(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1963(LI) - Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni - Renato Cellini**
2 1965(LI) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Nicola Rescigno*
3 1966(LI) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Georges Prêtre*
4 1970(LE;Kraus) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Richard Bonynge*
5 1970(LI) - Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod - Alain Lombard*
6 1971(LI) - barbiere di Siviglia (Il) by Gioacchino Rossini - Thomas Schippers*
7 1971(LI) - Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni - Fausto Cleva*
8 1971?(LI) - Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni - Kurt Adler*
9 1972(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Erich Leinsdorf*
10 1973(LI) - Fille du regiment (La) by Gaetano Donizetti - Richard Bonynge**
11 1973(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - James Levine***
12 1973(LI) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli*
13 1973(LI) - Zauberflöte (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Peter Maag*
14 1973(LI:17/3) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Carlo Felice Cillario*
15 1974(LI) - Jenufa by Leos Janácek - John Nelson*
16 1974(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - James Levine*
17 1974(LI) - Troyens (Les) by Hector Berlioz - Rafael Kubelik*
18 1975(LI) - Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini - Peter Herman Adler*
19 1975(LI;1/3/75) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Sixten Ehrling*
20 1975(LI;2/4/75) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Sixten Ehrling*
21 1976(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Kazimierz Kord*
22 1976(LI) - Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini - Sixten Ehrling*
23 1976(STU) - Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano - James Levine*
24 1977 (Acts 2-3;LE) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Erich Leinsdorf*
25 1977(LI) - Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano - James Levine*
26 1977(LI) - Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky - James Levine*
27 1977(LI) - Faust by Charles Gounod - Georges Prêtre*
28 1977(LI) - Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten - John Pritchard**
29 1977(LI) - Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini - James Levine*
30 1977(LI) - tabarro (Il) by Giacomo Puccini - James Levine*
31 1978(LI) - Bartered Bride (The) by Bedrich Smetana - James Levine**
32 1978(LI) - Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni - James Levine*
33 1978(LI) - Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky - James Levine*
34 1978(LI:4/2/78) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - James Levine*
35 1978(LI;25/9/78) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - James Levine*
36 1978(STU) - Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni - James Levine*
37 1978(STU) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - James Levine*
38 1979(LI) - Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck - Calvin Simmons*
39 1979(LI) - Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi - James Levine*
40 1980(LI) - Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni - Richard Woitach*
41 1981(LI) - Dialogues des Carmélites by Francis Poulenc - Julius Rudel*
42 1981(LI) - Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini - Thomas Fulton*
43 1981(LI) - Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini - Angelo Campori*
44 1981(LI) - Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini - James Levine*
45 1982(LI) - Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck - Thomas Fulton*
46 1982(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - James Conlon*
47 1983(LC; Mitchell) - Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi - James Levine*
48 1983(LI; Negri) - Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi - James Levine*
49 1984(LI) - Troyens (Les) by Hector Berlioz - James Levine*
50 1985(LI) - Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky - Bruno Bartoletti*
51 1986(LC) - Quiet Place (A) by Leonard Bernstein - Leonard Bernstein*
52 1987(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Richard Bonynge*
53 1988(LI) - Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni - Alessandro Siciliani*
*AUDIO **VIDEO ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Renato Cellini - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - New Orleans Opera
Chorus - New Orleans Opera
Santuzza - Zinka Milanov
Turiddu - Giuseppe Gismondo
Alfio - Benjamin Rayson
Lola - Jean Kraft
Lucia - Marietta Cosneuza
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Compact Disc; - VAI Audio VAIA 1053 {1CD} (1995)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.64; Opera on Record p.542; CELLETTI p.380; MARINELLI p.435; Opera on CD(1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.130; MET p.220; MET(VID) p.124; PENGUIN p.195; GIUDICI p.140; Opéra International mai 1999 No.235 p.66; Répertoire No.130 décembre 1999 p.86; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - October 1995 p.44
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Orpheus - März 1995 S.61
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Opéra International - mai 1999 No.235 pp.64-66 [SS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the New Orleans Opera House (14 December 1963)
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Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Dallas Civic Opera
Chorus - Dallas Civic Opera
Violetta Valery - Montserrat Caballé
Flora Bervoix - Jean Kraft
Annina - Judith Shults
Alfredo Germont - Franco Bonisolli
Giorgio Germont - Mario Zanasi
Gastone - Franco Ricciardi
Dottore Grenvil - Nicola Zaccaria
Barone Douphol - Roberto Bañuelas
Marchese d'Obigny - Isidoro Gavari
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 476 {2LPS}
Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers TRA 196501 {2CDRS} (Canada)
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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
Comments:- Recording of a performance at Dallas (13 November 1965). This recording is mentioned in «Montserrat Caballé - Casta Diva» pp..393-394. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca
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Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Amfortas - Walter Cassel
Titurel - Justino Díaz
Gurnemanz - Jerome Hines
Parsifal - Sándor Kónya
Klingsor - Morley Meredith
Kundry - Régine Crespin
Alto Stimme - Ruza Baldani
Knappe 1 - Mary Ellen Pracht
Knappe 2 - Shirley Love
Knappe 3 - Charles Anthony
Knappe 4 - Dan Marek
Blumenmädchen 1 - Jean Kraft
Blumenmädchen 2 - Joy Clements
Blumenmädchen 3 - Lilian Sukis
Blumenmädchen 4 - Loretta Di Franco
Blumenmädchen 5 - Marcia Baldwin
Blumenmädchen 6 - Nedda Casei
Ritter 1 - Gabor Carelli
Ritter 2 - Robert Goodloe
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers PAR 196601 {4CDRS} (Canada)
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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (2 April 1966). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1970(LE;Kraus)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Violetta Valery - Joan Sutherland
Flora Bervoix - Jean Kraft
Annina - Loretta Di Franco
Alfredo Germont - Alfredo Kraus
Giorgio Germont - Mario Sereni
Gastone - Charles Anthony
Dottore Grenvil - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Barone Douphol - Robert Goodloe
