There are 62 recordings on file in which Zinka Milanov appears

Order by composer

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

1 1939(LE) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Ettore Panizza*

2 1939(LI) - Gioconda (La) by Amilcare Ponchielli - Ettore Panizza*

3 1940(LI) - ballo in maschera (Un) by Giuseppe Verdi - Ettore Panizza*

4 1943(LE) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Paul Breisach*

5 1943(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Wilfred (Wilfrid) Pelletier*

6 1943(LI) - Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni - Cesare Sodero*

7 1944(Act 3;LE) - Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi - Arturo Toscanini*

8 1944(LI) - ballo in maschera (Un) by Giuseppe Verdi - Bruno Walter*

9 1944(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Cesare Sodero*

10 1944(LI;12/2/44) - Norma by Vincenzo Bellini - Cesare Sodero*

11 1944(LI;30/12/44) - Norma by Vincenzo Bellini - Cesare Sodero*

12 1945(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Cesare Sodero*

13 1946(LI) - Gioconda (La) by Amilcare Ponchielli - Emil Cooper*

14 1950-1955(SE) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Renato Cellini*

15 1951(LI) - Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni - Alberto Erede*

16 1951-52(STU) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Renato Cellini*

17 1952(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Fausto Cleva*

18 1952(LI) - Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni - Alberto Erede*

19 1952(LI) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Fritz Stiedry*

20 1953(LC) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Walter Herbert*

21 1953(LE) - Gioconda (La) by Amilcare Ponchielli - Walter Herbert*

22 1953(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Fausto Cleva*

23 1953(LI) - Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni - Alberto Erede*

24 1953(LI) - Gioconda (La) by Amilcare Ponchielli - Fausto Cleva*

25 1953(STU) - Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni - Renato Cellini*

26 1954(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Fausto Cleva*

27 1954(LI) - Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano - Fausto Cleva*

28 1954(LI) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Fritz Stiedry*

29 1954(LI) - Norma by Vincenzo Bellini - Fausto Cleva*

30 1954(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Fausto Cleva*

31 1955 (LI:Jan 22) - ballo in maschera (Un) by Giuseppe Verdi - Dimitri Mitropoulos*

32 1955 (LI;Dec 10) - ballo in maschera (Un) by Giuseppe Verdi - Dimitri Mitropoulos*

33 1955(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Fausto Cleva*

34 1955(LI) - Gioconda (La) by Amilcare Ponchielli - Fausto Cleva*

35 1955(SE) - ballo in maschera (Un) by Giuseppe Verdi - Dimitri Mitropoulos*

36 1955(STU) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Ionel Perlea*

37 1956(LI) - Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi - Dimitri Mitropoulos*

38 1956(LI) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Fritz Stiedry*

39 1956(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Fausto Cleva*

40 1957(LI) - Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano - Fausto Cleva*

41 1957(LI) - Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni - Fausto Cleva*

42 1957(LI) - Gioconda (La) by Amilcare Ponchielli - Fausto Cleva*

43 1957(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Alexander Gibson*

44 1957(STU) - Gioconda (La) by Amilcare Ponchielli - Fernando Previtali*

45 1957(STU) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Erich Leinsdorf*

46 1958(LI) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Fritz Stiedry*

47 1958(STU) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Fernando Previtali*

48 1959(LI) - Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni - Dimitri Mitropoulos*

49 1959(LI) - Gioconda (La) by Amilcare Ponchielli - Fausto Cleva*

50 1960(LI) - Gioconda (La) by Amilcare Ponchielli - Renato Cellini*

51 1960(LI) - Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi - Dimitri Mitropoulos*

52 1960(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Dimitri Mitropoulos*

53 1960(LI:5/3/60;Bergonzi - Milanov) - Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano - Fausto Cleva*

54 1960(LI;Atlanta) - Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano - Fausto Cleva*

55 1961(LI) - Gioconda (La) by Amilcare Ponchielli - George Schick*

56 1962(LI) - Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano - Fausto Cleva*

57 1962(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Kurt Adler*

58 1963(LI) - Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano - Fausto Cleva*

59 1963(LI) - Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni - Renato Cellini*

60 1963(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Georg Solti*

61 1964(LI;9/3/64 - Milanov) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Nello Santi*

62 1966(LI;13/4/1966) - Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano - Francesco Molinar..*

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Ettore Panizza - 1939(LE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Aida - Zinka Milanov

Radamès - Beniamino Gigli

Amneris - Bruna Castagna

Amonasro - Carlo Tagliabue

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera EJS 485 (+excerpts; cond. de Fabritiis) {1LP} (1969)ª

Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1110

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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 part of a performance at the MET (4 February 1939; see «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.187-188). 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 Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Ettore Panizza - 1939(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

La Gioconda - Zinka Milanov

Enzo - Giovanni Martinelli

Barnaba - Carlo Morelli

Laura - Bruna Castagna

Alvise - Nicola Moscona

La Cieca - Anna Kaskas

Zuàne - Wilfred Engelman

Un Cantore - Giordano Paltrinieri

Isèpo - Giordano Paltrinieri

Un Pilota - Carlo Coscia

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 225 {3LPS} (1962)ª; Historical Opera Performance Edition HOPE 201 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - *Myto MCD 914.42 {2CDS} (1991)ª; Symposium 1176/1177 {2CDS}; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 783 CD 2 {2CDS}; Arkadia «The Golden Age» GA 2035 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Celestial Audio CA 224 {2CDRS} (Australia); Myto 2 MCD H085 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Oktober 1996 S.60

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Opéra International - No.171 juillet-aoüt 1993 p.78

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International Record Review - April 2001 p.83 [PO'C]

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The Record Collector - Vol.40 No.2 April, May, June 1995 p.135

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (30 December 1939). The Symposium CDs have a number of gaps

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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Ettore Panizza - 1940(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Riccardo - Jussi Björling

Renato - Alexander Svéd

Amelia - Zinka Milanov

Ulrica - Bruna Castagna

Oscar - Stella Andreva

Silvano - Arthur Kent

Samuele - Norman Cordon

Tom - Nicola Moscona

Un Giudice - John Carter

Un servo - Lodovico Oliviero

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS GAO 230 {2LPS} (1962)ª; Rococo 1003 (+Bjorling recital) {3LPS};; Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 109-3 {3LPS} Robin Hood Records RHR 516 (+Milanov recital) {3LPS} ;; Metropolitan Opera Guild MET 1 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - *Myto 2MCD 903.17 (+arias) {2CDS} (1990)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 785 CD 2 {2CDS}; Radio Years; RY 4950 {2CDS};;; Myto 2MCD 981.H008 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Arkadia «The Golden Age» GA 2038 {2CDS} (2001)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1994 p.111 [AB]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.152-156 [WA2]

