There are 71 recordings on file in which Raina Kabaivanska appears

Order by composer

(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )

1 1961(LI) - Beatrice di Tenda by Vincenzo Bellini - Antonino Votto*

2 1962(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Georg Solti*

3 1962(LI) - Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo - Fausto Cleva*

4 1963(LI) - bohème (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Juan Emilio Martini**

5 1963(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Berislav Klobucar*

6 1963(LI) - Turandot by Giacomo Puccini - Edward Downes*

7 1964(LI) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Nello Santi*

8 1964(LI) - Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito - Gianandrea Gavazzeni*

9 1964(LI) - Rienzi by Richard Wagner - Hermann Scherchen*

10 1965(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Fernando Previtali*

11 1966(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Anton Guadagno*

12 1966(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli*

13 1966(LI) - Guillaume Tell [Guglielmo Tell] by Gioacchino Rossini - Fernando Previtali*

14 1966(LI;12/3/66) - Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini - Kurt Adler*

15 1967(LI) - Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz - Fernando Previtali*

16 1968(FI) - Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo - Herbert von Karajan*

17 1968(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Victor Alessandro**

18 1968(LI) - Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini - Rudolf Kruger*

19 1969(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Walter Herbert*

20 1969(LI) - Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi - Antonino Votto*

21 1969(LI) - Thaïs by Jules Massenet - Oliviero De Fabritiis*

22 1969(STU) - Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini - Ugo Rápalo*

23 1970(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Bohumil Gregor*

24 1970(LI;14/2/70) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Kurt Adler*

25 1970(LI;Kabaiwanska) - Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini - Nello Santi***

26 1970?(LI) - Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo - Kurt Adler*

27 1971(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Francesco Molinar..*

28 1971(LI) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Bohumil Gregor*

29 1971(LI) - Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini - Lorin Maazel*

30 1972(LI) - Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano - Paolo Peloso*

31 1973(LI) - Francesca da Rimini by Riccardo Zandonai - Eve Queler*

32 1973(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Oliviero De Fabritiis*

33 1973(LI) - Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] (Les) by Giuseppe Verdi - Fulvio Vernizzi*

34 1974(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli*

35 1974(LI) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Armando Gatto*

36 1975(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Nino Sanzogno*

37 1975(STU) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Bruno Bartoletti*

38 1976(FI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Bruno Bartoletti*

39 1976(LE) - Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi - Claudio Abbado*

40 1976(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Angelo Campori*

41 1976(LI;Washington) - Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi - Claudio Abbado*

42 1977(LE) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Francesco Molinar..*

43 1978(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Herbert von Karajan*

44 1979(LI) - Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky - Emil Tchakarov*

45 1980(LI) - Francesca da Rimini by Riccardo Zandonai - Maurizio Arena*

46 1980(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Seiji Ozawa*

47 1980(STU) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Herbert von Karajan*

48 1981(LI) - Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea - Gianandrea Gavazzeni*

49 1981(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Herbert von Karajan*

50 1981(LI) - Fausta by Gaetano Donizetti - Daniel Oren*

51 1981(LI) - Manon by Jules Massenet - Daniel Oren*

52 1981(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Elio Boncompagni*

53 1982 - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Herbert von Karajan*

54 1982(STU) - Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini - Gabriele Bellini*

55 1982(STU) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Gabriele Bellini**

56 1983(LI) - Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini - Maurizio Arena***

57 1984 - Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini - Angelo Campori*

58 1985(LI) - Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea - Maurizio Arena*

59 1985(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Daniel Oren*

60 1985(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Giuseppe Patanè***

61 1987(STU) - Francesca da Rimini by Riccardo Zandonai - Maurizio Arena*

62 1988(LI) - Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti - Julius Rudel*

63 1990(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Daniel Oren*

64 1991(LI) - Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea - Daniel Oren*

65 1991(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Carlo Rizzi*

66 1993(LI) - Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini - Theo Alcántara**

67 1995(LI) - Francesca da Rimini by Riccardo Zandonai - Maurizio Arena*

68 1995(LI) - Turn of the Screw (The) by Benjamin Britten - Bruno Campanella*

69 1997(LI) - Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini - Angelo Campori*

70 2000(LC) - Voix humaine (La) by Francis Poulenc - Stefan Anton Reck**

71 2001(LI) - Lady in the Dark by Kurt Weill - Steven Mercurio*

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Beatrice di Tenda by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Beatrice di Tenda - Joan Sutherland

Agnese - Raina Kabaivanska

Filippo Maria Visconti - Dino Dondi

Orombello - Giuseppe Campora

Anichino - Piero De Palma

Rizzardo - Walter Gullino

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 218 {2LPS} (1961)ª; Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 15 {3LPS} (1982)ª; Movimento Musica 03.007 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03137

Compact Disc; - *Claque GM 2009-2010 {2CDS};; Bella Voce BLV 107.226 (highlights + performance conducted by Rescigno) {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1259 {2CDS} (2000)ª

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Recordings of Beatrice di Tenda by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.44; PENGUIN p.9; GIUDICI p.28 (2) p.72

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.555-576 [DM]

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International Opera Collector - Summer 1997 No.4 p.79 (mention)

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (10 May 1961, see OPERA August 1961 p.526) The highlights are a «filler» in the recording conducted by Rescigno (1961)

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Georg Solti - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Otello - Mario Del Monaco

Desdemona - Raina Kabaivanska

Iago - Tito Gobbi

Cassio - John Lanigan

Rodrigo - John Dobson

Lodovico - David Ward

Montano - Forbes Robinson

Emilia - Josephine Veasey

Un Araldo - Glynne Thomas

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Compact Disc - Nuova ERA 23578 {2CDS}; Memories 4583/4584 {2CDS}

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (30 June 1962 see OPERA August 1962 p.559). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated June 30 - July 6 1962 p.13. Geraint Evans was announced to sing Iago, but in fact, Tito Gobbi sang. The CDs issued on the «Memories» label are advertized in GRAMOPHONE March 1995 p.84.

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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Canio - Carlo Bergonzi

Nedda - Raina Kabaivanska

Tonio - Mario Sereni

Beppe - George Shirley

Silvio - Norman Mittelman

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Black Disc - Teatro Dischi TD 104 (+Cavalleria rusticana - Santi) {3LPS}

Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1102

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Recordings of Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.209; Opera on Record p.547; CELLETTI p.359; MARINELLI p.333; Opera on CD (1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.136; MET p.209; MET(VID) p.119; PENGUIN p.184; Opera on Video p.192; GIUDICI p.325 (2) p.562; Répertoire No.101 avril 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Gramophone March 2008 p.48

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (8 December 1962; see «Signing-off for the Old MET» pp.397-399). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Juan Emilio Martini - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Rodolfo - Eugenio Fernandi

Schaunard - Gian-Piero (Giampietro) Mastromei

Marcello - Angel Mattiello

Colline - Jorge (Giorgio) Algorta

Mimi - Raina Kabaivanska

Musetta - Lia Montoya

Benoit - Carlos Feller

Alcindoro - Eduardo Ferracani

Parpignol - Virgilio Tavini

Sergente dei doganieri - P. Grande

Un doganiere - E. Calderazzo

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1486-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (14 June 1963). The cast listed above is that given in the website of the Teatro Colón (click link below). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in their «Premiere Opera New CD Releases Summer 2004».

http://www.operas-colon.com.ar

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Berislav Klobucar - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Otello - Jon Vickers

Desdemona - Raina Kabaivanska

Iago - Louis Quilico

Cassio - Eugenio Valori

Rodrigo - Virgilio Tavini

Lodovico - Jorge (Giorgio) Algorta

Montano - Pino de Vescovi

Emilia - Isabel Casey

Un Araldo - Héctor Barbieri

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Compact Disc; - Atrium ATR 005/6 {2CDS} (1995)ª; *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 211 «Italian Opera from Teatro Colón» ;; {1xCD-ROM} (2003)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - novembre 1995 No.196 p.66

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Classical Express - September 1995 p.3

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (May 1963). Atrium lists Mastromei as singing Iago, but according to the cast list given on the website of the Teatro Colón it was sung by Louis Quilico (click link below). Quilico is also given by Mike Richter. The Atrium CDs were advertized in GRAMOPHONE September 1995 p.168.

http://www.operas-colon.com.ar

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Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Edward Downes - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

La principessa Turandot - Amy Shuard

Calaf - Bruno Prevedi

Liù - Raina Kabaivanska

Ping - Peter Glossop

Pang - John Lanigan

Pong - Kenneth MacDonald

Timur - Joseph Rouleau

L'imperatore Altoum - Joseph Ward

Un mandarino - Victor Godfrey

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 02505

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

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.114; Opera on Record p.618; CELLETTI p.655; Opera on CD (1) p.111 (2) p.122 (3) p.137 MET p.454; MET(VID) p.252; PENGUIN p.320; L'Avant Scéne Opéra No.33 p.97, No.220 p.98; Opera on Video p.187; GIUDICI p.652 (2) p.1073; Répertoire No.97 décembre 1996 p.16; International Opera Collector Spring 1997 No.3 p.40; Opera Quarterly Vo.13 No.4 Summer 1997 p.77; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Diapason No.559 juin 2008 p.78; Gramophone July 2008 p.52

Comments:- Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (February or March 1963). The performance on 28 February 1963 is reviewed in OPERA April 1963 pp.274-277. The performance on 5 March 1963 was broadcast by BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times issue dated March 2-8 1963 p.29).

