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Andrea Chénier - Beniamino Gigli

Carlo Gérard - Gino Bechi

Madeleine di Coigny - Maria Caniglia

La mulatta Bersi - Maria Huder

La Contessa di Coigny - Giulietta Simionato

Madelon - Vittoria Palombini

Roucher - Italo Tajo

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Leone Paci

Fouquier Tinville - Giuseppe Taddei

Un Incredible - Adelio Zagonora

Pietro Fléville - Giuseppe Taddei

L'abate - Adelio Zagonora

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Black Disc - HMV DB 5423-35(13x78s); HMV DB 9050-62 (13x78s;AC) World Record Club H 105/6 {2LPS}; RCA Victor LCT 6014 {2LPS} Seraphim IB 6019 {2LPS}; Melodiya M10 37377-80 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - *EMI CHS 7 69996-2 {2CDS} (1989)ª; Phonograph PH 5063/64 {2CDS}; Arkadia 78012 {2CDS} ; Naxos «Historical» 8.110275-76 (+excerpts) {2CDS} (2003)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1968 p.560 January 1990 p. [JBS]

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Opera - December 1952 pp.749-750 [H]; December 1968 p.1006 [HDR]

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Opera Now - March/April 1998 p.99 [GH]

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Fanfare - Vol.27 No.6 July/August 2004 pp.100-101 [JM]

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Orpheus - April 1997 S.56; Juli+August 2004 S.65 [LW]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.4 Winter 1990/91 pp.192-194 [LG]

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Diapason - No.509 décembre 2003 p.130 [PK]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.177 p.125

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American Record Guide - April 1954 Vol.20 No.8 p.253 [PHR]: January/February 1990 Vol.53 No.1 p.134 [VAL]

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 71 May/June 1991 p.146

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Classical Express - Issue No.80 November 1996 p.6

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International Opera Collector - Summer 1997 No.4 p.98

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ARSC Journal - Vol.30 No.1 Spring 1999 p.54 [CB] : Vol.35 No.2 Fall 2004 pp.301-302 [EAM]

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ARSC Journal - Vol.30 No.1 Spring 1999 p.54 [CB]: Vol.35 No.2 Fall 2004 pp.301-302 [EAM]

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Répertoire - No.97 décembre 1996 p.37

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Musica (Milano) - No.100 Ottobre-Novembre 1996 p.129

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.66 diciembre 2003 p.84 [JV]

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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1946(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Chorus - Grand Théâtre de Genève

Riccardo - Mario Del Monaco

Renato - Piero Biasini

Amelia - Carla Castellani

Ulrica - Giulietta Simionato

Oscar - Marisa Morel

Silvano - Arsenio Giunta

Samuele - Carlo Badioli

Tom - Gino Belloni

Un Giudice - Luigi Nardi

Un servo - Luigi Nardi

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Compact Disc; - Cascavelle RSR 6167 {2CDS} (2003)ª; *Bongiovanni GB 1185/6-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Myto 2 MCD 034 H 081 {2CDS} (2003)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - September+Oktober 2004 S.62 [IW]

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Opéra International - No.284 novembre 2003 pp.71-72 [SS}

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Diapason - No.509 décembre 2003 pp.131-132 [MP]

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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2004 p.102 [JTH]

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International Record Review - September 2004 p.34 [JTH]

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American Record Guide - March/April 2006 Vol.69 No.2 p.249 [CHP]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.180 febbraio 2004 pp.99-101 [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Grand Théâtre, Genève on 8 May 1946. The CDs issued by Cascavelle are listed the in onlne catalogue of The Swiss National Sound Archive as having been received on 3 June 2003 (click link below) and those issued by Bongiovanni in their catalogue published in December 2003.

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Nerone by Arrigo Boito performed in Italian

Conductor Arturo Toscanini - 1948(LE)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Simon Mago - Cesare Siepi

Fanuel - Frank Guarrera

Asteria - Herva Nelli

Rubria - Giulietta Simionato

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Black Disc - Historical Operatic Performances Edition HOPE 222 Morgan MOR 4801 (+Mefistofele - excerpts) {3LPS} Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 257 (+Mefistofele - excerpts) {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Guild GHCD 2307/O8 (+excerpts of other operas conducted by Toscanini) {2CDS} (2004)ª

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

CELLETTI p.125

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - September+Oktober 2005 S.60-S.61 [EP]

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

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Comments:- A recording of a performance of Act 3 and Act 4 part 2 at La Scala (10 June 1948). Giuseppe Nessi and Ebe Ticozzi also take part. See «Simionato - How Cinderella became Queen» by Jean-Jacques Hanine Roussel pp.51-52

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1949(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Figaro - Enzo Mascherini

Il Conte Almaviva - Giuseppe di Stefano

Rosina - Giulietta Simionato

Dr. Bartolo - Gerhard Pechner

Don Basilio - Cesare Siepi

Berta - Concha de los Santos

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Compact Disc - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 105; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 347/8 {2CDS}

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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

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Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Karl Böhm - 1949(LI)

Orchestra - L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Chorus - Grand Théâtre de Genève

Fiordiligi - Suzanne Danco

Dorabella - Giulietta Simionato

Despina - Marisa Morel

Ferrando - Libero De Luca

Guglielmo - Marcello Cortis

Don Alfonso - Mariano Stabile

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Black Disc - Rodolphe RP 12456-12458 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Urania «Archivo Storico» URN 22.121 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0067 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.128: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.132-136; Opera June 1968 p.451; Opera on Record p.86; CELLETTI p.451; Opera on CD (1) p.20 (2) p.24 (3) p.26; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.131-32 p.74; MET p.315;MET(VID) p.176; PENGUIN p.226; Stereophile Vol.14 No.8 August 1991 p.174; Classic CD April 1996 p.32; GIUDICI p.476 (2) p.804; BBC Music Magazine May 1997p.51; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.57-58

