(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1951(Acts 1&2;LE) - Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Die) by Richard Wagner - Thomas Beecham*
2 1951(LI) - Billy Budd by Benjamin Britten - Benjamin Britten*
3 1954(STU) - Arlecchino by Ferruccio Busoni - John Pritchard*
4 1957(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Vittorio Gui*
5 1957(LI) - Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini - Rudolf Kempe*
6 1957(STU) - Gondoliers (The) by Arthur Sullivan - Malcolm Sargent*
7 1957(STU) - Mikado (The) by Arthur Sullivan - Malcolm Sargent*
8 1958(LI) - Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky - Rafael Kubelik*
9 1958(STU) - Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten - Benjamin Britten*
10 1958(STU) - Yeomen of the Guard (The) by Arthur Sullivan - Malcolm Sargent*
11 1960(LI) - Zauberflöte (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Colin Davis*
12 1961(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Carlo Maria Giulini*
13 1962(LI) - bohème (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli*
14 1962(LI) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Georg Solti*
15 1962(LI) - Zauberflöte (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Otto Klemperer*
16 1963(LI) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Manno Wolf-Ferrari*
17 1963(LI) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Hans Schmidt-Isse..*
18 1963(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Fernando Previtali*
19 1963(LI) - nozze di Figaro (Le) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Georg Solti*
20 1963(LI) - nozze di Figaro (Le) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Lorin Maazel*
21 1963(STU) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Georg Solti*
22 1964(LI) - Wozzeck by Alban Berg - John Pritchard*
23 1965(LI) - Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti - Fernando Previtali*
24 1965(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Joseph Rosenstock*
25 1965(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Fernando Previtali*
26 1966(LI) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Joseph Rosenstock*
27 1966(LI) - Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven - Karl Böhm*
28 1967(LI) - Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten - Colin Davis*
29 1968(LI) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Herbert von Karajan*
30 1968(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - István Kertész*
31 1969(LI) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ferdinand Leitner*
32 1969(LI) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Herbert von Karajan*
33 1969(LI) - Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Die) by Richard Wagner - Georg Solti*
34 1969(LI) - Wozzeck by Alban Berg - Colin Davis*
35 1969(STU) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Lamberto Gardelli*
36 1970(LI) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Herbert von Karajan*
37 1970(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Bruno Bartoletti*
38 1970(STU) - Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Die) by Richard Wagner - Herbert von Karajan*
39 1970(STU) - nozze di Figaro (Le) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Otto Klemperer*
40 1971(FI) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - Charles Mackerras*
41 1971(FI) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - Charles Mackerras*
42 1971(FI) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - Charles Mackerras*
43 1971(FI) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - Charles Mackerras*
44 1971(LI) - Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Die) by Richard Wagner - Otmar Suitner*
45 1971(LI) - nozze di Figaro (Le) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Colin Davis**
46 1971(LI) - Wozzeck by Alban Berg - Karl Böhm*
47 1971(STU) - Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Otto Klemperer*
48 1972(LI) - nozze di Figaro (Le) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Reynald Giovaninetti*
49 1973(LI) - Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten - John Pritchard*
50 1973(LI:30/4) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Colin Davis*
51 1973(STU) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Daniel Barenboim*
52 1976(LI) - elisir d'amore (L') by Gaetano Donizetti - John Pritchard*
53 1976(LI) - Makropulos Affair (The) by Leos Janácek - Christoph von Doh..*
54 1976(LI) - Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten - John Pritchard*
55 1976(STU) - elisir d'amore (L') by Gaetano Donizetti - John Pritchard*
56 1976(STU) - nozze di Figaro (Le) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Daniel Barenboim*
57 1978(LI) - Midsummer Night's Dream (A) by Benjamin Britten - Anthony Hose*
58 1979(FI) - Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti - Richard Armstrong*
59 1979(LI) - Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti - Riccardo Chailly*
60 1980(LI) - Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti - Uwe Mund*
61 1981(LI) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - Georges Prêtre*
62 1981(LI) - Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti - Henry Holt*
*AUDIO **VIDEO ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Thomas Beecham - 1951(Acts 1&2;LE)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Hans Sachs - Hans Hotter
Veit Pogner - Ludwig Weber
Sixtus Beckmesser - Benno Kusche
Fritz Kothner - Rhoderick (Rhydderch) Davies
Walther von Stolzing - Peter Anders
David - Murray Dickie
Eva - Elisabeth Grümmer
Magdalena - Constance Shacklock
Nachtwächter - Geraint Evans
Kunz Vogelgesang - Edgar Evans
Konrad Nachtigall - Ernest Davies
Ulrich Eisslinger - Dennis Stephenson
Balthasar Zorn - Emlyn Jones
Augustin Moser - David Tree
Hermann Ortel - Marian Nowakowski
Hans Schwarz - Charles Morris
Hans Foltz - Ronald Lewis
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03369
Compact Disc; - Gebhardt JGCD 0050-1 {1CD} (2003)ª; *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 103 «Sir Thomas Beecham» {1xCD-ROM} (2004)ª
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Recordings of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.184; Opera February 1957 p.82; Opera on Record p.376; CELLETTI p.1110; Opera on CD (1) p.66 (2) p.73 (3) p.82; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.116-117 p.214; MET p.700; MET(VID) p.430; PENGUIN p.528; American Record Guide Vol 57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD August 1994 p.36; Opera on Video p.120; GIUDICI p.1103 (2) p.1760; Gramophone January 1999 p.26; International Record Review April 2001 p.14
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August (published June) 2003 pp.73-74 [AB]
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International Record Review - October 2003 pp.28-29 (mention) [MVA]
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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2005 pp.97-98 [RG]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.65 noviembre 2003 pp.84-85 [PN]
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Classica Répertoire - No.63 juin 2004 p.118 [AT]
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Comments:- Recording of part of Acts 1 and 2 from a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (2 July 1951). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times issue dated July 1-7 1951 p.19).
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Conductor Benjamin Britten - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Billy Budd - Theodor Uppman
Captain Vere - Peter Pears
John Claggart - Frederick (Friedrich) Dalberg
Mr. Redburn - Hervey Alan
Mr. Flint - Geraint Evans
Mr. Ratcliffe - Michael Langdon
Red Whiskers - Anthony Marlowe
Donald - Bryan Drake
Dansker - Inia Te Wiata
Novice - William McAlpine
Squeak - David Tree
Bosun - Ronald Lewis
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Compact Disc - VAI VAIA 1034-3
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Recordings of Billy Budd by Benjamin Britten are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.130; Opera on CD (1) p.147 (2) p.160 (3) p.180; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.158 p.120; MET p.73; PENGUIN p.37; Opera on Video p.230; GIUDICI p.103; l'opera (Milano) Anno XIV N.145 novembre 2000 p.100
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - January 1994 p.122
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Opera News - February 19 1994 p.32
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Fanfare - Vol.17 No.4 March-April 1994 p.149
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Orpheus - Oktober 1997 S.58 [GH]
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Opéra International - No.176 janvier 1994 p.61
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Diapason - No.402 mars 1994 p.122
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Répertoire - No.64 décembre 1993 p.38
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.18 diciembre 1995 - febrero 1996 p.60
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Comments:- Recording of the first performance (4-Act version) at Covent Garden (1-12-51) (See Opera Jan 1952 p.4, July 1986 p.777)
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Conductor John Pritchard - 1954(STU)
Orchestra - Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra
Arlecchino - Kurt Gester
Colombina - Elaine Malbin
Ser Matteo del Sarto - Ian Wallace
Abbate Cospicuo - Geraint Evans
Dottor Bombasto - Fritz Ollendorf
Leandro - Murray Dickie
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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1223 {1LP} (1955)ª; La Voix de son Maître FALP 370 {1LP} (1955)ª; RCA Victor LM 1944 {1LP} (1956)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 565 284-2 (+Der Barbier von Bagdad) {2CDS} (1994)ª
Open Reel Tape - HMV HTA 14
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Recordings of Arlecchino by Ferruccio Busoni are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI 134
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 1955 p. 492 [PHW]; October 1955 p.192 (tape) (mention) [DS]
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Opera - July 1955 p.457
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Opéra International - décembre 1994 No.186 p.68
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Diapason - No.416 juin 1995 p.102 [MP]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.164 p.164
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - April 1955 p.17
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Gramophone Record Review - May 1955 p.371
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American Record Guide - March 1956 Vol.22 No.7 p.105 [PHR]: March/April 1995 Vol.58 No.2 p.90
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Répertoire - No.75 December 1994 p.40
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Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Falstaff - Geraint Evans
Fenton - Juan Oncina
Ford - Antonio Boyer
Dr. Cajus - Hugues Cuénod
Bardolfo - John Lewis
Pistola - Hervey Alan
Alice Ford - Orietta Moscucci
Nannetta - Antonietta Pastori
Meg Page - Fernanda Cadoni
Mistress Quickly - Oralia Domínguez
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Black Disc; - Replica RPL 2454-56 {3LPS}; Replica 324544 {3LPS} (1984)ª
Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100784 (+Il trovatore - excerpts - Previtali) {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Classic Record Collector - Autunmn 2007 pp.98-99 [JTH]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.105 noviembre 2007 p.93 [JM]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Glyndebourne (29 June 1957 - see OPERA September 1957 pp.543-544 The Replica LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE June 1984 p.91. There is a review on the internet:
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Conductor Rudolf Kempe - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Cio Cio San - Victoria de los Ángeles
Pinkerton - John Lanigan
Sharpless - Geraint Evans
Suzuki - Barbara Howitt
Kate Pinkerton - Joyce Livingston
Goro - David Tree
Il principe Yamadori - David Allen
Lo zio Bonzo - Michael Langdon
Il commissario imperiale - Ronald Firmager
L'ufficiale del Registro - Harry Gawler
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Compact Disc; - Ornamenti FE 112 {2CDS}; New Ornamenti NOVA 003 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Golden Melodram GM 5.0058 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Royal Opera House «Heritage Series» ROH 5006 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 - September 2007 p.92 [AB]
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Opera - Opera November 2007 p.1390, p.1392 [ML]
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Opera News - December 2007 p.79 [IS]
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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.2 November/December 1994 p.332 [RVL]; Volume 30 No.2 November/December 2006 pp.239-240 [BR]; Vol.31 No.3 January/February 2008 pp.214-215 [LRB]
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Opéra International - novembre 1997 No.218 p.52 [SS]
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International Record Review - July/August 2007 pp.81-82 [JTH]
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American Record Guide - January/February 2008 Vol.71 No.1 p.222 [KM]
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Classic Record Collector - Winter 2007 pp.95-96 [DP]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.94 octubre 2006 p.85 [JR]: No.107 enero-febrero 2008 p.91 [JV]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (2 May 1957, for a review of an earlier performance in the same series see OPERA June 1957 p.387).