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Nello Santi - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Leonora di Vargas - Raina Kabaivanska

Don Carlo - Nicolae Herlea

Don Alvaro - Carlo Bergonzi

Preziosilla - Joann Grillo

Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena

Curra - Carlotta Ordassy

Padre Guardiano - Bonaldo Giaiotti

Mastro Trabuco - Andrea Velis

Un Chirurgo - Robert Goodloe

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1596

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Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (21 December 1964). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The recording is stated to be from a «VG in-house tape».

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Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Mefistofele - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Faust - Carlo Bergonzi

Margherita - Raina Kabaivanska

Elena - Linda Vajna

Martha - Armanda Bonato

Wagner - Franco Ricciardi

Pantalis - Mirella Fiorentini

Nereo - Walter Guillino

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 410-3 {3LPS} (1983)ª

Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 754 {2CDS} ; Live Opera Heaven C 892 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Immortal Performances 1101 {2CDS}

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - février 1984 No.67 p.59 [SS]

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American Record Guide - May/June 2002 Vol.65 No.3 pp.220-221 [DA]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (March 1964; see OPERA June 1964 pp.382-383). The HRE LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE July 1983 p.142. The CDs issued by «Live Opera Heaven» are listed in their «October 2001 Update»

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Rienzi by Richard Wagner performed in Italian

Conductor Hermann Scherchen - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rienzi - Giuseppe di Stefano

Irene - Raina Kabaivanska

Steffano Colonna - Franco Piva

Adriano Colonna - Gianfranco Cecchele

Peace Herald - Luciana Piccolo

Paolo Orsini - Lino Puglisi

Raimondo - Giuseppe Modesti

Baroncelli - Piero De Palma

Cecco del Vecchio - Alfredo Giacomotti

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Black Disc - Roccoco Records 1022 {2LPS} (highlights? +recital BY GDS)

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03512

Compact Disc; - *Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 21038 {2CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 6.0019 {2CDS} (2006)ª

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

CELLETTI p.1079; PENGUIN p.538

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.97 enero-febrero 2007 p.95 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance of a shorted version at La Scala. According to the performance lists which were on the website of the Teatro alla Scala (http://www.teatroallascala.org) Rienzi was conducted by Scherchen with this cast on 4,6,9 June 1964. The year of this recording is sometime (incorrectly?) given as 1962.

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

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

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company

Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company

Don Carlo - Franco Corelli

Filippo II - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Rodrigo - Louis Quilico

Il Grande Inquisitore - Nicola Ghiuselev

Elisabetta di Valois - Raina Kabaivanska

La principessa Eboli - Oralia Domínguez

Tebaldo - Nancy Nicks

Il Conte di Lerma - Natale De Lazzari

Un Araldo Reale - Jerry Helton

Una voce dal cielo - Ana Rieri

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Black Disc - Impressario Editions IE 3001 {3LPS} (Italy)

Compact Disc; - Melodram Connoisseur CDM 27511 {2CDS}; House of Opera CDBB 636 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Charles Handelman (unnumbered) {2CDRS} (2004)ª; Omega Opera Archive 4107 (& 1954 & 3385) Live Opera Heaven C 3233 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - mars 1993 p.70

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Comments:- Recording of a performance of a four act version given by the Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (October 1966). The cast listed above is that given by Frank Hamilton (click link below). This recording is sometimes attributed (incorrectly?) to The Hartfort Music Association and «Una voce dal cielo» stated to be Janice Cavalier. The LPs issued by Impressario Editions are listed in the «Canfield Guide to Classical Recordings» 5th Edition 2000. The CDRs issued by Charles Handelman are listed in the CD supplement to his catalogue dated Spring 2004 and those issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22». Omega's recording is listed on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) and the CDRs issued by «Live Opera Heaven» are listed in their «JUNE 2008 ALERT».

http://frankhamilton.org/ph

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Falstaff - Ramón Vinay

Fenton - Ottavio Garaventa

Ford - Frank Guarrera

Dr. Cajus - Howard Fried

Bardolfo - Raymond Manton

Pistola - Federico Davià

Alice Ford - Raina Kabaivanska

Nannetta - Lee Venora

Meg Page - Janis Martin

Mistress Quickly - Sona Cervená

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 1470-2 {2CDRS} (2004)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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (November 1966). The cast listed above is that given in «The San Francisco Opera» by Arthur Bloomfield p.463. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases Fall 2004».

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

Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Guglielmo Tell - Gabriel Bacquier

Arnoldo Melchtal - Gianni Raimondi

Gualtiero Furst - William Wilderman

Melchthal - Victor De Narké

Jemmy - Silvia Baleani

Edwige - Adriana Cantelli

Un pescatore - José Nait

Leutoldo - Ricardo Yost

Gessler - Wladimiro Ganzarolli

Matilde - Raina Kabaivanska

Rodolfo - Eduardo Sarramida

Un Cacciatore - Tulio Gagliardo

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Compact Cassette - Lyric Distibution ALD 1535; Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01185

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (4 September 1966).

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Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Kurt Adler - 1966(LI;12/3/66)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Manon Lescaut - Raina Kabaivanska

Des Grieux - Richard Tucker

Lescaut - William Walker

Geronte - Elfego Esparza

Edmondo - Charles Anthony

Una voce sola - Marcia Baldwin

L'oste - Russell Christopher

Il maestro di ballo - Andrea Velis

Un sergente degli arcieri - Robert Goodloe

Lampionaio - Dan Marek

Un comandante di Marina - Gene Boucher

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers MANL 196601 {2CDRS} (Canada)

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (12 March 1966). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz performed in Italian

Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Benvenuto Cellini - Nicola Tagger

Balducci - Agostino Ferrin

Fieramosca - Domenico Trimarchi

Le Pape Clément VII - Giorgio Tadeo

Teresa - Raina Kabaivanska

Ascanio - Anna Maria Rota

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 3940

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Recordings of Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record II p.163; CELLETTI p.82; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.142 p.100; GIUDICI p.54 (2) p.95; Opéra International No.278 avril 2003 p.20; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.66

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (January 1967; see OPERA April 1967 p.292). The partial cast and conductor listed above are those given in «Il Teatro di San Carlo - Cronologia 1737-1987» by Carlo Marinelli Roscioni p.767. The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here the conductor is given (incorrectly?) as «Maag».