Marchese d'Obigny - Gene Boucher
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Compact Disc; - Bella Voce BLV 107 217 (+ complete peformance - Bonynge) {2CDS} (1997)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 publications:-
Orpheus - Februar 1997 S.59 (mention)
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International Opera Collector - Summer 1997 No.4 p.79 (mention)
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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at the MET (2 December 1970). These extractsare a «filler» on the CDs of the performance of 22 October 1970 which is also conducted by Bonynge. Not all the singers listed above appear
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Conductor Alain Lombard - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Roméo - Franco Corelli
Juliette - Jeanette Pilou
Gertrude - Jean Kraft
Frère Laurence - Justino Díaz
Capulet - Clifford Harvuot
Tybalt - Charles Anthony
Le Prince - Edmond Karlsrud
Gregorio - Lorenzo Alvary
Mercutio - John Reardon
Stéphano - Marcia Baldwin
Pâris - Gene Boucher
Benvolio - Robert Schmorr
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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.246; Opera on Record 2 p.195; CELLETTI p.298; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.41p.84; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1993 No.171 p.34; MET p.172; MET(VID) p.94; PENGUIN p.116; Opera on Video p.134; GIUDICI p.278
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (18 April 1970). The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) listed as new issues in their website in July 2008 (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Figaro - Sherrill Milnes
Il Conte Almaviva - Enrico Di Giuseppe
Rosina - Marilyn Horne
Dr. Bartolo - Fernando Corena
Don Basilio - Giorgio Tozzi
Berta - Jean Kraft
Fiorello - Raymond Gibbs
Un Ufficiale - Nico Castel
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1663 (& 1283);; The Opera Lovers BAR 119701 {2CDRS} (Canada);; Bensar OL 22071 (BRO 129696) {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (20 February 1971). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) and those issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Santuzza - Fiorenza Cossotto
Turiddu - Enrico Di Giuseppe
Alfio - Morley Meredith
Lola - Nedda Casei
Lucia - Jean Kraft
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1756; The Opera Lovers CAV 197101 {1CD} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.64; Opera on Record p.542; CELLETTI p.380; MARINELLI p.435; Opera on CD(1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.130; MET p.220; MET(VID) p.124; PENGUIN p.195; GIUDICI p.140; Opéra International mai 1999 No.235 p.66; Répertoire No.130 décembre 1999 p.86; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (13 February 1971). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDR issued by «The Opera Lovers» is listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The date of the performance recorded is given here incorrectly as «13.01.71».
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Conductor Kurt Adler - 1971?(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Santuzza - Elinor Ross
Turiddu - Richard Tucker
Alfio - Matteo Manuguerra
Lola - Frederica Von Stade
Lucia - Jean Kraft
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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 127-1 {1CDR}
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Recordings of Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.64; Opera on Record p.542; CELLETTI p.380; MARINELLI p.435; Opera on CD(1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.130; MET p.220; MET(VID) p.124; PENGUIN p.195; GIUDICI p.140; Opéra International mai 1999 No.235 p.66; Répertoire No.130 décembre 1999 p.86; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
Comments:- The CD issued by Premiere is listed in their catalogue and attributed to Philadelphia 1972 with (Elinor) Ross and (Richard) Tucker. However, according to Frank Hamilton's «Performance Chronology» Cavalleria Rusticana was never performed in Philadelphia with Ross and Tucker (click link below). The only performance of Cavalleria Rusticana that I have been able to find in which these singers performed together is at Manhattan Central Park on 17 June 1971 and I have tentatively attributed the recording issued by Premiere to this.
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1972(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Jess Thomas
Sieglinde - Gwyneth Jones
Hunding - John Macurdy
Brünhilde - Rita Hunter
Wotan - Hans Sotin
Fricka - Mignon Dunn
Gerhilde - Judith De Paul
Ortlinde - Carlotta Ordassy
Waltraute - Doris Hollenbach
Schwertleite - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David
Helmwige - Elizabeth Anguish
Siegrune - Marcia Baldwin
Grimgerde - Joann Grillo
Roßweiße - Jean Kraft
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Compact Disc; - JDT Productions RHSC 109 {3CDS} (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (19 December 1972)
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Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1973(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Marie - Joan Sutherland
Tonio - Luciano Pavarotti
Sulplice - Fernando Corena
La Maquise - Regina Resnik
Hortensius - Andrea Velis
Caporale - Andrij Dobriansky
Un Paysan - Charles Kuestner
La Duchesse - Jean Kraft
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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 369 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La Fille du regiment by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.219; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.179 p.78; MET p.122; MET(VID) p.72; PENGUIN p.78; GIUDICI p.210 (2) p.350; Opéra International décembre 1997 No.219 pp.19-21
Comments:- This appears to be a recording of the performance at the MET ON 6 January 1973 which was broadcast. The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) listed as new issues in their website in August 2004 (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor James Levine - 1973(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Otello - James McCracken
Desdemona - Renata Tebaldi
Iago - Sherrill Milnes
Cassio - William Lewis
Rodrigo - Andrea Velis
Lodovico - James Morris
Montano - Robert Goodloe
Emilia - Jean Kraft
Un Araldo - Raymond Gibbs
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1298
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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 the MET (8 January 1973). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The recording is described as «Excellent in-house».
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1973(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Violetta Valery - Gilda Cruz-Romo
Flora Bervoix - Jean Kraft
Annina - Betsy Norden
Alfredo Germont - Enrico Di Giuseppe
Giorgio Germont - Robert Merrill
Gastone - Charles Anthony
Dottore Grenvil - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Barone Douphol - Robert Goodloe
Marchese d'Obigny - Gene Boucher
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Compact Disc; - Bensar BRO 123563 {2CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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
Comments:- This is probably a recording of the performance at the MET on 13 January 1973 which was broadcast. The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.».