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Conductor Malcolm Sargent - 1957(STU)
Orchestra - Pro Arte Orchestra
Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival
Duke of Plaza-Toro - Geraint Evans
Luiz - Alexander Young
Don Alhambra - Owen Brannigan
Marco - John Cameron
Giuseppe - Richard Lewis
Antonio - James Milligan
Francesco - Alexander Young
Giorgio - James Milligan
Duchess of Plaza-Toro - Monica Sinclair
Casilda - Edna Graham
Gianetta - Elsie Morison
Tessa - Marjorie Thomas
Fiametta - Stella Hitchens
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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1504-1505 {2LPS} (1957)ª; HMV ASD 265-266 {2LPS} (1959)ª; HMV «Concert Classics» SXDW 3027 {2LPS}; Angel 3570 B/L {2LPS} (1958)ª
Compact Cassette - HMV «Concert Classics» TC-SXDW 3027
Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 64394 2 {2CDS} (1993)ª; HMV HMVD 5 73672-2 (+cello concerto) {2CDS} (2000)ª; EMI Classics CZS 5 74468-2 (collection) {16CDS} (2001)ª; EMI «Classics for Pleasure» 2134282 (+ cello concerto) {2CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of The Gondoliers by Arthur Sullivan are surveyed in the following publications:-
Gramophone November 1978 p.847
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1957 p.152 [PHW]; May 1959 p.584 [WAC]; September 1976 p.478 [AML]; September 1977 p.511 (mention) [IM]; October 1977 p.593 [JBS]
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Opera - May 1993 p.617
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Opera News - July 1993 p.42
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Gramophone Record Review - September 1957 p.904 [MO]: May 1959 p.525 [MO]
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Records and Recordings - May 1959 p.26 [DH]
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American Record Guide - January 1958 Vol.24 No.5 p.220 [PLM]: February 1959 Vol.25 No.6 p.412 [PLM]: Vol.56 No.6 November-December 1993 p.109 [RT]
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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1958 Vol.8 No.5 p.50 [JFI]
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BBC Music Magazine - March 2000 p.85 [MP]
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Conductor Malcolm Sargent - 1957(STU)
Orchestra - Pro Arte Orchestra
Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival
Mikado - Owen Brannigan
Nanki-Poo - Richard Lewis
Ko-Ko - Geraint Evans
Pooh-Bah - Ian Wallace
Pish-Tush - John Cameron
Yum-Yum - Elsie Morison
Pitti-Sing - Marjorie Thomas
Peep-Bo - Jeannette Sinclair
Katisha - Monica Sinclair
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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1485-1486 {2LPS} (1957)ª; HMV ASD 256-257 {2LPS} (1958)ª; HMV «Concert Classics» SXDW 3019 {2LPS} (1976)ª; Angel 3573 M/L {2LPS}; Angel S 3573 B/L {2LPS}; Angel AVB 34020 {2LPS} (1984)ª
Compact Cassette; - EMI EXE 1021 (1976)ª; Angel 4AVB 34020 (1985)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47773-8 {2CDS} (1987)ª; EMI CMS 7 64403-2 {2CDS} (1992)ª;; HMV HMVD 5 73059-2 {2CDS} (1998)ª; EMI Classics CZS 5 74468-2 (collection) {16CDS} (2001)ª; EMI «Classics for Pleasure» 2134442 {2CDS} (2008)ª
Open Reel Tape - Angel Y2S-3573(3óips)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of The Mikado by Arthur Sullivan are surveyed in the following publications:-
Gramophone November 1978 p.847; BBC Music Magazine May 1999 p.58
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1957 p.280; October 1958 p.210; November 1958 p.257; January 1976 p.1248 [AML]
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - January 1958 p.16
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Gramophone Record Review - December 1957 p.158
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American Record Guide - June 1958 Vol.24 No.10 p.434 [PLM]: December 1958 Vol.25 No.4 p.250 [PLP]: March 1966 Vol.32 No.7 p.654 (tape) [RJ]: November-December 1993 Vol.56 No.6 p.108
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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1958 Vol.8 No.5 p.50 [JFI]: October 1958 Vol.8 No.10 p.123 [RDD]
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Conductor Rafael Kubelik - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Boris - Boris Christoff
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Joseph Gostic
Marina - Regina Resnik
Pimen - Joseph Rouleau
Varlaam - David Kelly
Shuisky - John Lanigan
Missail - David Tree
Rangoni - Otakar Kraus
Fyodor - Josephine Veasey
Xenia - Joan Carlyle
Hostess - Edith Coates
Simpleton - Duncan Robertson
Tchelkalov - Geraint Evans
Nurse - Noreen Berry
Nikitich - Forbes Robinson
Mityukha - David Allen
Lavitsky - Rhoderick (Rhydderch) Davies
Cherniovsky - Ronald Lewis
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1074; Live Opera Heaven C 3165 {3CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- Recording of a perfomance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. This is probably of the performance on 6 November 1958 which was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated November 2-8 1958 p.43). The performance on 31 October 1958 is reviewed in OPERA December 1958 pp.809-812. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». Here the date of the performance broadcast is given as «Nov, 7 1958», but Boris Godunov was not performed at Covent Garden on that date. The CDRs issued by «Live Opera Heaven» are listed in their «JANUARY 2008 ALERT». The date of the performance recorded is also given here (incorrectly) as «11/7/58».