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Mai 2000 S.60 [GH]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.4 No.4 Winter 1986/7 pp.86-88 [RP]; Vol.16 No.4 Autumn 2000 pp.673-677 [ETG]

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Opéra International - No.243 février 2000 p.72 [AF]

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Classical Express - Issue No.118 January 2000 p.3 [SJT]

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Classic Record Collector - Winter 2000 No.23 pp.100-101 [JTH]

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Répertoire - No.132 février 2000 p.91

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.77 enero-febrero 2005 p.82 [JR]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance on 14 January 1949

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La favorite by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1949(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Alfonso - Enzo Mascherini

Leonora - Giulietta Simionato

Fernando - Giuseppe di Stefano

Baldassare - Cesare Siepi

Don Gasparo - Francisco Tortolero

Ines - Rosa Rodríguez

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 319 {2LPS} (1969)ª; Cetra LO 2/3 «Opera Live» {3LPS}; Raritas RAR 406

Compact Disc; - Standing Room Only SRO 816; Myto «Historical» 2CD994 H036 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 657-2 {2CDRS}

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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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.23 No.5 May/June 2000 pp.152-153 [BR}

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Classical Express - May 2000 p.5 [MT]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Palacio de la Bellas Artes, Mexico City (12 July 1949). According to the «EJS Discography» (p.282) and to the Discography ofDi Stefano's recordings (The Record Collector Vol.39 No.3 p.278) the conductor was Renato Cellini. The «EJS Discography» also gives the year as 1950, but 1949 is also mentioned. The performance chronology and discography in «Simionato» by Jean-Jacques Hanine Roussel (p.261, p.301) gives the conductor as Picco and the year as 1949, and does not mention a performance of «La favorita» in Mexico Cityin 1950. An advertisment in GRAMOPHONE (December 1977 p.1082) gives the year as 1950 and the conductor as Cellini. The balance of evidence seems to be in favour of Cellini as the conductor and 1949 as the year. Hovever Bob Rose writing in Fanfare (Nay/Jume 2000 p,153) concluded that the conductor was most probably Picco

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Mignon by Ambroise Thomas performed in Italian

Conductor Guido Picco - 1949(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Mignon - Giulietta Simionato

Philine - Verdad Luz Guajardo

Wilhelm Meister - Giuseppe di Stefano

Lothario - Cesare Siepi

Laerte - Gilberto Cerda

Jarno - Ignacio Ruffino

Frédéric - Graciela Milera

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Black Disc - Historical Operatic Treasure ERR 112

Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 216-2 {2CDS} (1996)ª; Bongiovani «The Golden Age of Opera» GAO 128-9 (Highlights + Rigoletto -; Highlights + other excerpts) (1992)ª; MYTO 2MCD 0005 {2CDS}; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 815 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Gebhardt JGCD 0005 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Arkadia «The Golden Age» GA 2018 {2CDS} (2000)ª

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Recordings of Mignon by Ambroise Thomas are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.128; CELLETTI p.810; MET p.562;

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - January 17 1998 p.38 [BZ]

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Orpheus - April 1997 S.57; November 1999 S.92 [IW]

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Opéra International - mars 1999 No.233 p.75 [SS]

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American Record Guide - November/December 1999 Vol.62 No.6 p.297 [MM]

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International Classical Record Collector - Spring 2000 No.20 pp.102-103 [JTH]

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International Record Review - February 2001 p.106 [PO'C]

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Classical Express - Issue No.84 March 1997 p.2

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI - N.108 - maggio 1997 p.98: Anno XIV N.142 luglio- agosto 2000 p.98 [GL]: Anno XIV N.145 novembre 2000 pp.99-100 [MG]

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Musica (Milano) - N.121 novembre 2000 p.107 (mention) [PA]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.43 enero-febrero 2001 p.96 [JS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City (28 June 1949). The GOP CDs are advertized in L'OPERA (MILANO) No.132 settembre 1999p.59 and the Gebhardt CDs are listed in GRAMOPHONE October 1999 p.162

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Werther by Jules Massenet performed in Italian

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1949(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Werther - Giuseppe di Stefano

Charlotte - Giulietta Simionato

Sophie - Eugenia Roccabruna

Albert - Fausto Del Prado

Le Bailli - Ignacio Ruffino

Johann - Gilberto Cerda

Schmidt - Francesco Tondolero

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 547 {2LPS} (1971)ª; Cetra «Opera Live» LO 30/3 {3LPS}; Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 111 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 817 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 338-339 {2CDS} ; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1143-2 {2CDRS}

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

Opera on Record p.495; CELLETTI p.405; Opera on CD (1) p.95 (2) p.105 (3) p.119; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.61 p.104; MET p.239; PENGUIN p.207; Répertoire No.89 mars 1996 p.13; GIUDICI p.362 (2) p.634; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.69 No.3 p.66; International Opera Collector Autumn 1997 No.5 p.22

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.142 luglio-agosto 2000 p.98 [GL]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2001 No.139 p.47 [JS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Mexico City 26 July 1949. The «EJS» Discography (p.567) gives 3 July 1949 on which date Simionato does not appear to have sung in Werther (see performance chronology in «Giulietta Simionato - How Cinderella became Queen» by Jean-Jacques Hanine Roussel p.261)

