is incorrectly stated to be Serafin)

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Opera - March 1956 p.177; July 1959 p.466

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Opera Now - August 1993 p.49

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Orpheus - April/Mai 1973 S.30 [SH]

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Opéra International - No.170 juin 1993 p.72

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Diapason - juin 1993 p.154

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - November 1955 p.18

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Gramophone Record Review - December 1955 p.89: April 1959 p.455 [DH]

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American Record Guide - March 1956 Vol.22 No.7 p.106 [RHR]

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Records and Recordings - April 1959 p.17 [FGB]

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Répertoire - No.60 July-August 1993 p.61: No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention)

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.100 [VJ]: No.33 mayo-junio 1999 p.94 [JR]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2003 No.161 pp.54-55 [SV]

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Robert Merrill

Il Conte Almaviva - Cesare Valletti

Rosina - Roberta Peters

Dr. Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Don Basilio - Cesare Siepi

Berta - Jean Madeira

Fiorello - George Cehanovsky

Un Ufficiale - Alessio De Paolis

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 715; Bongiovanni HOC 0012 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - September+Oktober 2004 S.62 [IW]

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Diapason - No.515 juin 2004 p.120 [PK]

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

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Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (6 March 1954). Il barbiere di Siviglia was performed with the same cast and conductor on 25 December 1954 and the Omega Opera Archive has also issued a recording of this performance (712) derived from «poor to fair private acetates». Both performances were broadcast. The recordings issued by the Omega Opera Archive are 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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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Max Rudolf - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Giovanni - George London

Donna Anna - Margaret Harshaw

Don Ottavio - Eugene Conley

Donna Elvira - Eleanor Steber

Leoporello - Fernando Corena

Il Commendatore - Luben Vichey

Masetto - Lorenzo Alvary

Zerlina - Nadine Conner

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1092 (& 895)

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Recordings of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.127: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.71-72, pp.128-132; Opera on Record p.71; CELLETTI p.467; Opera on CD (1) p.19 (2) p.23 (3) p.24; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.24 p.132, No.172 p.178 ; MET p.299; MET(VID) p.168; PENGUIN p.231; Classic CD September 1993 p.32; Opera on Video p.26; GIUDICI p.451 (2) p.766; International Opera Collector Winter 1997 No.6 p.18; Diapason No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.50; Le Monde de la Musique No.223juillet-aoüt 1998 p.56; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.111; Répertoire No.131 janvier 2000 p.20, No.132 février 2000 p.20; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.56-57; International Record Review February 2002 p.22

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (13 March 1954). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.105-107. 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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Manon by Jules Massenet performed in French

Conductor Pierre Monteux - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Manon - Victoria de los Ángeles

Poussette - Shakeh Vartenissian

Javotte - Margaret Roggero

Rosette - Rosalind Elias

Le Chevalier Des Grieux - Cesare Valletti

Lescaut - Fernando Corena

Le Compte des Grieux - Jerome Hines

Guillot de Morfontaine - Alessio De Paolis

De Brétigny - George Cehanovsky

L'Hôtelier - Lawrence Davidson

La Servante - May Savage

1er Garde - James McCracken

2e Garde - Calvin Marsh

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 741 {2CDRS}; Bongiovani «Historical Opera Collection» HOC 013/4 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0094 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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

HARRIS p.171; Opera on Record p.481; CELLETTI p.398; MARINELLI p.323; Opera on CD (1) p.94 (2) p.104 (3) p.117; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.123 p.144; MET p.233; MET(VID) p.128; PENGUIN p.205; GIUDICI p.358 (2) p.629; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.110; Orpheus November 2000 S.86

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - June 2005 p.99 [AB]

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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2005 p.102 [JTH]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.76 diciembre 2004 p.86 [JS]: No.81 junio 2005 p.87 [MC]

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Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (18 December 1954). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1954(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Manon Lescaut - Renata Tebaldi

Des Grieux - Mario Del Monaco

Lescaut - Mario Borriello

Geronte - Fernando Corena

Edmondo - Piero De Palma

Una voce sola - Luisa Ribacchi

L'oste - Antonio Sacchetti

Il maestro di ballo - Adelio Zagonora

Un sergente degli arcieri - Antonio Sacchetti

Lampionaio - Angelo Mercuriali

Un comandante di Marina - Dario Caselli

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 2995-2997 {3LPS} (1955)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 607-608 {2LPS} (1971)ª; London LLA 28 {3LPS} (1955)ª;; London OSA 1317 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) «Grand Opera» 430 253-2 {2CDS} (1991)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 458 713-2 (France) (1997)ª; Decca 473 045-2 (Tebaldi - Puccini Edition) {12CDS} (2002)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66.318 {2CDS} (2004)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOS 90080 (7½ips 4-track) (1964)ª

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Recordings of Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.174; Opera December 1968 p.958; Opera on Record 3 p.209; CELLETTI p.618; Opera on CD (1) p.105 (2) p.116 (3) p.130; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.137 p.100; MET p.391; MET(VID) p.223; PENGUIN p.309; Opéra International avril 1991 No.146 p.21, juin 1998 No.225 p.52; Opera Quarterly Vol.11 No.4 p.77; GIUDICI p.578 (2) p.960; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1955 pp.410-411 [PHW]; April 1995 pp.471-472 [DST]; June 1971 p.79 [AB]; August 1991 p.78 [JBS]

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Opera - March 1955 p.181

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.157

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - January 1955 p.20

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Gramophone Record Review - February 1955 pp.202-203 [BJ]

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American Record Guide - April 1955 Vol.21 No.8 p.251: October 1964 Vol.31 No.2 p.159 (open reel tape) [RJ]

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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1955 Vol.5 No.2 p.55 [JH]: November 1964 Vol.14 No.11 p.138 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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Répertoire - No.108 décembre 1997 p.76 (mention) [PT]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2003 No.161 pp.54-55 [SV]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.189 dicembre 2004 p.105 (mention) [GL]

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1954(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Otello - Mario Del Monaco

Desdemona - Renata Tebaldi

Iago - Aldo Protti

Cassio - Piero De Palma

Rodrigo - Angelo Mercuriali

Lodovico - Fernando Corena

Montano - Pier Luigi Latinucci

Emilia - Luisa Ribacchi

Un Araldo - Dario Caselli

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5009-5011 {3LPS} (1955)ª; *Decca «Eclipse» ECS 732-734 {3LPS} (1975)ª; London LLA 24 {3LPS} (1955)ª;; Richmond RS 63004 {3LPS} (USA) (1963)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca 440 245-2 {2CDS} (1994)ª

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1955 p.367 [PHW]; April 1955 pp.470-471 [DST]; February 1975 p.1548 [AB]; May 1994 p.115 [AB]

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Opera - April 1955 p.260

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Opera Now - March 1994 p.55

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Diapason - No.401 février 1994 p.149

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American Record Guide - February 1955 Vol.21 No.6 p.182 [PHR]: May 1964 Vol.30 No.9 p.878 [HG]

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1955 Vol.5 No.1 p.64 ii [JH]

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Gramophone Record Review - January 1955 p.152, p.157 [DH]

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BBC Music Magazine - March 1994 p.84

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Répertoire - No.66 February 1994 p.88

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1954(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Rigoletto - Aldo Protti

Gilda - Hilde Güden

Duca di Mantova - Mario Del Monaco

Sparafucile - Cesare Siepi

Maddalena - Giulietta Simionato

Giovanna - Luisa Ribacchi

Monterone - Fernando Corena

Marullo - Pier Luigi Latinucci

Borsa - Piero De Palma

Conte di Ceprano - Dario Caselli

Contessa di Ceprano - Christiane Castelli

Un paggio - Lina Rossi

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5006-5008 {3LPS} (1955)ª; Decca «Ace of Clubs» ACL 203-205 {3LPS} (1964)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOM 519-521 (1967)ª; London LLA 25 {3LPS} (1955)ª;; Richmond RS 63005 {3LPS} (USA) (1963)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca 440 242-2 {2CDS} (1994)ª

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; «Musica 99» p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1955 p.366 [PHW]; April 1955 p.471 [DST]; August 1964 pp.102-103 [EG]; May 1967 pp.604-605 [EG]; July 1994 p.120 [AB]

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Opera - February 1955 p.123

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Opera Now - February 1994 p.56

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Diapason - No.401 février 1994 pp.149-150 (mention) [MP]

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American Record Guide - March 1955 Vol.21 No.7 p.221 [JN]: May 1964 Vol.30 No.9 p.878 [HG]

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1955 Vol.5 No.1 p.64 ii, p.64 iv, p.64 v [JH]

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Gramophone Record Review - January 1955 p.152, p.157 [DH]

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Classic CD - February 1994 p.60

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Répertoire - No.66 février 1994 p.88

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Max Rudolf - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi

Donna Anna - Margaret Harshaw

Don Ottavio - Cesare Valletti

Donna Elvira - Lucine Amara

Leoporello - Fernando Corena

Il Commendatore - Luben Vichey

Masetto - Lawrence Davidson

Zerlina - Roberta Peters

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1204; Bensar OL 21255 (BRO 125780) {3CDRS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.127: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.71-72, pp.128-132; Opera on Record p.71; CELLETTI p.467; Opera on CD (1) p.19 (2) p.23 (3) p.24; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.24 p.132, No.172 p.178 ; MET p.299; MET(VID) p.168; PENGUIN p.231; Classic CD September 1993 p.32; Opera on Video p.26; GIUDICI p.451 (2) p.766; International Opera Collector Winter 1997 No.6 p.18; Diapason No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.50; Le Monde de la Musique No.223juillet-aoüt 1998 p.56; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.111; Répertoire No.131 janvier 2000 p.20, No.132 février 2000 p.20; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.56-57; International Record Review February 2002 p.22

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (12 February 1955). 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». It is also stated «Excellent FM Aircheck. Missing 'Non mi dir'». The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Cesare Siepi

Susanna - Nadine Conner

Conte Almaviva - Frank Guarrera

Contessa Almaviva - Eleanor Steber

Cherubino - Mildred Miller

Marcellina - Jean Madeira

Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Basilio - Alessio De Paolis

Curzio - Gabor Carelli

Antonio - Lorenzo Alvary

Barbarina - Vilma Georgiou

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 931

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (15 January 1955). 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 recorded is given (incorrectly) as 16 January 1955.

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Josef Krips - 1955(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi

Donna Anna - Suzanne Danco

Don Ottavio - Anton Dermota

Donna Elvira - Lisa Della Casa

Leoporello - Fernando Corena

Il Commendatore - Kurt Böhme

Masetto - Walter Berry

Zerlina - Hilde Güden

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5103-5106 {4LPS} (1955)ª; Decca SXL 2117-2120 {4LPS} (1959)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 604-606 {3LPS} (1971)ª; *Decca 411 626-1 {3LPS} (1989)ª; London XLLA 34 {4LPS} (1955)ª;; London OSA 1401 {4LPS} (1958)ª

Compact Cassette; - Decca 411 626-4 (1986)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca 411 626-2 {3CDS} (1989)ª; Decca «Legends» 466 389-2 {3CDS} (2000)ª; Membran 223479 {3CDS} (2006)ª

Open Reel Tape - London LOV 90007 (4-track 7½ips) (1960)

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Recordings of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.127: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.71-72, pp.128-132; Opera on Record p.71; CELLETTI p.467; Opera on CD (1) p.19 (2) p.23 (3) p.24; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.24 p.132, No.172 p.178 ; MET p.299; MET(VID) p.168; PENGUIN p.231; Classic CD September 1993 p.32; Opera on Video p.26; GIUDICI p.451 (2) p.766; International Opera Collector Winter 1997 No.6 p.18; Diapason No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.50; Le Monde de la Musique No.223juillet-aoüt 1998 p.56; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.111; Répertoire No.131 janvier 2000 p.20, No.132 février 2000 p.20; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.56-57; International Record Review February 2002 p.22

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1955 pp.189-190 [PHW]; January 1956 p.302 [DST]; June 1959 p.23 [PHW]; March 1971 p.1514 [AB]; September 1989 p. [JBS]

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Opera - December 1955 p.786; July 1959 p.464

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Fanfare - Vol.24 No.2 November/December 2000 p.317 [MHF]

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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1955 Vol.5 No.8 p.96 [JH]: December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.62 [DJ]: September 1960 Vol.10 No.9 p.99 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - November 1955 Vol.22 No.3 p.40 [CJL]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - October 1955 p.16

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Gramophone Record Review - November 1955 p.29 [DH]: July 1959 p.649 [SH]

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Records and Recordings - June 1959 p.23 [FGB]

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The Record Collector - Vol.10 No.7 December 1955 pp.161-162 [STG]

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International Record Review - September 2000 p.119 [HC]

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BBC Music Magazine - October 2000 p.80 [CO]

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Comments:- According to «Erinnerungen» by Josef Krips (p.507) this recording was made between 6 and 21 June 1955

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L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1955(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Adina - Hilde Güden

Nemorino - Giuseppe di Stefano

Dulcamara - Fernando Corena

Belcore - Renato Capecchi

Giannetta - Luisa Mandelli

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5155-5157 {3LPS} (1995)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOM 566-567 {2LPS}; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 566-567 {2LPS}; London XLL 1364 {3LPS} (1956)ª;; London OSA 1311 {3LPS} (1960)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) «Grand Opera» 411 699-2 {2CDS} (1991)ª; Decca 443 542-2 {2CDS}

Open Reel Tape; - London LOG 90082 (7½ips 4-track) (1965)ª

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Recordings of L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.95; Opera on Record p.173; CELLETTI p.205; Opera on CD (1) p.35 (2) p.40 (3) p.45; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.95 p.90; MARINELLI p.103; MET p.102; MET(VID) p.56; PENGUIN p.74; Opera on Video p.61; GIUDICI p.172; Opéra International novembre 1997 No.218 p.20; American Record Guide September/October2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 1956 p.393 [PHW]; April 1956 p.410 [DST]; February 1969 p.1198; February 1991 p.1553 [JBS]; July 1995 p.112

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Opera - April 1956 p.250

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Orpheus - March 1995 p.62

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Opéra International - décembre 1990 No.142 p.70