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Conductor Benjamin Britten - 1958(STU)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Peter Grimes - Peter Pears
Ellen Orford - Claire Watson
Balstrode - James Pease
Auntie - Jean Watson
Bob Boles - Raymond Nilsson
Swallow - Owen Brannigan
Mrs. Sedley - Lauris Elms
Ned Keene - Geraint Evans
Rector - John Lanigan
Hobson - David Kelly
First niece - Marion Studholme
Second niece - Iris Kells
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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5521-5523 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca SXL 2150-2152 {3LPS} (1959)ª; London A 4342 {3LPS} (1960)ª;; London OSA 1305 {3LPS} (1960)ª
Compact Cassette - Decca K71K33
Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 414 577-2 {3CDS} (1986)ª; Decca «Legends» 467 682-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Decca 475 6020 (Britten conducts Britten) {8CDS} (2004)ª; Decca 475 7713 {2CDS} (2006)ª
Open Reel Tape; - London LOR 90083 (7½ips 4-track) (1965)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.637; CELLETTI p.135; Opera on CD (1) p.144 (2) p.157 (3) p.176L'Avant Scène Opéra No.31 p.98; MET p.70; MET(VID) p.26; Opera News December 24 1994 p.8; Opera on Video p.224; BBC Music Magazine Sept. 1996 p.48; Fanfare Vol.20 No.1 September/October 1996 p.163; American Record Guide July/August 1998Vol.61 No.4 p.66; GIUDICI (2) p.153
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1959 p.188 [AR]; January 1960 p.341 [DST]; April 1986 pp.1323-1324 [AB]; August 2004 p.73 (mention) [AB]
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Opera - December 1959 p.813; Summer 2002 Supplement «Thirty all-time great recordings» p.26 [RF]
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HiFi News & Record Review - August 2001 p.54
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Fanfare - Vol.30 No.4 March/April 2007 p.87 [JM]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.4 No.3 Autumn 1986 pp.152-159 [DH2]
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - October 1959 p.10
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Stereophile - February 1990 (Vol.13 No.2) p.192
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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.118
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American Record Guide - March 1960 Vol.26 No.7 p.503 [JD]: February 1965 Vol.31 No.6 pp.568-569 (open reel tape) [RJ]: November/December 1986 Vol.49 No.6 p.57 [DA]: January/February 2007 Vol.70 No.1 p.76 [CHP]
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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1960 Vol.10 No.3 p.59 [AF]
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Records and Recordings - October 1959 p.16 [FGB]
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International Record Review - June 2001 p.75 [SP]
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The Absolute Sound - December 2001/January 2002 Issue 133 p.89 [JH]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.73 septiembre 2004 p.82 [LB]: No.101 junio 2007 p.90 [JO]
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Comments:- Recorded in Walthamstow Town Hall (December 1958). See THE GRAMOPHONE, October 1959 p.160
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Conductor Malcolm Sargent - 1958(STU)
Orchestra - Pro Arte Orchestra
Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Sir Richard Cholmondeley - Dennis Dowling
Colonel Fairfax - Richard Lewis
Sergeant Meryll - John Carol Case
Leonard Meryll - Alexander Young
Jack Point - Geraint Evans
Wilfred Shadbolt - Owen Brannigan
Elsie Maynard - Elsie Morison
Phoebe Meryll - Marjorie Thomas
Dame Carruthers - Monica Sinclair
Kate - Doreen Hume
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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1601-1602 {2LPS} (1958)ª; HMV ASD 364-365 {2LPS} (1960)ª; HMV SXDW 3033 {2LPS}; HMV «Concert Classics» SXLP 30120-30121 {2LPS}
Compact Cassette - HMV «Concert Classics» TC2-SXDW3033
Compact Disc; - HMV «Classics» HMVD 5 73065-2 {2CDS}; EMI CDS 7 47781-8 {2CDS} EMI CMS 7 64415-2 {2CDS}; EMI Classics CZS 5 74468-2 (collection) {16CDS} (2001)ª; EMI «Classics for Pleasure» 2134652 {2CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of The Yeomen of the Guard by Arthur Sullivan are surveyed in the following publications:-
Gramophone November 1978 p.847
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1958 p.257 [WAC]; October 1960 p.229 [EG]; December 1969 p.1005; December 1977 p.1155 [AML]; March 1978 p.1622 [IM]
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American Record Guide - Vol.56 No.6 November-December 1993 p.109
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Conductor Colin Davis - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Tamino - Richard Lewis
Papageno - Geraint Evans
Königin der Nacht - Margareta Hallin
Sprecher - Carlos Feller
Pamina - Pilar Lorengar
Sarastro - Mihály Székely
Monostatos - Gwyneth Griffiths
Papagena - Dodi Protero
1er Geharnischter - James Conrad
2er Geharnischter - David Read
Erste Dame - Heather Harper
Zweite Dame - Catherine Wilson
Dritte Dame - Monica Sinclair
Erster Knabe - Emily Maire
Zweiter Knabe - Elizabeth Harwood
Dritter Knabe - Theresia Bester
Erster Priester - James Conrad
Zweiter Priester - David Read
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2360-2 {2CDRS} (2006)ª; Opera Depot OD 10012-2 {2CDS} (2007)ª
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Recordings of Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.130: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.136-140; Opera on Record p.106; CELLETTI p.525; Opera on CD (1) p.22 (2) p.26 (3) p.28; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.101 p.138, No.196 p.148; MET p.332; MET(VID) p.186; PENGUIN p.257; BBC Music Magazine May 1994 p.47; Opéra International No.182 juillet-aoüt 1994 p.14; GIUDICI p.495 (2) p.828; Stereophile October 1996 (Vol.19 No.10) p.303; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.15; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.58-60; BBC Music Magazine April 2004 p.52; The Gramophone January 2006 p.28
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Glyndebourne Festival. The CDRs issued by Premiere are included in their list of «NEW RELEASES October 2006» and those issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Falstaff - Geraint Evans
Fenton - Luigi Alva
Ford - John Shaw
Dr. Cajus - John Lanigan
Bardolfo - Robert Bowman
Pistola - Michael Langdon
Alice Ford - Mariella Angioletti
Nannetta - Mirella Freni
Meg Page - Josephine Veasey
Mistress Quickly - Regina Resnik
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Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 2009
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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; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (10 May 1961; see OPERA July 1961 pp.469-474). This performance was not broadcast, but that on 12 May was.
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1962(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Rodolfo - Sándor Kónya
Schaunard - Geraint Evans
Marcello - Ettore Bastianini
Colline - Giorgio Tozzi
Mimi - Victoria de los Ángeles
Musetta - Marilyn Horne
Benoit - Salvatore Baccaloni
Alcindoro - Salvatore Baccaloni
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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1708 (1989)ª; House of Opera ALD 1708S
Compact Disc - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 21027 {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
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Fanfare - Vol.14 No.5 May/June 1991 p.253 [DMG]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance by the San Francisco Opera in Los Angeles (26 October 1962). According to DMG in FANFARE the sound is not good. The compact cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - September 1989» and the recording is described as «abridged».
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1962(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi
Donna Anna - Leyla Gencer
Don Ottavio - Richard Lewis
Donna Elvira - Sena Jurinac
Leoporello - Geraint Evans
Il Commendatore - David Ward
Masetto - Robert Savoie
Zerlina - Mirella Freni
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00931
Compact Disc; - Giuseppe di Stefano Records GDS 31024 {3CDS}; Living Stage LS 1022 {3CDS} (2003)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1163-3 {3CDRS} (2004)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1452 {3CDS} (2006)ª; Royal Opera House «Heritage Series» ROH 5007 {3CDS} (2007)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 - September 2007 pp.90-91 [JBS]
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Opera - August 2007 p.1004 [AB]
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Opera News - January 2008 pp.60-61 [RP]
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Fanfare - Volume 30 No.2 November/December 2006 pp.212-213 [RT]; Vol.31 No.3 January/February 2008 pp.191-192 [RT]
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Orpheus - März + April 2007 S.58 [GH]
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Diapason - No.550 S septembre 2007 p.128 [JC]
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International Record Review - July/August 2007 p.79 [PB]
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American Record Guide - January/February 2008 Vol.71 No.1 pp.133-134 [RVL]
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Classic Record Collector - Spring 2008 pp.94-95 [TP]
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Classica Répertoire - No.75 septembre 2005 p.106 (mention) [AT]: No.95 septembre 2007 p.77 [AT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.107 enero-febrero 2008 p.90 [JR]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (19 February 1962). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme. See Radio Times Issue dated February 17-23 1962 p.18, p.23. The performances on 9 and 26 February are reviewed in OPERA April 1962 p.271 (see also the front cover and pp.224-225)
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Conductor Otto Klemperer - 1962(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Tamino - Richard Lewis
Papageno - Geraint Evans
Königin der Nacht - Joan Sutherland
Sprecher - Hans Hotter
Pamina - Joan Carlyle
Sarastro - David Kelly
Monostatos - Robert Bowman
Papagena - Jenifer Eddy
1er Geharnischter - Edgar Evans
2er Geharnischter - Victor Godfrey
Erste Dame - Judith Pierce
Zweite Dame - Josephine Veasey
Dritte Dame - Monica Sinclair
Erster Knabe - Margaret Neville
Zweiter Knabe - Ann Hood
Dritter Knabe - Marian Roberts
Erster Priester - John Dobson
Zweiter Priester - Ronald Lewis
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01421
Compact Disc; - House of Opera CD 210; Golden Melodram GM 5.0060.2 {2CDS} (2006)ª
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Recordings of Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.130: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.136-140; Opera on Record p.106; CELLETTI p.525; Opera on CD (1) p.22 (2) p.26 (3) p.28; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.101 p.138, No.196 p.148; MET p.332; MET(VID) p.186; PENGUIN p.257; BBC Music Magazine May 1994 p.47; Opéra International No.182 juillet-aoüt 1994 p.14; GIUDICI p.495 (2) p.828; Stereophile October 1996 (Vol.19 No.10) p.303; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.15; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.58-60; BBC Music Magazine April 2004 p.52; The Gramophone January 2006 p.28
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
American Record Guide - January/February 2008 Vol.71 No.1 p.221 [MM]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.99 abril 2007 p.90, p.92 [JR]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden. This was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated December 30 1961 - January 5 1962 p.49 and is reviewed in OPERA February 1962 pp.133-138. Dezoe Ernster who was to have sung Sarastro broke a leg and was replaced at short notice by David Kelly.