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La cenerentola by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Mario Rossi - 1949(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Cenerentola - Giulietta Simionato

Clorinda - Ornella Rovero

Tisbe - Miti Truccato Pace

Don Ramiro - Cesare Valletti

Dandini - Saturno Meletti

Don Magnifico - Christiano Dalamangas

Alindoro - Vito Susca

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Black Disc - Cetra LPC 1208 {2LPS}; Cetra OLPC 1208/1-2 {2LPS} Cetra Soria 1208 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDON 34 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Warner Fonit 5046 71042-2 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of La cenerentola by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.98; CELLETTI p.712; Opera on CD (1) p.30 (2) p.34 (3) p.37; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.85 p.100; MET p.489; MET(VID) p.287; PENGUIN p.356; Opera on Video p.51; GIUDICI p.717 (2) p.1192; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 1951 p.219; February 1962 p.417

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Opera - April 1962 p.269

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Orpheus - Oktober 1995 S.60

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Opéra International - mai 1996 No.202 p.59

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Diapason - No.424 mars 1996 p.123

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American Record Guide - December 1950 Vol.17 No.4 p.141 [JN]: January/February 1996 Vol.59 No.1 p.243 [LM]

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Répertoire - No.85 novembre 1995 p.68

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.189 dicembre 2004 p.104 [GL]

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Comments:- Recorded on 18 September 1949

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Guido Picco - 1950(LE)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Aida - Maria Callas

Radamès - Kurt Baum

Amneris - Giulietta Simionato

Amonasro - Robert Weede

Ramphis - Nicola Moscona

Il Re di Egitto - Ignacio Ruffino

Una Sacerdotessa - Rosa Rodríguez

Un Messaggero - Carlos Sagarminaga

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Compact Disc; - Eklipse EKR 44 (+Turandot - excerpts) {1CD}; DiVa 1112 (+Turandot - excerpts) {1CD} (2000)ª; Archipel ARPCD 0010-1 (+Il trovatore - excerpts) {1CD} (2001)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Juli 1995 S.58

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (4) p.13

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.40 julio-agosto 2000 p.100, p.102 [TE]

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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at the Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City (3 June 1950)

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Guido Picco - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Aida - Maria Callas

Radamès - Kurt Baum

Amneris - Giulietta Simionato

Amonasro - Robert Weede

Ramphis - Nicola Moscona

Il Re di Egitto - Ignacio Ruffino

Una Sacerdotessa - Rosa Rodríguez

Un Messaggero - Carlos Sagarminaga

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Black Disc - Unique Opera Records UORC-200; Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 310-3

Compact Disc; - Instituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 343-344 {2CDS};; Melodram 26009; Golden Melodram GM 2.0015 (Callas Edition Live Vol.1) {10CDS};; Fono Enterprise FONO 016/7 {2CDS} (2001)ª; The Opera Lovers AID 194301

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Dezember 2000 S.73 [GH]

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (4) p.13

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City (30 May 1950). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Umberto Mugnai - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Santuzza - Giulietta Simionato

Turiddu - Mario Filippeschi

Alfio - Carlo Morelli

Lola - Concha de los Santos

Lucia - Luz Maria Faran

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Recordings of Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.64; Opera on Record p.542; CELLETTI p.380; MARINELLI p.435; Opera on CD(1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.130; MET p.220; MET(VID) p.124; PENGUIN p.195; GIUDICI p.140; Opéra International mai 1999 No.235 p.66; Répertoire No.130 décembre 1999 p.86; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Palacio de las Bellas Artes (13 or 18 June 1950)

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Norma by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Guido Picco - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Norma - Maria Callas

Adalgisa - Giulietta Simionato

Pollione - Kurt Baum

Oroveso - Nicola Moscona

Clotilde - Concha de los Santos

Flavio - Carlos Sagarminaga

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Compact Disc; - Melodram 26018 {2CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 2.0015 (Callas Edition; Live Vol.1) {10CDS}; Urania «Archivo Storico» URN 22.133 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Myto «Historical» H044 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Fono Enterprise FONO 0014/5 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Arkadia «The Golden Age of Opera» GA 2043 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Great Opera Performances G.F.C. 004/05 {2CDS} (2003)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 2000 p.48 (mention) [RC]; May 2000 p.116 [JBS]

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Orpheus - Mai 2000 S.60 [GH]

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (4) p.10

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Classical Express - Issue 97 April 1998 p.3 [JP]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City (23 May 1950)

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Guido Picco - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Manrico - Kurt Baum

Azucena - Giulietta Simionato

Leonora - Maria Callas

Conte di Luna - Leonard Warren

Ferrando - Nicola Moscona

Ines - Ana María Feuss

Ruiz - Carlos Sagarminaga

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Black Disc - Historic Recording Enterprises HRE 207-2 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Melodram 26017 {2CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 2.0015 (Callas Edition; Live Vol.1 (10CDS}; Fono Enterprise FONO 020/21 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Arkadia «The Golden Age of Opera» GA 2048 {2CDS} (2001)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.17 (2) p.19 (4) p.18

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Palacio de las Bella Artes, Mexico City (20 June 1950)

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1950(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Figaro - Giuseppe Taddei