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Diapason - 1969 No.136 p.35

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.152

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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1956 Vol.6 No.10 p.87 [JH]: February 1960 Vol.10 No.2 p.54 [CLO]: February 1965 Vol.15 No.2 p.114 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - February 1956 p.9

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Gramophone Record Review - March 1956 p.285

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American Record Guide - January 1960 Vol.26 No.5 p.357 [PLM]: November 1964 Vol.32 No.3 p.275 (open reel tape) [RJ]

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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1997 No.5 p.40 [PP]

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Répertoire - No.78 mars 1995 p.101

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.98 marzo 2007 p.90 [JM]

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1955(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Silvio Maionica

Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi

Don Carlo - Ettore Bastianini

Don Alvaro - Mario Del Monaco

Preziosilla - Giulietta Simionato

Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena

Curra - Gabriella Carturan

Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi

Mastro Trabuco - Piero De Palma

Un Chirurgo - Eraldo Coda

Un Alcalde - Ezio Giordano

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5131-5134 {3LPS} (1955)ª; Decca SXL 2069-2072 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 597-599 {3LPS} (1970)ª; London XLLA 37 {4LPS} (1956)ª; London OSA 1405 {4LPS} (1959)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 421 598-2 {3CDS} (1989)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOV 90009 (4-track 7½ips) (1961)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:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1955 pp.282-283 [PHW]; April 1956 p.410 [DST]; September 1959 p.134 [PHW]; October 1970 pp.665-666 [EG]; January 1989 p.1210 [RO]

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Opera - March 1956 p.175; November 1959 p.750

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - November 1955 p.20

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Gramophone Record Review - January 1956 p.154 [DH]: July 1959 p.648 [DH]

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American Record Guide - March 1956 Vol.22 No.7 p.107 [PHR]

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1959 Vol.9 No.3 p.71 [DJ]: March 1961 Vol.11 No.3 p.92 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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Records and Recordings - August 1959 p.17 [FGB]

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Kleiber - 1955(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Cesare Siepi

Susanna - Hilde Güden

Conte Almaviva - Alfred Poell

Contessa Almaviva - Lisa Della Casa

Cherubino - Suzanne Danco

Marcellina - Hilde Rössl-Majdan

Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Basilio - Murray Dickie

Curzio - Hugo Meyer-Welfing

Antonio - Harald Pröglhoff

Barbarina - Anny Felbermayer

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5088-5091 {4LPS} (1955)ª; Decca SXL 2087-2090 {4LPS} (1959)ª; Decca GOS 585-587 {3LPS}; *Decca 417-315-1 {3LPS} ;; Decca/Testament SXL 2087-8-9-00 {4LPS};; London XLLA 35 {4LPS} (1955)ª; London OSA 1402 {4LPS} (1958)ª

Compact Cassette; - Decca K79K 32 (1977)ª; Decca «Grand Opera Series» 417 315-4 (1990)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera Series» 417 315-2 {3CDS} (1990)ª; Decca «Legends» 466 369-2 {3CDS} (1999)ª; Membran 222932-370 {3CDS} (2006)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOV 90008 (4-track 7½ips) (1961)ª

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1955 pp.232-233 [PHW]; January 1956 p.302 [DST]; February 1956 p.342 (mention) [HCS]; April 1956 p.410; March 1959 p.469; June 1970 p.86; December 1977 p.1146 [IM]; February 1990 p. [SS]

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Opera - December 1955 p.786; April 1959 p.254

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Fanfare - Vol 23 No.3 January/February 2000 p.157 [RT]

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The Record Collector - Vol.10 No.7 December 1955 pp.162-163

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - October 1955 p.17

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Gramophone Record Review - November 1955 p.29: March 1959 p.371

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High Fidelity Magazine - November 1955 Vol.5 No.9 p.60 [JH]: December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.62 [DJ]: September 1961 Vol.11 No.9 p.124 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - February 1956 Vol.22 No.6 p.87 [PHR]: August 1961 Vol.27 No.12 p.970 (open reel tape) [RJ]

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Records and Recordings - March 1959 p.21 [FGB]

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Stereophile - June 1996 (Vol.19 No.6) p.244

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International Classical Record Collector - Winter 1999 No.19 p.93 [TP]

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The Absolute Sound - February/March 2001 Issue 128 p.175. p.176 [ASP]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.36 noviembre-diciembre 1999 p.93 [MC]

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi

Donna Anna - Elisabeth Grümmer

Don Ottavio - Léopold Simoneau

Donna Elvira - Lisa Della Casa

Leoporello - Fernando Corena

Il Commendatore - Gottlob Frick

Masetto - Walter Berry

Zerlina - Rita Streich

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Black Disc; - Replica 2422-2425 {4LPS} (1980)ª; Replica RPL 42422 {4LPS}

Compact Disc; - Sony SM3K 64263 {2CDS} (1994)ª

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Recordings of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.127: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.71-72, pp.128-132; Opera on Record p.71; CELLETTI p.467; Opera on CD (1) p.19 (2) p.23 (3) p.24; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.24 p.132, No.172 p.178 ; MET p.299; MET(VID) p.168; PENGUIN p.231; Classic CD September 1993 p.32; Opera on Video p.26; GIUDICI p.451 (2) p.766; International Opera Collector Winter 1997 No.6 p.18; Diapason No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.50; Le Monde de la Musique No.223juillet-aoüt 1998 p.56; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.111; Répertoire No.131 janvier 2000 p.20, No.132 février 2000 p.20; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.56-57; International Record Review February 2002 p.22

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1994 p.146 [AB]

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Opera - December 1994 p.1389: Festival Issue 1995 p.62

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Opera Now - November 1994 p.54

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Opera News - December 24 1994 p.32

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Fanfare - Vol.15 No.3 January/February 1982 p.139 [MHF]; Vol.18 No.3 January/ February 1995 p.210

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Orpheus - November 1994 S.64

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Opéra International - novembre 1994 No.185 p.64

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Diapason - No.410 décembre 1994 p.155

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Classic CD - January 1995 p.71

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BBC Music Magazine - February 1995 p.70

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Stereophile - March 1995 p.169

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Répertoire - No.73 octobre 1994 p.54

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American Record Guide - January/February 1995 Vol.58 No.1 p.252

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.182 novembre 1984 p.110

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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.55

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (24 July 1956)

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Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Pasquale - Fernando Corena

Norina - Roberta Peters

Malatesta - Frank Guarrera

Ernesto - Cesare Valletti

Un notaio - Alessio De Paolis

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Black Disc - Robin Hood Records RHR 511 {2LPS}; Cetra «Opera Live» LO 23/2 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100.586 (+Lucia di Lammermoor - highlights - Varviso - 1966) {2CDS} (2001)ª

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Recordings of Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera March 1973 p.203; HARRIS p.90; Opera on Record p.192; CELLETTI p.196; Opera on CD (1) p.36 (2) p.42 (3) p.46; L'Avant Scène Opéra No. 108 p.94; MET p.127; MET(VID) p.77; PENGUIN p.73; GIUDICI p.221 (2) p.366; Opéra Internationaloctobre 1997 p.58; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Januar 2002 S.60 [GH]

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Opéra International - No.269 juin 2002 p.70 [SS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (11 February 1956)

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov

Don Carlo - Richard Tucker

Don Alvaro - Leonard Warren

Preziosilla - Rosalind Elias

Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena

Curra - Thelma Votipka

Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi

Mastro Trabuco - Alessio De Paolis

Un Chirurgo - George Cehanovsky

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Black Disc - Movimento Musica 03.828 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 943.106 {2CDS} (1994)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:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.157-159 [WA2]

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Opéra International - novembre 1996 No.207 p.58

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Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (17 March 1956). A recording of «La forza del destino» is listed on the on-line catalogue of «The Opera Lovers» with the same date as this recording (17.03.56) with the conductor given as Mitropoulos. This seems to be an error as the «MET Annals» gives Stiedry. Mitropoulos never conducted «La forza del destino» at the MET.

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Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Manon Lescaut - Licia Albanese

Des Grieux - Jussi Björling

Lescaut - Frank Guarrera

Geronte - Fernando Corena

Edmondo - Thomas Hayward

Una voce sola - Rosalind Elias

L'oste - George Cehanovsky

Il maestro di ballo - Alessio De Paolis

Un sergente degli arcieri - Raemond Martin

Lampionaio - James McCracken

Un comandante di Marina - Osie Hawkins

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Black Disc - Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 9 {2LPS}

Compact Disc - *Melodram CD 27502 {2CDS}

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Recordings of Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.174; Opera December 1968 p.958; Opera on Record 3 p.209; CELLETTI p.618; Opera on CD (1) p.105 (2) p.116 (3) p.130; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.137 p.100; MET p.391; MET(VID) p.223; PENGUIN p.309; Opéra International avril 1991 No.146 p.21, juin 1998 No.225 p.52; Opera Quarterly Vol.11 No.4 p.77; GIUDICI p.578 (2) p.960; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - mai 1983 No.59 pp.53-54 [SS]

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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.55

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (31 March 1956). The Fonit Cetra LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE March 1982 p.1271

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Max Rudolf - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Cesare Siepi

Susanna - Nadine Conner

Conte Almaviva - Frank Guarrera

Contessa Almaviva - Victoria de los Ángeles

Cherubino - Mildred Miller

Marcellina - Sandra Warfield

Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Basilio - Alessio De Paolis

Curzio - Gabor Carelli

Antonio - Lawrence Davidson

Barbarina - Emilia Cundari

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 692

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (7 April 1956). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.101-102. 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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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Richard Tucker

Il barone Scarpia - Leonard Warren

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Clifford Harvuot

Spoletta - Alessio De Paolis

Sciarrone - George Cehanovsky

Un pastore - Peter Mark

Un carceriere - Calvin Marsh

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Black Disc - Metroplitan Opera Guild 10 {2LPS} Melodram MEL 097 {2LPS}; Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 7 {2LPS} Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 143 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 044 297 (+La traviata - highlights with Tebaldi) {2CDS} (2004)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 9001 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.80 mayo 2005 p.87 [VJ]: No.91 junio 2006 p.86 [JV]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 January 1956). More details are given in «The Complete Discography of Dimitri Mitropoulos» by S.A. Arfanis pp.109-110,according to which the date given on the LPs issued by Fonit-Cetra is incorrect.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1956(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Andrea Chénier - Mario Del Monaco

Carlo Gérard - Ettore Bastianini

Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Tebaldi

La mulatta Bersi - Fiorenza Cossotto

La Contessa di Coigny - Maria Teresa Mandalari

Madelon - Amelia Guidi

Roucher - Silvio Maionica

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Fernando Corena

Fouquier Tinville - Vico Polotto

Un Incredible - Mariano Caruso

Pietro Fléville - Dino Mantovani

L'abate - Angelo Mercuriali

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5411-5412 {2LPS} (1957)ª; Decca SXL 2208-2210 {3LPS} (1960)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 600-601 {2LPS} (1970)ª; London A 4332 {3LPS} (1958)ª;; London OSA 1303 {3LPS} (1958)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 425 407-2 {2CDS} ; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 455 841-2 {2CDS} (France) (1997)ª; London POCL 3836-7 {2CDS} (Japan) (1995)ª

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1958 p.325 [AP]; July 1960 p.78 [AP] November 1970 p.862

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Opera - February 1958 p.122; September 1960 p.638

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - December 1957 p.21

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Gramophone Record Review - January 1958 p.243 [SG]

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American Record Guide - July 1958 Vol.24 No.11 p.458 [PLM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - July 1958 Vol.8 No.7 p.48 [DJ]: December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.56 [DJ]

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Records and Recordings - June 1960 p.24 [FGB]

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Répertoire - No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention)

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1956(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Figaro - Ettore Bastianini

Il Conte Almaviva - Alvino Misciano

Rosina - Giulietta Simionato

Dr. Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Don Basilio - Cesare Siepi

Berta - Rina Cavallari

Fiorello - Arturo La Porta

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5283-5285 {3LPS} (1957)ª;; Decca D38D3 {3LPS} (1977)ª; London XLLA 51 {3LPS} (1957)ª; London A 4327 {3LPS}; Richmond RS 63011 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Decca 443 536-2 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 455 883-2 {2CDS} (France) (1997)ª; Urania URN 22 298 {2CDS} (2006)ª

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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1957 p.340; September 1977 p.487 [AB]

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Opera - March 1957 p.180

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Orpheus - März 1995 S.62

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Opéra International - mars 1995 No.189 p.72

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Diapason - No.414 avril 1995 p.110

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American Record Guide - July 1957 Vol.7 No.7 p.160 [PLM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - August 1957 Vol.7 No.8 p.55 [CMS]

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Gramophone Record Review - February 1957 p.284

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Discofila (Madrid) - No.15 junio-agosto 1957 p.295 [AFC]

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Répertoire - No.78 mars 1995 p.101: No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention)

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XXI N.214 marzo 2007 pp.82-83 [CV]

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Comments:- *See article by Max de Schauensee in HIGH FIDELITY December 1956 Vol.6 No.12 p.56 and p.142

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Richard Tucker

Carlo Gérard - Leonard Warren

Madeleine di Coigny - Zinka Milanov

La mulatta Bersi - Rosalind Elias

La Contessa di Coigny - Martha Lipton

Madelon - Belen Amparan

Roucher - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Fernando Corena

Fouquier Tinville - Norman Scott

Un Incredible - Charles Anthony

Pietro Fléville - George Cehanovsky

L'abate - Gabor Carelli

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Black Disc - Historical Operatic Treasures ERR {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Arkadia MP 476 {2CDS}; Omega Opera Archive 222; The Opera Lovers AND 195701 {2CDRS} (2006)ª

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *A recording of a performance at the MET on 28 December 1957. The year is given incorrectly on the «ARKADIA» CDs as 1958. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Max Rudolf - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Frank Guarrera

Il Conte Almaviva - Cesare Valletti

Rosina - Roberta Peters

Dr. Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Don Basilio - Jerome Hines

Berta - Margaret Roggero

Fiorello - George Cehanovsky

Un Ufficiale - Alessio De Paolis

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 713; Bensar OL 122157 (BRO 125578) {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (21 December 1957). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Karl Böhm - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi

Donna Anna - Eleanor Steber

Don Ottavio - Jan Peerce

Donna Elvira - Lisa Della Casa

Leoporello - Fernando Corena

Il Commendatore - Giorgio Tozzi

Masetto - Theodor Uppman

Zerlina - Roberta Peters

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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 439 {3LPS}

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Recordings of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.127: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.71-72, pp.128-132; Opera on Record p.71; CELLETTI p.467; Opera on CD (1) p.19 (2) p.23 (3) p.24; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.24 p.132, No.172 p.178 ; MET p.299; MET(VID) p.168; PENGUIN p.231; Classic CD September 1993 p.32; Opera on Video p.26; GIUDICI p.451 (2) p.766; International Opera Collector Winter 1997 No.6 p.18; Diapason No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.50; Le Monde de la Musique No.223juillet-aoüt 1998 p.56; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.111; Répertoire No.131 janvier 2000 p.20, No.132 février 2000 p.20; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.56-57; International Record Review February 2002 p.22

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (14 December 1957). The performance of 31 October 1957 is reviewed in OPERA, January 1958 pp.28-31. The LPs issued by Melodram are advertized in GRAMOPHONE January 1985 p.856.