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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1968(FI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Canio - Jon Vickers

Nedda - Raina Kabaivanska

Tonio - Peter Glossop

Beppe - Sergio Lorenzi

Silvio - Rolando Panerai

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Laser Disc; - London POLL-1103 (Japanese NTSC) (1996)ª

DVD (Video) - DG 073 4389 (+Cavalleria rusticana) (2008)ª

VHS Video Cassette - London 440 071 530-3 (NTSC) (+Cavalleria rusticana) Decca 071 430-3 (PAL) (+Cavalleria rusticana)

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Recordings of Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.209; Opera on Record p.547; CELLETTI p.359; MARINELLI p.333; Opera on CD (1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.136; MET p.209; MET(VID) p.119; PENGUIN p.184; Opera on Video p.192; GIUDICI p.325 (2) p.562; Répertoire No.101 avril 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Gramophone March 2008 p.48

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.14 No.1 Autumn 1987 p.149 [DM]

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Diapason - No.556 mars 2008 pp.109-110 [MP]

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American Record Guide - November/December 1996 Vol.59 No.6 p.312: July/August 2008 Vol.71 No.4 pp.271-272 [KM]

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International Record Review - February 2008 pp.76-77 [CC]

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Opéra Magazine - No.26 février 2008 p.79 [PC]

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Comments:- Video recording of a television film

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

Conductor Victor Alessandro - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - San Antonio Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - Mastersingers Opera Chorus

Don Carlo - André Turp

Filippo II - Donald Gramm

Rodrigo - Cornell MacNeil

Il Grande Inquisitore - Ara Berberian

Un Frate - Andrij Dobriansky

Elisabetta di Valois - Raina Kabaivanska

La principessa Eboli - Marilyn Horne

Tebaldo - Patricia Wise

Il Conte di Lerma - Lawrence Boyll

Un Araldo Reale - Lawrence Boyll

Una voce dal cielo - Melinda Atkins

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera (Italy) (unnumbered) {3CDRS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48

Comments:- Recording of a five-act version in San Antonio (11 April 1968). The performance on 6 April 1968 is reviewed in OPERA July 1968 p.556. The CDRs issued by Premiere Opera (Italy) are (were?) listed on the website http://stores.ebay.com/premiereopera (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Rudolf Kruger - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Fort Worth Opera Orchestra

Chorus - Fort Worth Opera Chorus

Manon Lescaut - Raina Kabaivanska

Des Grieux - Plácido Domingo

Lescaut - Richard Torigi

Geronte - Edward Baird

Edmondo - R.G. Webb

L'oste - Ryan Edwards

Un sergente degli arcieri - Ryan Edwards

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 431 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in Fort Worth (8 March 1968). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»

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

Conductor Walter Herbert - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Houston Grand Opera

Chorus - Houston Grand Opera

Don Carlo - Plácido Domingo

Filippo II - Andzehj Saciuk

Rodrigo - Carlo Meliciani

Il Grande Inquisitore - Malcolm Smith

Elisabetta di Valois - Raina Kabaivanska

La principessa Eboli - Beverly Wolff

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 631 (2003)ª

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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Houston Grand Opera (February 1969). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to HOO's website in December 2003 (12-22-2003).

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Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Ernani - Plácido Domingo

Elvira - Raina Kabaivanska

Carlo - Carlo Meliciani

Silva - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Riccardo - Piero De Palma

Iago - Alfredo Giacomotti

Giovanna - Milena Pauli

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Black Disc; - Legendary Recodings LR 135-3 {3LPS} (1981)ª

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00463

Compact Disc; - *Armando Curcio Editore OPI 09 (2CDS); Melodram CDM 27064 {2CDS}; Myto 2 MCD 051 304 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1398-2 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1468 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.30 No.6 July/August 2007 p.252 [JK]

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VERDI DAL VIVO - p.87

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.82 julio-agosto 2005 p.89 [PN]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XX N.203 marzo 2006 pp.88-91 [GL]

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American Record Guide - July/August 2007 Vol.70 No.4 pp.228-229 [RVL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (7 December 1969, see OPERA February 1970p.120). This was Plácido Domingo's debut at La Scala (See «My First Forty Years»pp.66-67)

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Thaïs by Jules Massenet performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Bellini di Catania

Chorus - Teatro Bellini di Catania

Thaïs - Raina Kabaivanska

Athanaël - Sesto Bruscantini

Nicias - Nicola Tagger

Palémon - Antonio Zerbini

Crobyle - Marisa Zotti

Myrtale - Anita Caminada

Albine - Clara Foti

La Charmeuse - Giovanna di Rocco

Servant - Carmelo Mollica

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Compact Disc - *Bongiovanni «The Golden Age of Opera» GAO 121-122 {2CDS}

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

Opera on Record 2 p.234; CELLETTI p.403; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.109 p.96; MET p.243; GIUDICI p.367 (2) p.642; Orpheus Oktober 2000 S.53-S.55

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Ugo Rápalo - 1969(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestra Filarmonica di Napoli

Chorus - Coro dell'Accademia Corale Napoletana

Cio Cio San - Raina Kabaivanska

Pinkerton - Gino Taddei

Sharpless - Gianni Maffeo

Suzuki - Mirella Marcossi

Kate Pinkerton - Anna Maria Borrelli

Goro - Pier Francesco Poli

Il principe Yamadori - Luigi Paolillo

Lo zio Bonzo - Nicolai Stoilov

Il commissario imperiale - Raffaele Passaro

L'ufficiale del Registro - Rolando Esposito

La madre di Cio Cio San - Fernanda Gambardella

La zia - Rita Corinaldesi

La cugina - Elisa Coppola

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Black Disc - BASF 59-23 329 K {3LPS}

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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

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Bohumil Gregor - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Otello - James McCracken

Desdemona - Raina Kabaivanska

Iago - Kostas Paskalis

Cassio - Ryland Davies

Rodrigo - David Hall-Sundquist

Lodovico - Clifford Grant

Montano - Timothy Nolen

Emilia - Sheila Nadler

Un Araldo - Richard Lombardi

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 1468-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

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

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

Comments:- This recording appears to be of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (November 1970; see OPERA February 1971 pp.127-128). The cast listed above is that given in «The San Francisco Opera» by Arthur Bloomfield p.480.

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

Conductor Kurt Adler - 1970(LI;14/2/70)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Carlo - Franco Corelli

Filippo II - Giorgio Tozzi

Rodrigo - Robert Merrill

Il Grande Inquisitore - Raymond Michalski

Un Frate - Edmond Karlsrud

Elisabetta di Valois - Raina Kabaivanska

La principessa Eboli - Grace Bumbry

Tebaldo - Judith Forst

Il Conte di Lerma - Leo Goeke

Un Araldo Reale - Rod MacWherter

Una voce dal cielo - Margaret Kalil

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1289 {& 1051);; The Opera Lovers DON 197002 {3CDRS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48

Comments:- Recording of a performance of a 4-Act version at the MET (14 February 1970). See «Start-Up at the New Met» by Paul Jackson pp.139-143. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Nello Santi - 1970(LI;Kabaiwanska)

Orchestra - Verona Arena

Chorus - Verona Arena

Manon Lescaut - Raina Kabaivanska

Des Grieux - Plácido Domingo

Lescaut - Mario D' Anna

Geronte - Alfredo Mariotti

Edmondo - Ermanno Lorenzi

Una voce sola - Rina Pallini

L'oste - Franco Federici

Il maestro di ballo - Franco Ricciardi

Un sergente degli arcieri - Gianfranco Casarini

Lampionaio - Ottorino Begali

Un comandante di Marina - Carlo Del Bosco

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Compact Disc - Bongiovanni «The Golden Age of Opera» GAO 162-163 {2CDS} The Opera Lovers MANL 197002 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2007)

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.18 No.2 November/December 1994 p.333

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Opéra International - juin 1998 No.225 p.52 [SS]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.16 junio-agosto 1995 p.61

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Arena of Verona (For a review of another performance that season see OPERA Festival Issue 1970 p.14). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Kurt Adler - 1970?(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Canio - Richard Tucker

Nedda - Raina Kabaivanska

Tonio - Cornell MacNeil

Beppe - Andrea Velis

Silvio - Dominic Cossa

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 118-1 {1CDR} (2001)ª

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Recordings of Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.209; Opera on Record p.547; CELLETTI p.359; MARINELLI p.333; Opera on CD (1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.136; MET p.209; MET(VID) p.119; PENGUIN p.184; Opera on Video p.192; GIUDICI p.325 (2) p.562; Répertoire No.101 avril 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Gramophone March 2008 p.48

Comments:- The CDR issued by Premiere is listed in their printed catalogue as being «New» in «Fall 2001» and is attributed to Philadelphia (2 March 1972). The partial cast is given as «Tucker/Kabaiwanska/MacNeil/Cossa» but according to Frank Hamilton's Chronolgy of Opera Performances in Philadelphia (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) Pagliacci was never performed in Philadelphia with this cast. The only performance that I have been able to find with the four singers mentioned was at the MET on 24 June 1970 and I have provisionally assumed that it is this performance that was recorded. As it was not broadcast the recording must have been made «in-house».