Il Conte Almaviva - Luigi Infantino

Rosina - Giulietta Simionato

Dr. Bartolo - Carlo Badioli

Don Basilio - Antonio Cassinelli

Berta - Renata Broilo

Fiorello - Piero Poldi

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Black Disc - Cetra OLPC 1211/1-3 {3LPS}; D.G.G. 18170-72 LPM {3LPS} Cetra-Soria 1211 {3LPS}; Balkanton BOA 1649-1651 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Cetra CDO 6 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Preiser Records 20009 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Aura LRC 1128 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Warner Fonit 5046 71224-2 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1962 p.204; February 2005 p.85 [PO'C]

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Fanfare - Vol.17 No.3 January-February 1994 p.284

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Orpheus - Heft 9+10 September+Oktober 2003 S.80-S.81 [DN]

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American Record Guide - Vol.17 No.8 April 1951 p.263 [PHR]: Vol.57 No.3 May-June 1994 p.219

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

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Il matrimonio segreto by Domenico Cimarosa performed in Italian

Conductor Manno Wolf-Ferrari - 1950(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Carolina - Alda Noni

Elisetta - Ornella Rovero

Paolino - Cesare Valletti

Geronimo - Sesto Bruscantini

Fidalma - Giulietta Simionato

Il conte Robinson - Antonio Cassinelli

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Black Disc - Cetra OLPC 1214/1-3 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDO 32 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Mondo Musica MMO 91102 (+La serva padrona) {3CDS} ;; Warner Fonit 5046-62907-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of Il matrimonio segreto by Domenico Cimarosa are surveyed in the following publications:-

American Record Guide January 1959 Vol.25 No.5 pp.312-315; CELLETTI p.168; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.175 p.104; MARINELLI p.38; GIUDICI p.141 (2) p.235

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1962 p.362; August (published June) 2003 p.75 [PO'C]

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Opera - April 1962 p.268

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Opera News - February 1996 p.41

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Orpheus - August/September 1995 S.81; Februar 2001 S.61 [SL]

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Opéra International - septembre 1995 No.194 p.68

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Diapason - No.424 mars 1996 p.95

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American Record Guide - November/December 1995 Vol.58 No.6 p.285

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Répertoire - No.83 septembre 1995 p.36

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVII N.172 maggio 2003 p.98 [MG]

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Werther by Jules Massenet performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Capuana - 1951(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Werther - Ferruccio Tagliavini

Charlotte - Giulietta Simionato

Sophie - Dora Gatta

Albert - Gino Orlandini

Le Bailli - Sesto Bruscantini

Johann - Enrico Campi

Schmidt - Vittorio Pandano

Kätchen - Ilva Ligabue

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 07829

Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni GB 1101/2-2 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Myto 2 MCD H066 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. 2659-2 {2CDRS} (2007)ª

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

Opera on Record p.495; CELLETTI p.405; Opera on CD (1) p.95 (2) p.105 (3) p.119; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.61 p.104; MET p.239; PENGUIN p.207; Répertoire No.89 mars 1996 p.13; GIUDICI p.362 (2) p.634; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.69 No.3 p.66; International Opera Collector Autumn 1997 No.5 p.22

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.18 No.1 September/October 1994 p.250

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Orpheus - November 1994 S.63; Heft 7+8 Juli+August 2003 S.80 [IW]

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Opéra International - avril 1997 No.212 p.55

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The Record Collector - Vol.40 No.2 April, May, June 1995 p.149

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American Record Guide - November/December 1994 Vol.57 No.6 p.258

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (21 April 1951). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» dated Wed 11 July 2007.

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1951(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Aida - Caterina Mancini

Radamès - Mario Filippeschi

Amneris - Giulietta Simionato

Amonasro - Rolando Panerai

Ramphis - Giulio Neri

Il Re di Egitto - Antonio Massaria

Un Messaggero - Salvatore De Tommaso

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Black Disc - Cetra LPC 1228 {3LPS}; D.G.G. 18173-75 LPM {3LPS} Cetra Soria 1228 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Warner Fonit 8573 83010-2 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Cantus Classics 500 319 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Preiser Records 20042 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Warner Fonit 5050467 7918-2 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - Awards Issue 2005 p.115 [AB]

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Fanfare - Vol.29 No.4 March/April 2006 pp.228-229 [JM]

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American Record Guide - December 1951 Vol.18 No.4 p.112, p.132 [PHR]: March/April 2006 Vol.69 No.2 p.249 [KM]

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International Record Review - February 2001 p.107 [RTL]: February 2006 p.28 [JTH]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.142 luglio-agosto 2000 pp.104-105 [GL]: Anno XX N.201 gennaio 2006 pp.85-86 [MG]

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Comments:- Recorded on 12 June 1951. A disc with highlights from this recording is reviewed in THE GRAMOPHONE October 1961 p.221

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Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda by Claudio Monteverdi performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Tancredi - Cesare Valletti

Clorinda - Ornella Rovero

Testo - Giulietta Simionato

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 453 (+Julie) {1LP} (1968)ª; Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 301-2 (+Cavalleria Rusticana) {2LPS} (1980)ª

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Recordings of Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda by Claudio Monteverdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.427; Gramophone October 1993 p.32

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro San Carlo, Naples (12 April 1952)

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Gli Orazi ed i Curiazi by Domenico Cimarosa performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1952(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Curiazio - Giulietta Simionato

Orazia - Angela Vercelli

Marco Orazio - Tomaso Spataro

Sabina - Renata Broilo

Publio Orazio - Gino Del Signore

Augure - Leonardo Wolovsky

Licinio - Walter Artioli

Sacerdote - Dario Caselli

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Compact Disc; - Melodram CDM 29500 {2CDS}; Urania URN 22.264 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Cantus Classics 500691 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Gli Orazi ed i Curiazi by Domenico Cimarosa are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.170