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Conductor Manno Wolf-Ferrari - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Monte-Carlo
Chorus - L'Opéra de Monte-Carlo
Don Giovanni - Renato Capecchi
Donna Anna - Leyla Gencer
Don Ottavio - Richard Holm
Donna Elvira - Ilva Ligabue
Leoporello - Geraint Evans
Il Commendatore - Giovanni Foiani
Masetto - Renato Cesari
Zerlina - Mariella Adani
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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3835 (1996)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 in the Salle Garnier, Théâtre de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo (17 Februar 1963). The cast listed above is that given in the chronology section of the web-site: http://www.leylagencer.eu (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric Distribution Incorporated are listed in «New Audio Cassette Listing - March 1996».
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Conductor Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón - Buenos Aires
Chorus - Teatro Colón - Buenos Aires
Don Giovanni - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
Donna Anna - Elisabeth Grümmer
Don Ottavio - Luigi Alva
Donna Elvira - Wilma Lipp
Leoporello - Geraint Evans
Il Commendatore - Franz Crass
Masetto - Ricardo Catena
Zerlina - Jeanette Scovotti
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Compact Disc; - Ornamenti FE 116 {3CDS}; The Opera Lovers DONG 196301 {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
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opéra International - janvier 1997 No.209 p.51
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.84 enero 1996 p.45
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Teatro Colón
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Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Falstaff - Geraint Evans
Fenton - Luigi Alva
Ford - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
Dr. Cajus - Italo Pasini
Bardolfo - Nino Falzetti
Alice Ford - Ilva Ligabue
Nannetta - Jeanette Scovotti
Meg Page - Noemi Souza
Mistress Quickly - Oralia Domínguez
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Compact Disc - Ornamenti FE 119 {2CDS}
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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; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (30 August 1963)
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Figaro - Geraint Evans
Susanna - Mirella Freni
Conte Almaviva - Tito Gobbi
Contessa Almaviva - Ilva Ligabue
Cherubino - Teresa Berganza
Marcellina - Monica Sinclair
Bartolo - Michael Langdon
Basilio - Kenneth MacDonald
Curzio - Robert Bowman
Antonio - David Kelly
Barbarina - Jenifer Eddy
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1040
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 1998
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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 in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 11 June 1963. This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme. See Radio Times Issue dated June 8-14 1963 p.31. The performance on 5 June 1963 is reviewed in OPERA July 1963 pp.491-496, p.506. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Lorin Maazel - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Figaro - Geraint Evans
Susanna - Graziella Sciutti
Conte Almaviva - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Contessa Almaviva - Hilde Güden (Gueden)
Cherubino - Evelyn Lear
Marcellina - Patricia Johnson
Bartolo - Peter Lagger
Basilio - John van Kesteren
Curzio - Martin Vantin
Antonio - Siegfried Rudolf Frese
Barbarina - Barbara Vogel
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Black Disc - Movimento musica 025 {3LPS}
Compact Disc - Movimento musica 013.004
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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 Salzburg Festival (July 1963; see OPERA Festival Issue 1963 p.47 for a review of a later performance). The Movimento musica LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE January 1984 p.872
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1963(STU)
Orchestra - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
Chorus - RCA Italiana Opera Chorus
Falstaff - Geraint Evans
Fenton - Alfredo Kraus
Ford - Robert Merrill
Dr. Cajus - John Lanigan
Bardolfo - Piero De Palma
Pistola - Giovanni Foiani
Alice Ford - Ilva Ligabue
Nannetta - Mirella Freni
Meg Page - Rosalind Elias
Mistress Quickly - Giulietta Simionato
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Black Disc; - RCA Victor RE 5509-5511 {3LPS} (UK) (1964)ª; RCA Victor SER 5509-5511 {3LPS} (UK) (1964)ª; Decca 2BB 104-106 {3LPS} (1971)ª; RCA Victor LM 6163 {3LPS} (USA) (1964)ª; RCA Victor LSC 6163 {3LPS} (USA) (1964)ª; London «Jubilee» LJ 417 168-1 {2LPS}
Compact Cassette; - Decca K110K32 (1978)ª;; *Decca 417 168-4 (1990)ª
Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 417 168-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 460 179-2 {2CDS} (France) (1998)ª; Decca «Classic Opera» 475 6677 {2CDS} (2005)ª
Open Reel Tape; - RCA Victor FTC 8008 (7½ips 4-track) (USA) (1964)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; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 1964 p.517; October 1964 p.174 [DST]; July 1971 p.238 [AB] November 1978 p.970 [IM]; March 1990 p. [AB]; October 2005 p.101 [JBS]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.248-252 [WRM]
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Diapason - No.454 décembre 1998 p.70 (mention) [MP]
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American Record Guide - March 1964 Vol.30 No.7 p.564 [PLM]: August 1964 Vol.30 No.12 p.60, p.66 (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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International Record Review - November 2005 p.37 [RP]
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Répertoire - No.120 janvier 1999 p.53 [LC]
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Conductor John Pritchard - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Wozzeck - Geraint Evans
Tambourmajor - Edgar Evans
Andres - John Dobson
Hauptmann - Kenneth MacDonald
Doktor - Otakar Kraus
1.Handwerkbursch - Ronald Lewis
2.Handwerkbursch - Dennis Wicks
Narr - Robert Bowman
Marie - Marilyn Horne
Margaret - Noreen Berry
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1667
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Recordings of Wozzeck by Alban Berg are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.365; CELLETTI p.78; MARINELLI p.476; Opera on CD (1) p.132 (2) p.145 (3) p.163; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.36 p.138; Supplément mai 1998; No.215; MET p.33; MET(VIDEO) p.12; PENGUIN p.16; GIUDICI p.44 (2) p.79; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.64; BBC Music Magazine February 2000 p.49; Gramophone November (published September) 2003 p.56
Comments:- This is probably a recording of the performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 31 October 1964 which was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme. The performance on October 29 1964 is reviewed in OPERA December 1964 pp.830-833. 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 date of the performance recorded is given incorrectly as «Oct.3.1964».
