There are 80 recordings on file in which Mario Sereni appears

Order by composer

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

1 1957(STU) - Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano - Fausto Cleva*

2 1958(LI) - bohème (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Thomas Schippers*

3 1958(LI) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Fritz Stiedry*

4 1958(LI) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Franco Ghione*

5 1958(RA) - Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi - Fernando Previtali*

6 1958(RA) - Lucrezia by Ottorino Respighi - Oliviero De Fabritiis*

7 1958(STU) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Tullio Serafin*

8 1959(LI) - Lohengrin by Richard Wagner - Thomas Schippers*

9 1959(LI) - Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo - Dimitri Mitropoulos*

10 1959(LI) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Kurt Adler*

11 1959(STU) - Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini - Gabriele Santini*

12 1960(LI) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Thomas Schippers*

13 1960(LI) - Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini - Dimitri Mitropoulos*

14 1960(LI) - Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini - Fausto Cleva*

15 1960(LI;Atlanta) - Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano - Fausto Cleva*

16 1960(STU) - Turandot by Giacomo Puccini - Erich Leinsdorf*

17 1961(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Nino Verchi*

18 1961(LI) - Fedora by Umberto Giordano - Arturo Basile*

19 1961(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Fausto Cleva*

20 1961(RA) - Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi - Mario Rossi*

21 1962(LI) - Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo - Fausto Cleva*

22 1962(LI) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Ignace Strasfogel*

23 1962(STU) - Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni - Gabriele Santini*

24 1962-63(STU) - bohème (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Thomas Schippers*

25 1963(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Georg Solti*

26 1963(STU) - Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano - Gabriele Santini*

27 1964(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Leonard Bernstein*

28 1964(LI) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - George Schick*

29 1964(LI-Freni) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Herbert von Karajan*

30 1964(LI-Moffo) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Herbert von Karajan*

31 1965 or 1966(STU) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Zubin Mehta*

32 1965(LI) - elisir d'amore (L') by Gaetano Donizetti - Argeo Quadri*

33 1965(LI) - elisir d'amore (L') by Gaetano Donizetti - Thomas Schippers*

34 1965(LI) - Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi - Thomas Schippers*

35 1965(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Joseph Rosenstock*

36 1965(LI) - Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi - Franco Capuana*

37 1965(STU) - Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti - Georges Prêtre*

38 1966(LI) - bohème (La) by Giacomo Puccini - George Schick*

39 1966(LI) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Pasquale de Angelis*

40 1966(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Argeo Quadri*

41 1966(LI:20/1/66) - Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini - Kurt Adler*

42 1966(STU) - elisir d'amore (L') by Gaetano Donizetti - Francesco Molinar..*

43 1966(STU) - rondine (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli*

44 1967(LI) - bohème (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Fausto Cleva*

45 1967(STU) - Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi - Thomas Schippers*

46 1968(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Silvio Varviso*

47 1968(LI) - Faust by Charles Gounod - Ernst Märzendorfer*

48 1968(LI:9/3/68) - elisir d'amore (L') by Gaetano Donizetti - Fausto Cleva*

49 1968(LI;16/3/68) - elisir d'amore (L') by Gaetano Donizetti - Fausto Cleva*

50 1968??(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Fausto Cleva*

51 1969(LI) - Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini - George Schick*

52 1969(RA) - ballo in maschera (Un) by Giuseppe Verdi - Bruno Bartoletti*

53 1970(LE) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Fausto Cleva*

54 1970(LE) - Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti - Richard Bonynge*

55 1970(LE;Kraus) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Richard Bonynge*

56 1970(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Francesco Cristofori*

57 1970(LI) - bohème (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Oliviero De Fabritiis*

58 1970(LI;21/3/70) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Kurt Adler*

59 1970(RA) - favorite (La) by Gaetano Donizetti - Nino Sanzogno*

60 1970(SE;Domingo) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Richard Bonynge*

61 1971(LI) - bohème (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Fausto Cleva*

62 1971(LI;13/3/71) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Zubin Mehta***

63 1971(LI;14/10/71) - Faust by Charles Gounod - Alain Lombard*

64 1971?(RA) - Alzira by Giuseppe Verdi - Maurizio Rinaldi*

65 1972(LI) - elisir d'amore (L') by Gaetano Donizetti - Carlo Franci*

66 1972(LI) - Faust by Charles Gounod - Martin Rich*

67 1972(LI) - Giovanna d'Arco by Giuseppe Verdi - Bruno Bartoletti*

68 1973(LI) - Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti - Francesco Molinar..*

69 1973(LI) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Armando Gatto*

70 1973(RA) - battaglia di Legnano (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Maurizio Rinaldi*

71 1974(LE;Domingo - Molnar Talajic) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Francesco Molinar..*

72 1974(LI) - elisir d'amore (L') by Gaetano Donizetti - Max Rudolf*

73 1974(LI;Bergonzi - Molnar-Talajic) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Francesco Molinar..*

74 1976(LI) - bohème (La) by Giacomo Puccini - James Levine*

75 1976(LI) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Ottavio Ziino*

76 1977(LI) - Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi - Oliviero De Fabritiis*

77 1978(LI) - Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi - James Levine*

78 1979(LE) - Gioconda (La) by Amilcare Ponchielli - Giuseppe Patanè*

79 1979(LI) - bohème (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Boris Brott*

80 1983(LI) - Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea - Thomas Fulton*

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1957(STU)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Richard Tucker

Carlo Gérard - Mario Sereni

Madeleine di Coigny - Maria Curtis Verna

La mulatta Bersi - Rosalind Elias

La Contessa di Coigny - Martha Lipton

Madelon - Belen Amparan

Roucher - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Gerhard Pechner

Fouquier Tinville - Norman Scott

Un Incredible - Alessio De Paolis

Pietro Fléville - George Cehanovsky

L'abate - Gabor Carelli

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Black Disc - Metropolitan Opera Record Club MO 826 {2LPS}

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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

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Carlo Bergonzi

Schaunard - Clifford Harvuot

Marcello - Mario Sereni

Colline - Norman Scott

Mimi - Licia Albanese

Musetta - Laurel Hurley

Benoit - Ezio Flagello

Alcindoro - Lorenzo Alvary

Parpignol - Robert Nagy

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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni «The Golden Age of Opera» GAO 139/140 {2CDS} Omega Opera Archive 718 (& 485); Bensar OL 21558 (BRO 121061) {2CDRS}; Myto 2 MCD 064 332 (+Tosca - highlights - Adler - 1959) {2CDS} (2006)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - janvier 1995 No.187 p.68

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.97 enero-febrero 2007 p.92 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (15 February 1958). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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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 traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Ghione - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional

Chorus - Teatro Nacional São Carlos (Lisboa)

Violetta Valery - Maria Callas

Flora Bervoix - Laura Zannini

Annina - Maria Cristina de Castro

Alfredo Germont - Alfredo Kraus

Giorgio Germont - Mario Sereni

Gastone - Piero De Palma

Dottore Grenvil - Alessandro Maddalena

Barone Douphol - Álvaro Malta

Marchese d'Obigny - Vito Susca

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 277-2 {2LPS} (1979)ª; foyer FO 1003 {2LPS} (1980)ª; *EMI RLS 757 (ALP 3961-3962) (1980)ª; *EMI EX 29 1315-3 {2LPS} (1987)ª; Angel ZBX 3910 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-RLS 757 (1980)ª; EMI EX 29 1315-5 (1987)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 49187-8 {2CDS} (1987)ª; EMI 5 56330-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia «WWW Site III - to May 2002» {1CD-ROM} (2002)ª; *Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 990-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Pearl GEMS 0228 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1980 p.541 [JBS] ; November 1987 p. [AB]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.210-218 [LG]; Vol.21 No.3 Summer 2005 pp.545-546 (published March 2006) [RES]

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Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 p.94

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (2) p.138 (4) p.133

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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2005 p.99 [TP]

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American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 p.295 [VAL]

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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.57

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.25 septiembre-noviembre 1997 p.94 [FSR]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Lisbon (27 March 1958). See the ARSC Journal 1987 Vol.19 No.2-3 pp.54-61. According to Robert E. Seletzky EMIs 1997 remastering «is dominated by shrill upper-frequency distortion and accentuated tape hiss - in short, unlistenable». According to Nuno Miguel Marqques (Opera-l Sun,17 Mar 2002 10:38:50) a version of this recording made from the tapes in possession of Radio Difusão Portuguesa was issued on CD in a limited edition in December 2000 in Portugal. The recording issued by Premiere is a copy of this and that on The Mike Richter CD-ROM is a also a «copy», but in MP3 format. Mike Richter has published a very interesting history of the various versions of this recording on ARSCLIST@sun8.LOC.GOV

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Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1958(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Ernani - Mario Del Monaco

Elvira - Costantina Araujo

Carlo - Mario Sereni

Silva - Cesare Siepi

Riccardo - Athos Cesarini

Iago - Enrico Bianchi

Giovanna - Renata Mattioli

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Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 004 230 (+Otello - Roma - Serafin - highlights) {2CDS} (2000)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 138-2 {2CDRS} (2001)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 News - March 2001 pp.75-76 [GJ]

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Orpheus - März 2001 S.60 [GH]

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American Record Guide - March/April 2001 Vol.64 No.2 p.240 [DA]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - febrero 2001 No.140 p.46, p.48 [AV]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.44 marzo-abril 2001 pp.91-92 [JV]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 25 December 1958; The year of this recording is given as 1957 in Premiere's catalogue.