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L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Adina - Rosanna Carteri

Nemorino - Giuseppe di Stefano

Dulcamara - Fernando Corena

Belcore - Giulio Fioravanti

Giannetta - Grete Rappsardi (-Savio)

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Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 042 291 (+Manon - Gui - highlights) {2CDS} (2004)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1145-2 {2CDRS}; Andromeda ANDRCD 5085 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.95; Opera on Record p.173; CELLETTI p.205; Opera on CD (1) p.35 (2) p.40 (3) p.45; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.95 p.90; MARINELLI p.103; MET p.102; MET(VID) p.56; PENGUIN p.74; Opera on Video p.61; GIUDICI p.172; Opéra International novembre 1997 No.218 p.20; American Record Guide September/October2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.21 No.4 Autumn 2005 (published October 2006) pp.768-770 [RB]

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Opéra International - No.298 février 2005 p.76 (mention)

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.75 noviembre 2004 p.80 [XC]

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Comments:- *Recording of a performance given by the company of the Piccola Scala in the King's Theatre Edinburgh (August 1957; see OPERA October 1957 p.636). The performance on 31 August 1957 was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated August 25-31 1957 p.55). According to Premiere's «2004 CD Catalog» the prelude is missing from their recording.

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1957(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'opera di Roma

Cio Cio San - Anna Moffo

Pinkerton - Cesare Valletti

Sharpless - Renato Cesari

Suzuki - Rosalind Elias

Kate Pinkerton - Miti Truccato Pace

Goro - Mario Carlin

Il principe Yamadori - Nestore Catalani

Lo zio Bonzo - Fernando Corena

Il commissario imperiale - Leonardo Monreale

Yakusidè - Andrea Mineo

L'ufficiale del Registro - Andrea Mineo

La madre di Cio Cio San - Luisa Zeri

La zia - (Maria) Grazia Ciferi

La cugina - Renata Mattioli

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6165 {3LPS} (USA) (1958)ª; RCA Victor LSC 6165 {3LPS} (USA) (1958)ª; RCA Victor 26.35059; RCA «Victrola» VIC 6100/1-3 {3LPS} (USA & UK) (1964-66)ª; RCA «Victrola» VICS 6100/1-3 {3LPS} (USA & UK) (1964-66)ª; RCA VICTOR VLS 04145; RCA «Victrola» VL 43542 (3) {3LPS} (Italy) (1977)ª

Compact Disc; - RCA «Victor» GD 84145 {2CDS} (Europe) (1988)ª; RCA Victor 4145-2 {2CDS} (USA)

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1958 p.293 (HCS); April 1966 p.507 (EG); September 1988 p. [MEO]

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Opera - June 1966 p.490 [AB]

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American Record Guide - November 1958 Vol.25 No.3 p.192 [MB2]: December 1964 Vol.31 No.4 p.349 [GLM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.66 [DJ]: March 1959 Vol.9 No.3 p.9 (letter): November 1964 Vol.14 No.11 p.122 [CLO]

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1957(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Floria Tosca - Zinka Milanov

Mario Cavaradossi - Jussi Björling

Il barone Scarpia - Leonard Warren

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Leonardo Monreale

Spoletta - Mario Carlin

Sciarrone - Nestore Catalani

Un pastore - Giovanni Bianchini

Un carceriere - Vincenzo Preziosa

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6502 {2LPS} (USA) (1957)ª; RCA Victor RB 16051-16052 (UK) (1958)ª; RCA «Victrola» VIC 6000 {2LPS} (USA) (1964)ª; *RCA VL 43535 (2) {2LPS} (Italy) (1977)ª

Compact Disc; - RCA Victor GD 85414 {2CDS} (Europe) (1988)ª; RCA Victor 4514-2 {2CDS} (USA); RCA 63303 {2CDS}; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66371 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 1958 pp.417-418 [PHW]; December 1964 p.295-296 [EG]; December 1965 p.313 [PHW]; January 1989 p.1206 [EG]

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Opera - April 1958 p.261; April 1966 p.301 [ET]

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Orpheus - Oktober/November 1973 S.57-S.58 [JL]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.161-162 [WA2]

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American Record Guide - December 1957 Vol.24 No.4 p.156 [PLM]: November/December 1999 Vol.62 No.6 p.190 [DRV]

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High Fidelity Magazine - September 1964 Vol.14 No.9 p.92 [CLO]

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Comments:- *An interesting account of the making of this recording is to be found in THE OPERA QUARTERLY Vol.19 No.4 Autumn 2003 pp.726-732

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Antonio Narducci - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Aida - Anita Cerquetti

Radamès - Flaviano Labò

Amneris - Nell Rankin

Amonasro - Cornell MacNeil

Ramphis - Fernando Corena

Il Re di Egitto - Norman Treigle

Una Sacerdotessa - Carmen Gómez

Un Messaggero - José Sosa

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 917-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1512-2 {2CDRS} (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 publication:-

Orpheus - Juli+August 2004 S.70 [GH]

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Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City September 1958). The cast listed above is that given in «Anita Cerquetti - Umilita e Fierezza» p. 194. There were two performances and Ramphis was sung by Nicola Zaccaria in one and by Fernando Corena in the other.

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Antonio Narducci - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Alberto Errera

Leonora di Vargas - Anita Cerquetti

Don Carlo - Cornell MacNeil

Don Alvaro - Flaviano Labò

Preziosilla - Aurora Woodrow

Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena

Curra - Luciana Boni

Padre Guardiano - Nicola Zaccaria

Mastro Trabuco - Sergio de los Santos

Un Chirurgo - Mario Frosini

Un Alcalde - José Sosa

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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 370-3 {3LPS}

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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 publication:-

Fanfare - Vol.5 No.6 July/August 1982 p.221 [CGP]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov

Don Carlo - Mario Sereni

Don Alvaro - Flaviano Labò

Preziosilla - Margaret Roggero

Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena

Curra - Thelma Votipka

Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi

Mastro Trabuco - Paul Franke

Un Chirurgo - George Cehanovsky

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 906

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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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (25 January 1958). 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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Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Gianni Schicchi - Fernando Corena

Lauretta - Laurel Hurley

Zita - Belen Amparan

Rinuccio - Charles Anthony

Gherardo - Alessio De Paolis

Nella - Madelaine Chambers

Gherardino - Andrew Strasfogel

Betto di Signa - George Cehanovsky

Simone - Nicola Moscona

Marco - Clifford Harvuot

Ciesca - Thelma Votipka

Spinelloccio - Gerhard Pechner

Pinellino - Osie Hawkins

Guccio - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Amantio di Nicolao - Ezio Flagello

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1131; The Opera Lovers SCH 195901 {1CDR} (Canada)

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Recordings of Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.112; Opera on Record 2 p.321; CELLETTIp.603; Opera on CD (1) p.110 (2) p.121 (3) p.136; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.190 p.132; MET p.451; MET(VID) p.249; PENGUIN p.303; GIUDICI p.649; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.157 gennaio 2002 p.116

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (8 February 1958). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDR issued by «The Opera Lovers» is listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca. The year of the performance recorded is given incorrectly as 1959.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Giorgio Tozzi

Susanna - Hilde Güden

Conte Almaviva - George London

Contessa Almaviva - Lisa Della Casa

Cherubino - Mildred Miller

Marcellina - Regina Resnik

Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Basilio - Norman Kelley

Curzio - Gabor Carelli

Antonio - Lorenzo Alvary

Barbarina - Mildred Allen

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 774 (& 542); The Opera Lovers NOZ 195801 {3CDRS} (2006)ª

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (January 11 1958). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.309-313. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) and that issued by «The Opera Lovers» is listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Thomas Beecham - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Colón - Buenos Aires

Chorus - Teatro Colón - Buenos Aires

Samson - Ramón Vinay

Dalila - Blanche Thebom

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Giuseppe Taddei

Abimélech - Fernando Corena

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Giuseppe Modesti

Le messager philistin - Alvaro Bandini

Premier philistin - Carlos Giusti

Deuxième philistin - Guerrino Boschetti

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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 449 (+Vinay - recital) {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 103 «Sir Thomas Beecham» {1xCD-ROM} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145 GIUDICI p.758; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (1 August 1958, seeOPERA October 1958 p.655). It is sometimes incorrectly stated that this perfor-mance took place in Mexico City

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Lucrezia by Ottorino Respighi performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1958(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Lucrezia - Anna Di Cavalieri

La Voce - Miti Truccato Pace

Tarquino - Mario Sereni

Bruto - Renato Gavarini

Servia - Franca Marghinotti

Collatino - Walter Brunelli

Tito - Giovanni Ciavola

Valerio - Giovanni Ciavola

Arunte - Valerio Meucci

Spurio Lucrezio - Fernando Corena

Venilia - Dedy Montano

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera EJS 535 {1LP} (1971)ª

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Recordings of Lucrezia by Ottorino Respighi are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.686

Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 12 September 1958

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1958(STU)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Robert Merrill

Il Conte Almaviva - Cesare Valletti

Rosina - Roberta Peters

Dr. Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Don Basilio - Giorgio Tozzi

Berta - Margaret Roggero

Fiorello - Calvin Marsh

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Black Disc - RCA Victor LM 6143 {3LPS} (USA); RCA Victor LSC 6143 {4LPS} (USA); RCA RE 25013-25015 (UK); RCA SER 4512-4515 (UK); RCA Victor LSC 6071 {3LPS}(USA)RCA «Victrola» VIC 6102 {3LPS} (UK); RCA «Victrola» VICS 6102 {3LPS} (UK)

Compact Disc; - RCA Victor GD 86505 {3CDS} (1988)ª; BMG-RCA Victor «Living Stereo» 09026-68552-2 {3CDS} (1997)ª

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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1959 p.118; December 1960 p.347 [PHW]; January 1961 p.378; July 1966 p.79; September 1971 p.519; September 1988 p. [RO]; May 1997 p.118 [RO]

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Opera - December 1960 p.842; September 1966 p.726 [AB]

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Diapason - No.442 novembre 1997 p.122 [JC]

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High Fidelity Magazine - September 1959 Vol.9 No.9 p.76 [RD]

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American Record Guide - October 1959 Vol.26 No.2 p.114 [PLM]: March/April 1997 Vol.60 No.2 p.207

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Gramophone Record Review - January 1961 p.154 [DH]

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Audio & Record Review - June 1966 p. [CO]

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BBC Music Magazine - April 1997 p.70

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Classic CD - May 1997 p.84

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Classical Express - Issue No.86 May 1997 p.4

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.98 abril 1997 p.40 (mention)

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI - N.108 - maggio 1997 p.90

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1958(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Giorgio Tozzi

Susanna - Roberta Peters

Conte Almaviva - George London

Contessa Almaviva - Lisa Della Casa

Cherubino - Rosalind Elias

Marcellina - Sandra Warfield

Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Basilio - Gabor Carelli

Curzio - Gabor Carelli

Antonio - Ljubomir Pantscheff

Barbarina - Anny Felbermayer

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Black Disc; - RCA LM 6408 {4LPS} (USA) (1959)ª;; RCA LSC 6408 {4LPS} (USA) (1959)ª; RCA RE 25009-12 {4LPS} (UK) (1960)ª;; RCA SER 4508-11 {4LPS} (UK) (1960)ª; *Decca «Eclipse» ECS 743-5 {3LPS} (1975)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca 444 602-2 {3CDS} (1996)ª

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1959 p.118; October 1960 p.226 [PHW]; March 1975 p.1701 [AB]

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Opera - November 1960 p.770

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Opera Now - September/October 1996 p.99

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Orpheus - August/September 1996 S.88

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Opéra International - octobre 1996 No.206 p.56

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Diapason - No.426 mai 1996 p.112

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High Fidelity Magazine - September 1959 Vol.9 No.9 p.60 [NB]

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American Record Guide - October 1959 Vol.26 No.2 pp.107-108 [PLM]

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BBC Music Magazine - June 1996 p.76

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Répertoire - No.91 mai 1996 p.53

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.88 mayo 1996 p.94

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Opernwelt - 1/Januar 1997 S.61

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.21 septiembre-noviembre 1996 p.64

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Angelo Questa - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Rodolfo - Giuseppe Gismondo

Schaunard - Saturno Meletti

Marcello - Giuseppe Taddei

Colline - Fernando Corena

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Bruna Rizzoli

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1636 (1989)ª; House of Opera ALD 1636

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (April 1959). The partial cast listed above is that given in «Tebaldi - The Voice of an Angel» p.236 and in «Il Teatro di San Carlo - La Cronologia 1737-1987» by Carlo Marinelli Rosconi p.706. A singer named «Rizzieri» is listed in Lyrics's «New Listings -April/May 1989» and in HOO's online catalogue.