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Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Don Pasquale - Jeanette Scovotti
Norina - Geraint Evans
Malatesta - Sesto Bruscantini
Ernesto - Luigi Alva
Un notaio - José Nait
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 3796
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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 in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (August 1965). The cast listed above is that given in the website of the Teatro Colón;-
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Conductor Joseph Rosenstock - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Falstaff - Geraint Evans
Fenton - George Shirley
Ford - Mario Sereni
Dr. Cajus - Mariano Caruso
Bardolfo - Andrea Velis
Pistola - Norman Scott
Alice Ford - Gabriella Tucci
Nannetta - Judith Raskin
Meg Page - Mildred Miller
Mistress Quickly - Regina Resnik
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1657
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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; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- Recording of performance at the MET (23 January 1965). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Falstaff - Geraint Evans
Fenton - Luigi Alva
Ford - Sesto Bruscantini
Dr. Cajus - Italo Pasini
Bardolfo - Nino Falzetti
Pistola - Andrés Huc Santana
Alice Ford - Raina Kabaivanska
Nannetta - Jeanette Scovotti
Meg Page - Carmen Burello
Mistress Quickly - Oralia Domínguez
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 3412
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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; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (August 1965; see OPERA November 1965 p.818). The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Joseph Rosenstock - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi
Donna Anna - Teresa Stich-Randall
Don Ottavio - Jan Peerce
Donna Elvira - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Leoporello - Geraint Evans
Il Commendatore - Nicola Ghiuselev
Masetto - Theodor Uppman
Zerlina - Rosalind Elias
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1196 (& 958)
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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 (29 January 1966). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Leonore - Birgit Nilsson
Florestan - James King
Pizarro - Geraint Evans
Rocco - Otto Edelmann
Marzelline - Mary Ellen Pracht
Jaquino - Charles Anthony
Fernando - Sherrill Milnes
Erster Gefangene - George Shirley
Zweiter Gefangene - Russell Christopher
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1367 (& 903 & 1128) ; The Opera Lovers 196601 {2CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.119; CELLETTI p.29; Opera on CD p.25 (1) p.29 (3) p.32; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.10 p.102; MET p.8; MET(VID) p.4; PENGUIN p.6; Stereophile January 1994 p.177; May 1994 p.15; BBC Music Magazine February 1995 p.43; Opera on Video p.37; GIUDICI p.11 (2) p.19; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.62; Gramophone January 1997 p.40; Répertoire No.103 juin 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Summer 1997 No.4 p.64; International Record Review March 2001 p.22; American Record Guide March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.44-53
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (22 January 1966). 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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Conductor Colin Davis - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Peter Grimes - Jon Vickers
Ellen Orford - Lucine Amara
Balstrode - Geraint Evans
Auntie - Lili Chookasian
Bob Boles - Paul Franke
Swallow - William Mellow
Mrs. Sedley - Jean Madeira
Ned Keene - Gene Boucher
Rector - Robert Schmorr
Hobson - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
First niece - Mary Ellen Pracht
Second niece - Lilian Sukis
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 374
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Recordings of Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.637; CELLETTI p.135; Opera on CD (1) p.144 (2) p.157 (3) p.176L'Avant Scène Opéra No.31 p.98; MET p.70; MET(VID) p.26; Opera News December 24 1994 p.8; Opera on Video p.224; BBC Music Magazine Sept. 1996 p.48; Fanfare Vol.20 No.1 September/October 1996 p.163; American Record Guide July/August 1998Vol.61 No.4 p.66; GIUDICI (2) p.153
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (11 February 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».
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1968(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Don Giovanni - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Donna Anna - Gundula Janowitz
Don Ottavio - Alfredo Kraus
Donna Elvira - Teresa Zylis-Gara
Leoporello - Geraint Evans
Il Commendatore - Martti Talvela
Masetto - Rolando Panerai
Zerlina - Mirella Freni
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Black Disc - GOP Records GOP 53
Compact Disc - Paragon PCD 84009-84011 {3CDS}
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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 Salzburg Festival (see OPERA Festival Issue 1968 p.52)
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Conductor István Kertész - 1968(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Falstaff - Geraint Evans
Fenton - Stuart Burrows
Ford - John Shaw
Dr. Cajus - Kenneth MacDonald
Bardolfo - Robert Bowman
Pistola - David Kelly
Alice Ford - Ilva Ligabue
Nannetta - Elizabeth Robson
Meg Page - Yvonne Minton
Mistress Quickly - Regina Resnik
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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 3928
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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; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (3 June 1968). The performance on 29 May 1968 is reviewed in OPERA July 1968 pp.588-589.
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Conductor Ferdinand Leitner - 1969(LI)
Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera
Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera
Don Giovanni - Tito Gobbi
Donna Anna - Claire Watson
Don Ottavio - Alfredo Kraus
Donna Elvira - Ilva Ligabue
Leoporello - Geraint Evans
Il Commendatore - Paolo Washington
Masetto - Peter Van Ginkel
Zerlina - Judith Raskin
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Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia; «WWW Site on a Disc #7» {1xCD-ROM} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 Chicago Lyric Opera (6 December 1969; see OPERA February 1970 pp.126-127).
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1969(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Don Giovanni - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Donna Anna - Gundula Janowitz
Don Ottavio - Alfredo Kraus
Donna Elvira - Teresa Zylis-Gara
Leoporello - Geraint Evans
Il Commendatore - Victor von Halem
Masetto - Rolando Panerai
Zerlina - Mirella Freni
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Compact Disc; - Nuova Era 2330-2232; Memories HR 4362-4364 {3CDS} ;; Hunt CDKAR 202 (+Mozart - Requiem) {3CDS}; Oriel Music Society OMS 312 {3CDRS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 publication:-
American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 pp.22-26 [LM]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (1 August 1969; see OPERA Festival Issue 1969 p.49)
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1969(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Hans Sachs - Hubert Hofmann
Veit Pogner - David Ward
Sixtus Beckmesser - Geraint Evans
Fritz Kothner - Donald McIntyre
Walther von Stolzing - Jess Thomas
David - George Shirley
Eva - Bozena Ruk-Focic
Magdalena - Josephine Veasey
Nachtwächter - Eric Garrett
Kunz Vogelgesang - Kenneth MacDonald
Konrad Nachtigall - Hugh Sheehan
Ulrich Eisslinger - David Lennox
Balthasar Zorn - John Lanigan
Augustin Moser - Edgar Evans
Hermann Ortel - David Kelly
Hans Schwarz - Inia Te Wiata
Hans Foltz - Dennis Wicks
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Compact Cassette - mr. tape 3531; Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03368
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Recordings of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.184; Opera February 1957 p.82; Opera on Record p.376; CELLETTI p.1110; Opera on CD (1) p.66 (2) p.73 (3) p.82; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.116-117 p.214; MET p.700; MET(VID) p.430; PENGUIN p.528; American Record Guide Vol 57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD August 1994 p.36; Opera on Video p.120; GIUDICI p.1103 (2) p.1760; Gramophone January 1999 p.26; International Record Review April 2001 p.14
Comments:- Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (8 February 1969). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times issue dated February 8-14 1969 p.9).
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Conductor Colin Davis - 1969(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Wozzeck - Geraint Evans
Tambourmajor - Robert Nagy
Andres - Charles Anthony
Hauptmann - Paul Franke
Doktor - Donald Gramm
1.Handwerkbursch - Richard Best
2.Handwerkbursch - Russell Christopher
Narr - Andrea Velis
Marie - Evelyn Lear
Margaret - Louise Pearl
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1150; The Opera Lovers WOZ 196901 {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Wozzeck by Alban Berg are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.365; CELLETTI p.78; MARINELLI p.476; Opera on CD (1) p.132 (2) p.145 (3) p.163; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.36 p.138; Supplément mai 1998; No.215; MET p.33; MET(VIDEO) p.12; PENGUIN p.16; GIUDICI p.44 (2) p.79; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.64; BBC Music Magazine February 2000 p.49; Gramophone November (published September) 2003 p.56
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET. 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 recording is described as a «Very Good to Excellent FM Aircheck» and the date is given as «April 2 1969». However, it was the performance on 12 April, not 2 April, which was broadcast. The cast was the same for both performances. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1969(STU)
Orchestra - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Antonio Zerbini
Leonora di Vargas - Martina Arroyo
Don Carlo - Piero Cappuccilli
Don Alvaro - Carlo Bergonzi
Preziosilla - Biancamaria Casoni
Fra Melitone - Geraint Evans
Curra - Mila Cova
Padre Guardiano - Ruggero Raimondi
Mastro Trabuco - Florindo Andreolli
