(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*
*AUDIO **VIDEO ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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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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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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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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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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; «Musica 99» p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(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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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.99; CELLETTI p.880; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.52 (3) p.57; MET p.570; MET(VID) p.350; PENGUIN p.477 GIUDICI p.867 (2) p.1414; Opéra International No.222 mars 1998 p.54, No.265 février 2002 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - 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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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; «Musica 99» p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(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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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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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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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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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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - 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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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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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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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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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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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)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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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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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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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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20
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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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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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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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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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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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 December 1963). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» by Paul Jackson pp.443-446
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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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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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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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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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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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; «Musica 99» p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16
Comments:- 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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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
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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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.95; Opera on Record p.173; CELLETTI p.205; Opera on CD (1) p.35 (2) p.40 (3) p.45; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.95 p.90; MARINELLI p.103; MET p.102; MET(VID) p.56; PENGUIN p.74; Opera on Video p.61; GIUDICI p.172; Opéra International novembre 1997 No.218 p.20; American Record Guide September/October2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following 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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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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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.99; CELLETTI p.880; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.52 (3) p.57; MET p.570; MET(VID) p.350; PENGUIN p.477 GIUDICI p.867 (2) p.1414; Opéra International No.222 mars 1998 p.54, No.265 février 2002 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera 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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Conductor Joseph Rosenstock - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Falstaff - Geraint Evans
Fenton - George Shirley
Ford - Mario Sereni
Dr. Cajus - Mariano Caruso
Bardolfo - Andrea Velis
Pistola - Norman Scott
Alice Ford - Gabriella Tucci
Nannetta - Judith Raskin
Meg Page - Mildred Miller
Mistress Quickly - Regina Resnik
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1657
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Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- Recording of performance at the MET (23 January 1965). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor 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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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
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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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the 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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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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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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Opera - July 1967 p.590
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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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Opera News - September 9 1967 p.30
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; «Musica 99» p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16
Comments:- 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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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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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)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (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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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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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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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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)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.95; Opera on Record p.173; CELLETTI p.205; Opera on CD (1) p.35 (2) p.40 (3) p.45; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.95 p.90; MARINELLI p.103; MET p.102; MET(VID) p.56; PENGUIN p.74; Opera on Video p.61; GIUDICI p.172; Opéra International novembre 1997 No.218 p.20; American Record Guide September/October2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
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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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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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}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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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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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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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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 4391
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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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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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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
Comments:- Recording of 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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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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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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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 2505
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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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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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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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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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman 01928
Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers FOR 197601 {3CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
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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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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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00791
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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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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.160; Opera on Record 2 p.129; CELLETTI p.930; Opera on CD (1) p.48 (2) p.55 (3) p.60; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.151 p.78; MET p.579; MET(VID) p.363; PENGUIN p.486; Opera Quarterly Vol.10 No.3 1994 p.195; GIUDICI p.897 (2) p.1450; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.1 p.326; Orpheus August-September 2001 S.86; Opéra International octobre 2001 No.261 p.20; Gramophone July 2003 p.36
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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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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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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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).
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