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

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Carlo - Plácido Domingo

Filippo II - Cesare Siepi

Rodrigo - Robert Merrill

Il Grande Inquisitore - John Macurdy

Un Frate - James Morris

Elisabetta di Valois - Raina Kabaivanska

La principessa Eboli - Grace Bumbry

Tebaldo - Judith Forst

Il Conte di Lerma - Leo Goeke

Un Araldo Reale - Rod MacWherter

Una voce dal cielo - Jeannine Altmeyer

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers DON 197102 (3CDRS}

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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48

Comments:- The recording on the CDRs issued by The Opera Lovers is probably of a performance at the MET on 11 (or 8) October 1971. The CDRs are listed in their online catalogue where the date of the performance recorded is given as «11.11.71», but Don Carlo was not performed at the MET on that day. As none of the performances of Don Carlo at the MET in 1971 was broadcast the recording was probably made «in-house»,

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Bohumil Gregor - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

Chorus - Hamburgische Staatsoper

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Hubert Hofmann

Leonora di Vargas - Raina Kabaivanska

Don Carlo - Norman Mittelman

Don Alvaro - Plácido Domingo

Preziosilla - Tatiana Troyanos

Fra Melitone - Heinz Blankenburg

Curra - Maria von Ilosvay

Padre Guardiano - Martti Talvela

Mastro Trabuco - Kurt Marschner

Un Alcalde - Franz Grundheber

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 686 (2003)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2538-2 {2CDRS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34

Comments:- Recordings of performances at the Hamburg State Opera on 27 June 1971 (HOO) or 17 June 1971 (Premiere). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22». It is stated «lost 2 last minutes». The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» dated March 2007.

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Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Lorin Maazel - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Manon Lescaut - Raina Kabaivanska

Des Grieux - James King

Lescaut - William Murray

Geronte - Bengt Rundgren

Edmondo - Loren Driscoll

Il maestro di ballo - Fernando Barrera

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera 431 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22». Here the date of the performance recorded is given as 16 June 1971, but according to the «Opera Calender Abroad» in OPERA June 1971 p.524 a performance of Manon Lescaut was not programmed for that day. However, there was to have been a performance on 26 June 1971. The performance on 25 February 1971 is reviewed in OPERA May 1971 p.401 and the cast listed above is taken from here. Therefore it may be incorrect.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Paolo Peloso - 1972(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Communale di Genova

Chorus - Teatro Communale di Genova

Andrea Chénier - Carlo Bergonzi

Carlo Gérard - Aldo Protti

Madeleine di Coigny - Raina Kabaivanska

La mulatta Bersi - Laura Zannini

Madelon - Maria Maddalena

Roucher - Graziano Del Vivo

Un Incredible - Franco Ricciardi

Pietro Fléville - Vico Polotto

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Compact Disc; - Living Stage LS 1114 {2CDS} (2004)ª; The Opera Lovers AND 197201 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 p.291 [MM]

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Classica Répertoire - No.72 mai 2005 p.104 [AT]

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Comments:- The recording issued by «Living Stage» and by «The Opera Lovers» appears to be of a performance in the Teatro Margherita, Genova (March 1972). See OPERA August 1972 pp.744-745. It is attributed by both to Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, but this cannot be correct as Andrea Chénier was not performed at La Fenice in 1972. See «Il Teatro La Fenice - Cronologia degli Spettacoli 1938-1991». Some of the information about the cast as listed above comes from the review in OPERA and may be incorrect as the performance reviewed may not be the performance recorded. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «New Releases on CD, Fall 2005» Dated Nov.16 2005. Here the recording is attributed correctly.

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Francesca da Rimini by Riccardo Zandonai performed in Italian

Conductor Eve Queler - 1973(LI)

Orchestra - Opera Orchestra of New York

Chorus - Schola Cantorum

Francesca - Raina Kabaivanska

Samaritana - Barbara Hoffman

Ostasio - Harlan Foss

Giovanni lo Sciancato (Gianciotto) - Matteo Manuguerra

Paolo il Bello - Plácido Domingo

Malatestino dall'Occhio - Nuccio Saetta

Biancofiore - Frederika Wieshart

Garsenda - Sheryl King

Altichiara - Carole Walters

Adonella - Alice Marie Nelson

Smaragdi - Carole Walters

Ser Toldo Berardengo - John Sandor

Il balestriere - John Sandor

Il giullare - Donald Chapman

Il torrigiano - Donald Chapman

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Black Disc - BJR S 137 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Standing Room Only SRO 840-2 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1207 {2CDS} (1999)ª

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Recordings of Francesca da Rimini by Riccardo Zandonai are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.1181; MET p.752; MET(VID) p.455; PENGUIN p.572; GIUDICI p.1182 (2) p.1847

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - September 1994 p.60

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Orpheus - Oktober 1993 S.57

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Opéra International - septembre 1998 No.227 p.59 [SS]

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American Record Guide - Vol.56 No.5 September-October 1993 p.221

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Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the American Opera Society in Carnegie Hall,New York (22 March 1973; see OPERA August 1973 p.701)

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1973(LI)

Orchestra - NHK Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - NHK Lirica Italiana

Floria Tosca - Raina Kabaivanska

Mario Cavaradossi - Flaviano Labò

Il barone Scarpia - Gian-Piero (Giampietro) Mastromei

Il Sagristano - Guido Mazzini

Cesare Angelotti - Carlo Mericiani

Spoletta - Fernandino Jacopucci

Sciarrone - Franco Lombardi

Un pastore - Toshiko Tsunemori

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Compact Disc; - Opera Depot OD 10281-2 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 6143 (2007)ª; Encore DVD 3122 (2008)ª

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

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

Comments:- Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) in Tokyo (September 1973). Tosca was performed 0n 24, 26, 29 September 1973. The cast listed above is that given on the OPERA JAPONICA website. The DVD-R issued on the Encore label is listed in the online catalogue of the «berkshire record outlet» and the CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).

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

Conductor Fulvio Vernizzi - 1973(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Regio di Torino

Chorus - Teatro Regio di Torino

Guido di Montforte - Licinio Montefusco

Il Conte Vaudemont - Angelo Nosotti

Arrigo - Franco Tagliavini

Giovanni da Procida - Bonaldo Giaiotti

La Duchessa Elena - Raina Kabaivanska

Danieli - Giampaolo Corradi

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Regio di Torino (15 April 1973). The performance on 10 April 1973 is reviewed in OPERA July 1973 pp.634-636.

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1974(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Floria Tosca - Raina Kabaivanska

Mario Cavaradossi - Plácido Domingo

Il barone Scarpia - Mario Zanasi

Il Sagristano - Alfredo Mariotti

Cesare Angelotti - Antonio Zerbini

Spoletta - Giampaolo Corradi

Sciarrone - Giuseppe Morresi

Un pastore - Massimino Bortolotti

Un carceriere - Lorenzo Testi

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 08316

Compact Disc - Arkadia 352 496 {2CDS}; Arkadia MP 496.2 {2CDS} Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 746-2 {2CDRS}

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - juin 1997 No.214 p.54

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Diapason - No.421 décembre 1995 p.138

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Classical Express - September 1995 p.4

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Répertoire - No.83 septembre 1995 p.64

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.191 septembre 1995 p.85

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.18 diciembre 1995 - febrero 1996 p.64

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (17 May 1974). The performance on 14 May 1974 is reviewed in OPERA, September 1974 p.805. The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000.

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Armando Gatto - 1974(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Violetta Valery - Raina Kabaivanska

Flora Bervoix - Wilma Colla

Annina - Elda Cervo

Alfredo Germont - Gianfranco Pastine

Giorgio Germont - Franco Bordoni

Gastone - Paride Venturi

Dottore Grenvil - Bernardino di Bagno

Barone Douphol - Tito Turtura

Marchese d'Obigny - Franco Boscolo

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Compact Disc - *Eklipse EKR P-1 {2CDS}

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

The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; «Musica 99» p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - August/September 1995 p.83

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Teatro Communale (19 February 1974; see OPERA June 1974 p.533)

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1975(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Verdi di Trieste

Chorus - Teatro Verdi di Trieste

Otello - Carlos (Carlo) Cossutta

Desdemona - Raina Kabaivanska

Iago - Piero Cappuccilli

Cassio - Mario Ferrara

Rodrigo - Dario Zerial

Lodovico - Enzo Viaro

Montano - Vito Susca

Emilia - Laura Zannini

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Compact Disc - House of Opera CDWW 1145 {2CDRS}

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Verdi di Trieste (12 November 1975; see OPERA April 1976 p.373). The CDRs issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue for a short time in March 2003

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1975(STU)

Orchestra - Berliner Staatskapelle

Chorus - Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin

Manrico - Franco Bonisolli

Azucena - Viorica Cortez

Leonora - Raina Kabaivanska

Conte di Luna - Giorgio Zancanaro

Ferrando - Giancarlo Luccardi

Ines - Gisela Pohl

Ruiz - Johannes Bier

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Black Disc - Fonoteam; Ariola Eurodisc 281689XFR {3LPS}; Acanta 794 23.301 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - DA Music {2CDS}; Acanta 43301 {2CDS}; Arts Music 43045-2 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

American Record Guide - September 1977 p.46

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Classical Express - Issue No.113 August 1999 p.3 [NL]

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Das Opernglas - Januar 1998 S.64 [ML]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.80 mayo 2005 p.87 [PN]

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1976(FI)

Orchestra - New Philharmonia Orchestra

Chorus - Ambrosian Singers

Floria Tosca - Raina Kabaivanska

Mario Cavaradossi - Plácido Domingo

Il barone Scarpia - Sherrill Milnes

Il Sagristano - Alfredo Mariotti

Cesare Angelotti - Giancarlo Luccardi

Spoletta - Mario Ferrara

Sciarrone - Bruno Grella

Un pastore - Plácido Domingo jnr.