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VERDI DAL VIVO - p.45

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (14 December 1940; see «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» p.235). According to the «Annals of the Metropolitan» the role of Ulrica was sung by Castagna on 14 December 1940, not by Thorborg as stated in the EJS Discography (p.175)

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Paul Breisach - 1943(LE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Giovanni - Ezio Pinza

Donna Anna - Zinka Milanov

Don Ottavio - James Melton

Donna Elvira - Jarmila Novotná

Leoporello - Salvatore Baccaloni

Il Commendatore - Norman Cordon

Masetto - Mack Harrell

Zerlina - Bidù Sayão

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Compact Disc; - Walhall WHL 28 {2CDS} (1996)ª; Guild Immortal Performances GHCD 2236/37 {2CDS} (2003)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - mars 1999 No.233 p.72 [SS]

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Classical Express - Issue No.75 May 1996 p.6

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.91 septiembre 1996 p.40

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.21 septiembre-noviembre 1996 p.65

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Comments:- Recording of a large part of a performance at the MET (3 April 1943). The supperscene is omitted

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Wilfred (Wilfrid) Pelletier - 1943(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Aida - Zinka Milanov

Radamès - Giovanni Martinelli

Amneris - Bruna Castagna

Amonasro - Richard Bonelli

Ramphis - Norman Cordon

Il Re di Egitto - Lansing Hatfield

Una Sacerdotessa - Frances Greer

Un Messaggero - John Dudley

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 500 {2LPS} (1970)ª; Cetra «Opera Live» LO 26 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 784 {2CDS}; The Opera Lovers 194301 {2CDRS}

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Oktober 1996 S.61

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (6 March 1943). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Cesare Sodero - 1943(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Santuzza - Zinka Milanov

Turiddu - Frederick Jagel

Alfio - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

Lola - Anna Kaskas

Lucia - Helen Olheim

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Black Disc - Unique Opera Recordings UORC 312

Compact Disc - Walhall WHL 34

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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 Now - May/June 1997 p.95

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.179 p.97 [JC-1]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (20 March 1943)

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Arturo Toscanini - 1944(Act 3;LE)

Orchestra - NBC Symphony Orchestra

Rigoletto - Leonard Warren

Gilda - Zinka Milanov

Duca di Mantova - Jan Peerce

Sparafucile - Nicola Moscona

Maddalena - Nan Merriman

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Black Disc - RCA Victor LM 6041 (collection) {2LPS}; HMV ALP 1452-1453 (collection); RCA RBA 16139-16140 (collection); RCA «Victrola» VIC-1314 {1LP} RCA «Victrola» VICS-1314 {1LP} (electronic stereo)

Compact Cassette; - RCA «Toscanini Edition» GD 60276 (+Mefistofele-Prologue +I lombardi-excerpts) (1991)ª

Compact Disc; - RCA «Toscanini Edition» GD 60276 (+Mefistofele-Prologue; +I lombardi-excerpts) {1CD} (1991)ª; Movimento Musica (collection) {1CD};; Radio Years RY 48 (collection) {1CD}; Radio Years RY 71/72 (collection);; live-rare-opera (unnumbered) (+Milanov - recital) {1CD} (2006)ª; RCA 67893 (part of «Verdi - The Complete Toscanini Recordings») {12CDS} (2006)ª; Urania URA 313 (collection) {3CDS} (2007)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1957 p.423; April 1959 p.532 (mention); June 1991 p. [AB]

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Opera - June 1957 p.382; August 1967 p.646; October 1967 p.853; February 1997 p.252 (mention)

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Fanfare - Vol.29 No.6 July/August 2006 pp.214-215 [MHF]; Vol.30 No.6 July/August 2007 pp.297-298 [MHF]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.148-149 [WA2]

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Gramophone Record Review - April 1957 p.462: April 1959 p.458 [DH]

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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1957 Vol.7 No.2 p.78 [MDS]

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American Record Guide - March 1957 Vol.23 No.6 p.86: October 1968 Vol.35 No.2 p.120 [CJL]: January/February 1990 Vol.53 No.1 p.101 [RMC]

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Records and Recordings - April 1959 p.18 [FGB]

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Stereophile - June 1991 (Vol.14 No.6) p.259

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Madison Square Garden, New York (25 May 1944). There are no interpolated high notes and according to MDS (in HIGH FIDELITY) Giovanni Martinelli slapped his knee in «tenorial vexation» when Jan Peerce was not allowed to sing the interpolated high B at the close of «La donna è mobile». The CDs issued by live-rare-opera are (were?) listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Walter - 1944(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Riccardo - Jan Peerce

Renato - Leonard Warren

Amelia - Zinka Milanov

Ulrica - Kerstin Thorborg

Oscar - Frances Greer

Silvano - John Baker

Samuele - Norman Cordon

Tom - Nicola Moscona

Un Giudice - John Dudley

Un servo - Lodovico Oliviero

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Black Disc - Discocorp 805 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Forties FTO 311-312 {2CDS}; Dante LYS 395-396 {2CDS}; Arkadia «Golden Age» GA 2001 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Bensar OL 11544 {2CDRS}

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Now - July/August 1996 p.107

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Orpheus - Juni 2000 S.62 [DN]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.190 p.178 [JC-1]

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CLASSICAL disCDigest - Vol.4 No.6 Issue 14 p.39

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International Classical Record Collector - Autumn 2000 No.22 pp.101-103 [JTH]

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Comments:- Recording of a performances at the MET (15 January 1944)

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Cesare Sodero - 1944(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Manrico - Kurt Baum

Azucena - Margaret Harshaw

Leonora - Zinka Milanov

Conte di Luna - Leonard Warren

Ferrando - Nicola Moscona

Ines - Maxine Stellman

Ruiz - Lodovico Oliviero

Un vecchio zingaro - John Baker

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 919

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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 (18 March 1944). 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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Norma by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Cesare Sodero - 1944(LI;12/2/44)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Norma - Zinka Milanov

Adalgisa - Bruna Castagna

Pollione - Frederick Jagel

Oroveso - Virgilio Lazzari

Clotilde - Thelma Votipka

Flavio - Alessio De Paolis

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 205; The Opera Lovers NOR 194401 {2CDS}

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (12 February 1944). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». It is described as being being made from private acetates with small phases occasionally lost between a few record sides and as a «fine AM air check». The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Norma by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Cesare Sodero - 1944(LI;30/12/44)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Norma - Zinka Milanov

Adalgisa - Jennie Tourel

Pollione - Frederick Jagel

Oroveso - Norman Cordon

Clotilde - Thelma Votipka

Flavio - Alessio De Paolis

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 180 {3LPS} (1960)ª

Compact Disc; - Encore Grand Tier ENGT/92; Myto 2 MCD 954.137 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Myto 2 MCD 044 H093 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Mai 1994 S.61; Oktober 1996 S.61

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.533-554 [BB]

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Classical Express - Issue No.72 February 1996 p.8

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.88 mayo 1996 p.80

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.84 octubre 2005 p.86 [VM]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (30 December 1944)

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Cesare Sodero - 1945(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Manrico - Kurt Baum

Azucena - Bruna Castagna

Leonora - Zinka Milanov

Conte di Luna - Leonard Warren

Ferrando - Nicola Moscona

Ines - Maxine Stellman

Ruiz - Lodovico Oliviero

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Compact Disc - Walhall WHL 36 {2CDS}

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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:-

Opera Now - May/June 1997 p.95

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.179 p.98 [JC-1]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (31 March 1945). See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.357-359.