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Lucrezia by Ottorino Respighi performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1958(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Lucrezia - Anna Di Cavalieri

La Voce - Miti Truccato Pace

Tarquino - Mario Sereni

Bruto - Renato Gavarini

Servia - Franca Marghinotti

Collatino - Walter Brunelli

Tito - Giovanni Ciavola

Valerio - Giovanni Ciavola

Arunte - Valerio Meucci

Spurio Lucrezio - Fernando Corena

Venilia - Dedy Montano

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

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

CELLETTI p.686

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

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Violetta Valery - Victoria de los Ángeles

Flora Bervoix - Santa Chissari

Annina - Silvia Bertona

Alfredo Germont - Carlo Del Monte

Giorgio Germont - Mario Sereni

Gastone - Sergio Tedesco

Dottore Grenvil - Bonaldo Giaiotti

Barone Douphol - Vico Polotto

Marchese d'Obigny - Silvio Maionica

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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1780-1782 {3LPS} (1960)ª; HMV ASD 359-361 {3LPS} (1960)ª; HMV SLS 5097 {3LPS}; *EMI «Classics for Pleasure» CFPD 41 4450 3 {2LPS} (1985)ª; Capitol GCR 7221 {3LPS} (1960)ª;; Capitol SGCR {3LPS} (1960)ª

Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 5097; EMI «Classics for Pleasure» TC CFPD 414450-5 (1985)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 49578-2 {2CDS} (1988)ª; EMI CD-CFP 4450 {2CDS}; EMI 0 7777 67576 2 9 {2CDS}; EMI «Double Forte» CZS 5 73824-2 {2CDS} (2000)ª; EMI 367726-2 {2CDS} (2006)ª

Open Reel Tape; - Angel ZC 3623 (7½ips 4-track) (1964)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1960 p.180 [AR]; January 1961 p.378 [DST]; November 1977 p.894 [AB]; December 1985 p.838 [JBS]; September 1988 pp.482-483 [AB]; September 2000 p.96 [IM]

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Opera - November 1960 p.771

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Opera Now - February 1993 p.56; September/October 2000 p.99 [GH]

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Fanfare - Vol.30 No.5 May/June 2007 pp.223-225 [RT]

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Orpheus - 11 - November (Festival 2000) 2000 S.87-S.88 [GH]

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American Record Guide - November 1960 Vol.27 No.3 p.200 [CJL]: August 1964 Vol.30 No.12 p.1132 (open reel tape) [CJL]

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High Fidelity Magazine - November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.99 [CLO]: August 1964 Vol.14 No.8 p.108 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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Gramophone Record Review - January 1961 p.159 [DH]

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Classics - January 1993 67

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International Record Review - August 2000 p.108 [SP]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.43 enero-febrero 2001 p.98 [VJ]

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Comments:- The Capitol LP set also included a rehearsal disc

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Lohengrin by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Lohengrin - Brian Sullivan

Elsa - Lisa Della Casa

Ortrud - Margaret Harshaw

Friedrich von Telramund - Walter Cassel

König Heinrich - Otto Edelmann

Der Heerrufer des Königs - Mario Sereni

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers LOH 195501 {3CDRS} (2005)ª

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

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.60; HARRIS p.141; Opera on Record p.354; CELLETTI p.1099; Opera on CD (1) p.63 (2) p.71 (3) p.79 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.143-144 p.190; MET p.684; MET(VID) p.424; PENGUIN p.526; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Opera on Video p.116; GIUDICI p.1077 (2) p.1728; Répertoire No.94 septembre 1996 p.12

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (31 January 1959). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Canio - Mario Del Monaco

Nedda - Lucine Amara

Tonio - Leonard Warren

Beppe - Charles Anthony

Silvio - Mario Sereni

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Black Disc - Longanesi Editori 11 {1LP}; I Gioelli della Lirica GML 11 (Highlights) {1LP}

Compact Disc - Arkadia MP 473.1 {1CD}; Omega Opera Archive 948

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Répertoire - No.72 septembre 1994 p.50

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (3 January 1959). For a review of an earlier performance in the series see OPERA February 1959 p.97). 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 traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Kurt Adler - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Violetta Valery - Licia Albanese

Flora Bervoix - Helen Vanni

Annina - Mildred Allen

Alfredo Germont - Cesare Valletti

Giorgio Germont - Mario Sereni

Gastone - Gabor Carelli

Dottore Grenvil - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Barone Douphol - Calvin Marsh

Marchese d'Obigny - George Cehanovsky

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 845

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (24 January 1959). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.363-365. 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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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1959(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Cio Cio San - Victoria de los Ángeles

Pinkerton - Jussi Björling

Sharpless - Mario Sereni

Suzuki - Miriam Pirazzini

Kate Pinkerton - Silvia Bertona

Goro - Piero De Palma

Il principe Yamadori - Arturo La Porta

Lo zio Bonzo - Paolo Montarsolo

Il commissario imperiale - Antonio Sacchetti

Yakusidè - Bonaldo Giaiotti

L'ufficiale del Registro - Paolo Caroli

La madre di Cio Cio San - Vera Magrini

La zia - Nina De Courson

La cugina - Silvia Bertona

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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1795-1797 {3LPS} (1960)ª; HMV ASD 373-375 {3LPS} (1960)ª; HMV SLS 5128 (ASD 3532-3534) {3LPS} (1978)ª; EMI «Classics for Pleasure» CfPD; 414446-3 {2LPS} (1985)ª; Capitol GCR 7232 {3LPS} (1961)ª;; Capitol SGCR 7232 {3LPS} (1961)ª; Angel 3604 C/L {3LPS} (1962)ª;; Angel S 3604 C/L {3LPS} (1962)ª

Compact Cassette; - EMI «Classics for Pleasure» TC CfPD 414446-5 (1985)ª

Compact Disc; - *EMI CMS 7 63634-2 {2CDS} (1991)ª; EMI 4 83482-2 (France) (1995)ª

Open Reel Tape; - Angel ZS 35821 (highlights) (4-track - 7½ips) (1963)ª; Angel ZC 3604 (7½ips 4-track) (1964)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1960 pp.287-288 [PHW]; January 1961 p.378 [DST]; September 1978 p.545 [EG]; August 1985 p. [EG]; March 1991 p. [MEO]

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Opera - January 1961 p.50

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Diapason - No.423 février 1996 p.65

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High Fidelity Magazine - January 1961 Vol.11 No.1 p.62 [CLO]: March 1963 Vol.13 No.3 p.103 (open-reel tape - highlights) [RDD]: August 1964 Vol.14 No.8 p.108 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - August 1964 Vol.30 No.12 p.1132 (open reel tape) [CJL]

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Répertoire - No.86 décembre 1995 p.57

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi

Don Carlo - Richard Tucker

Don Alvaro - Mario Sereni

Preziosilla - Mignon Dunn

Fra Melitone - Salvatore Baccaloni

Curra - Carlotta Ordassy

Padre Guardiano - Jerome Hines

Mastro Trabuco - Alessio De Paolis

Un Chirurgo - Roald Reitan

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Compact Disc - Omega Opeora Archive 225 (& 351)

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (12 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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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Dorothy Kirsten

Pinkerton - Eugenio Fernandi

Sharpless - Mario Sereni

Suzuki - Margaret Roggero

Kate Pinkerton - Joan Wall

Goro - Charles Kullman

Il principe Yamadori - George Cehanovsky

Lo zio Bonzo - Osie Hawkins

Il commissario imperiale - Roald Reitan

L'ufficiale del Registro - Kurt Kessler

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Black Disc - Reader's Digest Productions RDIS 132-6/7/8 {3LPS}

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (16 April 1960). This recording is listed in the Dmitri Mitropopoulos Discography p.108.