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.14 No.4 March/April 1991 pp.188-190 [DJ]

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Opéra International - No.297 janvier 2005 p.75 [JC]

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Classic Record Collector - Spring 2005 p.103 [JTH]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 13 April 1952

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Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Arturo Basile - 1952?(RA)

Orchestra - Orchestra Lirica della Cetra di Torino

Chorus - Coro della Cetra di Torino

Santuzza - Giulietta Simionato

Turiddu - Achille Braschi

Alfio - Carlo Tagliabue

Lola - Fernanda Cadoni

Lucia - Liliana Pellegrino

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Black Disc - Cetra OLPC 1238/1-3 {3LPS} (+Pagliacci) (UK); Cetra Soria 1233 {2LPS}; Cetra CS 558/559 {2LPS} (France) *Concert Hall GM-2238 (+Pagliacci) {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDO 27 (+Pagliacci) {2CDS} (1994)ª; Warner Fonit 8573 87271-2 {1CD} (2001)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 - June 1961 p.24 [PHW]

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Opera - December 1994 p.1391

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Opera Now - January/February 2002 pp.92-93 [ST]

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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.2 November/December 1994 p.292

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Opéra International - juin 1995 No.192 p.67

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Disques (Nouvelle Série) - No.60-61 Noël 1953 p.687 [JB]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.154 luglio-agosto 2001 pp.114-115 (mention)

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American Record Guide - June 1952 Vol.18 No.10 p.296 [MDS]

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Répertoire - No.73 octobre 1994 p.92

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Comments:- The year of this recording is sometimes given as 1953, but this is almost certainly incorrect as the LPs issued by Cetra-Soria appeared for the first time in «Schwann» dated May 1952 and were reviewed in ARG June 1952. What appears to be this recording was broadcast by RAI Torino on 14 July 1953 (see 50 anni di opera lirica alla Rai 1931-1980 p.125) and this may account for 1953 being given as the year of the recording. According to «Simionato - How Cinderella became Queen» p.296 the recording was made in 1952, but it is not mentioned in the performance chronology. The year is given as 1949 in the review in Disques.

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor John Barbirolli - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Aida - Maria Callas

Radamès - Kurt Baum

Amneris - Giulietta Simionato

Amonasro - Jess Walters

Ramphis - Giulio Neri

Il Re di Egitto - Michael Langdon

Una Sacerdotessa - Joan Sutherland

Un Messaggero - Hector Thomas

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Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 187-2 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Golden Melodram GM 20035 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Archipel ARPCD {2CDS} (2003)ª; Testament SBT2 1355 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 2005 p.97 [AB]

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Orpheus - August/September 1995 p.84: März 1999 S.58 [GH]; Dezember 2000 S.73 [GH] Mai+Juni 2005 S.59 [GH]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol 22 No.1 Winter 2006 (published February 2007) pp.176-177 [RB]

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American Record Guide - July/August 1995 Vol.58 No.4 p.215 [RVL]: July/August 2005 Vol.68 No.4 p.268 [RVL]

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International Opera Collector - Spring 1998 No.7 p.81 [MS]

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Classical Express - Issue No.110 May 1999 p.6 [JP]

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International Record Review - March 2005 p.84, p.86 [RP]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.32 marzo-abril 1999 p.98 [LB]: No.65 noviembre 2003 p.83 [AG]: No.82 julio-agosto 2005 p.89 [JV]

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

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (10 June 1953). The performance of 4 June is reviewed in OPERA, July 1953 p.436

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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in Italian

Conductor Artur Rodzinsky - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Carmen - Giulietta Simionato

Don José - Franco Corelli

Micaëla - Sena Jurinac

Escamillo - Ugo Savarese

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Black Disc - Edizione Lirica EL 01 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 114-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Archipel 0130 {2CDS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42: No.547 S mai 2007 p.122; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Heft 7+8 Juli+August 2003 S.81 [GH]

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Comments:- A slightly abridged recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples (19 December 1953). The LPs issued on the Edizione Lirica label are listed in the «Canfield Guide to Classical Recordings» 5th Edition where the year is incorrectly given as 1952 and the singer of the role of Escamillo is incorrectly given as Tagliabue. The CDRs issued by Premiere were advertized as «New» in «Fall 2001». Carlo Marinelli lists the following additional cast members in ODE: Henny Herz (Frasquita), Lucretia (Lucrezia?) West (Mercédès), René Herrand (Hérent?) (Le Dancaïre), Piero De Palma? (Le Remendado), Gerardo Gaudoso (Zuninga)

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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Carmen - Giulietta Simionato

Don José - Franco Corelli

Micaëla - Elena Rizzieri

Escamillo - Aldo Protti

Frasquita - Angela Vercelli

Mercédès - Aurora Cattelani

Le Dancaïre - Piero De Palma

Le Remendado - Francesco Battaglia

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Compact Disc - Archipel ARPCD 0130 {2CDS}

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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42: No.547 S mai 2007 p.122; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Arena Flegrea (21 August 1953). The partial cast listed above is that given in Frank Hamilton's online Performance Annals of Franco Corelli

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La cenerentola by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Cenerentola - Giulietta Simionato