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Emil Cooper - 1946(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

La Gioconda - Zinka Milanov

Enzo - Richard Tucker

Barnaba - Leonard Warren

Laura - Risë Stevens

Alvise - Giacomo Vaghi

La Cieca - Margaret Harshaw

Zuàne - Osie Hawkins

Un Cantore - Wellington Ezekiel

Isèpo - Lodovico Oliviero

Un Pilota - John Baker

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Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 952 127 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Myto H059 {2CDS} (2001)ª; *Bensar Records Ltd. OL 31646 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Juli 1995 S.58; 11+F November 2001 S.89 [GH]

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Répertoire - No.82 juillet/aoüt 1995 p.56

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.153 giugno 2001 pp.88-89 [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (16 March 1946; see «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.391-394)

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1950-1955(SE)

Orchestra - RCA Victor Orchestra

Chorus - Robert Shaw Chorale

Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov

Don Carlo - Leonard Warren

Don Alvaro - Jan Peerce

Padre Guardiano - Nicola Moscona

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 1916 {1LP} (1956)ª;; HMV ALP 1371 {1LP} (1956)ª

Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 120-1 {1CDR} (2001)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111322-24 (+recording conducted by Serafin) {3CDS} (2008)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1956 pp.137-138 [PHW]

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American Record Guide - March 1956 Vol.22 No.7 p.107 [MDS]: May/June 2008 Vol.71 No.3 pp.281-282 [CHP]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - October 1956 p.13

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Comments:- The CDR issued by Premiere was advertized as «New» in «Fall 2001».

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Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1951(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Santuzza - Zinka Milanov

Turiddu - Richard Tucker

Alfio - Clifford Harvuot

Lola - Martha Lipton

Lucia - Jean Madeira

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 792; The Opera Lovers CAV 195101 {1CDR} (Canada) (2006)ª; West Hill Radio Archives WHRA 6002 (+performance conducted by Papi - 1937) ; {2CDS} (2006)ª

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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 publication:-

Orpheus - 11+12 Nov-Dez 2006 S.58-59 [US]; 7+8 Juli-August 2007 S.62 [IW]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (3 March 1951). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» p.33. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1951-52(STU)

Orchestra - RCA Victor Orchestra

Chorus - Robert Shaw Chorale

Manrico - Jussi Björling

Azucena - Fedora Barbieri

Leonora - Zinka Milanov

Conte di Luna - Leonard Warren

Ferrando - Nicola Moscona

Ines - Margaret Roggero

Ruiz - Paul Franke

Un vecchio zingaro - George Cehanovsky

Un messo - Nathaniel Sprinzena

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6008 {2LPS} (USA) (1952)ª; RCA Victor WDM 6008 {45s-EP} (USA) (1952)ª; HMV ALP 1112-1113 {2LPS} (1954)ª;; HMV ALP 1832-1833 {2LPS} (1961)ª; *RCA «Victrola» VL 43536(2) {2LPS} (Italy) (1977)ª; RCA VLS 00699 {2LPS} (1982)ª

Compact Cassette; - RCA CLK2-5377P1/2; RCA VKS 00699 (1982)ª

Compact Disc; - RCA Victor «Gold Seal» 6643-2-RG {2CDS} (USA) (1988)ª; RCA Victor GD 86643 {2CDS} (UK) (1988)ª; Regis RRC 2060 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Cantus Classics 500 329 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110240-41 (+Milanov - songs) {2CDS} (2003)ª

Open Reel Tape - HMV HTA 9-10 (mono); RCA Victor DC-35 (Highlights-mono)

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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 - March 1954 p.400 [PHW]; May 1961 p.600 [EG]; October 1961 p.199 (mention) [DST]; January 1983 p.866 (mention) [AB]; August 1988 p.337 [HF]

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Opera - May 1954 pp.302-303 [HDR]

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Fanfare - Vol.12 No.1 September/October 1988 p.287 [JM]; Vol.27 No.3 January/ February 2004 pp.221-223 [JM] (Vol.27 No.4 May/June 2004 p.286 - letter)

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Orpheus - Heft 11+12 November+Dezember 2003 S.65 [IW]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.203-209 [RB]; Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.149-151 [WA2]

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American Record Guide - November 1952 Vol.19 No.3 p.71 [PHR]: September/October 2003 Vol.66 No.5 p.265 [MM]

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Gramophone Record Review - March 1955 p.26 (tape)

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International Record Review - October 2003 pp.28-29 [MVA]

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 44 p.151

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.575

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.63 septiembre 2003 p.87 [MC]

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Comments:- Recorded in the Manhattan Center, New York (21, 22 February, 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, 16, 30 March 1952). This information comes from «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel. However, according to Bruce Burroughs (OPERA QUARTERLY Vol.17 No.4 Autumn 2001 p.645 endnote 69) Leonora's arias and the act 4 duet with the Count were recorded in May 1951 and «were later incorporated, as planned, into the complete 1952 Trovatore»

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Aida - Zinka Milanov

Radamès - Mario Del Monaco

Amneris - Nell Rankin

Amonasro - Leonard Warren

Ramphis - Jerome Hines

Il Re di Egitto - Luben Vichey

Una Sacerdotessa - Lucine Amara

Un Messaggero - Thomas Hayward

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Black Disc - Unique Opera Records UORC-325 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 953.129 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Myto 2 MCD 031 H070 {2CDS} (2003)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Oktober 1995 S.61

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Répertoire - No.85 novembre 1995 p.80

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.20 junio-agosto 1997 p.67 [DMGR]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (8 March 1952)

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Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Santuzza - Zinka Milanov

Turiddu - Kurt Baum

Alfio - Clifford Harvuot

Lola - Mildred Miller

Lucia - Thelma Votipka

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 966

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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 (26 January 1952). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Luben Vichey

Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov

Don Carlo - Leonard Warren

Don Alvaro - Richard Tucker

Preziosilla - Mildred Miller

Fra Melitone - Gerhard Pechner

Curra - Laura Castellano

Padre Guardiano - Jerome Hines

Un Chirurgo - Algerd Brazis

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Compact Disc; - Music & Arts CD-693 {2CDS}; *Bensar Records Ltd. OL 112952 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; The Opera Lovers FOR 195201 {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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - June 1993 p.83

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (29 November 1952; the performance on 10 November 1952 is reviewed in OPERA January 1952 p.21). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Walter Herbert - 1953(LC)

Orchestra - New Orleans Opera

Chorus - New Orleans Opera

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Norman Treigle

Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov

Don Carlo - Leonard Warren

Don Alvaro - Mario Del Monaco

Preziosilla - Claramae Turner

Fra Melitone - Gerhard Pechner

Curra - Rosemary Rotolo

Padre Guardiano - William Wilderman

Un Chirurgo - Donald Bernard

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Recordings UORC 222 {3LPS} (1974)ª

Compact Disc; - *Legato Classics LCD-118-2 {2CDS}; Bongiovanni GB 1177/8-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66303 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Encore CD 121-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª; Video Artists International VAI 1252-3 {3CDS} (2006)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.12 No.2 November/December 1988 pp.303-304 [JM]

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Orpheus - Heft 7+8 Juli+August 2003 S.78 [IW] (see below)

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.157-159 [MA2]

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American Record Guide - May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.242 [KM]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.64 octubre 2003 p.85 [AG]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.180 febbraio 2004 pp.100-101 [GL]

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Comments:- A recording of a performance in New Orleans. The overture is played between Acts 1 and 2; the first scene (at Hornachuelos) of the latter is omitted. However, Scene 6 of Act 3 with the «Sleale» duet is included and this is followed by «Al suon del tamburro» from Act 2 Scene 1. This recording is sometimes stated as being of a performance given by the MET on tour in New Orleans, but this appears to be incorrect as it is not listed in the MET Annals, although both Milanov and Del Monaco were singing in La forza del destino at the MET about this time. Also, neither William Herbert nor Norman Treigle is listed in the Annals as being on the MET roster in the 1952-53 and 1953-54 seasons. According to «Mario Del Monaco - Monumentum aere perennius» p.829 Del Monaco sang in La forza del destino in New Orleans on 12 and 14 March 1953 and according to VAI's website (click link below) Acts 1 and 2 of the recording that they issued are of the performance on 14 March and Act 3 is of the performance on 12 March. The CDRs issued on the Encore label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

http://www.vaimusic.com/CD/1252-3.htm

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Walter Herbert - 1953(LE)

Orchestra - New Orleans Opera

Chorus - New Orleans Opera

La Gioconda - Zinka Milanov

Enzo - Roberto Turrini

Barnaba - Cesare Bardelli

Laura - Claramae Turner

Alvise - Nicola Moscona

La Cieca - Jean Madeira

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Compact Disc; - Standing Room Only 814-1;; VAI Audio VAIA 1255-3 (+complete performance cond. Cellini) {3CDS} (2007)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - February 4 1995 p.41; May 2007 pp.84-85 [DJB]

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International Record Review - November 2007 pp.33-34 [JTH]

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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at the New Orleans Opera. See THE GRAMOPHONE January 1954 p.273.

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Aida - Zinka Milanov

Radamès - Mario Del Monaco

Amneris - Blanche Thebom

Amonasro - George London

Ramphis - Jerome Hines

Il Re di Egitto - Luben Vichey

Una Sacerdotessa - Lucine Amara

Un Messaggero - Thomas Hayward

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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni GB 1173/74-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0031 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Heft 7+8 Juli+August 2003 S.78 [IW]

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Musica (Milano) - N.144 marzo 2003 p.24 (mention)

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.66 diciembre 2003 p.88 [JS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (24 January 1953; see «Sign off for the Old Met» pp.171-173)

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Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Santuzza - Zinka Milanov

Turiddu - Kurt Baum

Alfio - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

Lola - Margaret Roggero

Lucia - Thelma Votipka

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1359

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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 (4 April 1953). 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 Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

La Gioconda - Zinka Milanov

Enzo - Kurt Baum

Barnaba - Leonard Warren

Laura - Fedora Barbieri

Alvise - Cesare Siepi

La Cieca - Jean Madeira

Zuàne - George Cehanovsky

Isèpo - Alessio De Paolis

Un Pilota - Algerd Brazis

Due cantori - Gabor Carelli

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 258

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (3 January 1953). 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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Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1953(STU)

Orchestra - RCA Victor Orchestra

Chorus - Robert Shaw Chorale

Santuzza - Zinka Milanov

Turiddu - Jussi Björling

Alfio - Robert Merrill

Lola - Carol Smith

Lucia - Margaret Roggero

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6106 (+Pagliacci) {3LPS} (USA) (1953)ª; HMV ALP 1126-1128 {3LPS} (+Pagliacci) (1954)ª; RCA «Victrola» VICS 6044 (+recital - electronic stereo) {2LPS};; La Voix de son Maître FALP 301/3 (+Pagliacci) {3LPS} (1954)ª; RCA «Victrola» VL 43534 (2) {2LPS} (Italy) (1977)ª

Compact Disc; - *RCA Victor GD 86510 {1CD} (1988)ª; Regis Records RRC 1162 {1CD} (2004)ª; Naxos 8.110261 {1CD} (2004)ª

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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 - April 1954 p.445 [PHW]; September 1971 p.514 [AB]; August 1988 pp.331-332 [AB]; September 2004 p.75 [AB]

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Opera - July 1954 pp.435-436 [HDR]

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Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2005 S.59 [HCM]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.162-164 [WA2]

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American Record Guide - October 1953 Vol.20 No.2 p.41 [PHR]: October 1971 Vol.38 No.2 p.76 [PLM]

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Gramophone Record Review - June 1954 p.380

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.317

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

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ARSC Journal - Vol.36 No.2 Fall 2005 pp.311-312 [EAM]

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Disques (Nouvelle Série) - No.68 novembre 1954 p.716 [JB]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.79 abril 2005 pp.80-81 [VJ]

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Comments:- Recorded between 2 and 27 January 1953. More details can be found in «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Aida - Zinka Milanov

Radamès - Kurt Baum

Amneris - Fedora Barbieri

Amonasro - Leonard Warren

Ramphis - Jerome Hines

Il Re di Egitto - Luben Vichey

Una Sacerdotessa - Margaret Roggero

Un Messaggero - Paul Franke

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 676

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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 (20 February 1954). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Mario Del Monaco