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Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Manon Lescaut - Dorothy Kirsten

Des Grieux - Carlo Bergonzi

Lescaut - Mario Sereni

Geronte - Salvatore Baccaloni

Edmondo - Charles Anthony

Una voce sola - Joan Wall

L'oste - George Cehanovsky

Il maestro di ballo - Alessio De Paolis

Un sergente degli arcieri - Calvin Marsh

Lampionaio - Robert Nagy

Un comandante di Marina - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

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Compact Disc - Bongiovanni GAO 113/114-2 {2CDS}; Omega Opera Archive 370

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (10 December 1960; mentioned in OPERA May 1961 p.121). 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;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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Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1960(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

La principessa Turandot - Birgit Nilsson

Calaf - Jussi Björling

Liù - Renata Tebaldi

Ping - Mario Sereni

Pang - Piero De Palma

Pong - Tommaso Frascati

Timur - Giorgio Tozzi

L'imperatore Altoum - Alessio De Paolis

Un mandarino - Leonardo Monreale

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6149 {3LPS} (USA) (1960)ª; RCA Victor LSC 6149 {3LPS} (USA) (1960)ª; RCA RE 25020-25022 {3LPS} (UK) (1961)ª; RCA SER 4520-4522 (UK) {3LPS} (1961)ª; RCA SER 5643-5645 {3LPS} (UK) (1972)ª;; *RCA AGL3-3970

Compact Cassette - RCA R8S6149/1-2 (8-track cartridge)

Compact Disc; - RCA «Red Seal» RD 85932-2 {2CDS} (1961)ª; BMG-RCA «Living Stereo» 09026-62687-2

Open Reel Tape - RCA Victor FTC 8001 (4-track 7½ips) (USA)

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1961 p.542; July 1961 p.62; November 1972 p.967 [AB]; July 1974 p.274 [WAC]; September 1987 p. [EG]

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Opera - June 1961 p.406

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American Record Guide - September 1960 Vol.27 No.1 p.16 [PLM]: April 1961 Vol.27 No.8 p.672 (open reel tape) [RJ]: January/February 1997 Vol.60 No.1 p.154

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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1960 Vol.10 No.10 p.67 [CLO]: May 1961 Vol.11 No.5 p.82 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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Classic CD - May 1997 p.84

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

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The Absolute Sound - March 2007 Issue 170 p.115 [HP]

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

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

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

Conductor Nino Verchi - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Carlo - Franco Corelli

Filippo II - Jerome Hines

Rodrigo - Mario Sereni

Il Grande Inquisitore - Hermann Uhde

Un Frate - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Elisabetta di Valois - Maria Curtis Verna

La principessa Eboli - Irene Dalis

Tebaldo - Joan Wall

Il Conte di Lerma - Gabor Carelli

Un Araldo Reale - Robert Nagy

Una voce dal cielo - Martina Arroyo

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Compact Disc - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 739 (+excerpts from 1964 performance with Corelli) {2CDS}; Omega Opera Archive 938

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.61

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (15 April 1961). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).

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Fedora by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Arturo Basile - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

La Principessa Fedora Romanoff - Renata Tebaldi

Il Conte Loris Ipanoff - Giuseppe di Stefano

De Siriex - Mario Sereni

Lorek - Mario Ciofi

Nicola - Genaro Ciocca

La Contessa Olga Sokarev - Sofia Mezzetti

Boroff - Mario Frosini

Gretch - Giovanni Amedeo

Il Barone Rouvel - Mariano Caruso

Cirillo - Enrico Campi

Dmitri - Vittorio Buccini

Desiré - Mariano Caruso

Il piccolo Savoiardo - Pina Esca

Boleslao Lazinski - Gerardo Garofolo

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 392-2 {2LPS} (1982)ª; Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 40 {2LPS}; Movimento Musica MM 02.011 {2LPS}

Compact Disc - *Legato Classics LCD 158-2 (+duets - Di Stefano & Tebaldi) {2CDS} Arkadia HP 608.2

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

CELLETTI p.270; PENGUIN p.102; GIUDICI p.245 (2) p.414; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.20

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.18 No.6 July/August 1995 p.189

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Orpheus - November 1994 S.63

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.4 p.131

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American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 p.65 [DA]: March/April 1995 Vol.58 No.2 p.107

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Répertoire - No.76 janvier 1995 p.45

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Comments:- Recording of a performance given in Teatro di San Carlo (14 December 1961, see OPERA March 1962 p.186. The HRE LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE October 1982 p.484 and the Movimento Musica LPs in GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.670

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Manrico - Franco Corelli

Azucena - Irene Dalis

Leonora - Leontyne Price

Conte di Luna - Mario Sereni

Ferrando - William Wilderman

Ines - Teresa Stratas

Ruiz - Charles Anthony

Un vecchio zingaro - Carlo Tomanelli

Un messo - Robert Nagy

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Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 917 51 {2CDS} (1991)ª; Bensar OL 2461 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; Celestial Audio CA 684 {2CDRS} (2007)ª; Myto «Devotion» MDCD 0003 {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:-

Opéra International - No.181 juin 1994 p.68

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (4 February 1961; see «Sign-Off for the Old Met» by Paul Jackson pp.373-376). The performance on 27 January 1961 is reviewed in OPERA April 1961 p.252. The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues October 2007.

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Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Mario Rossi - 1961(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Macbeth - Mario Sereni

Lady Macbeth - Nora Lopez

Banco - Nicola Zaccaria

Macduff - Augusto Vicentini

Malcolm - Angelo Marchiandi

Dama - Maria Bertolini

Medico - Piero Fernandez

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Compact Disc - House of Opera CD 667 {2CDS}; Live Opera Heaven CAS 332 {2CDRS}

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

HARRIS p.162; Opera on Record p.201; CELLETTI p.936; Opera on CD (1) p.47 (2) p.53 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.40 p.106, mise à jour septembre 2000; MET p.573; MET(VID) p.359; PENGUIN p.487; GIUDICI p.881 (2) p.1431; Opéra International No.72 septembre 1994 p.112; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.8; International Opera Collector Winter 1998 No.10 p.32; Opéra Interational février 1999 No.232 p.68, No.266 mars 2002 p.18

Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 13 July 1961.

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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Canio - Carlo Bergonzi

Nedda - Raina Kabaivanska

Tonio - Mario Sereni

Beppe - George Shirley

Silvio - Norman Mittelman

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

Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1102

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

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

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

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Ignace Strasfogel - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Violetta Valery - Anna Moffo

Flora Bervoix - Joan Wall

Annina - Mary Ellen Pracht

Alfredo Germont - Barry Morell

Giorgio Germont - Mario Sereni

Gastone - Gabor Carelli

Dottore Grenvil - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Barone Douphol - Calvin Marsh

Marchese d'Obigny - George Cehanovsky

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers TRA 196201 {2CDRS) (2007)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (21 April 1962). The CDRs issued by The Opera Lovers are listed on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1962(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Santuzza - Victoria de los Ángeles

Turiddu - Franco Corelli

Alfio - Mario Sereni

Lola - Adriana Lazzarini

Lucia - Corinna Vozza

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Black Disc; - HMV «Angel Series» AN 108-109 (+orchestral excerpts from other ; operas by Mascagni) {2LPS} (1963)ª; HMV «Angel Series» SAN 108-109 (+orchestral excerpts from other operas by ;; Mascagni) {2LPS} (1963)ª; Angel 3632 B/L (+orchestral excerpts from other operas by Mascagni) {2LPS} (1963)ª; Angel S 3632 B/L (+orchestral excerpts from other operas by Mascagni) {2LPS} (1963)ª

Compact Disc - EMI CMS 7 63967-2 (+Pagliacci) {2CDS}

Open Reel Tape; - Angel ZB 3632 (7½ips 4-track) (1963)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 - May 1963 p.527; July 1963 p.54 (mention); March 1992 p.113 [JBS]

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Opera - May 1963 pp.338-339 [HDR]

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American Record Guide - November 1963 Vol.30 No.3 p.186 [PLM]: February 1964 Vol.30 No.6 p.528 [CJL] (open reel tape)

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High Fidelity Magazine - November 1963 Vol.13 No.11 p.96 [CLO]: January 1964 Vol.14 No.1 p.97 [RDD] (open reel tape)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1962-63(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Rodolfo - Nicolai Gedda

Schaunard - Mario Basiola jnr.