Un carceriere - Domenico Medici

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Laser Disc - Decca 071 402-1 (PAL); London 071 502-1 (NTSC)

DVD (Video) - Decca 071 402-9 (2001)ª; DG 073 4038 (2005)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Decca 071 402-3 (PAL)

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1988 p.580

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Fanfare - Vol.23 No.6 July/August 2002 pp.182-183 [JK]

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Orpheus - Dezember 2002 S.64 (DVD) [MK]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.3 Spring 1989 pp.120-124 [TE]

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Opéra International - No.267 avril 2002 pp.64-65 (DVD) [SS]

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Diapason - No.499 janvier 2003 p.123 [MP]

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American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 pp.303-306 [DF]

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Répertoire - No.157 mai 2002 p.42 [PT]

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Comments:- A film made on location in Rome

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Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1976(LE)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Simon Boccanegra - Piero Cappuccilli

Jacopo Fiesco - Luigi Roni

Amelia Grimaldi - Raina Kabaivanska

Gabriele Adorno - Giorgio Lamberti (Casellato-Lamberti)

Paolo Albiani - Felice Schiavi

Pietro - Giovanni Foiani

Un'ancella - Milena Pauli

Un capitano dei balestrieri - Gianfranco Manganotti

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Compact Disc; - Mitridate «Ponto» PO 1002 (+recording of 1857 version - Matheson) {2CDS} (2002)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.56 diciembre 2002 p,85 (mention) [VM]

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Comments:- The excerpts issued on the Ponto label are a «filler» on the CDs which carry the recording of the 1857 edition conducted by John Matheson. Simone Boccanegra was performed at La Scala with this cast on 17, 22, 24 April 1976. It is not known if all the singers listed above appear in the excerpts.

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Angelo Campori - 1976(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra Stabile Emiglia-Romagna

Chorus - Teatro Regio di Parma

Floria Tosca - Raina Kabaivanska

Mario Cavaradossi - José Carreras

Il barone Scarpia - Renato Bruson

Il Sagristano - Franco Federici

Cesare Angelotti - Alfonso Marchica

Spoletta - Aronne Ceroni

Sciarrone - Bruno Grella

Un carceriere - Virgilio Carbonari

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Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 985.196 {2CDS} (1998)ª; House of Opera CDBB 473 (2003)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - June 1999 p.64 [SFV]

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Fanfare - Vol.22 No.5 May/June 1999 p.252 [RVL]

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Orpheus - März 1999 S.57-58 [IW]

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Classical Express - Issue No.108 March 1999 p.2 [NL]

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American Record Guide - May/June 1999 Vol.62 No.3 p.181 [DA]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.32 marzo-abril 1999 p.95 [LB]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Regio Parma (January 1976; see OPERA August 1976 p.762). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed as new issues in their online catalogue dated «03/12/22»

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Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1976(LI;Washington)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Simon Boccanegra - Piero Cappuccilli

Jacopo Fiesco - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Amelia Grimaldi - Raina Kabaivanska

Gabriele Adorno - Veriano Luchetti

Paolo Albiani - Felice Schiavi

Pietro - Giovanni Foiani

Un'ancella - Maria Fausta Galamini

Un capitano dei balestrieri - Antonio Savastano

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera 432 {2CDRS}; The Opera Lovers SIM 197602 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2007)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the La Scala company in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, USA (15 September 1976; see OPERA December 1976 p.1130). According to House of Opera's website the date of this recording is November 1976, but the visit of the La Scala company to Washington took place in September 1976, and the only date on which Simon Boccanegra was performed with the cast listed (as given above) was 15 September 1976 (see «La Scala 67-92 - Ventisei Stagioni al Teatro alla Scala» p.76). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here the date of the performance recorded is given correctly as «Sept. 1976».

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

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1977(LE)

Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper

Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper

Don Carlo - Franco Tagliavini

Filippo II - Ruggero Raimondi

Rodrigo - Renato Bruson

Elisabetta di Valois - Raina Kabaivanska

La principessa Eboli - Nadine Denize

Tebaldo - Marianne Seibel

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Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100.623 (+Lohengrin - Guschlbauer - excerpts) {2CDS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48

Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at the Bavarian State Opera (22 October 1977)

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1978(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Manrico - Plácido Domingo

Azucena - Fiorenza Cossotto

Leonora - Raina Kabaivanska

Conte di Luna - Piero Cappuccilli

Ferrando - José van Dam

Ines - Maria Venuti

Ruiz - Heinz Zednik

Un vecchio zingaro - Karl Caslavsky

Un messo - Ewald Aichberger

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Compact Disc; - RCA «Red Seal» 74321 61951-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª

DVD (Video) - TDK «Mediactive» DV-CLOPIT (2004)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Bel Canto Society BCS #0459

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 1999 p.92 (audio) [AB]; January 2005 p.102 (DVD) [AB]

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Opera - October 1999 p.1244 (audio) [AB]; February 2005 p.237 (DVD) [DB]

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Opera News - March 2005 p.82 (DVD) [JY]

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Fanfare - Vol 23 No.3 January/February 2000 p.359 (audio) [JM]; Vol.28 No.4 March/April 2005 p.269 (DVD) [RT]; Vol.28 No.5 May/June 2005 pp.296-297 [RM]

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Orpheus - November 1999 S.92 (audio) [IW]; März+April 2005 S.64 (DVD) [MK2]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.2 Spring 2001 pp.292-294 (video) [RP]

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Opéra International - octobre 1999 No.239 pp.70-71 (audio) [SS]; No.296 décembre 2004 p.91 (DVD) [CC]

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Diapason - No.462 septembre 1999 p.108 (audio) [MP]; No.521 janvier 2005 p.112 (DVD) [MP]

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Classical Express - Issue No.113 August 1999 p.3 (audio) [NL]

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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 pp.107-109 [MO]

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Classic CD - November 1999 p.90 [TB]

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International Classical Record Collector - Winter 1999 No.19 pp.101-102 (audio) [JTH]

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Classic Record Collector - Winter 2004 pp.65-66 (DVD) [TP]

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International Record Review - February 2005 p.84 (DVD) [IJ]

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Répertoire - No.128 octobre 1999 p.81 (audio) [PT]

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Musica (Milano) - N.114 ottobre-novembre 1999 p.130 (audio) [AT]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.125 octubre 1999 p.42 (audio) [JS]: No.134 julio- agosto 2000 (audio) pp.52-53 [PL]

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Classica Répertoire - No.67 novembre 2004 p.126 (DVD) [PF]

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Comments:- Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) at the Vienna State Opera (Audio recording 1 May 1978). It is not known if the video recordingis of the same performance. The RCA CDs also include an interview with Herbert von Karajan by Marcel Prawny

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Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky performed in Russian

Conductor Emil Tchakarov - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Eugene Onegin - Yuri Mazurok

Lenski - Nicolai Gedda

Tatyana - Raina Kabaivanska

Olga - Isola Jones

Larina - Ariel Bybee

Filipjewna - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David

Gremin - Paul Plishka

Triquet - James Atherton

Zaretzky - Andrij Dobriansky

Captain - Mario Bertolino

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Compact Disc; - Bensar OL 12879 (BRO 125551) {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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