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Conductor Peter Maag - 1973(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tamino - Luigi Alva
Papageno - Donald Gramm
Königin der Nacht - Rita Shane
Sprecher - Morley Meredith
Pamina - Anna Moffo
Sarastro - Jerome Hines
Monostatos - Paul Franke
Papagena - Loretta Di Franco
1er Geharnischter - Charles Anthony
2er Geharnischter - Richard Best
Erste Dame - Mary Ellen Pracht
Zweite Dame - Marcia Baldwin
Dritte Dame - Jean Kraft
Erster Knabe - Betsy Norden
Zweiter Knabe - Christine Weidinger
Dritter Knabe - Cynthia Munzer
Erster Priester - Robert Schmorr
Zweiter Priester - Gene Boucher
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera (Italy) (unnumbered) (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.130: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.136-140; Opera on Record p.106; CELLETTI p.525; Opera on CD (1) p.22 (2) p.26 (3) p.28; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.101 p.138, No.196 p.148; MET p.332; MET(VID) p.186; PENGUIN p.257; BBC Music Magazine May 1994 p.47; Opéra International No.182 juillet-aoüt 1994 p.14; GIUDICI p.495 (2) p.828; Stereophile October 1996 (Vol.19 No.10) p.303; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.15; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.58-60; BBC Music Magazine April 2004 p.52; The Gramophone January 2006 p.28
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (15 December 1973). This performance was broadcast and then rebroadcast by Sirius Metropolitan Opera Radio. 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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Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario - 1973(LI:17/3)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Manrico - Plácido Domingo
Azucena - Fiorenza Cossotto
Leonora - Montserrat Caballé
Conte di Luna - Robert Merrill
Ferrando - Ivo Vinco
Ines - Jean Kraft
Ruiz - Nico Castel
Un vecchio zingaro - Edward Ghazal
Un messo - Fawayne Murphy
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1662 (& 2854 & 1312); Celestial Audio CA 440 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 at the MET (17 March 1973). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues Easter 2005.
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Conductor John Nelson - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Grandmother Buryjovka - Jean Kraft
Laca - Jon Vickers
Steva - William Lewis
Kostelnicka - Astrid Varnay
Jenufa - Teresa Kubiak
Mill Foreman - John Reardon
Mayor - Richard T. Gill
Mayor's Wife - Carlotta Ordassy
Karolka - Alma Jean Smith
Barena - Loretta Di Franco
Jano - Shepherd - Betsy Norden
The aunt - Lorraine Keane
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1736; Bensar OL 122174 (BRO 124202) {2CDRS}
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Recordings of Jenufa by Leos Janácek are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.327; CELLETTI p.344; Opera on CD (1) p.103 (2) p.114 (3) p.127; L'Avant Scène No.102 p.102, mise à jour mars 2003; MET p.192; PENGUIN p.167
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (21 December 1974). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor James Levine - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Otello - Jon Vickers
Desdemona - Kiri Te Kanawa
Iago - Thomas Stewart
Cassio - William Lewis
Rodrigo - Andrea Velis
Lodovico - Paul Plishka
Montano - Robert Goodloe
Emilia - Jean Kraft
Un Araldo - David Holloway
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Compact Disc - Celestial Audio CA 038 {2CDRS} {Australia)
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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 the MET. This recording is probably of the performance on 9 February 1974 which was broadcast.
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Conductor Rafael Kubelik - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Enée - Jon Vickers
Chorèbe - Louis Quilico
Panthée - Richard T. Gill
Narbal - John Macurdy
Ascagne - Judith Blegen
Cassandre - Shirley Verrett
Didon - Christa Ludwig
Anna - Mignon Dunn
Hylas - Leo Goeke
Priam - Edmond Karlsrud
Hécube - Jean Kraft
Iopas - Kenneth Riegel
Helenus - William Lewis
Un soldat troyen - Russell Christopher
1re sentinelle - Andrij Dobriansky
2e sentinelle - Richard Best
L'Ombre d'Hector - Clifford Harvuot
Le spectre de Cassandre - Lorraine Keane
Le spectre d'Priam - Edmond Karlsrud
Le spectre de Chorèbe - Robert Goodloe
Mercure - Edmond Karlsrud
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers TROY 197401 {4CDRS} (Canada) Bensar OL 31674 (BRO 124100) {4CDRS}
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Recordings of Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.302; Opera on Record p.158; CELLETTI p.90; Opera on CD (1) p.41 (2) p.47 (3) p.52; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.128-129 p.160; MET p.41; MET(VID) p.14; PENGUIN p.21; GIUDICI p.55 (2) p.95; Opéra International No.276 février 2003 p.18; Orpheus Heft 3+4 März+April 2003 S.66; The Opera Quarterly Vol.19 No.3 Summer 2003 pp.446-485; American Record Guide Vol.70 No.3 pp.64-65
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (16 March 1974). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). 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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Conductor Peter Herman Adler - 1975(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Manon Lescaut - Dorothy Kirsten
Des Grieux - John Alexander
Lescaut - William Walker
Geronte - Raymond Michalski
Edmondo - Jon Garrison
Una voce sola - Jean Kraft
L'oste - Gene Boucher
Il maestro di ballo - Robert Schmorr
Un sergente degli arcieri - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Lampionaio - Nico Castel
Un comandante di Marina - Andrij Dobriansky
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Compact Disc; - Bensar OL 3875 (BRO 124819) {2CDRS} (2005)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 MET (8 March 1975). 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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Conductor Sixten Ehrling - 1975(LI;1/3/75)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Jon Vickers
Sieglinde - Janis Martin
Hunding - Bengt Rundgren
Brünhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Wotan - Donald McIntyre
Fricka - Mignon Dunn
Gerhilde - Rachel Mathes
Ortlinde - Carlotta Ordassy
Waltraute - Cynthia Munzer
Schwertleite - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David
Helmwige - Gloria Hodes
Siegrune - Marcia Baldwin
Grimgerde - Joann Grillo
Roßweiße - Jean Kraft
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Compact Disc; - *Bensar OL 3175 {4CDRS} (2004)ª; The Opera Lovers WAL 197501 {3CDRS} (Canada);; Academy Records WH Live Opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) (2006)ª
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (1 March 1975). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) and those issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The third disc of the latter set includes the second part of Act 2 and as a filler there is what appears to be an «in-house» recording of the closing scene of Act 1 with Vickers and Nilsson (2 April 1975 at the MET?).