Marcello - Mario Sereni

Colline - Ferruccio Mazzoli

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Mariella Adani

Benoit - Carlo Badioli

Alcindoro - Paolo Montarsolo

Parpignol - Vittorio Pandano

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Black Disc; - HMV «Angel Series» AN 131-132 {2LPS} (1964)ª; HMV «Angel Series» SAN 131-132 {2LPS} (1964)ª; Angel 3643 B/L {2LPS} (1964)ª; Angel S 3643 B/L {2LPS} (1964)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 69657-2 {2CDS} (1992)ª; EMI Classics 392005-2 {2CDS} (2007)ª; EMI Classics 91998 {2CDS} (2007)ª

Open Reel Tape; - Angel ZB 3643 (7½ips 4-track) (1964)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1964 p.472; April 1992 p.160 [JBS]; January 2008 p.91 [PO'C]

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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.5 May/June 2008 pp.220-221 [BV]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.170

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.162 p.170

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American Record Guide - July 1964 Vol.30 No.11 pp.1020-1021 [PLM]: November 1964 Vol.31 No.3 p.275 (open reel tape) [CJL]

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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1964 Vol.14 No.10 pp.143-144 [CLO]: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 p.176 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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Répertoire - No.74 novembre 1994 p.74

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Georg Solti - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Aida - Leontyne Price

Radamès - Carlo Bergonzi

Amneris - Rita Gorr

Amonasro - Mario Sereni

Ramphis - Cesare Siepi

Il Re di Egitto - John Macurdy

Una Sacerdotessa - Janis Martin

Un Messaggero - Robert Nagy

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Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 934.84 {2CDS} (1993)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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 December 1963). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» by Paul Jackson pp.443-446

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1963(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera de Roma

Andrea Chénier - Franco Corelli

Carlo Gérard - Mario Sereni

Madeleine di Coigny - Antonietta Stella

La mulatta Bersi - Stefania Malagù

La Contessa di Coigny - Luciana Moneta

Madelon - Anna Di Stasio

Roucher - Giuseppe Modesti

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Paolo Montarsolo

Fouquier Tinville - Giuseppe Modesti

Un Incredible - Piero De Palma

Pietro Fléville - Dino Mantovani

L'abate - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - HMV «Angel Series» AN 128-130 {3LPS} (1964)ª; HMV «Angel Series» SAN 128-130 {3LPS} (1964)ª; EMI SLS 1436533 {2LPS} (1984)ª; Angel 3645 C/L {3LPS} (1964)ª; Angel S 3645 C/L {3LPS} (1964)ª

Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 1436539 (1984)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 49060-8 {2CDS} (1987)ª; EMI CMS 5 65287-2 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Musical Heritage Society MHS 525842F {2CDS} (2000)ª; EMI «Classics» 358676-2 {2CDS} (2006)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1964 p.143; February 1984 p.1005 [AB]; November 1987 p. [MEO]; July 1995 p.113 [MEO]

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Fanfare - Vol.24 No.2 November/December 2000 p.278 [JM]; Vol.30 No.4 March/April 2007 pp.122-123 [JM]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.162 p.170

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American Record Guide - June 1964 Vol.30 No.10 p.951 [PLM]: March/April 1995 Vol.58 No.2 p.106

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High Fidelity Magazine - June 1964 Vol.14 No.6 p.70 [CLO]

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Répertoire - No.74 novembre 1994 p.49

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Leonard Bernstein - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Falstaff - Anselmo Colzani

Fenton - Luigi Alva

Ford - Mario Sereni

Dr. Cajus - Mariano Caruso

Bardolfo - Andrea Velis

Pistola - Norman Scott

Alice Ford - Gabriella Tucci

Nannetta - Judith Raskin

Meg Page - Rosalind Elias

Mistress Quickly - Regina Resnik

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers FAL 196401 {2CDRS} (Canada)

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (21 March 1964). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor George Schick - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Violetta Valery - Joan Sutherland

Flora Bervoix - Marcia Baldwin

Annina - Lynn Blair

Alfredo Germont - Nicolai Gedda

Giorgio Germont - Mario Sereni

Gastone - Gabor Carelli

Dottore Grenvil - Justino Díaz

Barone Douphol - William Walker

Marchese d'Obigny - George Cehanovsky

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1323

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (11 January 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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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1964(LI-Freni)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Violetta Valery - Mirella Freni

Flora Bervoix - Romana Righetti

Annina - Limbania Leoni

Alfredo Germont - Renato Cioni

Giorgio Germont - Mario Sereni

Gastone - Giorgio Goretti

Dottore Grenvil - Nicola Zaccaria

Barone Douphol - Alfredo Giacomotti

Marchese d'Obigny - Silvio Maionica

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Compact Disc - *AS Disc 1015-6 {2CDS}; Gala GL 100.506 {2CDS} *Legend LGD 125-126 {2CDS}; Arkadia «Karajan Edition» CDKAR 229 {2CDS}

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

American Record Guide - January/February 1990 Vol.53 No.1 p.101 [LM]

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Comments:- Recording of the «prova generale» at La Scala (December 1964). The «prima» is reviewed in High Fidelity/Musical America March 1965 p.86-U

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1964(LI-Moffo)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Violetta Valery - Anna Moffo

Flora Bervoix - Romana Righetti

Annina - Limbania Leoni

Alfredo Germont - Renato Cioni

Giorgio Germont - Mario Sereni

Gastone - Giorgio Loretti

Dottore Grenvil - Nicola Zaccaria

Barone Douphol - Alfredo Giacomotti

Marchese d'Obigny - Silvio Maionica

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Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100.506 (+Anna Moffo - recital) {2CDS} (1999)ª; Arkadia «Karajan Edition» CDKAR 230 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1306 {2CDS} (2002}ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala in which Anna Moffo replaced the indisposed Mirella Freni (22 December 1964; see OPERA February 1965 p.126)

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Zubin Mehta - 1965 or 1966(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Aida - Birgit Nilsson

Radamès - Franco Corelli

Amneris - Grace Bumbry

Amonasro - Mario Sereni

Ramphis - Bonaldo Giaiotti

Il Re di Egitto - Ferruccio Mazzoli

Una Sacerdotessa - Mirella Fiorentini

Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - HMV «Angel Series» AN 189-191 {3LPS} (1967)ª; HMV «Angel Series» SAN 189-191 {3LPS} (1967)ª; EMI SLS 929 {3LPS}; Angel AV 34049 (highlights) {1LP} (1986)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 63229-2 {2CDS} (1989)ª; EMI 4 79580-2 {2CDS} (France) (1995)ª; HMV «Classics» HMVD 5 73410-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª; EMI 358654-2 {2CDS} (2006)ª; EMI «Classics for Pleasure» 933732 (highlights) {1CD} (2007)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 - November 1967 p.278; January 1968 p.365; January 1990 p.1376 [AB]; November 1999 p.122 [AB]

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Opera - January 1968 p.52 [HDR]; December 1999 p.1448, pp.1497-98 [AB]

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Fanfare - Vol.30 No.4 March/April 2007 pp.243-244 [JM]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.169 p.126

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American Record Guide - July/August 1986 Vol.49 No.4 p.47 (highlight) [DA]: March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 p.203 (highlights) [DRV]

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Répertoire - No.86 décembre 1995 p.65

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Comments:- Frank Hamilton gives June, July, August 1967 as the dates of this recording in his online «Discography of Opera Recordings» by Franco Corelli: http://www.frankhamilton.org/fc/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The book issued by «The Black Dog Opera Library» also contains this recording on two CDs.

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

Conductor Argeo Quadri - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Volksoper

Chorus - Wiener Volksoper

Adina - Graziella Sciutti

Nemorino - Giuseppe di Stefano

Dulcamara - Wladimiro Ganzarolli

Belcore - Mario Sereni

Giannetta - Monique Lobasá

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 3953; Golden Melodram GM 5.0069 {2CDS} (2008)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.110 mayo 2008 p.92 [JS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna Volksoper (June 1965). Omega's recording is listed on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Adina - Mirella Freni

Nemorino - Nicolai Gedda

Dulcamara - Fernando Corena

Belcore - Mario Sereni

Giannetta - Joy Clements

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

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

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

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

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Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Ernani - Franco Corelli

Elvira - Leontyne Price

Carlo - Mario Sereni

Silva - Cesare Siepi

Riccardo - Charles Anthony

Iago - Russell Christopher

Giovanna - Carlotta Ordassy

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Black Disc - Great Opera performance G.O.P.10 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performance G.O.P. 702 {2CDS}; Memories HR 4370/4371; Myto 2MCD 993.209 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Myto «Devotion» MDCD 0001 {2CDS} (2007)ª; Celestial Audio CA 744 {2CDRS} (2008)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 Now - July 1993 55

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VERDI DAL VIVO - p.84

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (10 April 1965). The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue «WHAT'S NEW New Year 2008».