Clorinda - Dora Gatta

Tisbe - Fernanda Cadoni

Don Ramiro - Juan Oncina

Dandini - Giuseppe Taddei

Don Magnifico - Italo Tajo

Alindoro - Dario Caselli

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Recordings of La cenerentola by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.98; CELLETTI p.712; Opera on CD (1) p.30 (2) p.34 (3) p.37; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.85 p.100; MET p.489; MET(VID) p.287; PENGUIN p.356; Opera on Video p.51; GIUDICI p.717 (2) p.1192; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli (12 December 1953). V. De Taranto rather than Italo Tajo is given in the cast list in «Il Teatro di San Carlo - La Cronologia 1737-1987»

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1954(LE)

Orchestra - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro

Chorus - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro

Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi

Don Carlo - Paolo Silveri

Don Alvaro - Gino Penno

Preziosilla - Giulietta Simionato

Fra Melitone - Guilhermo Damiano

Padre Guardiano - Giulio Neri

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1215

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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 part of a performance in the Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro (2 September 1954). The partial cast listed above is that given in «Tebaldi - The Voice of an Angel» p.226. 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 performance is attributed here incorrectly to Teatro Colón. The source is stated to be «Good to Very Good private acetates».

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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in French

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Symphoniker

Chorus - Wiener Singerverein

Carmen - Giulietta Simionato

Don José - Nicolai Gedda

Micaëla - Hilde Güden (Gueden)

Escamillo - Michel Roux

Frasquita - Graziella Sciutti

Mercédès - Luisa Ribacchi

Le Dancaïre - Mario Carlin

Le Remendado - Gino Del Signore

Moralès - Enzo Sordello

Zuninga - Frederick Guthrie

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Compact Disc; - Melodram 27012 {2CDS}; Gala GL 100.603 {3CDS} ; *House of Opera Carmen CD-Rom (2002)ª; Myto 2 MCD H088 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Urania RM 11918 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0082 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Bongiovanni GB HOC 023/24-2 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Andante AN 3100 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42: No.547 S mai 2007 p.122; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera - April 2006 p.485 [AB]

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Fanfare - Vol.29 No.4 March/April 2006 pp.91-92 [JM]

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Orpheus - September+Oktober 2005 S.60 [IW]; 11+12 Nov-Dez 2006 S.58-S.59 [US]

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Diapason - No.421 décembre 1995 p.100; No.530 novembre 2005 p.139 [FL]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.167 p.116

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American Record Guide - May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.232 [KM]: March/April 2006 Vol.69 No.2 p.240 [MM]

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Répertoire - No.83 septembre 1995 p.30

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.187 ottobre 2004 p.82 [GL]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.77 enero-febrero 2005 p.80 [JV]: No.84 octubre 2005 p.87 [MC]: No.88 marzo 2006 pp.88-89 [MC]

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Classica Répertoire - No.73 juin 2005 p.106 (mention) [AT]: No.78 décembre 2005 - janvier 2006 p.103 [AT]

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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2006 p.103 [JTH]

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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance (8 October 1954, cf. American Record Guide January/February 1996 Vol.59 No.1 p.18; «Herbert von Karajan - A Life in Music» by Richard Osborne p.369)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Ionel Perlea - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Figaro - Italo Tajo

Susanna - Alda Noni

Conte Almaviva - Scipio Colombo

Contessa Almaviva - Renata Tebaldi

Cherubino - Giulietta Simionato

Marcellina - Giuliana Raimondi

Bartolo - Christiano Dalamangas

Basilio - Piero De Palma

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman Live Opera 03328 (highlights)

Compact Disc; - Hardy Classic HCA 6017 (+Deh vieni - Tebaldi) {2CDS} (2005)ª

Open Reel Tape - Mr. Tape 8428 (highlights)

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 p.293 [RVL]

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Comments:- Recording of most of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (24 February 1954). The last few minutes of Acts 2 and 4 are missing from the CDs issued by Hardy Classic.

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L' italiana in Algeri by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1954(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Isabella - Giulietta Simionato

Lindoro - Cesare Valletti

Mustafà - Mario Petri

Taddeo - Marcello Cortis

Elvira - Graziella Sciutti

Zulma - Mafalda Masini

Haly - Enrico Campi

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1215-1216 (1955)ª; Columbia 33QCX 10111/2 {2LPS} (Italy); EMI 3C 163-00981-2 {2LPS} (Italy); HMV RLS 747 {2LPS} (1980)ª;; Angel 35192/35193 (1955)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI «Références» CHS 7 64041-2 {2CDS} (1991)ª; Urania URN 275 (+recital - Simionato - Valletti) {2CDS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of L' italiana in Algeri by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.105; CELLETTI p.728; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.157 p.118; MET p.476; MET(VID) p.280; PENGUIN p.364; GIUDICI p.689; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1955 p.411 [AR]; April 1955 p.472 [DST]; August 1980 p.269 [RO] October 1980 p.471 [JBS]; November 1991 p.158, p.161 [RO]

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Opera - April 1955 p.259

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Opera Quarterly - Vol 22 No.1 Winter 2006 (published February 2007) pp.189-190 [GJ]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - February 1955 p.14

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Gramophone Record Review - March 1955 p.260 [HL]

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1955 Vol.5 No.1 p.64 i [JH]

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American Record Guide - April 1955 Vol.21 No.8 p.251: May/June 2006 Vol.69 No.3 p.228 [RVL]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.82 julio-agosto 2005 pp.87-88 [MC]

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1954(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Rigoletto - Aldo Protti

Gilda - Hilde Güden (Gueden)