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Conductor Sixten Ehrling - 1975(LI;2/4/75)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Jon Vickers
Sieglinde - Birgit Nilsson
Hunding - Bengt Rundgren
Brünhilde - Rita Hunter
Wotan - Donald McIntyre
Fricka - Anna Reynolds
Gerhilde - Mary Ellen Pracht
Ortlinde - Carlotta Ordassy
Waltraute - Cynthia Munzer
Schwertleite - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David
Helmwige - Gloria Hodes
Siegrune - Marcia Baldwin
Grimgerde - Joann Grillo
Roßweiße - Jean Kraft
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Compact Disc; - JDT Productions RHSC 144 {4CDS} (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (2 April 1975)
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Conductor Kazimierz Kord - 1976(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Aida - Rita Hunter
Radamès - Carlo Bergonzi
Amneris - Elena Obraztsova
Amonasro - Matteo Manuguerra
Ramphis - James Morris
Il Re di Egitto - Philip Booth
Una Sacerdotessa - Jean Kraft
Un Messaggero - Paul Franke
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Compact Disc; - JDT Productions RHSC 103 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Celestial Audio CA 746 {2CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (25 October 1976; see OPERA December 1976 p,1132). This performance was not broadcast so presumably the recording was made «in-house».
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Conductor Sixten Ehrling - 1976(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Suor Angelica - Renata Scotto
La Zia Principessa - Lili Chookasian
La Badessa - Jean Kraft
La Maestra delle novizie - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David
Suor Genovieffa - Betsy Norden
Suor Osmina - Mary Fercana
Suor Dolcina - Elizabeth Anguish
La Sorella Infermiera - Cynthia Munzer
La Cercatrice 1 - Alma Jean Smith
La Cercatrice 2 - Elena Doria
La conversa 1 - Maureen Smith
La conversa 2 - Joyce Olson
Due novizie - Linda Mays
- Shinja Kwak
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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 532 (Trittico) {3CDRS} (Australia) (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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:- Recording of a performance at the MET on 22 or 26 January 1976. As neither of these performances was broadcast the recording was presumably made «in-house». The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) listed as new issues in their website in August 2006 (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor James Levine - 1976(STU)
Orchestra - National Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - John Alldis Choir
Andrea Chénier - Plácido Domingo
Carlo Gérard - Sherrill Milnes
Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Scotto
La mulatta Bersi - Maria Ewing
La Contessa di Coigny - Jean Kraft
Madelon - Gwendolyn Killebrew
Roucher - Allan Monk
Il sanculotto Mathieu - Enzo Dara
Fouquier Tinville - Stuart Harling
Un Incredible - Michel Sénéchal
Pietro Fléville - Terence Sharpe
L'abate - Piero De Palma
Dumas - Malcolm King
Schmidt - Isser Bushkin
Il maestro di casa - Nigel Beavan
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Black Disc - RCA ARL 3-2046 (3LPS} (USA); *RCA «Red Seal» RL 02046 (3) {3LPS} (UK)
Compact Disc; - RCA Victor GD 82046 {2CDS} (1989)ª; BMG RCA Victor «Red Seal» 74321 39499-2 {2CDS}; BMG RCA «Opera Treasury»; 74321 50164 {2CDS}
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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1977 p.338 [AB]; December 1977 p.1164 [SIR] January 1978 p.1233 [JBS]; September 1989 [MEO]
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Opera Now - November/December 1997 p.97 [GH]
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Fanfare - November 1977 Vol.1 No.2 p.22 [KH]
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American Record Guide - November/December 1989 Vol.52 No.6 p.61 [RVL]: January/ February 2000 Vol.63 No.1 p.97 [LM]
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BBC Music Magazine - June 1997 p.75 (mention)
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Classic CD - May 1998 p.93 [ST]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.98 abril 1997 p.40 (mention)
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI N.111 settembre 1997 p.95 [GB]
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1977 (Acts 2-3;LE)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - James King
Sieglinde - Janis Martin
Hunding - Manfred Schenk
Brünhilde - Rita Hunter
Wotan - Norman Bailey
Fricka - Mignon Dunn
Gerhilde - Elizabeth Volkman
Ortlinde - Mary Ellen Pracht
Waltraute - Sheila Nadler
Schwertleite - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David
Helmwige - Sarah Beatty
Siegrune - Marcia Baldwin
Grimgerde - Joann Grillo
Roßweiße - Jean Kraft
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Compact Disc; - JDT Productions RHSC 132 {2CDS} (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of Act 2 and 3 of performance at the MET (19 Febuary 1977).