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Joseph Rosenstock - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Falstaff - Geraint Evans

Fenton - George Shirley

Ford - Mario Sereni

Dr. Cajus - Mariano Caruso

Bardolfo - Andrea Velis

Pistola - Norman Scott

Alice Ford - Gabriella Tucci

Nannetta - Judith Raskin

Meg Page - Mildred Miller

Mistress Quickly - Regina Resnik

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1657

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

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

Comments:- Recording of performance at the MET (23 January 1965). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Capuana - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Macbeth - Mario Sereni

Lady Macbeth - Margherita Roberti

Banco - Nicola Zaccaria

Macduff - Giuseppe Campora

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 2227

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

HARRIS p.162; Opera on Record p.201; CELLETTI p.936; Opera on CD (1) p.47 (2) p.53 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.40 p.106, mise à jour septembre 2000; MET p.573; MET(VID) p.359; PENGUIN p.487; GIUDICI p.881 (2) p.1431; Opéra International No.72 septembre 1994 p.112; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.8; International Opera Collector Winter 1998 No.10 p.32; Opéra Interational février 1999 No.232 p.68, No.266 mars 2002 p.18

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (16 May 1965; see OPERA August 1965 p.587). The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1965(STU)

Orchestra - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Chorus - RCA Italiana Opera Chorus

Lucia - Anna Moffo

Edgardo - Carlo Bergonzi

Enrico - Mario Sereni

Raimondo - Ezio Flagello

Arturo - Pierre Duval

Alisa - Corinna Vozza

Normanno - Vittorio Pandano

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM-6170 (USA) (1966)ª;; RCA Victor LSC-6170 (USA) (1966)ª; RCA Victor RE 5550-2 (UK) (1967)ª;; RCA Victor SER 5550-2 (UK) (1967)ª

Compact Disc; - RCA Victor GD 86504 {2CDS} (UK) (1988)ª; *Lyrica LRC 010 142 {2CDS}; RCA BVCC 8867-8 {2CDS} (Japan) (1995)ª

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Recordings of Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera February 1959 p.86; HARRIS p.150; Opera on Record p.184; CELLETTI p.223; MARINELLI p.114; Opera on CD (1) p.34 (2) p.39 (3) p.43; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.55 p.110, No.233 p.114; MET p.113; MET(VID) p.64; PENGUIN p.78; Opéra International janvier 1995 No.187 p.19, juillet- aoüt 1997 No.215 p.10; Opera on Video p.57; GIUDICI p.190 (2) p.312; Répertoire No.107 novembre 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1967 p.382; September 1988 p. [JBS]

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Opera - March 1967 pp.249-250 [AB]

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Diapason - No.115 1967 p.22

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Comments:- ADVERT: ARG March 1966 INSIDE BACK COVER

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor George Schick - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Richard Tucker

Schaunard - Clifford Harvuot

Marcello - Mario Sereni

Colline - Jerome Hines

Mimi - Gabriella Tucci

Musetta - Heidi Krall

Benoit - Fernando Corena

Alcindoro - Lorenzo Alvary

Parpignol - Emil Filip

Sergente dei doganieri - Edward Ghazal

Un doganiere - John Trehy

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 7780 (+intermissions) {3CDRS}; Bensar BRO 122692 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

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

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

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

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in italian

Conductor Pasquale de Angelis - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Alessandro Maddalena

Leonora di Vargas - Elena Souliotis

Don Carlo - Mario Sereni

Don Alvaro - Carlo Menippo

Preziosilla - Franca Mattiucci

Fra Melitone - Alfredo Mariotti

Curra - Angela Rocco

Padre Guardiano - Ivo Vinco

Mastro Trabuco - Mario Guggia

Un Alcalde - Augusto Frati

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Compact Disc; - Hardy Classic HCA 6005-2 {3CDS + 1VHS) (1998)ª

VHS Video Cassette; - Hardy Classic Video HCA 6005-2 {3CDS + 1VHS} (highlights) (1998)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:-

Orpheus - April 1999 S.61 [MB]

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Opéra International - juin 1999 No.236 p.63 [SS]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII N.126 febbraio 1999 p.81 [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo (6 March 1966). The cast listed above is that given in «È colpa amore? - Infelicita e prodigi di Elena Souliotis» by Jacopo Serafini p.273. According to this source «La RAI registrò la recita del 6 marzo 1966, che fu trasmmessa (sul 2ø canale della Televisione) il 18 febbaio 1967 alle ore 21.15.». The performance on 20 February, conducted by Capuana and with Cechele as Alvaro, is reviewed in OPERA May 1966 p.393.

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Argeo Quadri - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Manrico - James McCracken

Azucena - Fiorenza Cossotto

Leonora - Gwyneth Jones

Conte di Luna - Mario Sereni

Ferrando - Ivo Vinco

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Compact Disc; - Opera Depot OD 10246-2 {2CDRS} (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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera. The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Kurt Adler - 1966(LI:20/1/66)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Manon Lescaut - Licia Albanese

Des Grieux - Richard Tucker

Lescaut - Mario Sereni

Geronte - Donald Gramm

Edmondo - Charles Anthony

Una voce sola - Marcia Baldwin

L'oste - Russell Christopher

Il maestro di ballo - Andrea Velis

Un sergente degli arcieri - Robert Goodloe

Lampionaio - Dan Marek

Un comandante di Marina - Gene Boucher

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 3147

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (20 January 1966). This performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was made «in-house». The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1966(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Adina - Mirella Freni

Nemorino - Nicolai Gedda

Dulcamara - Renato Capecchi

Belcore - Mario Sereni

Giannetta - Angela Arena

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Black Disc - HMV «Angel» AN 180-1; HMV «Angel» SAN 180-1; ENI 3 C 165-00066/67; Angel SBL 3701

Compact Disc - EMI CDMB 69897 {2CDS} (USA)

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1967 p.538; July 1967 p.53

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La rondine by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1966(STU)

Orchestra - RCA Italiana

Chorus - RCA Italiana

Magda de Civry - Anna Moffo

Ruggero Lastouc - Daniele Barioni

Ramblado Fernandez - Mario Sereni

Lisette - Graziella Sciutti

Prunier - Piero De Palma

Yvette - Sylvia Brigham-Dimiziani

Bianca - Virginia De Notarisefani

Suzy - Franca Mattiucci

Perichaud - Mario Basiola jnr.

Gobin - Fernando Iacopucci

Crebillon - Robert Amis El Hage

Georgette - Sylvia Brigham-Dimiziani

Gabriella - Virginia De Notarisefani

Lolette - Franca Mattiucci

Rabonier - Robert Amis El Hage

Uno Studente - Fernando Iacopucci

Maggiordomo - Robert Amis El Hage

Un uomo che fischia - Alessandro Alessandroni

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Black Disc; - RCA RE 5559-5560 {2LPS} (UK) (1967)ª; RCA SER 5559-5560 {2LPS} (UK) (1967)ª; RCA DPS 2055 {2LPS} (UK) (1974)ª; RCA Victor LM 7048 {2LPS} (USA) (1967)ª; RCA Victor LSC 7048 {2LPS} (USA) (1967)ª

Compact Disc; - RCA Victor «Gold Seal» 60459-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; Lyrica LRC 010 82 {2CDS}

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

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.110; CELLETTI p.625; MET p.441; PENGUIN p.311; GIUDICI p.641, (2) p. 1051; The Opera Quarterly Vol.16 No.3 Summer 2000 p.517

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1967 p.339; January 1968 p.366; December 1974 p.1211 [JBS]; September 1990 p. [MEO]

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Opera - February 1968 p.136 [HDR]

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Gianni Raimondi

Schaunard - Clifford Harvuot

Marcello - Mario Sereni

Colline - Giorgio Tozzi

Mimi - Teresa Stratas

Musetta - Beverly Bower

Benoit - Lorenzo Alvary

Alcindoro - Andrea Velis

Parpignol - Emil Filip

Sergente dei doganieri - Edward Ghazal

Un doganiere - Lloyd Strang

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers BOH 196701 {2CDRS} (Canada)