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Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Manon Lescaut - Renata Tebaldi

Des Grieux - Richard Tucker

Lescaut - Frank Guarrera

Geronte - Fernando Corena

Edmondo - Charles Anthony

Una voce sola - Helen Vanni

L'oste - George Cehanovsky

Il maestro di ballo - Alessio De Paolis

Un sergente degli arcieri - Calvin Marsh

Lampionaio - Robert Nagy

Un comandante di Marina - Osie Hawkins

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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE

Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 226

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Recordings of Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.174; Opera December 1968 p.958; Opera on Record 3 p.209; CELLETTI p.618; Opera on CD (1) p.105 (2) p.116 (3) p.130; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.137 p.100; MET p.391; MET(VID) p.223; PENGUIN p.309; Opéra International avril 1991 No.146 p.21, juin 1998 No.225 p.52; Opera Quarterly Vol.11 No.4 p.77; GIUDICI p.578 (2) p.960; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *This appears to be a recording of the performance at the MET on 17 January 1959 which was broadcast. See OPERA March 1959 p.213. 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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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1959(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Singerverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien

Aida - Renata Tebaldi

Radamès - Carlo Bergonzi

Amneris - Giulietta Simionato

Amonasro - Cornell MacNeil

Ramphis - Arnold Van Mill

Il Re di Egitto - Fernando Corena

Una Sacerdotessa - Eugenia Ratti

Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5539-5541 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca SXL 2167-2169 {3LPS} (reissued by VIVANTE LONDON 1997) (1959)ª; *Decca 414 087-1 {3LPS} (1989)ª; London A 4345 {3LPS} (1960)ª;; London OSA-1313 {3LPS} (1960)ª

Compact Cassette; - Decca K2A20 (1976)ª;; Decca 414 087-4 (1989)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) «Grand Opera» 414 087-2 {3CDS} (1989)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 458 725-2 (France) (1997)ª; Decca «Legends» 460 978-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOR 90015 (7½ips 4-track) (1960)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 1959 p.303; April 1960 p.509 [DST]; October 1962 p.189; August 1976 p.341 [IM]; January 1989 p. [AB]

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Opera - March 1960 p.222

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HiFi News & Record Review - January 1998 p.99 (Vivante LP reissue) [JMH]

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Fanfare - Vol 23 No.3 January/February 2000 p.157 [RT]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - December 1959 p.16

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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1960 Vol.10 No.2 p.53 [RD]: August 1960 Vol.10 No.8 p.80 (tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - March 1960 Vol.26 No.7 p.543 [CJL]: November 1960 Vol.27 No.3 p.250 (open reel tape): January/February 2000 Vol.63 No.1 p.182 [LM]

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Records and Recordings - December 1959 p.17 [FGB]

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 60 July/August 1989 p.129: Issue 61 September/October 1989 p.130

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Répertoire - No.108 décembre 1997 p.76 (mention) [PT]

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Comments:- *For an adverse comment on the sound of this recording by Christopher Raeburn see OPERA, August 1996 p.874

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1959(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi

Donna Anna - Birgit Nilsson

Don Ottavio - Cesare Valletti

Donna Elvira - Leontyne Price

Leoporello - Fernando Corena

Il Commendatore - Arnold Van Mill

Masetto - Heinz Blankenburg

Zerlina - Eugenia Ratti

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Black Disc - RCA RE-25028-31 (UK); RCA SER-4528-31 (UK); Decca D10D4 {4LPS}; RCA LM 6410 {4LPS} (USA); RCA LSC 6410 {4LPS} (USA)

Compact Disc - Decca(London) 444 594-2

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Recordings of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.127: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.71-72, pp.128-132; Opera on Record p.71; CELLETTI p.467; Opera on CD (1) p.19 (2) p.23 (3) p.24; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.24 p.132, No.172 p.178 ; MET p.299; MET(VID) p.168; PENGUIN p.231; Classic CD September 1993 p.32; Opera on Video p.26; GIUDICI p.451 (2) p.766; International Opera Collector Winter 1997 No.6 p.18; Diapason No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.50; Le Monde de la Musique No.223juillet-aoüt 1998 p.56; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.111; Répertoire No.131 janvier 2000 p.20, No.132 février 2000 p.20; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.56-57; International Record Review February 2002 p.22

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 1961 p.118; October 1961 p.199; December 1976 p.1046 [AB]

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Opera - August 1961 p.544

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Opera Now - September/October 1996 p.99

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Orpheus - August/September 1996 S.88

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Opéra International - octobre 1996 No.206 p.56

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Diapason - No.426 mai 1996 p.112

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American Record Guide - December 1960 Vol.27 No.4 p.296 [CJL]: September/October 1996 Vol.59 No.5 p.171

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High Fidelity Magazine - November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.76 [NB]

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Répertoire - No.91 mai 1996 p.53

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.88 mayo 1996 p.94

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Opernwelt - 1/Januar 1997 S.61

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.21 septiembre-noviembre 1996 p.64

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1959(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Mario Del Monaco

Il barone Scarpia - George London

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Silvio Maionica

Spoletta - Piero De Palma

Sciarrone - Giovanni Morese

Un pastore - Ernesto Palerini

Un carceriere - Giovanni Morese

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5554-5555 {2LPS} (1960)ª; Decca SXL 2180-2181 {2LPS} (1960)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 612-613 {2LPS}; Decca 411 871-1 {2LPS} (1985)ª; London OSA 1210 {2LPS} (1960)ª; King(CISCO) KIJC-92L {2LPS}; London KUC 9101/02 {2LPS} (Japan)

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 411 871-2 {2CDS} (1991)ª; Decca «Rouge Opera» 455 871-2 (France) (1997)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOS 90020 (7½ips 4-track) (1962)ª

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1960 pp.426-427 [PHW]; April 1960 p.510 [DST]; September 1971 p.514; February 1985 p. [AB]; August 1991 p. [JBS]

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Opera - March 1960 p.222

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Orpheus - Mai/Juni 1973 S.62 [CK]

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American Record Guide - April 1960 Vol.26 No.8 p.628 [CJL]

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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1960 Vol.10 No.5 p.72 [CLO]: May 1962 Vol.12 No.5 p.105 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 97 p.134

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Records and Recordings - January 1960 p.17 [FGB]

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Répertoire - No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention)

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Figaro - Rolando Panerai

Il Conte Almaviva - Luigi Alva

Rosina - Teresa Berganza

Dr. Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Don Basilio - Ivo Vinco

Berta - Josephine Veasey

Fiorello - Ronald Lewis

Un Ufficiale - Robert Bowman

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1761

Open Reel Tape - Immortal Performances Recorded Music Society (also on compact cassette)

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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (21 May 1960). This performance was broadcast by the BBC (see Radio Times, issue dated 13 May 1960). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Adina - Elisabeth Söderström

Nemorino - Dino Formichini

Dulcamara - Fernando Corena

Belcore - Frank Guarrera

Giannetta - Mildred Allen

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 343

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Recordings of L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.95; Opera on Record p.173; CELLETTI p.205; Opera on CD (1) p.35 (2) p.40 (3) p.45; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.95 p.90; MARINELLI p.103; MET p.102; MET(VID) p.56; PENGUIN p.74; Opera on Video p.61; GIUDICI p.172; Opéra International novembre 1997 No.218 p.20; American Record Guide September/October2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (24 December 1960). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauß II performed in German

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1960(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Eisenstein - Waldemar Kmentt

Rosalinde - Hilde Güden

Alfred - Giuseppe Zampieri

Blind - Peter Klein

Falke - Walter Berry

Adele - Erika Köth

Orlofsky - Regina Resnik

Frank - Eberhard Wächter

Frosch - Erich Kunz

Ida - Hedwig Schubert

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 201-203 {3LPS} (1960)ª;; Decca SET 201-203 {3LPS} (1960)ª; Decca LXT 6015-6016 (No Gala) {2LPS} (1962)ª; Decca SXL 6015-6016 (No Gala) {2LPS} (1962)ª; Decca D247D3 {3LPS} (1982)ª; London OSA 1319 {3LPS} (1961)ª

Compact Cassette; - Decca K58K22; Decca K247K32 (1982)ª

Compact Disc; - *Decca(London) 421 046-2 {2CDS} (1987)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOR 90030 (4-track 7½ips) (1961)ª

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Recordings of Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauß II are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.532; Opera on CD (1) p.81 (2) p.90 (3) p.101; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.49 p.146, mise à jour décembre 1999 p.2; MET p.504; MET(VID) p.301 PENGUIN p.398; Opera on Video p.137; Classic CD December 1995 p.42 GIUDICI p.788, (2) p.1300

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1960 pp.288-289 [PHW]; January 1961 p.377 [DST]; December 1962 p.310; November 1982 p.628 [AML], p.644 [JB]; December 1982 p.775 [SIR]; December 1987 p. [AB]

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Opera - January 1961 p.48

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Gramophone Record Review - December 1960 p.101 [NDM]

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American Record Guide - January 1961 Vol.27 No.5 p.364 [HG]: April 1961 Vol.27 No.8 p.673 (open reel tape)

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High Fidelity Magazine - January 1961 Vol.11 No.1 p.75 [CLO]: May 1961 Vol.11 No.5 p.2 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.510

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Comments:- *Included with this recording is a Gala Ball scene in which the following sing: Renata Tebaldi, Fernando Corena, Birgit Nilsson, Mario del Monaco, Teresa Berganza, Joan Sutherland, Leontyne Price, Giulitta Simionato, Ettore Bastianini, Ljuba Welitsch. Their photographs are in the advertisment which faces p.288 of THE GRAMOPHONE, February 1960. See also HIGH FIDELITY November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.58; «Putting the Record Straight» by John Culshaw pp.231-232.

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Il maestro di cappella by Domenico Cimarosa performed in Italian

Conductor Argeo Quadri - 1960(STU)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Maestro - Fernando Corena

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5602 {1LP} (1961)ª;; Decca SXL 2247 {1LP} (1961)ª; London OS 25219 (+Mozart arias) {1LP} (1961)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca 433 036-2 {2CDS} (+Don Pasquale) (1992)ª

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Recordings of Il maestro di cappella by Domenico Cimarosa are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.167; PENGUIN p.61; GIUDICI (2) p.234

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1961 p.394; April 1961 p.524; October 1992 p.175 [JBS]

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American Record Guide - April 1961 Vol.27 No.8 p.646 [HG]

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High Fidelity Magazine - April 1961 Vol.11 No.4 p.100 [CLO]

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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Georg Solti - 1960-61(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Riccardo - Carlo Bergonzi

Renato - Cornell MacNeil

Amelia - Birgit Nilsson

Ulrica - Giulietta Simionato

Oscar - Sylvia Stahlman (Giulia Bardi)

Silvano - Tom Krause

Samuele - Fernando Corena

Tom - Libero Arbace

Un Giudice - Piero De Palma

Un servo - Vittorio Pandano

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 215-217 {3LPS} (1962)ª;; Decca SET 215-217 {3LPS} (1962)ª; London A 4356 {3LPS} (1962)ª;; London OSA 1328 {3LPS} (1962)ª

Compact Disc; - *Decca «Grand Opera» 425 655-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; Decca 475 8278 {2CDS} (2007)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOG 90039 (7½ips 4-track) (1962)ª

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Recordings of Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; Opera on Record p.258; CELLETTI p.839; Opera on CD (1) p.54 (2) p.61 (3) p.68; MET p.625; MET(VID) p.389; PENGUIN p.467; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.32 p.110: No.237 p.82; GIUDICI p.966 (2) p.1555; BBC Music Magazine September 1999 p.56; Opéra International No.257 mai 2001 p.20; The Gramophone August 2006 p.48

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1962 p.363; April 1962 p.485; September 1990 p. [AB]

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Opera - April 1962 p.268

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American Record Guide - February 1962 Vol.28 No.6 p.480 [CJL]: May 1962 Vol.28 No.9 p.751 (open reel tape) [RJ]

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.83, p.83, p.86 [CLO]: August 1962 Vol.12 No.8 p.104 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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Comments:- *This recording was originally to have had Jussi Björling as Riccardo (See Roland Gellatt in HIGH FIDELITY (November 1960 p.71), John Culshaw in «Putting the Record Straight» pp.236-245, Anna Lisa Björling and Andrew Farkas in «Jussi» Chapter 30, and Birgit Nilsson in «La Nilsson» pp.345-348). See also ICRC Autumn Edition 1997 No.10 p.61

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor George Schick - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Barry Morell

Schaunard - Roald Reitan

Marcello - Lorenzo Testi

Colline - William Wilderman

Mimi - Victoria de los Ángeles

Musetta - Heidi Krall

Benoit - Fernando Corena

Alcindoro - Norman Kelley

Parpignol - Hal Roberts

Sergente dei doganieri - Lloyd Strang

Un doganiere - John Frydel

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1130 (& 893): Omega Opera Archive 744 (& 893) (highlights - Act 1); The Opera Lovers BOH 196101 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (11 March 1961). The recordings issued by the Omega Opera Archive and The Opera Lovers are listed in their online catalogues (see CLORLINK.HTM).

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi

Donna Anna - Eleanor Steber

Don Ottavio - Nicolai Gedda

Donna Elvira - Lisa Della Casa

Leoporello - Fernando Corena

Il Commendatore - William Wilderman

Masetto - Theodor Uppman

Zerlina - Laurel Hurley

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 338

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Recordings of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.127: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.71-72, pp.128-132; Opera on Record p.71; CELLETTI p.467; Opera on CD (1) p.19 (2) p.23 (3) p.24; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.24 p.132, No.172 p.178 ; MET p.299; MET(VID) p.168; PENGUIN p.231; Classic CD September 1993 p.32; Opera on Video p.26; GIUDICI p.451 (2) p.766; International Opera Collector Winter 1997 No.6 p.18; Diapason No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.50; Le Monde de la Musique No.223juillet-aoüt 1998 p.56; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.111; Répertoire No.131 janvier 2000 p.20, No.132 février 2000 p.20; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.56-57; International Record Review February 2002 p.22

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (14 January 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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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor George Schick - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Leonora di Vargas - Eileen Farrell

Don Carlo - Robert Merrill

Don Alvaro - Richard Tucker

Preziosilla - Helen Vanni

Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena

Curra - Carlotta Ordassy

Padre Guardiano - Jerome Hines

Mastro Trabuco - Alessio De Paolis

Un Chirurgo - George Cehanovsky

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1779 (& 1741)

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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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (30 December 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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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra

Chorus - Philharmonia Chorus

Figaro - Fernando Corena

Susanna - Elisabeth Söderström

Conte Almaviva - Ernest Blanc

Contessa Almaviva - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Cherubino - Teresa Berganza

Marcellina - Edda Vincenzi

Bartolo - Giorgio Tadeo

Basilio - Hugues Cuénod

Curzio - Hugues Cuénod

Antonio - Piero Cappuccilli

Barbarina - Heather Harper

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

Comments:- *Recording of concert performance in the Royal Festival Hall (6 February 1961). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme. See Radio Times Issue dated February 4-10 1961 p.27. There is a review in OPERA March 1961 pp.205-206.