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Conductor James Levine - 1977(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Andrea Chénier - Plácido Domingo
Carlo Gérard - Cornell MacNeil
Madeleine di Coigny - Martina Arroyo
La mulatta Bersi - Jean Kraft
La Contessa di Coigny - Shirley Love
Madelon - Lili Chookasian
Roucher - Allan Monk
Il sanculotto Mathieu - Fernando Corena
Fouquier Tinville - Richard Best
Un Incredible - Andrea Velis
Pietro Fléville - Gene Boucher
L'abate - Paul Franke
Dumas - Russell Christopher
Schmidt - Philip Booth
Il maestro di casa - Glenn Bater
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers AND 197701 (Canada) {2CDRS}
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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (26 March 1977). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor James Levine - 1977(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Eugene Onegin - Sherrill Milnes
Lenski - Nicolai Gedda
Tatyana - Teresa Zylis-Gara
Olga - Isola Jones
Larina - Jean Kraft
Filipjewna - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David
Gremin - Martti Talvela
Triquet - Andrea Velis
Zaretzky - Andrij Dobriansky
Captain - Richard Best
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers EVG 197701 {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 (20 October 1977). This performance was not broadcast so the recording was presumably made «in-house». The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1977(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Faust - Stuart Burrows
Méphistophélès - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Marguerite - Johanna Meier
Valentin - Lenus Carlson
Siébel - Judith Forst
Marthe - Jean Kraft
Wagner - Philip Booth
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Compact Disc - *Bensar OL 1877 (BRO 123559) {2CDRS}
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Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (8 January 1977). 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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Conductor John Pritchard - 1977(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Peter Grimes - Jon Vickers
Ellen Orford - Heather Harper
Balstrode - Donald Gramm
Auntie - Lili Chookasian
Bob Boles - Paul Franke
Swallow - Morley Meredith
Mrs. Sedley - Jean Kraft
Ned Keene - Gene Boucher
Rector - James Atherton
Hobson - Andrij Dobriansky
First niece - Alma Jean Smith
Second niece - Betsy Norden
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers PET 197701 {2CDRS} (Canada)
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Recordings of Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.637; CELLETTI p.135; Opera on CD (1) p.144 (2) p.157 (3) p.176L'Avant Scène Opéra No.31 p.98; MET p.70; MET(VID) p.26; Opera News December 24 1994 p.8; Opera on Video p.224; BBC Music Magazine Sept. 1996 p.48; Fanfare Vol.20 No.1 September/October 1996 p.163; American Record Guide July/August 1998Vol.61 No.4 p.66; GIUDICI (2) p.153
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (10 December 1977). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor James Levine - 1977(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Suor Angelica - Teresa Zylis-Gara
La Zia Principessa - Fedora Barbieri
La Badessa - Jean Kraft
La Zelatrice - Shirley Love
La Maestra delle novizie - Elvira Green
Suor Genovieffa - Betsy Norden
Suor Osmina - Linore Aronson
Suor Dolcina - Ann Florio
La Sorella Infermiera - Cynthia Munzer
La Cercatrice 1 - Alma Jean Smith
La Cercatrice 2 - Elena Doria
La conversa 1 - Joyce Olson
La conversa 2 - Maureen Smith
Due novizie - Linda Mays
- Barbara Bystrom
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers SUO 197701 {1CDR} (Canada) Bensar OS 22677 {BRO 124118) (Trittico) {3CDRS}
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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:- Recording of a performance at the MET (26 February 1977). The CDR issued by «The Opera Lovers» is listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) and those issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.»
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Conductor James Levine - 1977(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Michele - Cornell MacNeil
Luigi - Harry Theyard
Il Tinca - Charles Anthony
Il Talpa - Italo Tajo
Giorgetta - Hildegard Behrens
La Frugola - Jean Kraft
Venditore di canzonette - Jon Garrison
Due amanti - John Carpenter
- Betsy Norden
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Compact Disc; - Bensar OS 22677 (BRO 121118) (Trittico) {3CDRS} ;; The Opera Lovers TAB 197701 {1CDR} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Il tabarro by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.110; Opera on Record 2 p.314; CELLETTI p.630; Opera on CD (1) p.110 (2) p.121 (3) p.136; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.190 p.132; MET p.444; MET(VID) p.249; PENGUIN p.313; Opera on Video p.185; GIUDICI p.642 (2) p.1056; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.157 gennaio 2002 p.116
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (26 February 1977). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) and those issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor James Levine - 1978(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Krusina - Derek Hammond-Stroud
Ludmilla - Elizabeth Coss
Marenka - Teresa Stratas
Hata - Jean Kraft
Vasek - Jon Vickers
Jenik - Nicolai Gedda
Kecal - Martti Talvela
Circus master - Alan Crofoot
Esmeralda - Colette Boky
Indian - Andrij Dobriansky
Tobias - John Cheek
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Compact Disc; - Bensar OL 12278 (BRO 125501) {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of The Bartered Bride by Bedrich Smetana are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.248; CELLETTI p.770; Opera on CD (1) p.80 (2) p.89 (3) p.99 MET p.501; PENGUIN p.388
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (2 December 1978). This was performed in an English translation by T. Harrison. 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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Conductor James Levine - 1978(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Santuzza - Tatiana Troyanos
Turiddu - Anatoly Solovianenko
Alfio - Vern Shinall
Lola - Isola Jones
Lucia - Jean Kraft
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lover CAV 197802 {1CDR} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.64; Opera on Record p.542; CELLETTI p.380; MARINELLI p.435; Opera on CD(1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.130; MET p.220; MET(VID) p.124; PENGUIN p.195; GIUDICI p.140; Opéra International mai 1999 No.235 p.66; Répertoire No.130 décembre 1999 p.86; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (April 1978). The CDR issued by «The Opera Lover» is listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca. Here the date of the performance recorded is given as 15 April 1978 and «Domingo» is given as a cast member. However, according to the «Met Annals» Anatoly Solovianenko sang Turiddu in the performance on that date which was broadcast. Plácido Domingo sang in the performance on 5 April 1978 which was broadcast and televised. I do not know which performance is recorded on the CDRs issued by «The Opera Lover».