Opera February 1979 p.121, March 1979 p.219; Opera on Record p.520; CELLETTI p.150; Opera on CD (1) p.90 (2) p.100 (3) p.112; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.43 p.112, mise à jour mai 2001 p.2; MET p.551; MET(VIDEO) p.332; PENGUIN p.450; BBC Music Magazine August 1994 p.48; Opera on Video p.155;GIUDICI p.122 (2) p.200; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (8 December 1979). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Francesca da Rimini by Riccardo Zandonai performed in Italian

Conductor Maurizio Arena - 1980(LI)

Orchestra - Arena di Verona

Chorus - Arena di Verona

Francesca - Raina Kabaivanska

Samaritana - Maria Ferraro

Ostasio - Bruno Grella

Giovanni lo Sciancato (Gianciotto) - Felice Schiavi

Paolo il Bello - Franco Tagliavini

Malatestino dall'Occhio - Oslavio Di Credico

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5891 (2006)ª

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Recordings of Francesca da Rimini by Riccardo Zandonai are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.1181; MET p.752; MET(VID) p.455; PENGUIN p.572; GIUDICI p.1182 (2) p.1847

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Filarmonico, Verona (April 1980; see OPERA August 1980 p.811).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Seiji Ozawa - 1980(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Floria Tosca - Raina Kabaivanska

Mario Cavaradossi - Luciano Pavarotti

Il barone Scarpia - Ingvar Wixell

Il Sagristano - Alfredo Mariotti

Cesare Angelotti - Antonio Zerbini

Spoletta - Regolo Romani

Sciarrone - Giuseppe Morresi

Un pastore - Alessandra Palomba

Un carceriere - Carlo Meliciani

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DVD (Video) - Encore DVD 2623 (2006)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Lyric Distribution (Legato) 1142 (NTSC)

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

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

Comments:- Video recording of a performance at La Scala (21 March 1980)

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1980(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Falstaff - Giuseppe Taddei

Fenton - Francisco Araiza

Ford - Rolando Panerai

Dr. Cajus - Piero De Palma

Bardolfo - Heinz Zednik

Pistola - Federico Davià

Alice Ford - Raina Kabaivanska

Nannetta - Janet Perry

Meg Page - Trudeliese Schmidt

Mistress Quickly - Christa Ludwig

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Black Disc; - Philips 6769 060 {3LPS} (1981)ª

Compact Cassette; - Philips 7654 060 (1981)ª

Compact Disc; - Philips 412 263-2 {2CDS} (1984)ª; DG 447 686-2 {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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1981 p.1121 [AB] ; December 1984 p. [AB]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.248-252 [WRM]

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Comments:- This recording made in 1980 has the same cast as the video recording made in 1982 and the «live» recording of 1981.

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Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Adriana Lecouvreur - Raina Kabaivanska

Maurizio - Gianfranco Cecchele

Principessa di Bouillon - Fiorenza Cossotto

Michonnet - Rolando Panerai

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00383

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Recordings of Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.15; Opera on Record 2 p.292; CELLETTI p.160; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.155p.126; MET p.82; MET(VID) p.41; PENGUIN p.60; Opera on Video p.214; GIUDICI p.134 (2) p.221; Opéra Internatonal novembre 2000 No.251 pp.60-61

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Comunale di Firenze (1 March 1981; see OPERA August 1981 pp.839-840). The Compact Cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000.

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Falstaff - Giuseppe Taddei

Fenton - Francisco Araiza

Ford - Rolando Panerai

Dr. Cajus - Piero De Palma

Bardolfo - Heinz Zednik

Pistola - Federico Davià

Alice Ford - Raina Kabaivanska

Nannetta - Janet Perry

Meg Page - Trudeliese Schmidt

Mistress Quickly - Christa Ludwig

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Compact Disc; - Fachmann Fur Klassischer Musik FKM 5022/23 {2CDS} (2000)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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (26 July 1981; see OPERA Festival Issue 1981 pp.47-49). The discs issued on the Fachmann Fur Klassischer Musik (sic) label were on sale in Ishimaru's shops in Tokyo in April 2001. They were made in the USA (published by Parnassus?)

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There is only one recording of Fausta by Gaetano Donizetti on file (performed in Italian)

Conductor Daniel Oren - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Costantino il Grande - Renato Bruson

Fausta - Raina Kabaivanska

Crispo - Giuseppe Giacomini

Massimiano - Luigi Roni

Licinia - Ambra Vespasiani

Albino - Tullio Panè

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Black Disc; - Historical recording Enterprises HRE 381 {3LPS} (1982)ª; Bismark Beane MRF 185 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Italian Opera Rarities LO 7701-03 {3CDS}; Gala GL 100617 (+Lucia di Lammermoor - Fabritiis 1957 - short excerpts) {3CDS} (2003)ª

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This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Heft 7+8 Juli+August 2003 S.83 [KC]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No. Spring 1984 p.172, p.177 [RP3]

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Opéra International - mai 1997 No.213 p.20, p.54

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Rome (November 1981, see OPERA March 1982 p.312). The HRE LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE June 1982 p.82

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Manon by Jules Massenet performed in French

Conductor Daniel Oren - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Manon - Raina Kabaivanska

Le Chevalier Des Grieux - Alfredo Kraus

Lescaut - Lorenzo Saccomani

Le Compte des Grieux - Silvano Pagliuca

Guillot de Morfontaine - Angelo Marchiandi

De Brétigny - Giovanni De Angelis

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 368-3 {3LPS} (1982)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Fanfare - Vol.5 No.6 July/August 1982 p.149 [CGP]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Rome (see OPERA September 1981 p.958 )

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Elio Boncompagni - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - L'Opéra de Marseille

Chorus - L'Opéra de Marseille

Floria Tosca - Raina Kabaivanska

Mario Cavaradossi - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall

Il barone Scarpia - Ingvar Wixell

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers TOS 198102 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Marseille Opera (1 February 1981). The performance on 28 January 1981 is reviewed in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL mars 1981 No.37 pp.34-35. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1982

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Falstaff - Giuseppe Taddei

Fenton - Francisco Araiza

Ford - Rolando Panerai

Dr. Cajus - Piero De Palma

Bardolfo - Heinz Zednik

Pistola - Federico Davià

Alice Ford - Raina Kabaivanska

Nannetta - Janet Perry

Meg Page - Trudeliese Schmidt

Mistress Quickly - Christa Ludwig

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Laser Disc - Sony S2LV-48422 (NTSC)

VHS Video Cassette - Sony SHV 8422 (PAL)

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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 - September 1992 p.115

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Opera News - February 19 1994 p.41

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Opéra International - No.180 mai 1994 p.66

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Diapason - No.398 novembre 1993 p.92

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.156 p.124

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BBC Music Magazine - January 1994 p.51

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American Record Guide - Vol.57 No.3 May-June 1994 p.229

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Répertoire - No.61 septembre 1993 p.108

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Bellini - 1982(STU)

Orchestra - Bulgarian Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - Bulgarian National Chorus

Cio Cio San - Raina Kabaivanska

Pinkerton - Nazzareno Antinori

Sharpless - Nelson Portella

Suzuki - Alexandrina Milcheva(-Nonova)

Kate Pinkerton - Rossitsa Troeva-Mircheva

Goro - Roumen Doikov

Il principe Yamadori - Verter Vrachovski

Lo zio Bonzo - Kosta Dinkov

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Black Disc - Balktanton BOA 11093/95; Frequenz 3 DAB; Frequenz CAB 2

Compact Disc; - Arts 47161-2 {2CDS} (1995)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - November/December 1996 Vol.20 No.2 p.338

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Orpheus - Oktober 1995 S.59

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American Record Guide - November/December 1996 Vol.59 No.6 p.180

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.101 julio-agosto 1997 p.70 (mention)

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.25 septiembre-noviembre 1997 p.91 [PN]

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Bellini - 1982(STU)

Orchestra - Bulgarian Philharmonic

Chorus - Bulgarian National Chorus

Floria Tosca - Raina Kabaivanska

Mario Cavaradossi - Nazzareno Antinori

Il barone Scarpia - Nelson Portella

Il Sagristano - Enzo Dara

Cesare Angelotti - Enzo Dara

Spoletta - Roumen Doikov

Sciarrone - Stoyan Balabanov

Un pastore - Stoyan Balabanov

Un carceriere - Borislav Peev

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Black Disc - Frequenz 2DAA {2LPS}