Carlo Gérard - Leonard Warren

Madeleine di Coigny - Zinka Milanov

La mulatta Bersi - Rosalind Elias

La Contessa di Coigny - Hertha Glaz

Madelon - Sandra Warfield

Roucher - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Salvatore Baccaloni

Fouquier Tinville - Norman Scott

Un Incredible - Alessio De Paolis

Pietro Fléville - George Cehanovsky

L'abate - Gabor Carelli

Dumas - Osie Hawkins

Schmidt - Lawrence Davidson

Il maestro di casa - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

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Black Disc - Metropolitan Opera Guild MET 15 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Nuova Era 2364-2365 {2CDS}; The Opera Lovers AND 195401 {2CDRS};; Myto 2 MCD 043 H094 (+Rigoletto - excerpts - Warren) {2CDS} (2004)ª; Bensar OL 12454 (BRO 125871) {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:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.168-169 [WA2]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIX N.192 marzo 2005 pp.88-89 [GL]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.82 julio-agosto 2005 pp.86-87 [JS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (4 December 1954). See «Sign Off for the Old Met» by Paul Jackson pp.156-158. OPERA March 1955 p.162. 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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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Luben Vichey

Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov

Don Carlo - Leonard Warren

Don Alvaro - Gino Penno

Preziosilla - Jean Madeira

Fra Melitone - Gerhard Pechner

Curra - Thelma Votipka

Padre Guardiano - Jerome Hines

Mastro Trabuco - Paul Franke

Un Chirurgo - George Cehanovsky

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 294

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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 (20 March 1954). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Norma by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Norma - Zinka Milanov

Adalgisa - Blanche Thebom

Pollione - Gino Penno

Oroveso - Cesare Siepi

Clotilde - Maria Leone

Flavio - Paul Franke

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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 005 {3LPS) (1980)ª

Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 352; Bensar OL 32754 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.164-166 [WA2]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (27 March 1954; see OPERA June 1954 pp.353-354; «Sign-Off For The Old Met» pp.154-155). 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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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Manrico - Kurt Baum

Azucena - Elena Nikolaidi

Leonora - Zinka Milanov

Conte di Luna - Leonard Warren

Ferrando - Nicola Moscona

Ines - Maria Leone

Ruiz - Thomas Hayward

Un vecchio zingaro - Algerd Brazis

Un messo - James McCracken

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Compact Disc - Bensar OL 11654 (BRO 123564) {2CDRS}

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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 (16 January 1954). 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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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1955 (LI:Jan 22)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Riccardo - Richard Tucker

Renato - Josef Metternich

Amelia - Zinka Milanov

Ulrica - Jean Madeira

Oscar - Roberta Peters

Silvano - Calvin Marsh

Samuele - Nicola Moscona

Tom - Norman Scott

Un Giudice - James McCracken

Un servo - Charles Anthony

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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 4/3 {3LPS}; foyer FO 1020 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - *foyer 2-CF 2004 {2CDS}; Bongiovanni GB HOC 019/20-2 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Bensar OL 12255 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; Walhall «Eternity Seies» WLCD 0104 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.154-156 [WA2]

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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.54

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.83 septiembre 2005 pp.88-89 [JC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET on Jan 22 1955 (see «Sign-Off For the Old Met» pp.191-194). The foyer LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.670

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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1955 (LI;Dec 10)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Riccardo - Jan Peerce

Renato - Robert Merrill

Amelia - Zinka Milanov

Ulrica - Marian Anderson

Oscar - Roberta Peters

Silvano - Calvin Marsh

Samuele - Giorgio Tozzi

Tom - Norman Scott

Un Giudice - James McCracken

Un servo - Charles Anthony

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Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 942 100 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Myto 2 MCD 051 H098 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1211 {2CDRS} Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0141 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Celestial Audio CA 688 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2007)ª; House of Opera CDNY 5154 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Classical Express - No.54 June 1994

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Répertoire - No. 71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.70

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

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Classica Répertoire - No.79 février 2006 p.104 [AT]

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Comments:- Recording of the performance at the MET on 10 December 10 1955. This was not the debutof Marian Anderson at the MET (as sometimes claimed) as this took place on 7 January 1955 (See THE GRAMOPHONE July 1955 p.48). The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues October 2007 and those issued by HOO are listed on their website as «New CD'S April 9, 2008»

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Aida - Zinka Milanov

Radamès - Kurt Baum

Amneris - Blanche Thebom

Amonasro - Robert Merrill

Ramphis - Giorgio Tozzi

Il Re di Egitto - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Una Sacerdotessa - Shakeh Vartenissian

Un Messaggero - James McCracken

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1179

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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 performace at the MET (31 December 1955). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The source is described as a «Fair to Good AM Aircheck».

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

La Gioconda - Zinka Milanov

Enzo - Kurt Baum

Barnaba - Leonard Warren

Laura - Nell Rankin

Alvise - Giorgio Tozzi

La Cieca - Sandra Warfield

Zuàne - George Cehanovsky

Un Cantore - James McCracken

Isèpo - Alessio De Paolis

Un Pilota - Calvin Marsh

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 649; Bensar BRO 123225 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (2 April 1955). According to the «MET Annals» there were two performers for the role of «Un Cantore» James McCracken, as listed above, and Calvin Marsh. Louis Sgarro is listed as singing «A Monk». 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 source is described as «Fair to good private acetates». The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.».

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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1955(SE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Riccardo - Jan Peerce

Renato - Leonard Warren

Amelia - Zinka Milanov

Ulrica - Marian Anderson

Oscar - Roberta Peters

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 1911 {1LP} (1955)ª;; HMV ALP 1476 {1LP} (1957)ª; *RCA; «Red Seal» «Le grandi Voci della Lirica» LM 20146 {1LP} (Italy) (1971)ª

Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 121-1 {1CDR} (2001)ª; Preiser Records 90695 {1CD} (2005)ª; Naxos 8.111042-44 (+Aida - Perlea) {3CDS} (2006)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - July 1955 p.48 [HCS]; September 1957 p.151; October 1957 p.171

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Orpheus - 11+12 Nov-Dez 2006 S.60 [WD]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.154-156 [WA2]

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American Record Guide - April 1955 Vol.21 No.8 p.255 [JN]

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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1955 Vol.5 No.3 p.63 [JH]

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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.54

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Comments:- The CDRs issued by Premiere were advertized as «New» in «Fall 2001».