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Conductor James Levine - 1978(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Eugene Onegin - Sherrill Milnes
Lenski - Nicolai Gedda
Tatyana - Teresa Zylis-Gara
Olga - Isola Jones
Larina - Jean Kraft
Filipjewna - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David
Gremin - Paul Plishka
Triquet - James Atherton
Zaretzky - Andrij Dobriansky
Captain - Richard Best
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Compact Disc; - Bensar OL 21878 (BRO 125103) {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 (18 February 1978). 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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Conductor James Levine - 1978(LI:4/2/78)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Otello - Jon Vickers
Desdemona - Katia Ricciarelli
Iago - Cornell MacNeil
Cassio - Frank Little
Rodrigo - Andrea Velis
Lodovico - James Morris
Montano - Robert Goodloe
Emilia - Jean Kraft
Un Araldo - Arthur Thompson
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Black Disc - *IRR July/August 2007 p.29 [JTH]
DVD (Video) - The Opera Lovers DVDOTE 197801
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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:- Video recording of a performance at the MET (4 February 1978). According to the MET OPERA database this performance was broadcast but not televised. The DVD-R issued by «The Opera Lovers» is listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor James Levine - 1978(LI;25/9/78)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Otello - Jon Vickers
Desdemona - Renata Scotto
Iago - Cornell MacNeil
Cassio - Raymond Gibbs
Rodrigo - Andrea Velis
Lodovico - James Morris
Montano - Robert Goodloe
Emilia - Jean Kraft
Un Araldo - Arthur Thompson
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DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVDCC 1025 (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 video recording appears to be of the performance at the MET on 25 September 1978 which was televised. The DVD issued by House of Opera is listed in their online catalogue of «New DVDs 22 January 2005»
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Conductor James Levine - 1978(STU)
Orchestra - National Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Santuzza - Renata Scotto
Turiddu - Plácido Domingo
Alfio - Pablo Elvira
Lola - Isola Jones
Lucia - Jean Kraft
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Black Disc; - RCA «Red Seal» RL 1-3091 {1LP} (1980)ª
Compact Cassette - RCA CRK 1-3091; BMG RD 83 091 QA {1CD}
Compact Disc; - RCA Victor RD 83091 {1CD}; BMG RCA «Red Seal» 74321 39500-2 {1CD} (Europe) (1997)ª; RCA RCD1 3091 {1CD} (USA) (1997)ª; Brilliant Classics 6251 (+Pagliacci - Santi) {2CDS} (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.64; Opera on Record p.542; CELLETTI p.380; MARINELLI p.435; Opera on CD(1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.130; MET p.220; MET(VID) p.124; PENGUIN p.195; GIUDICI p.140; Opéra International mai 1999 No.235 p.66; Répertoire No.130 décembre 1999 p.86; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1980 p.1293 [AB] June 1980 p.78 [SIR]; October 1980 p.471 [JBS]
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Opera Now - November/December 1997 p.97 [GH]
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Diapason - No.439 juillet-aoüt 1997 p.93
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BBC Music Magazine - June 1997 p.75 (mention)
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American Record Guide - January 1980 Vol.43 No.3 p.35 [RVL]: January/February 2000 Vol.63 No.1 p.129 [DA]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.98 abril 1997 p.40 (mention)
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Répertoire - No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.46
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI - N.109 - giungo 1997 p.91
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Conductor James Levine - 1978(STU)
Orchestra - National Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Otello - Plácido Domingo
Desdemona - Renata Scotto
Iago - Sherrill Milnes
Cassio - Frank Little
Rodrigo - Paul Crook
Lodovico - Paul Plishka
Montano - Malcolm King
Emilia - Jean Kraft
Un Araldo - Malcolm King
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Black Disc; - RCA «Red Seal» CRL 3-2951 {3LPS} (USA) (1979)ª; RCA «Red Seal» RL O2951 {3LPS} (UK) (1979)ª; RCA «Gold Seal» GL 82951 (UK) (1987)ª
Compact Cassette; - RCA CRK 3-2951 (USA) (1979)ª;; RCA GK 82951 (1987)ª; RCA RL 02951 (UK) (1979)ª
Compact Disc; - RCA «Red Seal» RD 82951-1 {2CDS} (1986)ª; RCA «Gold Seal» GD 82951 {2CDS} (1987)ª; RCA «Red Seal» RCD 2-2951 {2CDS}; Lyrica LRC 010-12 (Italy) ; BMG RCA Victor «Red Seal» 74321 39501-2 (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Otello by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1979 p.1466 [AB]: July 1979 p.169 [JBS] March 1986 p.1199 [AB]; March 1987 p.1329 [HF]
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Opera Now - November/December 1997 p.97 [GH]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.244-247 [WA]
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Diapason - No.439 juillet-aoüt 1997 p.111
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American Record Guide - February 1979 Vol.42 No.4 p.34 [KM]: July/August 1986 Vol.49 No.4 p.80 [KM]: November/December 1998 Vol.61 No. p.232 (RVL)
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BBC Music Magazine - June 1997 p.75 (mention)
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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.573
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.98 abril 1997 p.40
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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.53
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.70 mayo 2004 p.94 [PMH]
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Comments:- See GRAMOPHONE October 1978 p.664
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Conductor Calvin Simmons - 1979(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Peter - Allan Monk
Gertrud - Jean Kraft
Hänsel - Tatiana Troyanos
Gretel - Catherine Malfitano
Die Knusperhexe - Paul Franke
Sandmännchen - Alma Jean Smith
Taumännchen - Loretta Di Franco
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Compact Disc; - Bensar OL 122979 (BRO 122979) {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Orpheus Juni/Juli 1973 S.63; Opera on Record 2 p.282; CELLETTI p.338; Opera on CD (1) p.101 (2) p.112 (3) p.126; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.104 p.100; Der Opernführer No.3 p.98; MET p.184; MET(VID) p.104; PENGUIN p.162; Opera on Video p.168; GIUDICI p.304 (2) p.528; Opéra International novembre 1997 No.218 p.16; Classic CD Christmas 1999 pp.44-47; Gramophone December 2002 p.36
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (29 December 1979). This was given in an English translation by Kelley. 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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Conductor James Levine - 1979(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Luisa - Renata Scotto
Rodolfo - Plácido Domingo
Miller - Sherrill Milnes
Walter - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Federica - Jean Kraft
Wurm - James Morris
Laura - Ariel Bybee
Contadino - Dale Caldwell
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Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100.563 {2CDS} (2000)ª; House of Opera CDBB 707 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