Un Chirurgo - Derek Hammond-Stroud
Un Alcalde - Virgilio Carbonari
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Black Disc - *EMI SLS 948-4
Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 64646 2 {3CDS} (1993)ª; EMI CMS 5 67124-2 {3CDS} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 1970 p.1479; July 1970 p.148; June 1993 p.103
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Opera - June 1993 p.744
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Opera Now - July 1993 p.54
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Orpheus - Mai 1993 S.61
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Diapason - No.394 June 1993 p.164
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Classic CD - June 1993 p.95
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American Record Guide - Vol.56 No.5 September-October 1993 p.213
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.37 enero-febrerp 2000 p.96 [TF]
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Don Giovanni - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Donna Anna - Gundula Janowitz
Don Ottavio - Stuart Burrows
Donna Elvira - Teresa Zylis-Gara
Leoporello - Geraint Evans
Il Commendatore - Victor von Halem
Masetto - Rolando Panerai
Zerlina - Olivera Miljakovic
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Compact Disc; - Hunt CDKAR 231 {3CDS}; Orfeo C 615 033 D {3CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 - December 2003 p.105 [AB]
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Opéra International - No.286 janvier 2004 p.63 [AF]
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International Record Review - December 2003 pp.80-81 [HC]
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BBC Music Magazine - January 2004 p.63 [ML]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.68 marzo 2004 p.86 [MCP]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (see OPERA Festival Issue 1970 p.69)
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Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Falstaff - Geraint Evans
Fenton - Stuart Burrows
Ford - Dan Richardson
Dr. Cajus - Ragnar Ulfung
Bardolfo - Raymond Manton
Pistola - Ara Berberian
Alice Ford - Mary Costa
Nannetta - Margaret Price
Meg Page - Sylvia Anderson
Mistress Quickly - Lili Chookasian
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Compact Disc; - Mike Richter AE 201 (San Francisco Opera CD ROM) (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the San Francisco (7 October 1970)
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1970(STU)
Orchestra - Dresdner Staatskapelle
Chorus - Dresdner Operchor - Leipziger Rundfunkchor
Hans Sachs - Theo Adam
Veit Pogner - Karl Ridderbusch
Sixtus Beckmesser - Geraint Evans
Fritz Kothner - Zoltán Kéléman
Walther von Stolzing - René Kollo
David - Peter Schreier
Eva - Helen Donath
Magdalena - Ruth Hesse
Nachtwächter - Kurt Moll
Kunz Vogelgesang - Eberhard Büchner
Konrad Nachtigall - Horst Lunow
Ulrich Eisslinger - Peter Bindzsus
Balthasar Zorn - Hans-Joachim Rotzsch
Augustin Moser - Horst Hiestermann
Hermann Ortel - Hermann Christian Polster
Hans Schwarz - Heinz Reeh
Hans Foltz - Siegfried Vogel
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Black Disc; - *EMI SLS 957 («Angel Series» SAN 292-296) {5LPS} (1971)ª; EMI EX 74963-1 {4LPS} (1988)ª; Angel SEL-3776
Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 749683-4 (1988)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI(Angel) CDS 7 49683-2 {4CDS} (1988)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 5 67086 {4CDS} (1999)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 7243 5 67148 2 3 {4CDS} (USA) (1999)ª; Toshiba EMI TOCE 11390-93 {4CDS} (Japan) (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.184; Opera February 1957 p.82; Opera on Record p.376; CELLETTI p.1110; Opera on CD (1) p.66 (2) p.73 (3) p.82; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.116-117 p.214; MET p.700; MET(VID) p.430; PENGUIN p.528; American Record Guide Vol 57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD August 1994 p.36; Opera on Video p.120; GIUDICI p.1103 (2) p.1760; Gramophone January 1999 p.26; International Record Review April 2001 p.14
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1971 p.670 (see December 1971 p.1002); December 1971 p.1008; January 1972 p.1182; August 1972 p.322 (note on pitch); July 1988 p. [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.23 No.2 November/December 1999 pp.46-50 [JK]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.286; Vol.6 No.3 Spring 1989 pp.159-162 [KH2]
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Stereophile - December 1988 (Vol.11 No.12) p.195
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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 pp.107-109 [MO]
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.235 septembre 1999 p.108 [PS]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.37 enero-febrerp 2000 p.97 [PN]
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Comments:- Recorded between 24 November and 14 December 1970. See «The Gramophone» October 1971 p.607 (reprinted in «International Classical Record Collector» Spring Edition 1997 No.8 p.31). See also «Herbert von Karajan - A Life in Music» by Richard Osborne pp.585-587
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Conductor Otto Klemperer - 1970(STU)
Orchestra - New Philharmonia Orchestra
Chorus - John Alldis Choir
Figaro - Geraint Evans
Susanna - Reri Grist
Conte Almaviva - Gabriel Bacquier
Contessa Almaviva - Elisabeth Söderström
Cherubino - Teresa Berganza
Marcellina - Annelies Burmeister
Bartolo - Michael Langdon
Basilio - Werner Hollweg
Curzio - Willi Brokmeier
Antonio - Clifford Grant
Barbarina - Margaret Price
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Black Disc; - HMV SLS 955 {4LPS} (1971)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 63849-2 {3CDS} (1991)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 publication:-
(The) Gramophone - May 1971 p.1822; July 1971 p.161; March 1972 p.1503; September 1991 p.125 [AB]
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Conductor Charles Mackerras - 1971(FI)
Orchestra - London Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Hoffmann - Michele Molese
Olympia - Elizabeth Harwood
Giulietta - Elizabeth Harwood
Antonia - Elizabeth Harwood
Coppélius - Geraint Evans
Dapertutto - Geraint Evans
Miracle - Geraint Evans
Nicklaus - Gillian Ramsden
Spalanzani - Derek Hammond-Stroud
Frantz - Graheam Allum
Schlemil - John Lawrenson
Crespil - John Lawrenson
Cochenille - Reginald Barrett
Pitichinacchio - Graheam Allum
La Mère d'Antonia - Margaret Lensky
Lindorf - Geraint Evans
Stella - Elizabeth Harwood
Nathanael - Derek Hammond-Stroud
Luther - David Reed
Hermann - John Lawrenson
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Compact Disc - Celestial Audio CA 043 {2CDRS}
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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103
Comments:- Recording of the soundtrack of a television film that was transmitted by BBC2 Television on 24 December 1971 (see Radio Times Issue Dated 18-31 December 1971 p.53). According to Alan Blyth «The work was heavily cut» (OPERA February 1972 p.185).
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Conductor Charles Mackerras - 1971(FI)
Orchestra - London Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Hoffmann - Michele Molese
Olympia - Elizabeth Harwood
Giulietta - Elizabeth Harwood
Antonia - Elizabeth Harwood
Coppélius - Geraint Evans
Dapertutto - Geraint Evans
Miracle - Geraint Evans
Nicklaus - Gillian Ramsden
Spalanzani - Derek Hammond-Stroud
Frantz - Graheam Allum
Schlemil - John Lawrenson
Crespil - John Lawrenson
Cochenille - Reginald Barrett
Pitichinacchio - Graheam Allum
La Mère d'Antonia - Margaret Lensky
Lindorf - Geraint Evans
Stella - Elizabeth Harwood
Nathanael - Derek Hammond-Stroud
Luther - David Reed
Hermann - John Lawrenson
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Compact Disc - Celestial Audio CA 043 {2CDRS}
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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103
Comments:- Recording of the soundtrack of a television film that was transmitted by BBC2 Television on 24 December 1971 (see Radio Times Issue Dated 18-31 December 1971 p.53). According to Alan Blyth «The work was heavily cut» (OPERA February 1972 p.185).
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Conductor Charles Mackerras - 1971(FI)
Orchestra - London Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Hoffmann - Michele Molese
Olympia - Elizabeth Harwood
Giulietta - Elizabeth Harwood
Antonia - Elizabeth Harwood
Coppélius - Geraint Evans
Dapertutto - Geraint Evans
Miracle - Geraint Evans
Nicklaus - Gillian Ramsden
Spalanzani - Derek Hammond-Stroud
Frantz - Graheam Allum
Schlemil - John Lawrenson
Crespil - John Lawrenson
Cochenille - Reginald Barrett
Pitichinacchio - Graheam Allum
La Mère d'Antonia - Margaret Lensky
Lindorf - Geraint Evans
Stella - Elizabeth Harwood
Nathanael - Derek Hammond-Stroud
Luther - David Reed
Hermann - John Lawrenson
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Compact Disc - Celestial Audio CA 043 {2CDRS}
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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103
Comments:- Recording of the soundtrack of a television film that was transmitted by BBC2 Television on 24 December 1971 (see Radio Times Issue Dated 18-31 December 1971 p.53). According to Alan Blyth «The work was heavily cut» (OPERA February 1972 p.185).
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Conductor Charles Mackerras - 1971(FI)
Orchestra - London Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Hoffmann - Michele Molese
Olympia - Elizabeth Harwood
Giulietta - Elizabeth Harwood
Antonia - Elizabeth Harwood
Coppélius - Geraint Evans
Dapertutto - Geraint Evans
Miracle - Geraint Evans
Nicklaus - Gillian Ramsden
Spalanzani - Derek Hammond-Stroud
Frantz - Graheam Allum
Schlemil - John Lawrenson
Crespil - John Lawrenson
Cochenille - Reginald Barrett
Pitichinacchio - Graheam Allum
La Mère d'Antonia - Margaret Lensky
Lindorf - Geraint Evans
Stella - Elizabeth Harwood
Nathanael - Derek Hammond-Stroud
Luther - David Reed
Hermann - John Lawrenson
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Compact Disc - Celestial Audio CA 043 {2CDRS}
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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103
Comments:- Recording of the soundtrack of a television film that was transmitted by BBC2 Television on 24 December 1971 (see Radio Times Issue Dated 18-31 December 1971 p.53). According to Alan Blyth «The work was heavily cut» (OPERA February 1972 p.185).