Compact Disc - Arts 47158-2 {2CDS}

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Oktober 1995 S.59

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Opéra International - juillet-aoüt 1984 No.72 p.54 [SS]

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American Record Guide - January/February 1997 Vol.60 No.1 p.153

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.101 julio-agosto 1997 p.70 (mention)

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.25 septiembre-noviembre 1997 p.91 [PN]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Maurizio Arena - 1983(LI)

Orchestra - Verona Arena

Chorus - Verona Arena

Cio Cio San - Raina Kabaivanska

Pinkerton - Nazzareno Antinori

Sharpless - Lorenzo Saccomani

Suzuki - Eleonora Jankovic

Kate Pinkerton - Marisa Zotti

Goro - Mario Ferrara

Il principe Yamadori - Giuseppe Zecchillo

Lo zio Bonzo - Gianni Brunelli

Il commissario imperiale - Carlo Meliciani

Yakusidè - Bruno Grella

L'ufficiale del Registro - Bruno Tessari

La madre di Cio Cio San - Lina Rossi

La zia - Anna Lia Bazzani

La cugina - Sandra Zamuner

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DVD (Video) - Warner Music Vision/NVC Arts 4509 99220-2 (2001)ª; Kultur D 2103 (USA) (2004)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Castle Vision CVI 2007 (PAL); NVC Arts 4509 99220-3 (PAL)

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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 - Special Awards Issue 1997 p.131 [JBS]; September 2001 p.103 [MEO]

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Opera Now - January/February 1998 p.95 (mention) [RF]

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Opera News - April 2004 pp.90-91 [IS]

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Opéra International - No.267 avril 2002 pp.64-65 (DVD) [SS]

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International Opera Collector - Summer 1998 No.8 p.90 [MSR]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - marzo-mayo 1998 No.27 p.99 [DMGR]

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L'opera (Milano) - Supplemento al n.119 maggio 1998 p.64 [EE]

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Comments:- Video recording of a performance at the Verona Festival (July 1983; see OPERA Festival Issue 1983 p.112)

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Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Angelo Campori - 1984

Orchestra - Bulgarian TV and Radio Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - Bulgarian TV and Radio Mixed Chorus.

Manon Lescaut - Raina Kabaivanska

Des Grieux - Giuseppe Giacomini

Lescaut - Nelson Portella

Geronte - Giancarlo Luccardi

Edmondo - Lyubomir Diakovski

Una voce sola - Cristina Anghelakova (Angelakova)

L'oste - Dimiter Stanchev

Il maestro di ballo - Lyubomir Diakovski

Un sergente degli arcieri - Nikolai Smochevski

Lampionaio - Lyubomir Diakovski

Un comandante di Marina - Dimiter Stanchev

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Black Disc - RCA RL 70967

Compact Cassette - RCA RK 70967

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - février 1987

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Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea performed in Italian

Conductor Maurizio Arena - 1985(LI)

Orchestra - Bulgarian Television and Radio Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - Bulgarian Svetoslav Obretenov Choir

Adriana Lecouvreur - Raina Kabaivanska

Maurizio - Alberto Cupido

Principe di Bouillon - Dimiter Stanchev

Principessa di Bouillon - Alexandrina Milcheva(-Nonova)

Michonnet - Attilio D' Orazi

Quinault - Pavel Gerdzhikov

Poisson - Roumen Doikov

Mlle. Jouvenot - Roumyana Bareva

Mlle. Dangeville - Valeria Mircheva

L'Abate di Chazeuil - Zdravko Gadjev

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Compact Disc; - RCA «Red Seal» RD 71206 {2CDS} (1987)ª

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Recordings of Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.15; Opera on Record 2 p.292; CELLETTI p.160; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.155p.126; MET p.82; MET(VID) p.41; PENGUIN p.60; Opera on Video p.214; GIUDICI p.134 (2) p.221; Opéra Internatonal novembre 2000 No.251 pp.60-61

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1987 p. [MEO]

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Daniel Oren - 1985(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Falstaff - Sesto Bruscantini

Fenton - Frank Lopardo

Ford - Leo Nucci

Dr. Cajus - Manlio Rocchi

Bardolfo - Tulio Pane

Pistola - Mario Luperi

Alice Ford - Raina Kabaivanska

Nannetta - Alida Ferrarini

Meg Page - Raquel Pierotti

Mistress Quickly - Márta Szirmay

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Compact Disc - Serenissima {2CDS}

DVD (Video) - Encore DVD 2055 (2005)ª

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66

Comments:- Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (December 1985; see OPERA May 1986 pp.572-573). According to the cast listing given in L'AVANT SCÈNE OPÉRA, mise à jour du numéro 87/88 - avril 2001 (p.5) the role of Ford is sung Bernd Weikl. The DVD-R issued on the Encore label is (was?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1985(LI)

Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper

Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper

Floria Tosca - Raina Kabaivanska

Mario Cavaradossi - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall

Il barone Scarpia - Ingvar Wixell

Il Sagristano - Karl Christian Kohn

Cesare Angelotti - Hans Wilbrink

Spoletta - Friedrich Lenz

Sciarrone - Hermann Sapell

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Compact Disc; - Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia 204 (Opera From Munich Vol.1 CD-ROM) (2000)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (5 May 1985)

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Francesca da Rimini by Riccardo Zandonai performed in Italian

Conductor Maurizio Arena - 1987(STU)

Orchestra - Bulgarian Radio

Chorus - Bulgarian Radio

Francesca - Raina Kabaivanska

Samaritana - Fiorella Prandini

Ostasio - Graziano Polidori

Giovanni lo Sciancato (Gianciotto) - Matteo Manuguerra

Paolo il Bello - William Matteuzzi

Malatestino dall'Occhio - Piero De Palma

Biancofiore - Rosanna Didonè

Garsenda - Giovanna Santelli

Altichiara - Luisa Gallmetzer

Adonella - Reni Penkova

Smaragdi - Reni Penkova

Ser Toldo Berardengo - Florindo Andreolli

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Black Disc; - *RCA Victor «Red Seal» RL 71456 {3LPS} (1988)ª

Compact Disc; - RCA Victor «Red Seal» RD 71456 {2CDS} (1988)ª

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Recordings of Francesca da Rimini by Riccardo Zandonai are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.1181; MET p.752; MET(VID) p.455; PENGUIN p.572; GIUDICI p.1182 (2) p.1847

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - July 1988 p. [MEO]

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Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Julius Rudel - 1988(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Elisabetta - Raina Kabaivanska

Duca di Nottingham - Vincenzo Sardinero

Sara - Carmen Gonzales

Roberto Devereux - Salvatore Fisichella

Lord Cecil - Mario Ferrara

Sir Gualtiero Raleigh - Carlo Striuli

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1014-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Omega Opera Archive 3961; The Opera Lovers ROB 198801 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.247; GIUDICI p.204, (2) p.340

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro dell' Opera di Roma. Roberto Deveraux was performed with Raina Kabaivanska and conducted by Julius Rudel on 1, 5, 7, 10 April 1988. On 1 April the role of Sara was sung by Carmen Gonzales (as listed above), but in the other performances it was sung by Cristina Anghelakova (see «Opera '88 - Annuario EDT dell'Opera Lirica in Italia» p.284). It is not known who sings this role in the recordings on the CDRs issued by Premiere which are listed in their list entitled «FALL 2003 PREMIERE OPERA COMPACT DISC RELEASES». The conductor is listed in the online catalogue of the Omega Opera Archive as «Perlea». Ionel Perlea died in 1970. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here the date of the performance recorded is given as 1 April 1988.