DVD (Video) - DG 073 4027 (2006)ª; DG B0007070-09 (USA) (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.160; Opera on Record 2 p.129; CELLETTI p.930; Opera on CD (1) p.48 (2) p.55 (3) p.60; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.151 p.78; MET p.579; MET(VID) p.363; PENGUIN p.486; Opera Quarterly Vol.10 No.3 1994 p.195; GIUDICI p.897 (2) p.1450; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.1 p.326; Orpheus August-September 2001 S.86; Opéra International octobre 2001 No.261 p.20; Gramophone July 2003 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - December 2006 p.79 (DVD) [IS]
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Orpheus - Dezember 2000 S.72 (audio) [GH]; 11+12 Nov-Dez 2006 S.71 (DVD) [GH]
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Diapason - No 540 S octobre 2006 pp.134-135 (DVD) [MP]
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Opéra Magazine - No.10 septembre 2006 p.82 (DVD) [JC]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.95 noviembre 2006 p.79 (DVD) [PMH]
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Comments:- Audio and video recordings of a performance at the MET (20 January 1979) 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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Conductor Richard Woitach - 1980(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Santuzza - Bruna Baglioni
Turiddu - Juan Lloveras
Alfio - Cornell MacNeil
Lola - Isola Jones
Lucia - Jean Kraft
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Compact Disc; - Bensar OL 22380 (BRO 125781) (+Pagliacci) {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.64; Opera on Record p.542; CELLETTI p.380; MARINELLI p.435; Opera on CD(1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.130; MET p.220; MET(VID) p.124; PENGUIN p.195; GIUDICI p.140; Opéra International mai 1999 No.235 p.66; Répertoire No.130 décembre 1999 p.86; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (23 February 1980). 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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Conductor Julius Rudel - 1981(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Le Marquis de la Force - Jerome Hines
Blanche de la Force - Maria Ewing
Le Chevalier de la Force - Raymond Gibbs
Prieure du Carmel (Mme.de Croissy) - Régine Crespin
Nouvelle Prieure (Mme.de Lidoine) - Leona Mitchell
Mère Marie - Mignon Dunn
Mère Jeanne - Jean Kraft
Soeur Constance - Betsy Norden
Soeur Matilde - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David
L'Aumonier - James Atherton
Le Geôlier - William Fleck
Premier Commissaire - Russell Christopher
Deuxième Commissaire - Paul Franke
Thierry - Nico Castel
M.Javelinot - Gene Boucher
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers DIA 198101 (Canada)
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Recordings of Dialogues des Carmélites by Francis Poulenc are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.578; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.52 p.113; PENGUIN p.289; GIUDICI p.569; The Absolute Sound Issue 119 August/September 1999 pp.107-109
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (10 January 1981).
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Conductor Thomas Fulton - 1981(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Cio Cio San - Teresa Zylis-Gara
Pinkerton - Ermanno Mauro
Sharpless - Pablo Elvira
Suzuki - Jean Kraft
Kate Pinkerton - Therese Brandson
Goro - James Atherton
Il principe Yamadori - Robert Goodloe
Lo zio Bonzo - Morley Meredith
Il commissario imperiale - Norman Andersson
L'ufficiale del Registro - Cecil Baker
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Compact Disc; - Bensar OL 122681 (BRO 125498) {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (26 December 1981). 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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Conductor Angelo Campori - 1981(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Suor Angelica - Gilda Cruz-Romo
La Zia Principessa - Bianca Berini
La Badessa - Jean Kraft
La Zelatrice - Gwynn Cornell
La Maestra delle novizie - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David
Suor Genovieffa - Betsy Norden
Suor Osmina - Susan Vaughan
Suor Dolcina - Elizabeth Anguish
La Sorella Infermiera - Claudia Catania
La Cercatrice 1 - Loretta Di Franco
La Cercatrice 2 - Mary Fercana
La conversa 1 - Constance Webber
La conversa 2 - Nadyne Brewer
Due novizie - Suzanne Der Derian
- Joyce Olson
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers SUO 198101 {1CDR} (Canada)
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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:- Recording of a performance at the MET (12 December 1981). The CDR issued by «The Opera Lovers» is listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca
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Conductor James Levine - 1981(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Suor Angelica - Renata Scotto
La Zia Principessa - Jocelyne Taillon
La Badessa - Jean Kraft
La Zelatrice - Gwynn Cornell
La Maestra delle novizie - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David
Suor Genovieffa - Betsy Norden
Suor Osmina - Linore Aronson
Suor Dolcina - Ann Florio
La Sorella Infermiera - Claudia Catania
La Cercatrice 1 - Loretta Di Franco
La Cercatrice 2 - Elena Doria
Una novizia - Linda Mays
La conversa 1 - Elyssa Lindner
La conversa 2 - Janet Wagner
Due novizie - Linda Mays
- Barbara Bystrom
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Compact Disc; - Bensar OL 111481 (BRO 125778) (Trittico) {3CDRS} (2005)ª
DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVDCC 1307 (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 recordins of a performance at the MET which was televised (14 November 1981). 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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Conductor Thomas Fulton - 1982(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Peter - Michael Devlin
Gertrud - Jean Kraft
Hänsel - Frederica Von Stade
Gretel - Judith Blegen
Die Knusperhexe - Rosalind Elias
Sandmännchen - Diane Kesling
Taumännchen - Betsy Norden
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Laser Disc; - Pioneer Artists PA-85-136 (NTSC) (1985)ª; Pioneer Classics PILC 9029 (Japanese NTSC) (1996)ª
DVD (Video) - Pioneer Classics PIBC 2008 (Japan) (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Orpheus Juni/Juli 1973 S.63; Opera on Record 2 p.282; CELLETTI p.338; Opera on CD (1) p.101 (2) p.112 (3) p.126; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.104 p.100; Der Opernführer No.3 p.98; MET p.184; MET(VID) p.104; PENGUIN p.162; Opera on Video p.168; GIUDICI p.304 (2) p.528; Opéra International novembre 1997 No.218 p.16; Classic CD Christmas 1999 pp.44-47; Gramophone December 2002 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera Quarterly - Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 pp.162-165 [MOL]
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Comments:- Video recording of a performance at the MET (25 December 1982)
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Conductor James Conlon - 1982(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Manrico - Giuseppe Giacomini
Azucena - Viorica Cortez
Leonora - Leontyne Price
Conte di Luna - Louis Quilico
Ferrando - John Cheek
Ines - Jean Kraft
Ruiz - Charles Anthony
Un vecchio zingaro - Luis Forero
Un messo - John Bills
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Compact Disc; - Bensar BRO 122684 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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:- This recording is probably of the performance at the MET 6 February 1982 which was broadcast. The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.».