Duca di Mantova - Mario Del Monaco

Sparafucile - Cesare Siepi

Maddalena - Giulietta Simionato

Giovanna - Luisa Ribacchi

Monterone - Fernando Corena

Marullo - Pier Luigi Latinucci

Borsa - Piero De Palma

Conte di Ceprano - Dario Caselli

Contessa di Ceprano - Christiane Castelli

Un paggio - Lina Rossi

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5006-5008 {3LPS} (1955)ª; Decca «Ace of Clubs» ACL 203-205 {3LPS} (1964)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOM 519-521 (1967)ª; London LLA 25 {3LPS} (1955)ª;; Richmond RS 63005 {3LPS} (USA) (1963)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca 440 242-2 {2CDS} (1994)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1955 p.366 [PHW]; April 1955 p.471 [DST]; August 1964 pp.102-103 [EG]; May 1967 pp.604-605 [EG]; July 1994 p.120 [AB]

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Opera - February 1955 p.123

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Opera Now - February 1994 p.56

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Diapason - No.401 février 1994 pp.149-150 (mention) [MP]

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American Record Guide - March 1955 Vol.21 No.7 p.221 [JN]: May 1964 Vol.30 No.9 p.878 [HG]

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1955 Vol.5 No.1 p.64 ii, p.64 iv, p.64 v [JH]

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Gramophone Record Review - January 1955 p.152, p.157 [DH]

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Classic CD - February 1994 p.60

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Répertoire - No.66 février 1994 p.88

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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in French

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Carmen - Giulietta Simionato

Don José - Giuseppe di Stefano

Micaëla - Rosanna Carteri

Escamillo - Michel Roux

Frasquita - Graziella Sciutti

Mercédès - Luisa Ribacchi

Le Dancaïre - Mario Carlin

Le Remendado - Gino Del Signore

Moralès - Enzo Sordello

Zuninga - Giuseppe Modesti

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Black Disc - Morgan MOR 5502; Cetra LO 22; Recital Records RR 470; VOX/Turnabout THS 65160/2 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00198

Compact Disc; - *House of Opera Carmen CD-Rom (abridged) (2002)ª; Myto 2 MCD O52 H 101 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66.327 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1423-2 (highlights +highlights 1967) {2CDRS} (2004)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 156 {2CDS} (2006)ª

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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42: No.547 S mai 2007 p.122; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

American Record Guide - May 1979 Vol.42 No.7 p.20 [CJL]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.80 mayo 2005 p.85 [JS]: No.86 diciembre 2005 p.84 [JC]: No.88 marzo 2006 pp.88-89 [MC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (18 January 1955)

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Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Santuzza - Giulietta Simionato

Turiddu - Giuseppe di Stefano

Alfio - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Lola - Gabriella Carturan

Lucia - Ortensia Beggiato

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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 15 (+L'amico Fritz) {4LPS} Unique Opera Records UORC 259; Di Stefano Records GDS 1001 (+Pagliacci - Sanzogno) {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00504

Compact Disc; - Myto 1 MCD 981.180 {1CD} (1998)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1230 {1CD} (2000)ª; Myto 1 MCD 051 H099 {1CD} (2005)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:-

Orpheus - April 1998 S.62 [GH]

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

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Classical Express - Issue 96 March 1998 p.3 [JP]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.97 [JR]: No.82 julio-agosto 2005 p.87 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (5 May 1955)

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Norma by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Norma - Maria Callas

Adalgisa - Giulietta Simionato

Pollione - Mario Del Monaco

Oroveso - Nicola Zaccaria

Clotilde - Gabriella Carturan

Flavio - Giuseppe Zampieri

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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 31 {3LPS}; Impresario Editions IE 3005 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Arkadia HP 517.2 {2CDS}; Gala GL 100.511 {2CDS} ;; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6460/1 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera - January 1996 p.22

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Orpheus - November 1995 S.38

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Répertoire - No.82 juillet/aoüt 1995 p.28

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (7 December 1955, see advert in O.I. Mai 1995 inside back cover). The LPs issued by Impresario Editions are advertized in GRAMOPHONE August 1984 p.285.

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Zanetto by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Zanetto - Giulietta Simionato

Silvia - Rosanna Carteri

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Black Disc - Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 81 (+Silvano +Nerone-excerpts +Amica-excerpts) {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 1172

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Recordings of Zanetto by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.394

Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (10 May 1955, see OPERA July 1955 p.452)

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La favorite by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1955(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Alfonso - Ettore Bastianini

Leonora - Giulietta Simionato

Fernando - Gianni Poggi

Baldassare - Jerome Hines

Don Gasparo - Piero De Palma

Ines - Bice Magnani

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5146-5148 {3LPS} (1956)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOM 525-527 {3LPS} (1967)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 525-527 {3LPS} (1967)ª; London XLLA 39 {3LPS} (1956)ª;; London OSA 1310 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Richmond SRS 63510; *Melodiya C10 05029-34 {3LPS} ;; London OS 25194 (highlights) {1LP}

Compact Disc - Double Decca 452 469-2 {2CDS}

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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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 1956 pp.393-394 [PHW]; April 1956 p.410 [DST]; May 1956 p.452 (mention) [HCS]; April 1967 p.545

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Opera - May 1956 p.315; April 1967 pp.332-333 [AB]

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Orpheus - Februar 1973 S.51 [CK]

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American Record Guide - April 1956 Vol.22 No.8 p.130 [PHR]: January 1960 Vol.26 No.5 pp.357-358 [CJL]: February 1961 Vol.27 No.6 p.477 (highlights) [PLM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1956 Vol.6 No.5 p.58 [MDS]: January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.68 [CLO]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - March 1956 p.12