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (4 February 1967). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1967(STU)

Orchestra - RCA Italiana

Chorus - RCA Italiana

Ernani - Carlo Bergonzi

Elvira - Leontyne Price

Carlo - Mario Sereni

Silva - Ezio Flagello

Riccardo - Fernando Iacopucci

Iago - Hartje Mueller

Giovanna - Júlia Hamari

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Black Disc; - *RCA Victor LSC 6183 {3LPS} (USA) (1968)ª; RCA Victor RE 5572-5574 {3LPS} (UK) (1968)ª; RCA Victor SER 5572-5574 (UK) (1968)ª; RCA «Red Seal» RL 42866 {3LPS} (1979)ª;; RCA LMDS 6183 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - RCA GD 86503 {2CDS} (UK) (1988)ª; *RCA 6503-2 RG {2CDS} (USA); Lyrica LRC 010 42 {2CDS} (Italy)

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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:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1968 p.377; January 1969 p.986; October 1979 p.712 [AB] ; August 1988 p. [JBS]

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Opera - December 1968 pp.1004-1005 [HDR]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.174-177 [DH2]

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.568

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

Conductor Silvio Varviso - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Carlo - Plácido Domingo

Filippo II - Cesare Siepi

Rodrigo - Mario Sereni

Il Grande Inquisitore - Ivo Vinco

Un Frate - Tugomir Franc

Elisabetta di Valois - Sena Jurinac

La principessa Eboli - Fiorenza Cossotto

Tebaldo - Hilde de Groote

Il Conte di Lerma - Heinz Zednik

Una voce dal cielo - Lotte Rysanek

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Compact Disc; - Standing Room Only SRO 850-2 {2CDS} ;; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 129-2 (& 167-2) {2CDRS} (2001)ª; House of Opera CDBB 641 (2003)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - August 1994 p.34

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Orpheus - August-September 1994 (Heft 9) p.39

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Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.64

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American Record Guide - Vol.57 No.3 May-June p.208

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (17 June 1968). The CDRs issued by Premiere were advertized as «New» in «Fall 2001». and those issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to HOO's website in December 2003 (12-22-2003).

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Faust by Charles Gounod performed in French

Conductor Ernst Märzendorfer - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Faust - Plácido Domingo

Méphistophélès - Cesare Siepi

Marguerite - Wilma Lipp

Valentin - Mario Sereni

Siébel - Hilde de Groote

Marthe - Elisabeth Höngen

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1751 (& 1516)

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Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (made «in-house» - 26 June 1968). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where the recording is stated to be «fair».

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

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

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Adina - Renata Scotto

Nemorino - Alfredo Kraus

Dulcamara - Fernando Corena

Belcore - Mario Sereni

Giannetta - Joy Clements

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 2864

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

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

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

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

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

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Adina - Roberta Peters

Nemorino - Alfredo Kraus

Dulcamara - Fernando Corena

Belcore - Mario Sereni

Giannetta - Joy Clements

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

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

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

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

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1968??(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera?

Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera?

Aida - Martina Arroyo

Radamès - Franco Corelli

Amneris - Grace Bumbry

Amonasro - Mario Sereni

Ramphis - Cesare Siepi

Il Re di Egitto - Paul Plishka

Un Messaggero - Rod MacWherter

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Compact Disc - On Stage OS 4708 {2CDS}

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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:-

Classical Express - Issue No.108 March 1999 p.6 [RB]

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Comments:- According to the notes issued with the CDs issued by On Stage this recording is of a performance at the Philadelphia Lyric Opera on February 20, 1968. According to the chronology in «Corelli - A Man, A Voice» by Marina Boagno (p.263) Corelli and Arroyo did sing in Aida in Philadelphia on this date, but the other roles were taken by M. Auseni, M. Dunn and B Giaiotti, and the performance was conducted by Guadagno. Aida was performed with the cast given at the MET on 31 May 1971. On this occasion the role not listed above, the Sacerdotessa, was sung by Carlotta Ordassy. What appears to be the same recording has been issued by Premiere Opera (CDNO 147-2)

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor George Schick - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Pilar Lorengar

Pinkerton - Sándor Kónya

Sharpless - Mario Sereni

Suzuki - Nedda Casei

Kate Pinkerton - Shirley Love

Goro - Paul Franke

Il principe Yamadori - Russell Christopher

Lo zio Bonzo - Lorenzo Alvary

Il commissario imperiale - Gene Boucher

L'ufficiale del Registro - Hal Roberts

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Compact Disc; - Bella Voce BLV 107247 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Bella Voce BLV 107246 (highligts +La fanciulla del west - Behr) {2CDS}

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

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

Comments:- The CDs issued by Bella Voce are claimed to be of a recording of the performance at the MET on 6 January 1969. If this is correct the recording must be an «in-house» one as this performance was not broadcast. However, according to Calvin M. Goodwin (OPERA-L-Thu 22 Aug 2002 09:13:07 EDT) the recording is not of a performance at the MET at all, but «appears to be a San Francisco broadcast from 1974 (18 October) with Renata Scotto, José Carreras, Judith Forst and Julian Patrick». Recordings of this performance are listed separately. The highlights included as a «fller» with the recording of La fanciulla del west» issued by Bella Voce are however, according to Goodwin, from the performance at the MET (OPERA-L-Wed 18 Sep 2002 21:11:54 EDT)

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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1969(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Riccardo - Flaviano Labò

Renato - Mario Sereni

Amelia - Montserrat Caballé

Ulrica - Erszébet Komlóssy

Oscar - Valeria Mariconda

Silvano - Giorgio Giorgetti

Samuele - Mario Rinaudo

Tom - Giovanni Gusmeroli

Un Giudice - Gabriele De Julis

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Compact Disc - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 21016 {2CDS}; Omega Opera Archive 1269

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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 publication:-

Opéra International - No.178 mars 1994 p.72

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Comments:- Recorded or broadcast on 14 October 1969. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1970(LE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Aida - Lucine Amara

Radamès - Richard Tucker

Amneris - Christa Ludwig

Ramphis - Ezio Flagello

Il Re di Egitto - Edmond Karlsrud

Una Sacerdotessa - Margaret Kalil

Un Messaggero - Rod MacWherter

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Compact Disc - Melodram MEL 26516 (+Don Carlo - excerpts - Cleva - MET - 1970) {2CDS}

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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:- It seems likely that this is a recording of part of a performance at the MET on 28 November or 8 December 1970 as these appear to be the only two occasions when these singers sang together at the MET. The role of Amonasro was sung by Cornell MacNeil and Mario Sereni on these dates. The date of February 1970 given by Hunt (A Notable Quartet p.94) appears to be incorrect as according to the «Annals of the Metropolitan Opera» Aida was not performed in that month. The CDs issued by Melodram are listed in Bongiovanni's catalogue (December 1994) p.12. Gala has also issued excerpts with these singers on their CDs entitled «Christa Ludwig - Rarities» (GL 100.596) and assigned them incorrecty to a performance at the MET on 28 February 1970. This mistake probably arose from the eleven being read as a Roman «II» by someone

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Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1970(LE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Lucia - Joan Sutherland

Edgardo - Plácido Domingo

Enrico - Mario Sereni

Raimondo - John Macurdy

Arturo - Leo Goeke

Alisa - Carlotta Ordassy

Normanno - Rod MacWherter

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Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100.581 (+La Traviata - excerpts) {2CDS} (2002)ª

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Recordings of Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera February 1959 p.86; HARRIS p.150; Opera on Record p.184; CELLETTI p.223; MARINELLI p.114; Opera on CD (1) p.34 (2) p.39 (3) p.43; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.55 p.110, No.233 p.114; MET p.113; MET(VID) p.64; PENGUIN p.78; Opéra International janvier 1995 No.187 p.19, juillet- aoüt 1997 No.215 p.10; Opera on Video p.57; GIUDICI p.190 (2) p.312; Répertoire No.107 novembre 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of part of a performance given at the MET. Lucia di Lammermoor was performed at the MET with this cast on 1 and 5 June 1970. Neither performance was broadcast. It is not certain that all the singers listed above appear on the CD issued by Gala.