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1961(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper - Wiener Kinderchor

Otello - Mario Del Monaco

Desdemona - Renata Tebaldi

Iago - Aldo Protti

Cassio - Nello Romanato

Rodrigo - Athos Cesarini

Lodovico - Fernando Corena

Montano - Tom Krause

Emilia - Ana Raquel Satra

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 209-211 {3LPS} (1961)ª; Decca SET 209-211 {3LPS} (1961)ª; Decca D55D3 {3LPS}; *Decca 411 618-1; London A 4352 {3LPS} (1961)ª;; London OSA 1324 {3LPS} (1961)ª; London «Jubilee» LJ 411 618-1 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette; - Decca K2A21 (1976)ª;; Decca 411 618-4

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 411 618-2 {2CDS} (1987)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 455 901-2 (France) {2CDS} (1997)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOR 90038 (7½ips 4-track) (1962)ª

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1961 p.219; January 1962 p.341; August 1976 p.341 [IM];August 1977 p.340 [AB]; December 1977 p.1164 [SIR]; October 1978 p.646 [JBS]; March 1987 p.1329 [AB]

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Opera - January 1962 p.50

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.244-247 [WA]

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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1961 Vol.11 No.10 p.73 [CLO]: August 1962 Vol.12 No.8 p.104 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - November 1961 Vol.28 No.3 p.180 [CJL]: July 1962 Vol.28 No.11 p.903 (open reel tape) [RJ]

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 61 September/October 1989 p.130

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Répertoire - No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention)

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1961(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Rigoletto - Cornell MacNeil

Gilda - Joan Sutherland

Duca di Mantova - Renato Cioni

Sparafucile - Cesare Siepi

Maddalena - Stefania Malagù

Giovanna - Anna Di Stasio

Monterone - Fernando Corena

Marullo - Giuseppe Morresi

Borsa - Angelo Mercuriali

Conte di Ceprano - Giulio Corti

Contessa di Ceprano - Luisa Valle

Un paggio - Maria Fiori

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 224-226 {3LPS} (1962)ª;; Decca SET 224-226 {3LPS} (1962)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 655-657 {3LPS} (1975)ª; Telefunken 6.48198; London A 4360 {3LPS} (1962)ª;; London OSA 1332 {3LPS} (1962)ª; London «Jubilee» LJ 42012 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Double Decca 443 853-2; Decca 444 362-2 (France) ; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 455 898-2 {2CDS} (France) (1997)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOG 90044 (7½ips 4-track) (1962)ª

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; «Musica 99» p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - June 1962 p.21; July 1962 p.42; September 1975 p.519 [AB]

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Opera - June 1962 p.414

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Orpheus - Oktober 1995 S.58; Mai 1999 S.58 [GH]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.2 p.136; Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.197-203 [TE]

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Opéra International - juillet/aoüt 1995 No.193 p.76

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Diapason - No.72 décembre 1962 p.25 [JG]

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High Fidelity Magazine - July 1962 Vol.12 No.7 p.53 [CLO]: October 1962 Vol.12 No.10 p.140 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - August 1962 Vol.28 No.12 p.950 [GLM]: November 1962 Vol.29 No.3 p.220 (open reel tape): July/August 1995 Vol.58 No.4 p.216

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Répertoire - No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention)

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Comments:- See «A Prima Donna's Progress» by Joan Sutherland pp.121-122

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Figaro - Sesto Bruscantini

Il Conte Almaviva - Luigi Alva

Rosina - Victoria de los Ángeles

Dr. Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Don Basilio - Miroslav Changalovich

Berta - Carmen Burello

Fiorello - Gian-Piero (Giampietro) Mastromei

Un Ufficiale - Umberto di Toto

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00327

Compact Disc; - Ornamenti 113 {2CDS} New Ornamenti NOVA 005 {2CDS} (2005)ª; The Opera Lovers BAR 196201 {2CDRS} (Canada)

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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - mai 1996 No.202 p.59

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Comments:- *Recording of a performance at Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (May or June 1962). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Residentie Orkest

Chorus - Augmented Netherlands Chamber Chorus

Figaro - Renato Capecchi

Il Conte Almaviva - Luigi Alva

Rosina - Teresa Berganza

Dr. Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Don Basilio - Ugo Trama

Berta - Marilyn Tyler

Fiorello - Gé Genemans

Un Ufficiale - Jos Borelli

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Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100579 {2CDS} (2000)ª

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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Dezember 2000 S.73 (mention) [GH]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Holland Festival (June 1962; see OPERA Festival Issue 1962 p.62)

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Edward Downes - 1962(SE)

Orchestra - New Symphony Orchestra of London

Falstaff - Fernando Corena

Fenton - Luigi Alva

Ford - Renato Capecchi

Bardolfo - Robert Bowman

Pistola - Michael Langdon

Alice Ford - Ilva Ligabue

Nannetta - Lydia Marimpietri

Meg Page - Fernanda Cadoni

Mistress Quickly - Regina Resnik

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 6079 {1LP} (1963)ª;; Decca SXL 6079 {1LP} (1963)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» SDD 429 London A 4154 {1LP} (1964)ª;; London OSA 1154 {1LP} (1964)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOL 9-075 (7½ips 4-track) (1984)ª

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1963 p.287; November 1974 p.964 [JBS]

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American Record Guide - March 1964 Vol.30 No.7 p.633 [HG] July 1964 Vol.30 No.11 p.1052 [RJ] (open reel tape) [RJ]

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American Record Guide - March 1964 Vol.30 No.7 p.633 [HG]July 1964 Vol.30 No.11 p.1052 [RJ] (open reel tape) [RJ]

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1964 Vol.14 No.3 p.65 [CLO]: August 1964 Vol.14 No.8 p.108 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1962(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Gianni Schicchi - Fernando Corena

Lauretta - Renata Tebaldi

Zita - Lucia Danieli

Rinuccio - Agostino Lazzari

Gherardo - Renato Ercolani

Nella - Dora Carral

Gherardino - Antoine de Ninno

Betto di Signa - Giovanni Foiani

Simone - Paolo Washington

Marco - Silvio Maionica

Ciesca - Miti Truccato Pace

Spinelloccio - Giuseppe Morresi

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 236-238 (Trittico) {3LPS} (1962)ª; Decca SET 236-238 (Trittico) {3LPS} (1962)ª; London A 4153 {1LP} (1962)ª;; London OSA 1153 {1LP} (1962)ª; London A 4364 (Trittico) {3LPS} (1962)ª;; London OSA 1364 (Trittico) {3LPS} (1962)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 411 665-2 (Trittico) {3CDS} (1991)ª; London POCL 3959-61 (Trittico) {3CDS} (Japan) (1995)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOL 90052/54 (Trittico) (7½ips 4-track) (1963)ª

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Recordings of Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.112; Opera on Record 2 p.321; CELLETTIp.603; Opera on CD (1) p.110 (2) p.121 (3) p.136; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.190 p.132; MET p.451; MET(VID) p.249; PENGUIN p.303; GIUDICI p.649; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.157 gennaio 2002 p.116

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1962 p.303; April 1963 p.458; February 1991 p. [MEO]

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Opera - March 1963 p.192 [HDR]

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American Record Guide - February 1963 Vol.29 No.6 p.420 [PLM] : June 1963 Vol.29 No.10 p.822 [CJL] (open reel tape)

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American Record Guide - February 1963 Vol.29 No.6 p.420 [PLM]: June 1963 Vol.29 No.10 p.822 [CJL] (open reel tape)

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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1963 Vol.13 No.2 p.84 [CLO]: May 1963 Vol.13 No.5 p.94 [RDD]

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La sonnambula by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1962(STU)

Orchestra - Naggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Amina - Joan Sutherland

Elvino - Nicola Monti

Rodolfo - Fernando Corena

Lisa - Sylvia Stahlman (Giulia Bardi)

Alessio - Giovanni Foiani

Notaro - Angelo Mercuriali

Teresa - Margreta Elkins

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 239-241 {3LPS} (1963)ª; Decca SET 239-241 {3LPS} (1963)ª; London A 4365 {3LPS} (1963)ª;; London OSA 1365 {3LPS} (1963)ª; London OSA 1214 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Decca 448 966-2 {2CDS} (1996)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 455 823-2 {2CDS} (France) (1997)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOR 90057 (7½ips 4-track) (1963)ª

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

HARRIS p.265; Opera on Record 2 p.115; CELLETTI p.72; Opera on CD (1) p.38 (2) p.44 (3) p.49; L'Avant Scéne Opéra No.178 p.72; MET p.18; MET(VID) p.7; PENGUIN p.13; GIUDICI p.29 (2) p.47; Opéra International No.253 janvier 2001 p.10

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1963 p.395; April 1963 p.458; May 1997 p.113

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Opera - April 1963 pp.264-265 [HDR]

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Orpheus - November 1996 S.33

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.505-533 [BB]

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Opéra International - décembre 1996 No.208 p.53

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Diapason - No.433 janvier 1997 p.74

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.175 p.121

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American Record Guide - April 1963 Vol.29 No.8 p.597 [PLM]

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American Record Guide - August 1963 Vol.29 No.12 p.966 [CJL] (open reel tape)

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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1963 Vol.13 No.5 p.58 [CLO]: July 1963 Vol.13 No.7 p.78 [RDD] (open reel tape)

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Classic CD - May 1997 p.84

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International Opera Collector - Summer 1997 No.4 p.80 (mention)

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.22 diciembre 1996 - febrero 1997 p.76

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Répertoire - No.98 janvier 1997 p.25: No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention)

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI - N.105 - febbraio 1997 p.75

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1962(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Floria Tosca - Leontyne Price

Mario Cavaradossi - Giuseppe di Stefano

Il barone Scarpia - Giuseppe Taddei

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Carlo Cava

Spoletta - Piero De Palma

Sciarrone - Leonardo Monreale

Un pastore - Herbert Weiss

Un carceriere - Alfredo Mariotti

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor «Soria Series» LD 7022 {2LPS} (USA) (1963)ª; RCA Victor «Soria Series» LDS 7022 {2LPS} (USA) (1963)ª; RCA Victor RE 5507-5508 {2LPS} (UK) (1963)ª; RCA Victor SER 5507-5508 (UK) (1964)ª; Decca 5BB 123-124 {2LPS}; London OSA 1284 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - Decca K59K22

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 421 670-2 {2CDS} (1988)ª; Double Decca 452 620-2 {2CDS}; Decca «Legends» 466 384-2 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Decca 475 7522 {2CDS} (2006)ª

Open Reel Tape; - RCA Victor FTC 8007 (7½ips 4-track) (1963)ª

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1963 p.238; January 1964 p.318 [DST]; January 1973 p.1366 [AB]; October 1977 p.706 [AB]; January 1989 p.1206 [EG]

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Orpheus - Mai/Juni 1973 S.62 [CK]; August-September 1997 S.76

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.179 [MSC]

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Diapason - No.440 septembre 1997 p.106 [CC]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.179 p.98 [CM]

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American Record Guide - October 1963 Vol.30 No.2 p.93 [PLM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.135, 138 [CLO]: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.112 [RDD]

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 61 September/October 1989 p.130

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Classical Express - Issue No.89 August 1997 p.2

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International Classical Record Collector - Autumn 2000 No.22 p.98 [CB]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.101 julio-agosto 1997 p.55 (mention)

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Lorin Maazel - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi

Donna Anna - Leontyne Price

Don Ottavio - Jan Peerce

Donna Elvira - Lucine Amara

Leoporello - Fernando Corena

Il Commendatore - Ernst Wiemann

Masetto - Theodor Uppman

Zerlina - Laurel Hurley

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Recordings of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.127: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.71-72, pp.128-132; Opera on Record p.71; CELLETTI p.467; Opera on CD (1) p.19 (2) p.23 (3) p.24; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.24 p.132, No.172 p.178 ; MET p.299; MET(VID) p.168; PENGUIN p.231; Classic CD September 1993 p.32; Opera on Video p.26; GIUDICI p.451 (2) p.766; International Opera Collector Winter 1997 No.6 p.18; Diapason No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.50; Le Monde de la Musique No.223juillet-aoüt 1998 p.56; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.111; Répertoire No.131 janvier 2000 p.20, No.132 février 2000 p.20; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.56-57; International Record Review February 2002 p.22

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (19 January 1963). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.467-470. 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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Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Don Pasquale - Fernando Corena

Norina - Gianna D' Angelo

Malatesta - Renato Capecchi

Ernesto - Alfredo Kraus

Un notaio - Ugo D' Alessio

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Black Disc - Movimento musica 019 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - Verona 427023-4

Compact Disc - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 762 CD 2 (+highlights cond. Bellugi) {2CDS}

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Recordings of Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera March 1973 p.203; HARRIS p.90; Opera on Record p.192; CELLETTI p.196; Opera on CD (1) p.36 (2) p.42 (3) p.46; L'Avant Scène Opéra No. 108 p.94; MET p.127; MET(VID) p.77; PENGUIN p.73; GIUDICI p.221 (2) p.366; Opéra Internationaloctobre 1997 p.58; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Edinburgh Festival (See OPERA Festival Issue 1963 p.44). According to V.A. Liff the recording on the GOP CDs «lacks an entirevital scene» - ARG January/February 1999 Vol.62 No.1 p.257

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Chorus - Netherlands Chamber Choir