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Daniel Oren - 1990(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Floria Tosca - Raina Kabaivanska

Mario Cavaradossi - Luciano Pavarotti

Il barone Scarpia - Ingvar Wixell

Il Sagristano - Alfredo Mariotti

Cesare Angelotti - Franco Federici

Spoletta - Mario Bolognesi

Sciarrone - Ubaldo Carosi

Un pastore - Vittorio Gricolo

Un carceriere - Giuseppe Zecchillo

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Compact Disc; - RCA Victor «Red Seal»; 09026 61806-2 {2CDS} (1993)ª

Laser Disc - RCA 09026 61806-6 (NTSC & PAL)

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1993 p.115 [MEO]

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Opera News - April 16 1994 p.42

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Fanfare - Vol.17 No.3 January-February 1994 p.266. Vol.17 No.4 March-April 1994 p.467

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Opéra International - No.174 novembre 1993 p.64

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Diapason - No.397 octobre 1993 p.168;No.399 décembre 1993 p.102

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Classic CD - January 1994 p.66

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BBC Music Magazine - January 1994 p.94

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American Record Guide - Vol.57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.137, No.3 May-June 1994 p.227

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Opera House, Rome (13 December 1990)

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Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea performed in Italian

Conductor Daniel Oren - 1991(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia

Chorus - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia

Adriana Lecouvreur - Raina Kabaivanska

Maurizio - Alberto Cupido

Principe di Bouillon - Carlo Colombara

Principessa di Bouillon - Luciana D' Intino

Michonnet - Paolo Gavanelli

Quinault - Giuseppe Riva

Poisson - Renato Cazzaniga

Mlle. Jouvenot - Gabriella Ferroni

Mlle. Dangeville - Antonella Trevisan

L'Abate di Chazeuil - Oslavio Di Credico

Un maggiordomo - Ledo Freschi

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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5937 (2006)ª

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Recordings of Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.15; Opera on Record 2 p.292; CELLETTI p.160; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.155p.126; MET p.82; MET(VID) p.41; PENGUIN p.60; Opera on Video p.214; GIUDICI p.134 (2) p.221; Opéra Internatonal novembre 2000 No.251 pp.60-61

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro La Fenice de Venezia (May or June 1991). The cast listed above is that given in «Opera '95 Annuario EDT dell'Opera Lirica in Italia» p.331. The DVD issued by Premiere is listed in «New Releases - October 2006».

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Rizzi - 1991(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale dell'Opera di Genova

Chorus - Teatro Comunale dell'Opera di Genova

Manrico - Kristjan Johannsson

Azucena - Shirley Verrett

Leonora - Raina Kabaivanska

Conte di Luna - Silvano Carroli

Ferrando - Francesca Ellero d'Artegna

Ines - Barbara Frittoli

Ruiz - Angelo Casertano

Un vecchio zingaro - Bruno Grella

Un messo - Dario Zerial

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Comunale di Genova. The date given in Charles Handelman's Catalogue (November 2000 p.72) is 18 October 1991, but according to «Opera '92 - Annuario EDT dell'Opera Lirica in Italia» p.90 the «prima» was on 20 October 1991. So this recording may be of the dress rehearsal.

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Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Theo Alcántara - 1993(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro de la Zarzuela de Madrid

Suor Angelica - Raina Kabaivanska

La Zia Principessa - Viorica Cortez

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Compact Cassette - House of Opera ALD 3210S

Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers SUO 199301 {1CDR} (Canada)

DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVD 9040

VHS Video Cassette - Premiere Opera Ltd. VID 1925; House of Opera Video 9040

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

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.112; Opera on Record 2 p.318; CELLETTIp.627; Opera on CD (1) p.110 (2) p.121 (3) p.136; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.190 p.132; MET p.447; MET(VID) p.240; PENGUIN p.318; Opera on Video p.185; GIUDICI p.646; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.157 gennaio 2002 p.116

Comments:- Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) in the Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid (March or April 1993; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL juin 1993 No.170 pp.42-43. The CDR issued by «The Opera Lovers» is listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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Francesca da Rimini by Riccardo Zandonai performed in Italian

Conductor Maurizio Arena - 1995(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Massimo di Palermo

Chorus - Teatro Massimo di Palermo

Francesca - Raina Kabaivanska

Samaritana - Patrizia Orciani

Ostasio - Marco Chingari

Giovanni lo Sciancato (Gianciotto) - Silvano Carroli

Paolo il Bello - José Cura

Malatestino dall'Occhio - Mario Bolognesi

Biancofiore - Patrizia Pace

Garsenda - Elena Lo Forte

Altichiara - Adriana Cicogna

Adonella - Adele Cossi

Smaragdi - Ambra Vespasiani

Ser Toldo Berardengo - Mario Ferrara

Il balestriere - Pietro Tarantino

Prisoner - Pierre Lefèbre

Il giullare - Fabio Previati

Il torrigiano - Giuseppe Altomare

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DVD (Video) - Encore DVD 2259 (2006)ª

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Recordings of Francesca da Rimini by Riccardo Zandonai are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.1181; MET p.752; MET(VID) p.455; PENGUIN p.572; GIUDICI p.1182 (2) p.1847

Comments:- Video recording of a performance in the Politeama Garibaldi, Palermo (February or March 1995). The cast listed above is that given in «Opera '95 - Annuario EDT dell'opera Lirica in Italia» pp.157-158. The DVD-R issued on the Encore label is (was?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten performed in English

Conductor Bruno Campanella - 1995(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Regio di Torino

Prologue - Philip Salmon

Quint - Philip Salmon

Governess - Raina Kabaivanska

Miles - Matthew Long

Flora - Hazel Norton Hale

Mrs.Grose - Gillian Knight

Miss Jessel - Alexandrina Pendachanska

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DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVD 453

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Recordings of The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.133; Opera on CD (1) p.147 (2) p.162 (3) p.181; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.173 p.154; MET p.74; PENGUIN p.46; Opera on Video p.234; GIUDICI p.104; American Record Guide July/August 1998 Vol.61 No.4 p.67; l'opera (Milano) Anno XIV N.145 novembre 2000 p.102

Comments:- Video recording of a performance in the Teatro Carignano, Turin produced by Luca Ronconi (September 1995). The cast listed above is that given in «Opera '96 - Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'opera Lirica in Italia» p.249. According to House of Opera's online catalogue the quality is «fair - dark picture»

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Angelo Campori - 1997(LI)

Orchestra - Arena di Verona

Chorus - Arena di Verona

Cio Cio San - Raina Kabaivanska

Pinkerton - Keith Olsen

Sharpless - Franco Vassallo

Suzuki - Francesca Franci

Kate Pinkerton - Bernadette Lucarini

Goro - Mario Bolognesi

Il principe Yamadori - Fernando Luis Ciuffo

Lo zio Bonzo - Marco Pauluzzo

Il commissario imperiale - Silvio Tullio Falzoni

L'ufficiale del Registro - Dario Benini

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 08413

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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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Verona Arena (9 July 1997). The cast listed above is that given in «Opera '97 Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'Opera Lirica in Italia» p.309. The Compact Cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000.

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La Voix humaine by Francis Poulenc performed in French

Conductor Stefan Anton Reck - 2000(LC)

Orchestra - Teatro Massimo di Palermo

Elle - Raina Kabaivanska

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Compact Disc; - Fondazione Teatro Massimo FTM 001 (+Erwartung) {2CDS} (2001)ª

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Recordings of La Voix humaine by Francis Poulenc are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.578; MET p.384; MET(VID) p.216; PENGUIN p.289; l'opera (Milano) Supplemento al N.129 maggio 1999 p.50

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.148 febbraio 2001 p.96 [MG]: N.152 giugno 2001 p.2 (letter)

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Comments:- Recorded in the Teatro Massimo di Palermo (5-14 marzo 2000)

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Lady in the Dark by Kurt Weill performed in English

Conductor Steven Mercurio - 2001(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Massimo di Palermo

Chorus - Coro di voci bianche del Teatro Massimo di Palermo - Ensemble vocale «I Solisti di Operalaboratorio»

Liza Elliott - Raina Kabaivanska

Beekman - Shon Sims

Ringmaster - Shon Sims

Randy Curtis - Gino Quilico

Charley Johnson - Victor Ledbetter

Kendall Nesbitt - Federico Pacifici

Maggie Grant - Clara Zovianoff

Miss Foster - Julia Wade

Russell Paxton - Shon Sims

Man from Texas - Gino Quilico

Ben - Gino Quilico

Alison Du Bois - Mariella Lo Sardo

Dr. Brooks - Emilio Dino Conti

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Comments:- Video recording of a performance in the Teatro Massimo, Palermo (April 2001). The cast listed above is that given in «Opera 2001 Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'Opera Lirica in Italia» p.194. The DVD issued by House of Opera is listed in their online catalogue of «New DVDs 22 January 2005»

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Abbreviations

(STU), "Studio" Recording

(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts

(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source

(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source

(LI), "Live" Recording

(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts

(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance

(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance

(RA), A Radio Performance

(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance

(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast

(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance

(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film

(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film

CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988

EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994

GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)

HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973

MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982

MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993

MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997

More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999

NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli

PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993

Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española

Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española

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