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Ionel Perlea - 1955(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Aida - Zinka Milanov

Radamès - Jussi Björling

Amneris - Fedora Barbieri

Amonasro - Leonard Warren

Ramphis - Boris Christoff

Il Re di Egitto - Plinio Clabassi

Una Sacerdotessa - Bruna Rizzoli

Un Messaggero - Mario Carlin

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6122 {3LPS} (USA) (1955)ª; RCA Victor 26.35004EA {3LPS}; RCA Victor VIC 6119 {3LPS} ; HMV ALP 1388-1390 {3LPS} (1956)ª; *RCA VL 43533 (3) {3LPS} (Italy) (1977)ª; RCA VLS 43533 {3LPS} (1982)ª

Compact Cassette; - RCA ALK-3-5380p.1/2/3; RCA VKS 00699 (1982)ª

Compact Disc; - RCA GD 86652 {3CDS} (1988)ª; Urania URN 22274 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Naxos 8.11042-44 (+Un ballo in maschera - Mitropoulos - excerpts) {3CDS} (2006)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1955 p.255 (mention) [HCS]; November 1956 pp.221-222 [PHW]; January 1983 p.866 (mention) [AB]; August 1988 p.338 [AB]

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Opera - December 1956 p.758

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Orpheus - Oktober/November 1973 S.57-58 [JL]; 11+12 Nov-Dez 2006 S.60-61 [WD]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.238-244 [CPCG]; Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.159-160 [WA]

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American Record Guide - November 1955 Vol.22 No.3 p.40, p.43 [PHR]: November/ December 2006 Vol.69 No.6 p.203 [CHP]

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High Fidelity Magazine - November 1955 Vol.5 No.9 p.64-vi [JH]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - November 1956 p.13

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Gramophone Record Review - November 1956 p.37 [DH]

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 44 p.150

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.565

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIX N.193 aprile 2005 p.87 [GL]

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Comments:- See HIGH FIDELITY October 1955 Vol.22 No.2 p.61, p.154

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Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Ernani - Mario Del Monaco

Elvira - Zinka Milanov

Carlo - Leonard Warren

Silva - Cesare Siepi

Riccardo - James McCracken

Iago - George Cehanovsky

Giovanna - Helen Vanni

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Black Disc - *Cetra LO «Opera Live» 12 {3LPS}; foyer FO 1019-1021 {3LPS} Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 6 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - foyer 2-CF 2006 {2CDS); Arkadia 352 470 {2CDS}; Living Stage LS 1031 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Myto 2 MCD 061 H107 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Urania URN 22 294 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 9005 {2CDS} (2006)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:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.147-148 [WA2]

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Répertoire - No.72 septembre 1994 p.74

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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.55

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.92 julio-agosto 2006 p.87 [MC]

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

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Classica Répertoire - No.90 mars 2007 p.100 [AT]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (29 December 1956). Silva's aria and cabaletta are separated from one another. See THE OPERA QUARTERLY Vol.20 No.2 Spring 2004 pp.186-187.

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov

Don Carlo - Richard Tucker

Don Alvaro - Leonard Warren

Preziosilla - Rosalind Elias

Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena

Curra - Thelma Votipka

Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi

Mastro Trabuco - Alessio De Paolis

Un Chirurgo - George Cehanovsky

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Black Disc - Movimento Musica 03.828 {3LPS}

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

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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Opéra International - novembre 1996 No.207 p.58

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

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Manrico - Kurt Baum

Azucena - Nell Rankin

Leonora - Zinka Milanov

Conte di Luna - Leonard Warren

Ferrando - Giorgio Tozzi

Ines - Maria Leone

Ruiz - Charles Anthony

Un vecchio zingaro - Calvin Marsh

Un messo - James McCracken

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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 009 {3LPS} (1980)ª

Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 830 (& 595); Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0207 {2CDS} (2007)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 publication:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.149-150 [WA2]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (14 April 1956). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). The date give in Gebard's online catalogue for the recording issued on the Walhall label is «14.03.1956», but according to the «MET Annals» Il trovatore was not performed at the MET on that day.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Richard Tucker

Carlo Gérard - Leonard Warren

Madeleine di Coigny - Zinka Milanov

La mulatta Bersi - Rosalind Elias

La Contessa di Coigny - Martha Lipton

Madelon - Belen Amparan

Roucher - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Fernando Corena

Fouquier Tinville - Norman Scott

Un Incredible - Charles Anthony

Pietro Fléville - George Cehanovsky

L'abate - Gabor Carelli

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Black Disc - Historical Operatic Treasures ERR {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Arkadia MP 476 {2CDS}; Omega Opera Archive 222; The Opera Lovers AND 195701 {2CDRS} (2006)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 9029 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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

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

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

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Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Santuzza - Zinka Milanov

Turiddu - Richard Tucker

Alfio - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

Lola - Rosalind Elias

Lucia - Thelma Votipka

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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 024 (+Pagliacci) {3LPS} (1981)ª

Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 362

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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 publication:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.162-164 [WA2]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the Metropolitan Opera in Boston (13 April 1957). According to the review in OPERA QUARTERLY the recording was incorrectly stated by Melodram to be that of a performance at the MET on 22 March 1957. This was not broadcast, but that on 13 April was. According to MARINELLI (p.449) the Brindisi is missing on the Melodram LPs. 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». («Excellent FM aircheck»)

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

La Gioconda - Zinka Milanov

Enzo - Gianni Poggi

Barnaba - Leonard Warren

Laura - Nell Rankin

Alvise - Cesare Siepi

La Cieca - Belen Amparan

Zuàne - George Cehanovsky

Un Cantore - Calvin Marsh

Isèpo - Alessio De Paolis

Un Pilota - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

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Compact Disc - Arkadia CDMP 477 {2CDS}

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Diapason - No.428 juillet-aoüt 1996 p.99

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Répertoire - No.74 novembre 1994 p.72

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (20-4-57)

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Alexander Gibson - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Floria Tosca - Zinka Milanov

Mario Cavaradossi - Franco Corelli

Il barone Scarpia - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Il Sagristano - Forbes Robinson

Cesare Angelotti - Michael Langdon

Spoletta - David Tree

Sciarrone - Ronald Lewis

Un pastore - Noreen Berry

Un carceriere - Rhoderick (Rhydderch) Davies

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 157 {2LPS} (1973)ª; Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 336-2 {2LPS} (1980)ª

Compact Disc; - *Legato Classics LCD-102-2 {2CDS};; *House of Opera - Tosca - CD-ROM (2000)ª; Living Stage LS 4035135 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1349 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 5009 (+Andrea Chenier +Il trovatore +La fanciulla del West); {8CDS} (2002)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd CDNO 269-2 {2CDRS} Opera d'Oro «Grand Tier» OPD 7014 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Royal Opera House «Heritage Series» ROHS {2CDS} (2006)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 2006 p.115 [AB]

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Opera - January 2007 pp.100-102 [RL]

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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.1 September/October 2007 p.170 [PS]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.161-162 [WA2]; Vol.20 No.1 Winter 2004 pp.148-152 [WA2]