Falstaff - Fernando Corena

Fenton - Luigi Alva

Ford - Renato Capecchi

Dr. Cajus - Mario Carlin

Bardolfo - Florindo Andreolli

Pistola - Enrico Campi

Alice Ford - Ilva Ligabue

Nannetta - Mirella Freni

Meg Page - Fernanda Cadoni

Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri

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Compact Disc; - Verona 27095 {2CDS}; Radio Netherlands 5001 (Concertgebouw; Orchestra 1960-1970) (14CDS) (2005)ª

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opera Monthly - September 1991 p.41 [WHW]

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American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 p.228 [RH2]

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Comments:- Recording of a perfornance at Gravenhage as part of the Holland Festival (see OPERA Festival Issue 1963 pp.85-86)

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L' italiana in Algeri by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Silvio Varviso - 1963(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Isabella - Teresa Berganza

Lindoro - Luigi Alva

Mustafà - Fernando Corena

Taddeo - Rolando Panerai

Elvira - Giuliana Tavolaccini

Zulma - Miti Truccato Pace

Haly - Paolo Montarsolo

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 262-264 {3LPS} (1964)ª;; Decca SET 262-264 {2LPS} (1964)ª; London A 4375 {3LPS} (1964)ª;; London OSA 1375 {3LPS} (1964)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca 417 828-2 {2CDS} (1989)ª; Lyrica LRC 1030/1031 (Italy); Decca «Rouge Opéra» 460 173-2 {2CDS} (France) (1998)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London G 90079 (7½ips 4-track) (1964)ª

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Recordings of L' italiana in Algeri by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.105; CELLETTI p.728; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.157 p.118; MET p.476; MET(VID) p.280; PENGUIN p.364; GIUDICI p.689; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1964 p.516; July 1964 p.46; July 1989 p. [RO]

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Diapason - No.454 décembre 1998 p.70 (mention) [MP]

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High Fidelity Magazine - April 1964 Vol.14 No.4 p.88 [HW]

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American Record Guide - July 1964 Vol.30 No.11 p.1013, p.1049 [PLM]: October 1964 Vol.31 No.2 p.160 (open reel tape) [CJL]

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Répertoire - No.120 janvier 1999 p.53 [LC]

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Il credulo by Domenico Cimarosa performed in Italian

Conductor Edwin Loehrer - 1963?(RA)

Orchestra - Orchestra della Radio Svizzera Italiana

Chorus - Coro della Radio Svizzera Italiana

Astrolabio - James Loomis

Norina - Bruna Rizzoli

Don Catapazio - Fernando Corena

Tiburno - Juan Oncina

Lesbina - Maria Luisa Giorgetti

Filiberto - Rodolfo Malacarne

Madama - Maria Grazia Ferracini

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Comments:- *This recording was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 24 February 1964. See Radio Times Issue dated February 22-28 1964 p.25. It is listed in mr. tape's catalogue under the title «Der Leichtgläubige».

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Silvio Varviso - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Aida - Birgit Nilsson

Radamès - Fernando Corena

Amneris - Roberto Gori

Amonasro - Cornell MacNeil

Ramphis - Cesare Siepi

Il Re di Egitto - Justino Díaz

Una Sacerdotessa - Mary Ellen Pracht

Un Messaggero - Robert Nagy

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 4220

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22

Comments:- *Recording of a performance given by the Metropolitan Opera in Cleveland, Ohio (21 April 1964). The recording issued by Omega is listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Sándor Kónya

Schaunard - Clifford Harvuot

Marcello - Frank Guarrera

Colline - Jerome Hines

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Laurel Hurley

Benoit - Fernando Corena

Alcindoro - Lorenzo Alvary

Parpignol - Emil Filip

Sergente dei doganieri - Valentina Streinikova

Un doganiere - Edward Ghazal

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Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100 727 (+Konya recital) {2CDS} (2004)ª; *Bensar OL 31464 (+Konya recital) {2CDRS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2004 S.65-S.66 [WD]

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Comments:- *Recording of the performance at the MET (14 March 1964). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.».

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Nello Santi - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Leonora di Vargas - Raina Kabaivanska

Don Carlo - Nicolae Herlea

Don Alvaro - Carlo Bergonzi

Preziosilla - Joann Grillo

Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena

Curra - Carlotta Ordassy

Padre Guardiano - Bonaldo Giaiotti

Mastro Trabuco - Andrea Velis

Un Chirurgo - Robert Goodloe

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1596

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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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (21 December 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». The recording is stated to be from a «VG in-house tape».

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1964(LI;18/4/64 - Nilsson)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Birgit Nilsson

Mario Cavaradossi - Franco Corelli

Il barone Scarpia - George London

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Norman Scott

Spoletta - Paul Franke

Sciarrone - Calvin Marsh

Un pastore - Stuart Fischer

Un carceriere - Robert Patterson

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1064; The Opera Lovers TOS 196404 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2005)ª

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance given by The Metropolitan Opera in Boston (18 April 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». The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1964(LI;22/3/1964 - Tebaldi)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Franco Corelli

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Justino Díaz

Spoletta - Mariano Caruso

Sciarrone - William Walker

Un pastore - Stuart Fischer

Un carceriere - Russell Christopher

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1165

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (22 March 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». The recording is described as «Clear but distant in-house recording».

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Silvio Varviso - 1964(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestra Rossini di Napoli

Chorus - Coro Rossini di Napoli

Figaro - Manuel Ausensi

Il Conte Almaviva - Ugo Benelli

Rosina - Teresa Berganza

Dr. Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Don Basilio - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Berta - Stefania Malagù

Fiorello - Dino Mantovani

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 285-287 {3LPS} (1965)ª;; Decca SET 285-287 {3LPS} (1965)ª; Decca 417 164-1 {3LPS} (1987)ª; London A 4381 {3LPS} (1965)ª;; London OSA 1381 {3LPS} (1965)ª

Compact Cassette; - Decca 417 164-4 (1965)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 417 164-2 {2CDS} (1992)ª; Double Decca 452 591-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª

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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1965 p.163; January 1987 p.1057 [HF]; May 1992 p.114 [RO]

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Opera - November 1965 p.835 [HDR]

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Audio & Record Review - September 1965 p.16 [CW]

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Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor István Kertész - 1964(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Pasquale - Fernando Corena

Norina - Graziella Sciutti

Malatesta - Tom Krause

Ernesto - Juan Oncina

Un notaio - Angelo Mercuriali

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 280-281 {2LPS} (1965)ª; Decca SET 280-281 {2LPS} (1965)ª; London A 4260 {2LPS} (1965)ª;; London OSA 1260 {2LPS} (1965)ª; Melodiya S10 06275-80 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Decca 433 036-2 (+Il maestro di capella) {2CDS} (1992)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 460 161-2 {2CDS} (France) (1998)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOS 90100 (7½ips 4-track) (1965)ª

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Recordings of Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera March 1973 p.203; HARRIS p.90; Opera on Record p.192; CELLETTI p.196; Opera on CD (1) p.36 (2) p.42 (3) p.46; L'Avant Scène Opéra No. 108 p.94; MET p.127; MET(VID) p.77; PENGUIN p.73; GIUDICI p.221 (2) p.366; Opéra Internationaloctobre 1997 p.58; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1965 p.388; April 1965 p.470; October 1992 p.175 [JBS]

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Opera - July 1965 p.523 [HDR]

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Diapason - No.454 décembre 1998 p.70 (mention) [MP]

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High Fidelity Magazine - April 1965 Vol.15 No.4 p.80 [CLO]: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 p.176 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - June 1965 Vol.31 No.10 pp.968-969 [HG]

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Répertoire - No.120 janvier 1999 p.53 [LC]

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Le Maître de Chapelle by Ferdinando Paer performed in Italian

Conductor Leopoldo Casella - 1964(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestra della Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana

Gertrude - Jacqueline Martel

Benetto - Luigi Pontiggia

Barnabé - Fernando Corena

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Compact Disc - Scena Musicale Svizzera MGB CD 6155 (+Il maestro fi cappella - Cimarosa) {1CD}

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Recordings of Le Maître de Chapelle by Ferdinando Paer are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.559

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.141 giugno 2000 pp.97-98 [EE]

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Opera di Roma

Chorus - Opera di Roma

Figaro - Rolando Panerai

Il Conte Almaviva - Luigi Alva

Rosina - Teresa Berganza

Dr. Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Don Basilio - Paolo Montarsolo

Berta - Anna Di Stasio

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Compact Disc - Archivi Dell'Opera 0465

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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - novembre 1992 p.84

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Rodolfo - Bernabé Marti

Schaunard - Roberto Bañuelas

Marcello - Manuel Ausensi

Colline - William Wilderman

Mimi - Montserrat Caballé

Musetta - Gilda Cruz-Romo

Benoit - Fernando Corena

Alcindoro - Fernando Corena

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 4072 (1996)ª; House of Opera ALD 4072

Compact Disc; - live-rare-opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City. The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - July?(October) 1996»

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Rodolfo - Bernabé Marti

Schaunard - Roberto Bañuelas

Marcello - Manuel Ausensi

Colline - William Wilderman

Mimi - Montserrat Caballé

Musetta - Gilda Cruz-Romo

Benoit - Fernando Corena

Alcindoro - Fernando Corena

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 4072 (1996)ª; House of Opera ALD 4072

Compact Disc; - live-rare-opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City. The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - July?(October) 1996»

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Franco Corelli

Schaunard - Clifford Harvuot

Marcello - Frank Guarrera

Colline - Jerome Hines

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Anneliese Rothenberger

Benoit - Fernando Corena

Alcindoro - Lorenzo Alvary

Parpignol - Emil Filip

Sergente dei doganieri - Edward Ghazal

Un doganiere - John Trehy

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Black Disc - Magnificent Editions ME 101 {2LPS}

Compact Disc - Bongiovanni «The Golden Age of Opera» GAO 107-108 {2CDS}

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (14 December 1965). The LPs issued by «Magnificent Editions» is listed in Parnassus's online catalogue P279

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Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Silvio Varviso - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Pasquale - Fernando Corena

Norina - Roberta Peters

Malatesta - Frank Guarrera

Ernesto - Luigi Alva

Un notaio - Andrea Velis

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 369 (& 375); The Opera Lovers DONP 196501 {2CDRS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera March 1973 p.203; HARRIS p.90; Opera on Record p.192; CELLETTI p.196; Opera on CD (1) p.36 (2) p.42 (3) p.46; L'Avant Scène Opéra No. 108 p.94; MET p.127; MET(VID) p.77; PENGUIN p.73; GIUDICI p.221 (2) p.366; Opéra Internationaloctobre 1997 p.58; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (1965). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue and the CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).

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L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Adina - Mirella Freni

Nemorino - Nicolai Gedda

Dulcamara - Fernando Corena

Belcore - Mario Sereni

Giannetta - Joy Clements

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 2035; Omega Opera Archive 3602

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Recordings of L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.95; Opera on Record p.173; CELLETTI p.205; Opera on CD (1) p.35 (2) p.40 (3) p.45; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.95 p.90; MARINELLI p.103; MET p.102; MET(VID) p.56; PENGUIN p.74; Opera on Video p.61; GIUDICI p.172; Opéra International novembre 1997 No.218 p.20; American Record Guide September/October2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recordings of performances at the MET on 12 November 1965 (2035) and on 27 November 1965 (3602). The former is described in the online catalogue of the Omega Opera Archive as «vg(IH)» and the latter as «exc.».

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Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in German

Conductor Zubin Mehta - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Konstanze - Anneliese Rothenberger

Belmonte - Fritz Wunderlich

Blonde - Reri Grist

Pedrillo - Gerhard Unger

Osmin - Fernando Corena

Bassa Selim - Michael Heltau

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Compact Disc; - Orfeo C 392952 {2CDS} (1995)ª

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Recordings of Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.57, p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11pp.65-68; Opera on Record 2 p.79; CELLETTI p.488; MARINELLI p.41; Opera on CD (1) p.16 (2) p.20 (3) p.21; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.59 p.112, mise à jour janvier2002; MET p.278; MET(VID)p.159; PENGUIN p.238; Répertoire mai 1995 p.9; GUIDICI p.413 (2) p.719; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.54-55; Gramophone October 2002 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - December 23 1996 p.36

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Fanfare - Vol.19 No.3 January/February 1996 p.258

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Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.58

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Diapason - No.421 décembre 1995 p.128

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.169 p.125

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American Record Guide - January/February 1996 Vol.59 No.1 p.145

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Répertoire - No.87 janvier 1996 p.49

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Opernwelt - Oktober 10/1995 S.13

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Musica (Milano) - No.96 anno 20 febbraio-marzo 1996 p.111

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.19 marzo-mayo 1996 p.64

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.91 septiembre 1996 pp.80-81

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (see OPERA, Festival Issue 1965 pp. 35-37; high fidelity/MUSICAL AMERICA November 1965 pp.204-207

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La Clementina by Luigi Boccherini performed in Italian

Conductor Angelo Ephrikian - 1965(RA)

Orchestra - Orchestra della Radio Svizzera Italiana

Chorus - Coro della Radio Svizzera Italiana

Clementina - Elena Rizzieri

Damiana - Karla Schean

Narcisa - Maria Grazia Ferracini

Christeta - Luciana Ticinelli Fattori

Urbano - Ugo Benelli

Lazzaro - Fernando Corena

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Compact Disc; - Nuova Era 1181 {1CD} (1999)ª

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This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Januar 2000 S.54 [GH]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.126 noviembre 1999 p.39 [AV]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.37 enero-febrerp 2000 p.86 [MC]

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Comments:- The zarzuela is performed in Italian translation without recitatives

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor George Schick - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Richard Tucker

Schaunard - Clifford Harvuot

Marcello - Mario Sereni

Colline - Jerome Hines

Mimi - Gabriella Tucci

Musetta - Heidi Krall

Benoit - Fernando Corena

Alcindoro - Lorenzo Alvary

Parpignol - Emil Filip

Sergente dei doganieri - Edward Ghazal

Un doganiere - John Trehy

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1130 (& 893): Omega Opera Archive 744 (& 893) (highlights - Act 1); The Opera Lovers BOH 196101 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (16 April 1966). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.».