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1970(LE;Kraus)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Violetta Valery - Joan Sutherland

Flora Bervoix - Jean Kraft

Annina - Loretta Di Franco

Alfredo Germont - Alfredo Kraus

Giorgio Germont - Mario Sereni

Gastone - Charles Anthony

Dottore Grenvil - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Barone Douphol - Robert Goodloe

Marchese d'Obigny - Gene Boucher

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Compact Disc; - Bella Voce BLV 107 217 (+ complete peformance - Bonynge) {2CDS} (1997)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Februar 1997 S.59 (mention)

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

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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at the MET (2 December 1970). These extractsare a «filler» on the CDs of the performance of 22 October 1970 which is also conducted by Bonynge. Not all the singers listed above appear

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Cristofori - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra

Chorus - Coro

Aida - Leyla Gencer

Radamès - Angelo Mori

Amneris - Franca Mattiucci

Amonasro - Mario Sereni

Ramphis - Ivo Vinco

Il Re di Egitto - Carlo Micalucci

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1383-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Terme di Caracalla (July 1970). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases 2004». The partial cast listed above is that given «Leyla Gencer - romanzo vero di una primadonna» by Franca Cella p.505 and in the online chronology of performances by Leyla Gencer (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). This differs slightly from the partial cast announced in OPERA August 1970 p.748. Premiere lists Guelfi and Raimondi as cast members.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia

Chorus - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia

Rodolfo - Umberto Grilli

Schaunard - Otello Borgonovo

Marcello - Mario Sereni

Colline - Alessandro Maddalena

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Lucia Cappellino

Benoit - Virgilio Carbonari

Alcindoro - Ledo Freschi

Parpignol - Guido Frabbis

Sergente dei doganieri - Bruno Tessari

Un doganiere - Uberto Scaglione

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Compact Disc; - Mondo Musica MFOH 10111 {2CDS} (1998)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Classical Express - Issue 101 August 1998 p.4 [RB]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XII - N.121 agosto-settembre 1998 p.114 [GL]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.115 noviembre 1998 pp.42-43 [JS]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.31 enero-febrero 1999 p.86 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in La Fenice (11 February 1970)

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

Conductor Kurt Adler - 1970(LI;21/3/70)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Carlo - Sándor Kónya

Filippo II - Cesare Siepi

Rodrigo - Mario Sereni

Il Grande Inquisitore - John Macurdy

Un Frate - Edmond Karlsrud

Elisabetta di Valois - Marion Lippert

La principessa Eboli - Fiorenza Cossotto

Tebaldo - Judith Forst

Il Conte di Lerma - Leo Goeke

Un Araldo Reale - Rod MacWherter

Una voce dal cielo - Margaret Kalil

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1775

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (21 March 1970). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The recording is stated to originate from an «Excellent in-house tape».

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La favorite by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1970(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Alfonso - Mario Sereni

Leonora - Fiorenza Cossotto

Fernando - Luigi Ottolini

Baldassare - Ivo Vinco

Don Gasparo - Angelo Zanotti

Ines - Renata Mattioli

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers FAV 197001 {2CDRS} (2007)ª; Fiori FI 1050 (Downloadable MP3 file - 320 KBps) (2008)ª

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Recordings of La favorite by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.74; CELLETTI p.214; Opera March 1993 p.291 - April 1993 p.416; MET p.124; MET(VID) p.75; PENGUIN p.77; GIUDICI p.212 (2) p.355

Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 15 September 1970. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca. The mp3 file issued on thr «Fiori» label may be downloaded from the website http://opera-club.net (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM). The cast listed above is that given in «50 anni di opera lirica alla Rai 1931-1980» p.195.

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1970(SE;Domingo)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Violetta Valery - Joan Sutherland

Flora Bervoix - Frederica Von Stade

Annina - Loretta Di Franco

Alfredo Germont - Plácido Domingo

Giorgio Germont - Mario Sereni

Gastone - Charles Anthony

Dottore Grenvil - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Barone Douphol - Robert Goodloe

Marchese d'Obigny - Richard Best

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Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100.581 (+Lucia di Lammermoor - excerpts) {2CDS} (2002)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at the MET (5 December 1970). It is not certain if all of the singers listed above appear on the CDs issued by Gala.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Sándor Kónya

Schaunard - Robert Goodloe

Marcello - Mario Sereni

Colline - Jerome Hines

Mimi - Dorothy Kirsten

Musetta - Colette Boky

Benoit - Richard Best

Alcindoro - Andrea Velis

Parpignol - Erbert Aldridge

Sergente dei doganieri - Peter Sliker

Un doganiere - Nicola Barbusci

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1191

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (6 March 1971). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Zubin Mehta - 1971(LI;13/3/71)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Manrico - Richard Tucker

Azucena - Shirley Verrett

Leonora - Martina Arroyo

Conte di Luna - Mario Sereni

Ferrando - Raymond Michalski

Ines - Ivanka Myhal

Ruiz - Charles Anthony

Un vecchio zingaro - Herman Marcus

Un messo - Norman Giffin

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Compact Disc; - *Bensar Records Ltd. OL 31371 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; Omega Opera Archive 1279 (& 1041); The Opera Lovers TRO 197101 {2CDRS} (Canada)

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (13 March 1971). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Faust by Charles Gounod performed in French

Conductor Alain Lombard - 1971(LI;14/10/71)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Faust - Plácido Domingo

Méphistophélès - Cesare Siepi

Marguerite - Renata Scotto

Valentin - Mario Sereni

Siébel - Frederica Von Stade

Marthe - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David

Wagner - Russell Christopher

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Black Disc - Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 146 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers FAUS 197102 {3CDRS}

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Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (14 October 1971). 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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Alzira by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Maurizio Rinaldi - 1971?(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Alzira - Ángeles Gulin

Zamoro - Gianfranco Cecchele

Gusmano - Mario Sereni

Zuma - Vera Magrini

Ovando - Marcello Munzi

Ataliba - Mario Rinaudo

Otumbo - Gianfranco Manganotti

Alvaro - Ferruccio Mazzoli

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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises V 808 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100783 (+Stifellio - highlights) {2CDS} (2006)ª

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

GIUDICI p.878 (2) p.1426; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.26

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - No.56 février 1983 p.59 [SS]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.103 septiembre 2007 pp.93-94 [FF]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 2 January 1973. According to the survey of recordings of Alzira in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL (No.262 novembre 2001 p.27) it was recorded in 1971.

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

Conductor Carlo Franci - 1972(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Adina - Renata Scotto

Nemorino - Carlo Bergonzi

Dulcamara - Fernando Corena

Belcore - Mario Sereni

Giannetta - Loretta Di Franco

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

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

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

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

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

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Faust by Charles Gounod performed in French

Conductor Martin Rich - 1972(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Faust - Plácido Domingo

Méphistophélès - Giorgio Tozzi

Marguerite - Teresa Zylis-Gara

Valentin - Mario Sereni

Siébel - Frederica Von Stade

Marthe - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David

Wagner - Russell Christopher

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1357 (& 1118); The Opera Lovers FAUS 197201 {3CDRS}

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Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (26 February 1972). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here the conductor is given incorrectly as «Lombard».

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Giovanna d'Arco by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1972(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Giovanna - Katia Ricciarelli

Carlo VII - Flaviano Labò

Giacono - Mario Sereni

Delil - Italo D' Amico

Talbot - Rosario Amore

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises V 807-2 HRE {2LPS} (1982)ª

Compact Disc; - *House of Opera - The Operas of Verdi - Volume 1 - The Early Years {1xCD-ROM} (2001)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 8092 {2CDRS}

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Recordings of Giovanna d'Arco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.924; GIUDICI p.876 (2) p.1424; MET(VID) p.353. Opéra International No.267 avril 2002 p.68

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.5 No.6 July/August 1982 p.222 [CGP]

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Opéra International - No.56 février 1983 p.59 [SS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Rome (22 May 1972). The HRE LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE September 1982 p.338

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Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1973(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Lucia - Renata Scotto

Edgardo - John Alexander

Enrico - Mario Sereni

Raimondo - Paul Plishka

Arturo - Leo Goeke

Alisa - Carlotta Ordassy

Normanno - Rod MacWherter

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Compact Disc - Bensar OL 42173 (BRO 123218) {2CDRS}

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Recordings of Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera February 1959 p.86; HARRIS p.150; Opera on Record p.184; CELLETTI p.223; MARINELLI p.114; Opera on CD (1) p.34 (2) p.39 (3) p.43; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.55 p.110, No.233 p.114; MET p.113; MET(VID) p.64; PENGUIN p.78; Opéra International janvier 1995 No.187 p.19, juillet- aoüt 1997 No.215 p.10; Opera on Video p.57; GIUDICI p.190 (2) p.312; Répertoire No.107 novembre 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (21 April 1973). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Armando Gatto - 1973(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia

Chorus - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia

Violetta Valery - Teresa Zylis-Gara

Flora Bervoix - Anna Assandri

Annina - Anna Lia Bazzani

Alfredo Germont - Gianluigi Colmagro

Giorgio Germont - Mario Sereni

Gastone - Oslavio Di Credico

Dottore Grenvil - Carlo Padoan

Barone Douphol - Alessandro Maddalena

Marchese d'Obigny - Giovanni Antonini

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro La Fenice di Venezia (10 February 1973). The cast listed above is that given in «Il Teatro La Fenice - Cronologia degli Spettacoli 1938-1991» p.289. «Luchetti» is listed as a cast member in mr. tape's catalogue and Veriano Luchetti did sing in some performances, but not on 10 February 1973. The performance on 1 February 1973 in which he did sing is reviewed in OPERA May 1973 p.460.