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Conductor Otmar Suitner - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Hans Sachs - Theo Adam
Veit Pogner - Ezio Flagello
Sixtus Beckmesser - Geraint Evans
Fritz Kothner - Raymond Wolansky
Walther von Stolzing - James King
David - John Walker
Eva - Arlene Saunders
Magdalena - Helen Vanni
Nachtwächter - Ara Berberian
Kunz Vogelgesang - James Atherton
Konrad Nachtigall - Mark Howard
Ulrich Eisslinger - Raymond Manton
Balthasar Zorn - Orva Hoskinson
Augustin Moser - Joe Pinedo
Hermann Ortel - Allan Monk
Hans Schwarz - Ara Berberian
Hans Foltz - Richard Mundt
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Compact Disc; - John Wegner San Francisco Opera - The Adler Years - 2 SFO-02 (A;; Mike Richter CD-ROM) (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.184; Opera February 1957 p.82; Opera on Record p.376; CELLETTI p.1110; Opera on CD (1) p.66 (2) p.73 (3) p.82; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.116-117 p.214; MET p.700; MET(VID) p.430; PENGUIN p.528; American Record Guide Vol 57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD August 1994 p.36; Opera on Video p.120; GIUDICI p.1103 (2) p.1760; Gramophone January 1999 p.26; International Record Review April 2001 p.14
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (1 October 1971; see OPERA December 1971 pp.1055-1053 )
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Conductor Colin Davis - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Figaro - Geraint Evans
Susanna - Reri Grist
Conte Almaviva - Victor Braun
Contessa Almaviva - Kiri Te Kanawa
Cherubino - Patricia Kern
Marcellina - Heather Begg
Bartolo - Noel Mangin
Basilio - John Lanigan
Curzio - David Lennox
Antonio - Eric Garrett
Barbarina - Lilian Watson
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03316
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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 in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (4 December 1971). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 4-10 December 1971 p.23. The Compact Cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Wozzeck - Geraint Evans
Tambourmajor - Fritz Uhl
Andres - Loren Driscoll
Hauptmann - Helmut Melchert
Doktor - Hans Krämer
1.Handwerkbursch - Zoltán Kéléman
2.Handwerkbursch - Klaus Hirte
Narr - Jean van Ree
Marie - Anja Silja
Margaret - Gertrude Jahn
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Compact Disc; - Opera d'Oro OPD 1257 {2CDS} (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Wozzeck by Alban Berg are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.365; CELLETTI p.78; MARINELLI p.476; Opera on CD (1) p.132 (2) p.145 (3) p.163; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.36 p.138; Supplément mai 1998; No.215; MET p.33; MET(VIDEO) p.12; PENGUIN p.16; GIUDICI p.44 (2) p.79; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.64; BBC Music Magazine February 2000 p.49; Gramophone November (published September) 2003 p.56
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - August + September 2001 S.90-S.91 [SS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival. See OPERA Festival Issue 1971 p.38.
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Conductor Otto Klemperer - 1971(STU)
Orchestra - New Philharmonia Orchestra
Chorus - John Alldis Choir
Fiordiligi - Margaret Price
Dorabella - Yvonne Minton
Despina - Lucia Popp
Ferrando - Luigi Alva
Guglielmo - Geraint Evans
Don Alfonso - Hans Sotin
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Black Disc - HMV SLS 961; *EMI 2C 165-02249-52
Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 63845-2 {3CDS} (1991)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.128: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.132-136; Opera June 1968 p.451; Opera on Record p.86; CELLETTI p.451; Opera on CD (1) p.20 (2) p.24 (3) p.26; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.131-32 p.74; MET p.315;MET(VID) p.176; PENGUIN p.226; Stereophile Vol.14 No.8 August 1991 p.174; Classic CD April 1996 p.32; GIUDICI p.476 (2) p.804; BBC Music Magazine May 1997p.51; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.57-58
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1972 p.224; September 1991 p.125 [AB]
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International Opera Collector - Winter 1996 No.2 p.50
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Conductor Reynald Giovaninetti - 1972(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Figaro - Geraint Evans
Susanna - Judith Blegen
Conte Almaviva - Ingvar Wixell
Contessa Almaviva - Kiri Te Kanawa
Cherubino - Frederica Von Stade
Marcellina - Donna Petersen
Bartolo - Marius Rintzler
Basilio - Wolf Appel
Curzio - Raymond Manton
Antonio - Philip Booth
Barbarina - Evelyn Petros
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Compact Cassette; - Live Opera Heaven CAS 451 (2000)ª
Compact Disc; - *John Wegner San Francisco Opera - The Adler Years - 2 SFO-02 (A; Mike Richter CD-ROM) (2000)ª; Live Opera Heaven #451 {3CDS} (2000)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd CDNO 1492-3 {3CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (22 September 1972; see OPERA December 1972 pp.1078-1079). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases late July-August 2004».
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Conductor John Pritchard - 1973(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Peter Grimes - Jess Thomas
Ellen Orford - Ava June
Balstrode - Geraint Evans
Auntie - Sheila Nadler
Bob Boles - William Neill
Swallow - Michael Langdon
Mrs. Sedley - Donna Petersen
Ned Keene - Timothy Nolen
Rector - James Atherton
Hobson - Philip Booth
First niece - Jacquelyn Benson
Second niece - Rebecca Roberts
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Compact Disc; - Mike Richter EA 201 (San Francisco Opera CD ROM) (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.637; CELLETTI p.135; Opera on CD (1) p.144 (2) p.157 (3) p.176L'Avant Scène Opéra No.31 p.98; MET p.70; MET(VID) p.26; Opera News December 24 1994 p.8; Opera on Video p.224; BBC Music Magazine Sept. 1996 p.48; Fanfare Vol.20 No.1 September/October 1996 p.163; American Record Guide July/August 1998Vol.61 No.4 p.66; GIUDICI (2) p.153
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the San Francisco Opera (9 November 1973)
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Conductor Colin Davis - 1973(LI:30/4)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Don Giovanni - Peter Glossop
Donna Anna - Gwyneth Jones
Don Ottavio - Stuart Burrows
Donna Elvira - Wendy Fine
Leoporello - Geraint Evans
Il Commendatore - Gwynne Howell
Masetto - Robert Lloyd
Zerlina - Teresa Cahill
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Compact Disc - Oriel Music Society OMS 136/3 {3CDRS}
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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 Covent Garden (30 April 1973)
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Conductor Daniel Barenboim - 1973(STU)
Orchestra - English Chamber Orchestra
Chorus - Scottish Opera Chorus
Don Giovanni - Roger Soyer
Donna Anna - Antigone Sgourda
Don Ottavio - Luigi Alva
Donna Elvira - Heather Harper
Leoporello - Geraint Evans
Il Commendatore - Peter Lagger
Masetto - Alberto Rinaldi
Zerlina - Helen Donath
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Black Disc - HMV SLS 978 {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 63976-2 {3CDS} (1992)ª; EMI 572 227-2 {2CDS} {shortened to fit on 2CDS};; EMI «Classics for Pleasure» 3932562 {2CDS} {shortened to fit on 2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 - April 1975 p.1863 [SS]; June 1975 [SIR]; July 1975 p.159 [JBS]; March 1992 p.114
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Opera - January 1993 p.123 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.4 March/April 2008 pp.176-177 [RT]
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Diapason - No.445 février 1998 p.92 [MP]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.183 p.102 (mention) [CM]
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Conductor John Pritchard - 1976(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Adina - Yasuko Hayashi
Nemorino - José Carreras
Dulcamara - Geraint Evans
Belcore - Thomas Allen
Giannetta - Lilian Watson
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Black Disc - Historical Operatic Performances Edition HOPE 241 {2LPS}
Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00920
Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 218-2 {2CDS}; Gala GLH 814 (highlights) {1CD} (1998)ª; Gala GL 100.558 (+Act 2 San Francisco 1969) {2CDS} (2001)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd CDNO 1089-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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:-
Orpheus - April 1997 S.57; Februar 1999 SS.53-54 (highlights - mention) [GH]; 11+F November 2001 S.88 [GH]
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Classical Express - Issue No.83 February 1997 p.6
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.24 junio-agosto 1997 p.58
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Répertoire - No.162 novembre 2002 p.54 [PD]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (7 January 1976; the performance on 18 December 1975 is reviewed in OPERA, February 1976 p.175)
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Conductor Christoph von Dohnányi - 1976(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Emilia Marty - Anja Silja