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Conductor James Levine - 1983(LC; Mitchell)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Ernani - Luciano Pavarotti
Elvira - Leona Mitchell
Carlo - Sherrill Milnes
Silva - Ruggero Raimondi
Riccardo - Charles Anthony
Iago - Richard Vernon
Giovanna - Jean Kraft
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Laser Disc - Pioneer Classics PC94-050 (NTSC)
DVD (Video) - Pioneer Classics PC 99-102-D; Pioneer Classics PIBC 2007 (Japan) (2000)ª; Decca 074 3228 (2007)ª; Decca 001054909 (USA) (2008)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Paramount 12507 (NTSC); Home Vision ERN02 (+BETA) (NTSC)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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:-
Opera News - July 2008 p.60 [IS]
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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.5 May/June 2008 pp.363-364 [LRB]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.142-163 [RL]
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Opéra International - juin 1995 No.192 p.60; No.265 février 2002 pp.64-65 (mention) [SS]
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Diapason - No.554 S janvier 2008 p.114 [MP]
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International Record Review - February 2008 p.25 [RP]
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American Record Guide - May/June 2008 Vol.71 No.3 pp.275-276 [MM]
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Opéra Magazine - No.23 novembre 2007 p.80 [RM]
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Comments:- Recorded at performances at the MET (12 & 17 December 1983)
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Conductor James Levine - 1983(LI; Negri)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Ernani - Luciano Pavarotti
Elvira - Adelaide Negri
Carlo - Sherrill Milnes
Silva - Ruggero Raimondi
Riccardo - Charles Anthony
Iago - Richard Vernon
Giovanna - Jean Kraft
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Compact Disc; - Adelaide Negri CD (unnumbered) {2CDS}; New Ornamenti NOC 103-104 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET. This appears to the performance on 3 December 1983 which was not broadcast, so the recording was presumably made «in-house». The CDs are listed on the website
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Conductor James Levine - 1984(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Enée - Edward Sooter
Chorèbe - Allan Monk
Panthée - John Cheek
Narbal - Paul Plishka
Ascagne - Claudia Catania
Cassandre - Jessye Norman
Didon - Jessye Norman
Anna - Jocelyne Taillon
Hylas - Philip Creech
Priam - Ara Berberian
Hécube - Lucile Beer
Iopas - Douglas Ahlstedt
Helenus - Robert Nagy
Un soldat troyen - Vernon Hartman
1re sentinelle - John Darrenkamp
2e sentinelle - James Courtney
L'Ombre d'Hector - Morley Meredith
Le spectre de Cassandre - Jean Kraft
Le spectre d'Priam - James Courtney
Le spectre de Chorèbe - Allan Glassman
Mercure - Julien Robbins
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers TROY 198401 {4CDRS} (Canada) ; Celestial Audio CA 687 {4CDRS} (Australia) (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.302; Opera on Record p.158; CELLETTI p.90; Opera on CD (1) p.41 (2) p.47 (3) p.52; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.128-129 p.160; MET p.41; MET(VID) p.14; PENGUIN p.21; GIUDICI p.55 (2) p.95; Opéra International No.276 février 2003 p.18; Orpheus Heft 3+4 März+April 2003 S.66; The Opera Quarterly Vol.19 No.3 Summer 2003 pp.446-485; American Record Guide Vol.70 No.3 pp.64-65
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (18 February 1984). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca and the those issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues October 2007 (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1985(LI)
Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera
Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera
Eugene Onegin - Wolfgang Brendel
Lenski - Peter Dvorsky
Tatyana - Mirella Freni
Olga - Sandra Walker
Larina - Jean Kraft
Filipjewna - Gweneth Bean
Gremin - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Triquet - John Fryatt
Zaretzky - Mark Doss
Captain - Paul Kreider
Guillot - Reinert Lindland
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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5454 (2005)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Home Vision EUG 02 (+BETA) (NTSC); Video Artists International (+BETA) (NTSC)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera News - July 1987 p.50 [TE]
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Conductor Leonard Bernstein - 1986(LC)
Orchestra - Radio Symphonieorchester Wien
Chorus - Vocal Ensemble
Dinah - Wendy White
Old Sam - Chester Ludgin
Dede - Beverly Morgan
Junior - John Brandstetter
Francois - Peter Kazaras
Susie - Jean Kraft
Mrs. Doc - Clarity James
Bill - Theodor Uppman
Doc - John Kuether
Funeral Director - Charles Walker
Analyst - Douglas Perry
Young Sam - Edward Crafts
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Black Disc; - DG 419 761-1 {3LPS} (1987)ª
Compact Disc; - DG 419 761-2 {2CDS} (1987)ª;; DG 447 962-2 {2CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1987 p. [DJF]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.3 Spring 1989 pp.162-165 [DWW]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.169 p.123
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Stereophile - September 1988 Vol.11 No.9 p.149
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Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1987(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Manrico - Luciano Pavarotti
Azucena - Shirley Verrett
Leonora - Joan Sutherland
Conte di Luna - Leo Nucci
Ferrando - Franco De Grandis
Ines - Jean Kraft
Ruiz - Mark Baker
Un vecchio zingaro - Ray Morrison
Un messo - Stephen O'Mara
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers TRO 198701 {2CDRS} (Canada)
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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 at the MET (19 December 1987). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Alessandro Siciliani - 1988(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Santuzza - Ghena Dimitrova
Turiddu - Ermanno Mauro
Alfio - Alain Fondary
Lola - Ariel Bybee
Lucia - Jean Kraft
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 4102
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Recordings of Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.64; Opera on Record p.542; CELLETTI p.380; MARINELLI p.435; Opera on CD(1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.130; MET p.220; MET(VID) p.124; PENGUIN p.195; GIUDICI p.140; Opéra International mai 1999 No.235 p.66; Répertoire No.130 décembre 1999 p.86; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (10 December 1988).
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