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La battaglia di Legnano by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Maurizio Rinaldi - 1973(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Lida - Rita Orlandi Malaspina

Arrigo - Gianfranco Cecchele

Rolando - Mario Sereni

Federico Barbarossa - Mario Rinaudo

Primo Console - Franco Calabrese

Secondo Console - Alfredo Giacomotti

Marcovaldo - Giuseppe Morresi

Il Podesta di Como - Massimiliano Malaspina

Imelda - Vera Magrini

Un Araldo - Marcello Munzi

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers BAT 197301 {2CDRS}

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Recordings of La battaglia di Legnano by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.856; GIUDICI p.896, (2) p.1448; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.1 p.300; Opéra International No.271 septembre 2002 p.20

Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 18 December 1973. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1974(LE;Domingo - Molnar Talajic)

Orchestra - Arena di Verona

Chorus - Arena di Verona

Aida - Liljana Molnar-Talajic

Radamès - Plácido Domingo

Amneris - Stella Silva

Amonasro - Mario Sereni

Ramphis - Bonaldo Giaiotti

Il Re di Egitto - Gianfranco Casarini

Una Sacerdotessa - Luisa Vannini

Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 592 (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

Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at the Verona Arena (10 August 1974). The cast listed above is that given in the Programme Book of the Verona Festival 1988 p.89. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»

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

Conductor Max Rudolf - 1974(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Adina - Judith Blegen

Nemorino - Luciano Pavarotti

Dulcamara - Ezio Flagello

Belcore - Mario Sereni

Giannetta - Loretta Di Franco

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Compact Disc - House of Opera CDWW 314 {2CDRS}

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

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

Comments:- The CDRs issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue for a short time in March 2003 where the date of the performance that was recorded is given as 19 October 1973. However, according to the «Met Annals», the cast listed (as given above) only appeared together on 25 February, 5, 13 March 1974. On 19 October 1973 Roberta Peters sang Adina and Christine Weidinger sang Giannetta. None of these performances was broadcast. However, that on 6 April 1974 was, but in this John Reardon sang Belcore.

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1974(LI;Bergonzi - Molnar-Talajic)

Orchestra - Arena di Verona

Chorus - Arena di Verona

Aida - Liljana Molnar-Talajic

Radamès - Carlo Bergonzi

Amneris - Maria Luisa (Bordin) Nave

Amonasro - Mario Sereni

Ramphis - Gianni Brunelli

Il Re di Egitto - Gianfranco Casarini

Una Sacerdotessa - Luisa Vannini

Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma

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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 in the Verona Arena (21 July 1974). The cast listed above is that given in the programme book for the 1988 festival p.89.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor James Levine - 1976(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - Allan Monk

Marcello - Mario Sereni

Colline - Paul Plishka

Mimi - Montserrat Caballé

Musetta - Maralin Niska

Benoit - Italo Tajo

Alcindoro - Italo Tajo

Parpignol - Arthur Apy

Sergente dei doganieri - Edward Ghazal

Un doganiere - Herman Marcus

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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CV 084 {1xAudio-DVDR} (Australia) (2007)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Metropolitan Opera (27 March 1976). This performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was made «in-house». The DVDR issued by Celestial Audio is listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Ottavio Ziino - 1976(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Leonora di Vargas - Ángeles Gulin

Don Carlo - Mario Sereni

Don Alvaro - Carlo Bergonzi

Preziosilla - Giuseppina Dalle Molle

Fra Melitone - Domenico Trimarchi

Padre Guardiano - Mario Rinaudo

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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 in the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (2 May 1976). See OPERA August 1976 p.763. The Compact Cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000

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Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Macbeth - Mario Sereni

Lady Macbeth - Olivia Stapp

Banco - Agostino Ferrin

Macduff - Ottavio Garaventa

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

HARRIS p.162; Opera on Record p.201; CELLETTI p.936; Opera on CD (1) p.47 (2) p.53 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.40 p.106, mise à jour septembre 2000; MET p.573; MET(VID) p.359; PENGUIN p.487; GIUDICI p.881 (2) p.1431; Opéra International No.72 septembre 1994 p.112; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.8; International Opera Collector Winter 1998 No.10 p.32; Opéra Interational février 1999 No.232 p.68, No.266 mars 2002 p.18

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro dell' Opera di Roma (5 February 1977; see OPERA September 1977 p.893). The Compact Cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000.

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Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor James Levine - 1978(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Luisa - Katia Ricciarelli

Rodolfo - José Carreras

Miller - Mario Sereni

Walter - Paul Plishka

Federica - Mignon Dunn

Wurm - John Cheek

Laura - Shirley Love

Contadino - Lou Marcella

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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 624 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2007)ª

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

HARRIS p.160; Opera on Record 2 p.129; CELLETTI p.930; Opera on CD (1) p.48 (2) p.55 (3) p.60; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.151 p.78; MET p.579; MET(VID) p.363; PENGUIN p.486; Opera Quarterly Vol.10 No.3 1994 p.195; GIUDICI p.897 (2) p.1450; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.1 p.326; Orpheus August-September 2001 S.86; Opéra International octobre 2001 No.261 p.20; Gramophone July 2003 p.36

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (4 or 9 December 1978). The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) listed on their website as «WHAT'S NEW; July 2007» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1979(LE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

La Gioconda - Grace Bumbry

Enzo - Carlo Bergonzi

Barnaba - Ferdinand Radovan

Laura - Bruna Baglioni

Alvise - Paul Plishka

La Cieca - Jocelyne Taillon

Zuàne - Gene Boucher

Un Cantore - William Mellow

Isèpo - Paul Franke

Un Pilota - Herman Marcus

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Compact Disc - Gala GLH 821 {1CD}

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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 part of a performance at the MET (12 or 15 December 1979; see OPERA April 1980 pp.356-357). Calvin M. Goodwin has kindly provided me with the following information. When the Gala CD was first issued, although labeled as being from the performance at the MET on 12 December 1979, it was in fact from a performance in 1976 with Martina Arroyo and Misha Raitzin. Subsequently, Gala reissued the CD with a recording of excerpts from a performance in 1979. According to the label on the Gala CD, Barnaba was sung by Louis Quilico, but, according to the MET Annals, Quilico did not sing in any performance of «La Gioconda» with Grace Bumbry that season. The two Barnabas that she sang with were Mario Sereni and Ferdinand Radovan. As the singer is clearly not Sereni it must be Radovan who is in fact listed in the booklet which accompanies the Gala CD!. Radovan sang in two performances (12,15 December 1979) and it is not clear from which the recording (made «in house») issued by Gala comes. The cast given above is that for that on 12 December (date claimed by Gala). There was only one change in the cast for 15 December, Isepo was sung by Andrea Velis. Not all the singers listed above appear on the Gala CD.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Boris Brott - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - Chorus

Rodolfo - Gianfranco Pastine

Marcello - Mario Sereni

Colline - Giulio Kukurugyas

Mimi - Gabriella Tucci

Musetta - Judith Forst

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DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVD 1127

VHS Video Cassette - Lyric Distribution Incorporated #1127 (NTSC)

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

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

Comments:- Video recording of a performance in Hamilton, Canada (December 1979).

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Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea performed in Italian

Conductor Thomas Fulton - 1983(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Adriana Lecouvreur - Renata Scotto

Maurizio - Plácido Domingo

Principe di Bouillon - Ara Berberian

Principessa di Bouillon - Viorica Cortez

Michonnet - Mario Sereni

Quinault - Andrij Dobriansky

Poisson - Paul Franke

Mlle. Jouvenot - Louise Wohlafka

Mlle. Dangeville - Isola Jones

L'Abate di Chazeuil - Andrea Velis

Un maggiordomo - Donald Peck

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 3623

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (21 February 1983). The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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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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