Albert Gregor - William Lewis
Kristina - Pamela South
Baron Jaroslav Prus - Geraint Evans
Janek Prus - Neil Rosenheim
Dr. Kolenaty - Joshua Hecht
Machinist - John Davies
Charlady - Gwendolyn Jones
Count Hauk-Sendorf - Paul Crook
Chamber-maid - ? Harned
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Compact Disc; - *John Wegner San Francisco Opera - The Adler Years - 3 SFO-03; (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of The Makropulos Affair by Leos Janácek are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.338; CELLETTI p.348; Opera on CD (3) p.129; MET p.199; PENGUIN p.168; GIUDICI p.314
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (29 October 1976)
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Conductor John Pritchard - 1976(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Peter Grimes - Jon Vickers
Ellen Orford - Heather Harper
Balstrode - Geraint Evans
Auntie - Sheila Nadler
Bob Boles - Paul Crook
Swallow - Alexander Malta
Mrs. Sedley - Donna Petersen
Ned Keene - Wayne Turnage
Rector - Joseph Frank
Hobson - Paul Geiger
First niece - Claudia Cummings
Second niece - Pamela South
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Compact Disc; - *John Wegner San Francisco Opera - The Adler Years - 3 SFO-03; (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.637; CELLETTI p.135; Opera on CD (1) p.144 (2) p.157 (3) p.176L'Avant Scène Opéra No.31 p.98; MET p.70; MET(VID) p.26; Opera News December 24 1994 p.8; Opera on Video p.224; BBC Music Magazine Sept. 1996 p.48; Fanfare Vol.20 No.1 September/October 1996 p.163; American Record Guide July/August 1998Vol.61 No.4 p.66; GIUDICI (2) p.153
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (22 October 1976)
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Conductor John Pritchard - 1976(STU)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Adina - Ileana Cotrubas
Nemorino - Plácido Domingo
Dulcamara - Geraint Evans
Belcore - Ingvar Wixell
Giannetta - Lilian Watson
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Black Disc; - Columbia M3-34585 {3LPS} {USA) (1978)ª; CBS «Masterworks» 79210 {2LPS} (UK) (1977)ª
Compact Cassette - CBS «Masterworks» 40-79210 (UK)
Compact Disc; - CBS «Masterworks» CD 79210 {2CDS} (UK) (1990)ª; Sony Classical M2K 34585 {2CDS}; Sony Classical CSCR 8074-5 {2CDS} (Japan) (1990)ª; Sony Classical S2K 96458 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 - November 1977 p.885 [AB]; December 1977 p.1149 [AB]; April 1978 p.1677 [JBS]; March 1990 p.[AML]
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Fanfare - Vol.1 No.4 March/April 1978 p.24 [KH]; Vol.29 No.4 March/April 2006 pp.114-115 [BR]
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Diapason - 1977 No.221 p.62
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American Record Guide - August 1978 p.11
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Conductor Daniel Barenboim - 1976(STU)
Orchestra - English Chamber Orchestra
Chorus - John Alldis Choir
Figaro - Geraint Evans
Susanna - Judith Blegen
Conte Almaviva - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Contessa Almaviva - Heather Harper
Cherubino - Teresa Berganza
Marcellina - Birgit Finnilä
Bartolo - William McCue
Basilio - John Fryatt
Curzio - John Robertson
Antonio - Malcolm Donnelly
Barbarina - Elizabeth Gale
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Black Disc; - *EMI SLS 995 {4LPS} (1977)ª; EMI Pathé Marconi 2C 165 02856/9 {4LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 63646-2 {3CDS} (1991)ª; EMI CZS 5 72230-2 {shortened to fit on 2CDS} (1998)ª; EMI Classics 7243 5 85520 2 7 {shortened to fit on 2CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 - July 1977 p.215 [SS]; September 1977 p.259 [SIR]; May 1991 p. [AB]; August 2004 p.77 [AB]
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Diapason - No.445 février 1998 p.92 [MP]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.183 p.102 (mention) [CM]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.70 mayo 2004 p.86 [VM]
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Conductor Anthony Hose - 1978(LI)
Orchestra - Welsh Philharmonia Orchestra
Oberon - James Bowman
Tytania - Rita Cullis
Puck - Sylveste McCoy
Thesius - Roderick Kennedy
Hippolyta - Patricia Price
Lysander - Arthur Davies
Demetrius - Henry Newman
Hermia - Margaret Morgan
Helena - Suzanne Murphy
Bottom - Geraint Evans
Quince - David Gwynne
Flute - John Treleaven
Snug - Ralph Hamer
Starveling - Julian Moyle
Snout - John Harris
Cobweb - Ian Jindal
Mustardseed - Simon Holt
Peaseblossom - Gareth Mason
Moth - Jeremy Cross
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Recordings of A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.132; PENGUIN p.41; MET(VID) p.37; Opera Now May 1995 p.60; GIUDICI p.107 (2) p.169; American Record Guide July/August 1998 Vol.61 No.4 p.67; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.147 gennaio p.99
Comments:- Recording of a performance by Welsh National Opera which was simultaneously transmitted on television by BBC 2 and on FM-radio by BBC Radio 3 on 6 May 1978. See Radio Times Issue dated 6-12 May 1978 p.19, p.20.
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Conductor Richard Armstrong - 1979(FI)
Orchestra - Welsh Philharmonia
Chorus - Welsh National Opera
Don Pasquale - Geraint Evans
Norina - Lilian Watson
Malatesta - Russell Smythe
Ernesto - Ryland Davies
Un notaio - John Dobson
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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5473
VHS Video Cassette - Pickwick SL 2007 (PAL)
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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 publication:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1990 p.205
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Comments:- Video recording of a television film based on a production by the Welsh National Opera. The DVD issued by Premiere is included in their «2005 FALL NEW RELEASES».
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Conductor Riccardo Chailly - 1979(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Don Pasquale - Geraint Evans
Norina - Ileana Cotrubas
Malatesta - Jonathan Summers
Ernesto - Stuart Burrows
Un notaio - John Dobson
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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 4575
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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 in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (20 January 1979). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 20-26 January 1979 p.25.
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Conductor Uwe Mund - 1980(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Don Pasquale - Geraint Evans
Norina - Ruth Welting
Malatesta - Timothy Nolen
Ernesto - David Rendall
Un notaio - Stanley Wexler
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers DONP 198001 {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
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (3 October 1980).
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Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1981(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Hoffmann - Plácido Domingo
Olympia - Luciana Serra
Giulietta - Agnes Baltsa
Antonia - Ileana Cotrubas
Coppélius - Geraint Evans
Dapertutto - Siegmund Nimsgern
Miracle - Nicola Ghiuselev
Nicklaus - Claire Powell
Spalanzani - Robert Tear
Frantz - Bernard Dickerson
Schlemil - Phillip Gelling
Crespil - Gwynne Howell
Andres - Paul Crook
Cochenille - Paul Crook
Pitichinacchio - Francis Egerton
La Mère d'Antonia - Phyllis Cannan
Lindorf - Robert Lloyd
Stella - Deanne Bergsma
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DVD (Video) - Warner Music Vision 0630-19392-2 (2003)ª
VHS Video Cassette; - Thorn EMI TVH 90 1321 2 (BETA TXH 90 1321 4) (PAL) (1983)ª; Castle CVI 2045(PAL); Warner - NVC Arts 0630 19392-3 (PAL) (1997)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1983 p.131 [AB, JB]; December 1997 p.144 [AB]; December 2003 p.110 [MSR]
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Orpheus - Oktober 2000 S.51 [IW]; Mai+Juni 2004 S.75-S.76 [IW]
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Diapason - No.512 mars 2004 p.126 [MP]
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BBC Music Magazine - October 1997 p.95 [MA]
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International Opera Collector - Winter 1997 No.6 p.99 [MSR]
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L'opera (Milano) - Supplemento al n.119 maggio 1998 p.69 [EE]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.65 noviembre 2003 pp.78-79 [PMH]
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Comments:- Recorded at Covent Garden. See «The Daily Telegraph Arts & Books» October 11 1997 p.A11
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Conductor Henry Holt - 1981(LI)
Orchestra - Seattle Opera
Chorus - Seattle Opera
Don Pasquale - Geraint Evans
Norina - Carol Webber
Malatesta - Mario D' Anna
Ernesto - Eduardo Giménez
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Compact Disc - Ornamenti
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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 publication:-
Opéra International - novembre 1996 No.207 p.50
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Seattle Opera
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