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Karl Böhm - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi

Donna Anna - Leontyne Price

Don Ottavio - Nicolai Gedda

Donna Elvira - Lisa Della Casa

Leoporello - Fernando Corena

Il Commendatore - Justino Díaz

Masetto - Theodor Uppman

Zerlina - Rosalind Elias

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 3819 (& 3661)

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Recordings of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.127: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.71-72, pp.128-132; Opera on Record p.71; CELLETTI p.467; Opera on CD (1) p.19 (2) p.23 (3) p.24; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.24 p.132, No.172 p.178 ; MET p.299; MET(VID) p.168; PENGUIN p.231; Classic CD September 1993 p.32; Opera on Video p.26; GIUDICI p.451 (2) p.766; International Opera Collector Winter 1997 No.6 p.18; Diapason No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.50; Le Monde de la Musique No.223juillet-aoüt 1998 p.56; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.111; Répertoire No.131 janvier 2000 p.20, No.132 février 2000 p.20; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.56-57; International Record Review February 2002 p.22

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (8 October 1996). This performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was made «in-house». The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Adina - Roberta Peters

Nemorino - Carlo Bergonzi

Dulcamara - Fernando Corena

Belcore - Frank Guarrera

Giannetta - Loretta Di Franco

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Compact Disc; - Bensar OL 3566 (BRO 125104) {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.95; Opera on Record p.173; CELLETTI p.205; Opera on CD (1) p.35 (2) p.40 (3) p.45; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.95 p.90; MARINELLI p.103; MET p.102; MET(VID) p.56; PENGUIN p.74; Opera on Video p.61; GIUDICI p.172; Opéra International novembre 1997 No.218 p.20; American Record Guide September/October2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (5 March 1966). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Il maestro di cappella by Domenico Cimarosa performed in Italian

Conductor Leopoldo Casella - 1966(RA)

Orchestra - Orchestra della Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana

Maestro - Fernando Corena

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Compact Disc - Scena Musicale Svizzera MGB CD 6155 (+Il maestro di cappella - Paer) {1CD}

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Recordings of Il maestro di cappella by Domenico Cimarosa are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.167; PENGUIN p.61; GIUDICI (2) p.234

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.141 giugno 2000 pp.97-98 [EE]

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Comments:- Recorded on 24 June 1966

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Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Rigacci - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Don Pasquale - Fernando Corena

Norina - Renata Scotto

Malatesta - Walter Alberti

Ernesto - Luigi Alva

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Compact Disc - Claque 2011-2 {2CDS}; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2992 {2CDRS}

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Recordings of Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera March 1973 p.203; HARRIS p.90; Opera on Record p.192; CELLETTI p.196; Opera on CD (1) p.36 (2) p.42 (3) p.46; L'Avant Scène Opéra No. 108 p.94; MET p.127; MET(VID) p.77; PENGUIN p.73; GIUDICI p.221 (2) p.366; Opéra Internationaloctobre 1997 p.58; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Martin Rich - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Leonora di Vargas - Leontyne Price

Don Carlo - Sherrill Milnes

Don Alvaro - Bruno Prevedi

Preziosilla - Nancy Williams

Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena

Curra - Carlotta Ordassy

Padre Guardiano - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Mastro Trabuco - Robert Schmorr

Un Chirurgo - Robert Goodloe

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1315

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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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (21 October 1967). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The recording is described as «VG in house - clear but distant»

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in German

Conductor Joseph Rosenstock - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Cesare Siepi

Susanna - Judith Raskin

Conte Almaviva - Tom Krause

Contessa Almaviva - Pilar Lorengar

Cherubino - Teresa Berganza

Marcellina - Nancy Williams

Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Basilio - Paul Franke

Curzio - Gabor Carelli

Antonio - Lorenzo Alvary

Barbarina - Loretta Di Franco

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1695

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (17 October 1967). 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». It is also stated that the recording comes from a «VG in house tape».

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1968(LE)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Hermann Prey

Il Conte Almaviva - Luigi Alva

Rosina - Malvina Major

Dr. Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Don Basilio - Paolo Montarsolo

Berta - Stefania Malagù

Fiorello - Hans Krämer

Un Ufficiale - Victor von Halem

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 528 (2003)ª

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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57

Comments:- *Recording of part of a performance in the Kleines Festspielhaus, Salzburg (July or August 1968). The cast listed above is that given in «Festspiele in Salzburg» by Josef Kaut p.251, but it is probable that they do not all appear on the excerpts that were recorded. The CDR(s) issued by House of Opera are(is) included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Leonora di Vargas - Leontyne Price

Don Carlo - Robert Merrill

Don Alvaro - Franco Corelli

Preziosilla - Louise Pearl

Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena

Curra - Carlotta Ordassy

Padre Guardiano - Jerome Hines

Mastro Trabuco - Robert Schmorr

Un Chirurgo - Robert Goodloe

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Compact Disc - Myto 3 MCD 945.112; Omega Opera Archive 1168

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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:-

Orpheus - Februar 1995 S.60

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Opéra International - novembre 1996 No.207 p.57

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.164 p.170

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Répertoire - No.79 avril 1995 p.78

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Comments:- *Recording of performance at the MET (9 March 1968). 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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La Wally by Alfredo Catalani performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - American Opera Society

Chorus - American Opera Society

Wally - Renata Tebaldi

Hagenbach - Carlo Bergonzi

Gellner - Peter Glossop

Stromminger - Andzehj Saciuk

Walter - Isabel Penagos

Il Pedone - Fernando Corena

Afra - Deborah Kieffer

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Black Disc - Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 17 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1226 (1987)ª; House of Opera ALD 1226

Compact Disc - INTA'GLIO INCD 7642

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Recordings of La Wally by Alfredo Catalani are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.137; Opéra International avril 1993 p.30; GIUDICI p.114 (2) p.180

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.13 No.3 Spring 1997 p.195

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Répertoire - No.68 avril 1994 p.38

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Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance (6 March 1968, see OPERA June 1968 p.468)

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L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1968(LI:9/3/68)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Adina - Renata Scotto

Nemorino - Alfredo Kraus

Dulcamara - Fernando Corena

Belcore - Mario Sereni

Giannetta - Joy Clements

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 2864

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Recordings of L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.95; Opera on Record p.173; CELLETTI p.205; Opera on CD (1) p.35 (2) p.40 (3) p.45; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.95 p.90; MARINELLI p.103; MET p.102; MET(VID) p.56; PENGUIN p.74; Opera on Video p.61; GIUDICI p.172; Opéra International novembre 1997 No.218 p.20; American Record Guide September/October2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (9 March 1968). The conductor is given as «Franci» in the online catalogue of the Omega Opera Archive, but according to the MET «Annals» it was Cleva (on this date) and Franci did not conduct any performances at the MET during this season. Omega also lists a recording of the performance on 14 March 1968 (2865) which had the same conductor and cast. This time Cleva is listed as the conductor.

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L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1968(LI;16/3/68)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Adina - Roberta Peters

Nemorino - Alfredo Kraus

Dulcamara - Fernando Corena

Belcore - Mario Sereni

Giannetta - Joy Clements

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Compact Disc - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 719 {2CDS}; Omega Opera Archive 3647 (& 2870)

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Recordings of L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.95; Opera on Record p.173; CELLETTI p.205; Opera on CD (1) p.35 (2) p.40 (3) p.45; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.95 p.90; MARINELLI p.103; MET p.102; MET(VID) p.56; PENGUIN p.74; Opera on Video p.61; GIUDICI p.172; Opéra International novembre 1997 No.218 p.20; American Record Guide September/October2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (16 March 1968)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Kurt Adler - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Flaviano Labò

Schaunard - Robert Goodloe

Marcello - William Walker

Colline - Justino Díaz

Mimi - Gabriella Tucci

Musetta - Jean Fenn

Benoit - Fernando Corena

Alcindoro - Lorenzo Alvary

Parpignol - Gene Allen

Sergente dei doganieri - Peter Sliker

Un doganiere - Lloyd Strang

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1571

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (25 January 1969). 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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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1969(LI;Tucker)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Leonie Rysanek

Mario Cavaradossi - Richard Tucker

Il barone Scarpia - Cornell MacNeil

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Spoletta - Andrea Velis

Sciarrone - Russell Christopher

Un pastore - Magda Kalmár

Un carceriere - Paul Plishka

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Compact Disc; - Melodram CDM 27508 {2CDS}; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1848-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - No.178 mars 1994 pp.79-80 [SS]

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Comments:- *This recording was attributed by Melodram to San Francisco, but there is no record of a performance of Tosca with this cast in «The San Francisco Opera» by Arthur Bloomfield. However two performances were given with this cast at the MET (22, 26 March 1969), neither of which was broadcast. So this is presumably an «in house» recording as indicated by SS in his review in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL (vide supra). The CDRS issued by Premiere are included in their «2005 FALL NEW RELEASES». Here the date of the performance recorded is given as «11/26/69».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Richard Tucker

Schaunard - Gene Boucher

Marcello - William Walker

Colline - Cesare Siepi

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Clarice Carson

Benoit - Paul Plishka

Alcindoro - Fernando Corena

Parpignol - Lou Marcella

Sergente dei doganieri - Peter Sliker

Un doganiere - John Trehy

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1122 (& 1290)

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (24 January 1970). 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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La Fille du regiment by Gaetano Donizetti performed in French

Conductor Roland Gagnon - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - American Opera Society

Chorus - American Opera Society

Marie - Beverly Sills

Tonio - Grayson Hirst

Sulplice - Fernando Corena

La Maquise - Muriel Costa-Greenspon

Hortensius - John Ostendorf

La Duchesse - N Dova

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Black Disc - Rataplan RA 200 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 238-2 {2CDS} (1998)ª; *House of Opera «Collection of Beverly Sills Operas» {1xCD-ROM} (2002)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 5006 (+La Fille du regiment +Lucia di Lammermoor +Maria Stuarda) {8CDS} (2002)ª; Opera d'Oro «Grand Tier» OPD 7007 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of La Fille du regiment by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.219; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.179 p.78; MET p.122; MET(VID) p.72; PENGUIN p.78; GIUDICI p.210 (2) p.350; Opéra International décembre 1997 No.219 pp.19-21

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Fanfare - Vol.29 No.2 November/December 2005 p.161 [JK]

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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in Carnegie Hall (13 February 1970; see OPERAMay 1970 p.423)

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Sándor Kónya

Il barone Scarpia - Cornell MacNeil

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Clifford Harvuot

Spoletta - Robert Schmorr

Sciarrone - Gene Boucher

Un pastore - Kris Kalfayan

Un carceriere - Edmond Karlsrud

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Compact Disc - On Stage OS 4710 {2CDS}; The Opera Lovers TOS 197001 {2CDRS} (Canada)

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.35 septiembre-octubre 1999 p.95 [SG]

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Comments:- *The «On Stage» CDs are labeled as being a recording of a performance in Philadelphia in 1966. However, according to the performance chronology in «Tebaldi - The Voice of an Angel» the only time that Tebaldi, Konya, MacNeil, and Corena sang in Tosca together under Molinari-Pradelli was at the MET between December 31 1969 and January 10 1970 (loc.cit. p.251). The performance on January 10 1970 was broadcast and the recording is presumably of this performance. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca. Here the performance recorded is attributed to the MET on 10 January 1970.

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Le Maître de Chapelle by Ferdinando Paer performed in Italian

Conductor Robert Dunand - 1970?(SE)

Orchestra - Colegium Academicum de Genève

Gertrude - Basia Retchitzka

Barnabé - Fernando Corena

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Black Disc - G.I.D. SMS 2.650 (+Il maestro di capella) {1LP}

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Recordings of Le Maître de Chapelle by Ferdinando Paer are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.559

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Diapason - No.154 février 1971 p.21 [JG]

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Il maestro di cappella by Domenico Cimarosa performed in Italian

Conductor Robert Dunand - 1970?(STU)

Orchestra - Colegium Academicum de Genève

Maestro - Fernando Corena

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Black Disc - G.I.D. SMS 2.650 (+Le Maître de Chapelle - excerpts) {1LP}

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Recordings of Il maestro di cappella by Domenico Cimarosa are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.167; PENGUIN p.61; GIUDICI (2) p.234

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Diapason - No.154 février 1971 p.21 [JG]

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Sherrill Milnes

Il Conte Almaviva - Enrico Di Giuseppe

Rosina - Marilyn Horne

Dr. Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Don Basilio - Giorgio Tozzi

Berta - Jean Kraft

Fiorello - Raymond Gibbs

Un Ufficiale - Nico Castel

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1663 (& 1283);; The Opera Lovers BAR 119701 {2CDRS} (Canada);; Bensar OL 22071 (BRO 129696) {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (20 February 1971). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) and those issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Pasquale - Fernando Corena

Norina - Emilia Ravaglia

Malatesta - Rolando Panerai

Ernesto - Pietro Bottazzo

Un notaio - Augusto Frati

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Compact Disc; - Melodram CDM 27094 {2CDS} (1991)ª

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Recordings of Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera March 1973 p.203; HARRIS p.90; Opera on Record p.192; CELLETTI p.196; Opera on CD (1) p.36 (2) p.42 (3) p.46; L'Avant Scène Opéra No. 108 p.94; MET p.127; MET(VID) p.77; PENGUIN p.73; GIUDICI p.221 (2) p.366; Opéra Internationaloctobre 1997 p.58; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (See OPERA Festival Issue 1971 p.39)

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Werther by Jules Massenet performed in French

Conductor Alain Lombard - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Werther - Franco Corelli

Charlotte - Rosalind Elias

Sophie - Gail Robinson

Albert - John Reardon

Le Bailli - Fernando Corena

Johann - Andrij Dobriansky

Schmidt - Nico Castel

Brühlmann - Charles Kuestner

Kätchen - Lorraine Keane

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Compact Disc; - Melodram CDM 27088 {2CDS} (1991)ª; Omega Opera Archive 1189

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

Opera on Record p.495; CELLETTI p.405; Opera on CD (1) p.95 (2) p.105 (3) p.119; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.61 p.104; MET p.239; PENGUIN p.207; Répertoire No.89 mars 1996 p.13; GIUDICI p.362 (2) p.634; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.69 No.3 p.66; International Opera Collector Autumn 1997 No.5 p.22

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (27 March 1971). In the discography in «Corelli - A Man, A Voice» p.298 Dominic Cossa is listed as singing Albert, but in the «Annals of the Metropolitan» it is stated to be John Reardon. 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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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor James Levine - 1971(LI;12/6/71)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Grace Bumbry

Mario Cavaradossi - Franco Corelli

Il barone Scarpia - Peter Glossop

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Clifford Harvuot

Spoletta - Paul Franke

Sciarrone - Russell Christopher

Un pastore - René Mack

Un carceriere - Edmond Karlsrud

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1247

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (12 June 1971). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22». The recording is described as «Excellent in-house»

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor James Levine - 1971(LI;6/11/71)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Grace Bumbry

Mario Cavaradossi - Plácido Domingo

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Clifford Harvuot

Spoletta - Charles Anthony

Sciarrone - Russell Christopher

Un pastore - René Mack

Un carceriere - Edmond Karlsrud

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1258

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (6 November 1971). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The recording is described as an «Very Good to Excellent FM Aircheck», but this performance was not broadcast.