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Opéra International - No.285 décembre 2003 pp.67-68 (mention) [SS]

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Diapason - No.510 janvier 2004 p.111 [PK]

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American Record Guide - May/June 1987 Vol.50 No.3 p.50 [RL]: July/August 2007 Vol.70 No.4 p.226 [MM]

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ARSC Journal - Vol.21 No.2 Fall 1990 p.293 [JO]

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International Record Review - December 2006 p.81 [MT]

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Classic Record Collector - Winter 2006 p.101 [DP]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.98 marzo 2007 p.93 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (1 July 1957; see «Alex - The Authorised Biography of Sir Alexander Gibson» pp.59-60; OPERA August 1957 p.525 )

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1957(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

La Gioconda - Zinka Milanov

Enzo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Barnaba - Leonard Warren

Laura - Rosalind Elias

Alvise - Plinio Clabassi

La Cieca - Belen Amparan

Zuàne - Fernando Valentini

Un Cantore - Virgilio Carbonari

Isèpo - Giacomo Cottino

Un Pilota - Fernando Valentini

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6139 {3LPS} (USA) (1958)ª; RCA Victor LSA 6139 {4LPS} (1958)ª; RCA SB 2027-2030 {4LPS} (UK) (1959)ª; RCA «Victrola» VIC 6101A-C {3LPS} (1965)ª; RCA «Victrola» VICS 6101A-C {3LPS} (1965)ª; *Decca D 63D3 {3LPS} (UK) (1978)ª; London OSA 13123 {3LPS} (1977)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 444 598-2 {3CDS} (1996)ª; Theorama TH 121 182/184 {3CDS}

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - June 1959 p.23 [PHW]; June 1965 p.24 [PHW]; March 1966 p.458 [PHW]; August 1978 p.375 [AB]; January 1979 p.1258 [JBS]; September 1996 p.113 [AB]

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Opera - June 1959 p.391; September 1965 pp.670-671 [ET]; September 1996 p.113

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Fanfare - Vol.1 No.5 May/June 1978 p.70 [KH]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.166-168 [WA2]

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Opéra International - octobre 1996 No.206 p.58

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Diapason - No.428 juillet-aoüt 1996 p.99 [MP]

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American Record Guide - January 1959 Vol.25 No.5 p.335 [PHR]

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Records and Recordings - May 1959 p.20 [FGB]

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Gramophone Record Review - May 1959 p.531 [MO]

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High Fidelity Magazine - December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.62 [DJ]: June 1959 Vol.9 No.6 p.71 p.: April 1965 Vol.15 No.4 p.102 [CLO]

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Classic CD - May 1997 p.84

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Audio & Record Review - March 1966 p.42 [CW]

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Répertoire - No.92 juin 1996 p.54

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

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Comments:- See «Putting the Record Straight» by John Culshaw pp.154-155 and THE GRAMOPHONE April 1963 p.460

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1957(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Floria Tosca - Zinka Milanov

Mario Cavaradossi - Jussi Björling

Il barone Scarpia - Leonard Warren

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Leonardo Monreale

Spoletta - Mario Carlin

Sciarrone - Nestore Catalani

Un pastore - Giovanni Bianchini

Un carceriere - Vincenzo Preziosa

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

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

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov

Don Carlo - Mario Sereni

Don Alvaro - Flaviano Labò

Preziosilla - Margaret Roggero

Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena

Curra - Thelma Votipka

Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi

Mastro Trabuco - Paul Franke

Un Chirurgo - George Cehanovsky

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 906

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (25 January 1958). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1958(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Paolo Washington

Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov

Don Carlo - Leonard Warren

Don Alvaro - Giuseppe di Stefano

Preziosilla - Rosalind Elias

Fra Melitone - Dino Mantovani

Curra - Luisa Gioia

Padre Guardiano - Giorgio Tozzi

Mastro Trabuco - Angelo Mercuriali

Un Chirurgo - Sergio Liviabella

Un Alcalde - Virgilio Carbonari

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6406 {4LPS} (USA) (1959)ª; RCA LSC 6406 {4LPS} (USA) (1959)ª; RCA RE 25016-25019 {4LPS} (UK) (1959)ª;; RCA SER 4516-4519 {4LPS} (UK) (1960)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 660-2 {3LPS} (1975)ª; London OSA 13122 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - Decca(London) 443 678-2

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1959 p.118; December 1960 pp.347-348 [PHW]; January 1961 p.379 [DST]; May 1975 p.2019 [AB]

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Fanfare - Vol.1 No.5 May/June 1978 p.70 [KH]

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Orpheus - Februar 1997 S.56

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

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Opéra International - novembre 1996 No.207 p.57

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Diapason - No.427 juin 196 p.131

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High Fidelity Magazine - September 1959 Vol.9 No.9 pp.82-83 [RD]

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American Record Guide - October 1959 Vol.26 No.2 p.125 [PLM]: November/December 1996 Vol.59 No.6 p.227

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

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

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.21 septiembre-noviembre 1996 p.68

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Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Santuzza - Zinka Milanov

Turiddu - Daniele Barioni

Alfio - Mario Zanasi

Lola - Rosalind Elias

Lucia - Thelma Votipka

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Compact Disc - Arkadia 352 472 {1CD}; Arkadia CDMP 472.1 {1CD}

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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:-

Opéra International - mai 1999 No.235 pp.64-66 [SS]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.169 p.125

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Répertoire - No.72 septembre 1994 p.54

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (for a review of an earlier performance inthis series see OPERA February 1959 p.57)

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

La Gioconda - Zinka Milanov

Enzo - Richard Tucker

Barnaba - Robert Merrill

Laura - Nell Rankin

Alvise - Cesare Siepi

La Cieca - Belen Amparan

Zuàne - George Cehanovsky

Un Cantore - Calvin Marsh

Isèpo - Alessio De Paolis

Un Pilota - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (10 January 1959). According to the «MET Annals» there were two performers for the role of «Un Cantore» Calvin Marsh, as listed above, and Robert Nagy. Norman Scott is listed as singing «A Monk». 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 Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - New Orleans Opera

Chorus - New Orleans Opera

La Gioconda - Zinka Milanov

Enzo - Giuseppe Gismondo

Barnaba - Cesare Bardelli

Laura - Irene Kramarich

Alvise - William Wilderman

La Cieca - Mary McMurray

Zuàne - Steve Harun

Isèpo - Thomas Carter

Un Pilota - Steve Harun

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Compact Disc; - VAI Audio VAIA 1255-3 (+excerpts cond. Herbert - 1953) {3CDS} (2007)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 2007 p.100 [P'OC]

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Opera News - May 2007 pp.84-85 [DJB]

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American Record Guide - May/June 2007 Vol.70 No.3 p.143 [CHP]

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International Record Review - November 2007 pp.33-34 [JTH]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.101 junio 2007 p.92 [JV]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the New Orleans Opera House (8 October 1960).

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Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Simon Boccanegra - Frank Guarrera

Jacopo Fiesco - Giorgio Tozzi

Amelia Grimaldi - Zinka Milanov

Gabriele Adorno - Carlo Bergonzi

Paolo Albiani - Ezio Flagello

Pietro - Norman Scott

Un'ancella - Maria Yauger

Un capitano dei balestrieri - Robert Nagy

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Black Disc - foyer FO 1023 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Memories HR 4539-40 {2CDS}; Bensar OL 4260 (BRO 125830) {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Now - June 1994 p.55

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 p.152 [WA2]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Met on April 2nd 1960 (See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.257-258. Leonard Warren sang in the first performance of this production on March 1st, but died 3 days later. The performance on March 15th is reviewed in Opera May 1960 p.336. The foyer LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.670 and 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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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Zinka Milanov

Mario Cavaradossi - Eugenio Fernandi

Il barone Scarpia - Walter Cassel

Il Sagristano - Gerhard Pechner

Cesare Angelotti - Norman Scott

Spoletta - Paul Franke

Sciarrone - Osie Hawkins

Un pastore - George Ryan

Un carceriere - Roald Reitan

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 373

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (19 March 1960). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1960(LI:5/3/60;Bergonzi - Milanov)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Carlo Bergonzi

Carlo Gérard - Ettore Bastianini

Madeleine di Coigny - Zinka Milanov

La mulatta Bersi - Margaret Roggero

La Contessa di Coigny - Martha Lipton

Madelon - Belen Amparan

Roucher - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Ezio Flagello

Fouquier Tinville - Norman Scott

Un Incredible - Alessio De Paolis

Pietro Fléville - George Cehanovsky

L'abate - Gabor Carelli

Dumas - Osie Hawkins

Schmidt - Calvin Marsh

Il maestro di casa - Lloyd Strang

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers AND 196001 (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 (5 March 1960). This performance was not broadcast so presumably the recording was 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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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1960(LI;Atlanta)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Carlo Bergonzi

Carlo Gérard - Mario Sereni

Madeleine di Coigny - Zinka Milanov

La mulatta Bersi - Helen Vanni

La Contessa di Coigny - Mignon Dunn

Madelon - Belen Amparan

Roucher - Clifford Harvuot

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Ezio Flagello

Fouquier Tinville - Norman Scott

Un Incredible - Alessio De Paolis

Pietro Fléville - George Cehanovsky

L'abate - Gabor Carelli

Dumas - Osie Hawkins

Schmidt - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Il maestro di casa - Lloyd Strang

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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 233-2 {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 given by the Metropolitan Opera in Atlanta, Georgia (2 May 1960).

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor George Schick - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

La Gioconda - Zinka Milanov

Enzo - Kurt Baum

Barnaba - Robert Merrill

Laura - Nell Rankin

Alvise - William Wilderman

La Cieca - Mignon Dunn

Zuàne - George Cehanovsky

Un Cantore - Paul De Paola

Isèpo - Alessio De Paolis

Un Pilota - Nicola Barbusci

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1793 {2CDRS}

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (1 April 1961). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Franco Corelli

Carlo Gérard - Anselmo Colzani

Madeleine di Coigny - Zinka Milanov

La mulatta Bersi - Margaret Roggero

La Contessa di Coigny - Mignon Dunn

Madelon - Lili Chookasian

Roucher - Calvin Marsh

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Lorenzo Alvary

Fouquier Tinville - Norman Scott

Un Incredible - Andrea Velis

Pietro Fléville - George Cehanovsky

L'abate - Gabor Carelli

Dumas - Osie Hawkins

Schmidt - William Walker

Il maestro di casa - Lloyd Strang

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers AND 196201 (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 (17 November 1962). This performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was 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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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Kurt Adler - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Zinka Milanov

Mario Cavaradossi - Franco Corelli

Il barone Scarpia - Morley Meredith

Il Sagristano - Gerhard Pechner

Cesare Angelotti - Norman Scott

Spoletta - Paul Franke

Sciarrone - George Cehanovsky

Un pastore - Alan Fischer

Un carceriere - Roald Reitan

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers TOS 196203 {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 MET (6 February 1962). This performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was 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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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Richard Tucker

Carlo Gérard - Anselmo Colzani

Madeleine di Coigny - Zinka Milanov

La mulatta Bersi - Helen Vanni

La Contessa di Coigny - Mignon Dunn

Madelon - Lili Chookasian

Roucher - Calvin Marsh

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Lorenzo Alvary

Fouquier Tinville - Norman Scott

Un Incredible - Alessio De Paolis

Pietro Fléville - George Cehanovsky

L'abate - Gabor Carelli

Dumas - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Schmidt - William Walker

Il maestro di casa - Lloyd Strang

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 776

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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 (2 March 1963). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.492-494. 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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Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

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

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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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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Georg Solti - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Otello - James McCracken

Desdemona - Zinka Milanov

Iago - Robert Merrill

Cassio - Paul Franke

Rodrigo - Martin Nagy

Lodovico - John Macurdy

Montano - Clifford Harvuot

Emilia - Janis Martin

Un Araldo - William Walker

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers OTE 196301 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2007)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:- Recording of a performance at the MET (4 April 1963). This performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was 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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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Nello Santi - 1964(LI;9/3/64 - Milanov)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Otello - James McCracken

Desdemona - Zinka Milanov

Iago - Anselmo Colzani

Cassio - Paul Franke

Rodrigo - Gabor Carelli

Lodovico - William Wilderman

Montano - Clifford Harvuot

Emilia - Mignon Dunn

Un Araldo - Russell Christopher

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1431

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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 (9 March 1964). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1966(LI;13/4/1966)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Richard Tucker

Carlo Gérard - Anselmo Colzani

Madeleine di Coigny - Zinka Milanov

La mulatta Bersi - Nedda Casei

La Contessa di Coigny - Gladys Kriese

Madelon - Mignon Dunn

Roucher - William Walker

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Lorenzo Alvary

Fouquier Tinville - Norman Scott

Un Incredible - Andrea Velis

Pietro Fléville - Gene Boucher

L'abate - Gabor Carelli

Dumas - Robert Goodloe

Schmidt - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Il maestro di casa - Lloyd Strang

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1420

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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 (13 April 1966). This was Zinka Milanov's «final appearance with the company in a complete opera». The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». It is stated «fair to good copy from prompter's box. prompter too vocal».

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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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