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Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1972(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Pasquale - Fernando Corena

Norina - Graziella Sciutti

Malatesta - Rolando Panerai

Ernesto - Pietro Bottazzo

Un notaio - Augusto Frati

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Compact Disc - foyer 2-CF 2067

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Recordings of Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera March 1973 p.203; HARRIS p.90; Opera on Record p.192; CELLETTI p.196; Opera on CD (1) p.36 (2) p.42 (3) p.46; L'Avant Scène Opéra No. 108 p.94; MET p.127; MET(VID) p.77; PENGUIN p.73; GIUDICI p.221 (2) p.366; Opéra Internationaloctobre 1997 p.58; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (13 August 1972; see OPERA Festival Issue 1972 p.55)

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L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Franci - 1972(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Adina - Renata Scotto

Nemorino - Carlo Bergonzi

Dulcamara - Fernando Corena

Belcore - Mario Sereni

Giannetta - Loretta Di Franco

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 315-2 {2LPS} (1980)ª

Compact Disc; - Bensar 123509 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; Omega Opera Archive 3301 (& 2720)

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Recordings of L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.95; Opera on Record p.173; CELLETTI p.205; Opera on CD (1) p.35 (2) p.40 (3) p.45; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.95 p.90; MARINELLI p.103; MET p.102; MET(VID) p.56; PENGUIN p.74; Opera on Video p.61; GIUDICI p.172; Opéra International novembre 1997 No.218 p.20; American Record Guide September/October2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *The HRE LPs are listed in «Renata Scotto - More then a Diva» by Renata Scotto and Octavio Roca p.189 where the conductor is given as Molinari Pradelli, the year as 1968, and the theater as «Metropolitan Opera ?». It is likely that this information was taken from the information provided by HRE. According to the Annals of the MET Scotto and Bergonzi only sang there together in this opera four times, all in 1972. The performance on 19 February 1972 was broadcast and it seems likely that the HRE recording is of this performance, Alternatively it could be of a performance in another theatre. The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» and those issued by Omega on their website (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM). Both these sources give the year of the performance recorded as 1972.

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Michelangelo Veltri - 1972(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Edmond Karlsrud

Leonora di Vargas - Leontyne Price

Don Carlo - Kostas Paskalis

Don Alvaro - Carlo Bergonzi

Preziosilla - Nedda Casei

Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena

Curra - Carlotta Ordassy

Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi

Mastro Trabuco - Robert Schmorr

Un Chirurgo - Gene Boucher

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Compact Disc - Bensar OL 21272 (BRO 123811) {2CDRS}

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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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (12 February 1972). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La Fille du regiment by Gaetano Donizetti performed in French

Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1972(LI;17/2/72)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Marie - Joan Sutherland

Tonio - Luciano Pavarotti

Sulplice - Fernando Corena

La Maquise - Regina Resnik

Hortensius - Andrea Velis

Caporale - Andrij Dobriansky

Un Paysan - Charles Kuestner

La Duchesse - Ljuba Welitsch

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Compact Disc - *foyer 2-CF 2072 {2CDS}

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Recordings of La Fille du regiment by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.219; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.179 p.78; MET p.122; MET(VID) p.72; PENGUIN p.78; GIUDICI p.210 (2) p.350; Opéra International décembre 1997 No.219 pp.19-21

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - avril 1996 No.201 p.60

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (17 February 1972, see OPERA May 1972 p.412)

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La Fille du regiment by Gaetano Donizetti performed in French

Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1972(LI;25/3/72)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Marie - Joan Sutherland

Tonio - Enrico Di Giuseppe

Sulplice - Fernando Corena

La Maquise - Monica Sinclair

Hortensius - Andrea Velis

Caporale - Andrij Dobriansky

Un Paysan - Charles Kuestner

La Duchesse - Ljuba Welitsch

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1297

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Recordings of La Fille du regiment by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.219; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.179 p.78; MET p.122; MET(VID) p.72; PENGUIN p.78; GIUDICI p.210 (2) p.350; Opéra International décembre 1997 No.219 pp.19-21

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (25 March 1972). 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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La Fille du regiment by Gaetano Donizetti performed in French

Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1973(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Marie - Joan Sutherland

Tonio - Luciano Pavarotti

Sulplice - Fernando Corena

La Maquise - Regina Resnik

Hortensius - Andrea Velis

Caporale - Andrij Dobriansky

Un Paysan - Charles Kuestner

La Duchesse - Jean Kraft

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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 369 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2004)ª

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Recordings of La Fille du regiment by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.219; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.179 p.78; MET p.122; MET(VID) p.72; PENGUIN p.78; GIUDICI p.210 (2) p.350; Opéra International décembre 1997 No.219 pp.19-21

Comments:- *This appears to be a recording of the performance at the MET ON 6 January 1973 which was broadcast. The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) listed as new issues in their website in August 2004 (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La Fille du regiment by Gaetano Donizetti performed in French

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1973(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Marie - Beverly Sills

Tonio - Enrico Di Giuseppe

Sulplice - Fernando Corena

La Maquise - Muriel Greenspon

Hortensius - William Goeglein

Caporale - Alberto Garcia

Un Paysan - Gary Young

La Duchesse - Melita Miculs

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1894-2 (2005)ª

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Recordings of La Fille du regiment by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.219; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.179 p.78; MET p.122; MET(VID) p.72; PENGUIN p.78; GIUDICI p.210 (2) p.350; Opéra International décembre 1997 No.219 pp.19-21

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (6 February 1973). The cast listed above is as given in Frank Hamilton's «Performance Chronology» (click link below). The CDRS issued by Premiere are included in their «2005 FALL NEW RELEASES».

http://frankhamilton.org/ph

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Georg Solti - 1973(STU)

Orchestra - London Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - John Alldis Choir - Wandworth School Boys' Choir

Rodolfo - Plácido Domingo

Schaunard - Bernabé Marti

Marcello - Roberto Bañuelas

Colline - Manuel Ausensi

Mimi - William Wilderman

Musetta - Montserrat Caballé

Benoit - Gilda Cruz-Romo

Alcindoro - Fernando Corena

Parpignol - Fernando Corena

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Black Disc; - RCA «Red Seal» ARL 2-0371 {2LPS} (1974)ª

Compact Disc; - RCA «Red Seal» RD 80371 {2CDS} (1986)ª; Lyrica LRC 010 22 {2CDS} (1994)ª; RCA RCD 2-0371 {2CDS} (USA) (1997)ª; BMG RCA Victor «Red Seal» 74321 39496-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1974 p.746 [EG]; April 1975 p.1780 [JBS]; September 1986 p. [EG]

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Opera Now - November/December 1997 p.96 [GH]

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Fanfare - Vol.29 No.4 March/April 2006 pp.190-191 [AL2]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.172

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BBC Music Magazine - June 1997 p.75 (mention)

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.98 abril 1997 p.40 (mention)

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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.45

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI - N.109 - giungo 1997 p.90

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Georg Solti - 1973(STU)

Orchestra - London Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - John Alldis Choir - Wandworth School Boys' Choir

Rodolfo - Plácido Domingo

Schaunard - Bernabé Marti

Marcello - Roberto Bañuelas

Colline - Manuel Ausensi

Mimi - William Wilderman

Musetta - Montserrat Caballé

Benoit - Gilda Cruz-Romo

Alcindoro - Fernando Corena

Parpignol - Fernando Corena

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Black Disc; - RCA «Red Seal» ARL 2-0371 {2LPS} (1974)ª

Compact Disc; - RCA «Red Seal» RD 80371 {2CDS} (1986)ª; Lyrica LRC 010 22 {2CDS} (1994)ª; RCA RCD 2-0371 {2CDS} (USA) (1997)ª; BMG RCA Victor «Red Seal» 74321 39496-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1974 p.746 [EG]; April 1975 p.1780 [JBS]; September 1986 p. [EG]

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Opera Now - November/December 1997 p.96 [GH]

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Fanfare - Vol.29 No.4 March/April 2006 pp.190-191 [AL2]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.172

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BBC Music Magazine - June 1997 p.75 (mention)

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.98 abril 1997 p.40 (mention)

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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.45

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI - N.109 - giungo 1997 p.90

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1975(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Teresa Zylis-Gara

Mario Cavaradossi - Carlo Bergonzi

Il barone Scarpia - Gabriel Bacquier

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Spoletta - Charles Anthony

Sciarrone - Russell Christopher

Un pastore - Paul Offenkrantz

Un carceriere - Arthur Thompson

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Compact Disc - Bensar OL 2875 (BRO 124015) {2CDS}

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (8 February 1975). The CDs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor John Nelson - 1976(LE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Richard Stilwell

Il Conte Almaviva - Ryland Davies

Rosina - Frederica Von Stade

Dr. Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Don Basilio - James Morris

Berta - Cynthia Munzer

Fiorello - Robert Goodloe

Un Ufficiale - Robert Schmorr

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers BAR 197601 {2CDRS} (Canada)

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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57

Comments:- *Recording of part of a performance at the MET (31 January 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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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor James Levine - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Plácido Domingo

Carlo Gérard - Cornell MacNeil

Madeleine di Coigny - Martina Arroyo

La mulatta Bersi - Jean Kraft

La Contessa di Coigny - Shirley Love

Madelon - Lili Chookasian

Roucher - Allan Monk

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Fernando Corena

Fouquier Tinville - Richard Best

Un Incredible - Andrea Velis

Pietro Fléville - Gene Boucher

L'abate - Paul Franke

Dumas - Russell Christopher

Schmidt - Philip Booth

Il maestro di casa - Glenn Bater

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers AND 197701 (Canada) {2CDRS}

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (26 March 1977). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Jan Behr - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Carlo Bergonzi

Schaunard - Allan Monk

Marcello - Vincenzo Sardinero

Colline - Justino Díaz

Mimi - Pilar Lorengar

Musetta - Colette Boky

Benoit - Fernando Corena

Alcindoro - Fernando Corena

Parpignol - Arthur Apy

Sergente dei doganieri - Edward Ghazal

Un doganiere - Frank Coffey

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 4062

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- An «in-house» recording of a performance given by the Metropolitan Opera in Boston (19 April 1977).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Jan Behr - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Carlo Bergonzi

Schaunard - Allan Monk

Marcello - Vincenzo Sardinero

Colline - Justino Díaz

Mimi - Pilar Lorengar

Musetta - Colette Boky

Benoit - Fernando Corena

Alcindoro - Fernando Corena

Parpignol - Arthur Apy

Sergente dei doganieri - Edward Ghazal

Un doganiere - Frank Coffey

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 4062

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- An «in-house» recording of a performance given by the Metropolitan Opera in Boston (19 April 1977).

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Kazimierz Kord - 1978(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Boris - Martti Talvela

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Wieslaw Ochman

Marina - Mignon Dunn

Pimen - Paul Plishka

Varlaam - Fernando Corena

Shuisky - Robert Nagy

Missail - Philip Booth

Rangoni - Morley Meredith

Fyodor - Robert Sapolsky

Xenia - Loretta Di Franco

Hostess - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David

Simpleton - Andrea Velis

Tchelkalov - Allan Monk

Nurse - Shirley Love

Nikitich - Andrij Dobriansky

Mityukha - Philip Booth

Lavitsky - Robert Goodloe

Cherniovsky - Charles Anthony

Frontier Guard - Richard Best

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Compact Disc; - Bensar OL 22578 (BRO 125742) {3CDRS} (2005)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 at the MET (25 February 1978).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1979(STU)

Orchestra - Berliner Philharmoniker

Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Floria Tosca - Katia Ricciarelli

Mario Cavaradossi - José Carreras

Il barone Scarpia - Ruggero Raimondi

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Gottfried Hornik

Spoletta - Heinz Zednik

Sciarrone - Victor von Halem

Un pastore - Wolfgang Bünten

Un carceriere - Victor von Halem

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Black Disc; - DG 2707 121 {2LPS} (1980)ª; Eterna 827773 {2CDS}

Compact Cassette; - DG 3307 033 (1980)ª

Compact Disc; - DG 413 815-2 {2CDS} (1985)ª

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - July 1980 p.; September 1980 p.416 [SIR]; October 1980 p.471 [JBS] October 1980 p.548 (mention) [JB]; March 1985 p. [EG]

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American Record Guide - March 1981 Vol.44 No.5 p.46 [RVL]

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1982(LI)

Orchestra - Berliner Philharmoniker

Chorus - RIAS Chor

Floria Tosca - Katia Ricciarelli

Mario Cavaradossi - José Carreras

Il barone Scarpia - Ruggero Raimondi

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Gottfried Hornik

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Compact Disc - Celestial Audio CA 125 {2CDRS}

Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 7207

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance in the Philharmonie, Berlin (22 February 1982)

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L' occasione fa il ladro [Il Cambio della Valigia] by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Edwin Loehrer - 19??(RA)

Orchestra - Orchestra della Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana

Berenice - Jolanda Meneguzzer

Don Parmenione - Nestore Catalani

Conte Alberto - Juan Oncina

Ernestina - Maria Minetto

Martino - Fernando Corena

Don Eusebio - Adriano Ferrario

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 278 {1LP} (1962)ª

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Recordings of L' occasione fa il ladro [Il Cambio della Valigia] by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.736; GIUDICI p.684

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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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