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.95 enero 1997 p.49

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1955(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Silvio Maionica

Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi

Don Carlo - Ettore Bastianini

Don Alvaro - Mario Del Monaco

Preziosilla - Giulietta Simionato

Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena

Curra - Gabriella Carturan

Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi

Mastro Trabuco - Piero De Palma

Un Chirurgo - Eraldo Coda

Un Alcalde - Ezio Giordano

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5131-5134 {3LPS} (1955)ª; Decca SXL 2069-2072 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 597-599 {3LPS} (1970)ª; London XLLA 37 {4LPS} (1956)ª; London OSA 1405 {4LPS} (1959)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 421 598-2 {3CDS} (1989)ª; Decca «Originals» 475 8681 {3CDS} (2007)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOV 90009 (4-track 7½ips) (1961)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1955 pp.282-283 [PHW]; April 1956 p.410 [DST]; September 1959 p.134 [PHW]; October 1970 pp.665-666 [EG]; January 1989 p.1210 [RO]

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Opera - March 1956 p.175; November 1959 p.750

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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.4 March/April 2008 pp.272-273 [JM]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - November 1955 p.20

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Gramophone Record Review - January 1956 p.154 [DH]: July 1959 p.648 [DH]

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American Record Guide - March 1956 Vol.22 No.7 p.107 [PHR]: March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.203-204 [MM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1959 Vol.9 No.3 p.71 [DJ]: March 1961 Vol.11 No.3 p.92 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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Records and Recordings - August 1959 p.17 [FGB]

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Comments:- Recorded in July 1955.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1956(LE)

Orchestra - NHK Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - NHK Italian Opera Chorus

Figaro - Giuseppe Taddei

Susanna - Alda Noni

Conte Almaviva - Antonio Cassinelli

Contessa Almaviva - Orietta Moscucci

Cherubino - Giulietta Simionato

Bartolo - Carlo Cava

Basilio - Mario Carlin

Barbarina - Kyoko Ito

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Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100809 (+Die Entführung aus dem Serail - Ackermann) {2CDS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Aida - Antonietta Stella

Radamès - Giuseppe di Stefano

Amneris - Giulietta Simionato

Amonasro - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Ramphis - Nicola Zaccaria

Il Re di Egitto - Silvio Maionica

Una Sacerdotessa - Mirella Parutto (-Boyer)

Un Messaggero - Giuseppe Zampieri

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 317 {2LPS} (1977)ª; Paragon DSV 52026 {3LPS}; Replica ARPL 32448 {3LPS}; Giuseppe Di Stefano GDS 1003

Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 204-2 {2CDS} (1996)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66353 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2515-2 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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Opéra International - décembre 1984 No.76 pp.62-63 [SS]

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Classical Express - Issue 78 September 1996 p.5: Issue No.79 October 1996 p.6

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VERDI DAL VIVO - p.20

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.96 Febrero 1997 p.30

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (7 December 1956, see OPERA February 1957 p.102). The CDRs issued by Premiere are included in the list of New Releases dated 2 February 2007.

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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Ghione - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro

Chorus - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro

Carmen - Giulietta Simionato

Don José - Mario Del Monaco

Micaëla - Lia Salgado

Escamillo - Giangiacomo Guelfi

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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42: No.547 S mai 2007 p.122; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro (16 August 1956). The cast also includes Plinio Clabassi. The sound is described as «poor» in Omega's online catalogue.

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1956(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Figaro - Ettore Bastianini

Il Conte Almaviva - Alvino Misciano

Rosina - Giulietta Simionato

Dr. Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Don Basilio - Cesare Siepi

Berta - Rina Cavallari

Fiorello - Arturo La Porta

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5283-5285 {3LPS} (1957)ª;; Decca D38D3 {3LPS} (1977)ª; London XLLA 51 {3LPS} (1957)ª; London A 4327 {3LPS}; Richmond RS 63011 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Decca 443 536-2 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 455 883-2 {2CDS} (France) (1997)ª; Urania URN 22 298 {2CDS} (2006)ª; The Opera Lovers BAR 195602 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1957 p.340; September 1977 p.487 [AB]

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Opera - March 1957 p.180

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Orpheus - März 1995 S.62

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Opéra International - mars 1995 No.189 p.72

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Diapason - No.414 avril 1995 p.110

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American Record Guide - July 1957 Vol.7 No.7 p.160 [PLM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - August 1957 Vol.7 No.8 p.55 [CMS]

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Gramophone Record Review - February 1957 p.284

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Discofila (Madrid) - No.15 junio-agosto 1957 p.295 [AFC]

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Répertoire - No.78 mars 1995 p.101: No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention)

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XXI N.214 marzo 2007 pp.82-83 [CV]

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Comments:- See article by Max de Schauensee in HIGH FIDELITY December 1956 Vol.6 No.12 p.56 and p.142. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1956(STU)

Orchestra - Grand Théâtre de Genève

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Manrico - Mario Del Monaco

Azucena - Giulietta Simionato

Leonora - Renata Tebaldi

Conte di Luna - Ugo Savarese

Ferrando - Giorgio Tozzi

Ines - Luisa Maragliano

Ruiz - Athos Cesarini

Un vecchio zingaro - Antonio Balbi

Un messo - Athos Cesarini

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5260-5262 {3LPS} (1956)ª; Decca SXL 2129-2131 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 614-616 {3LPS} (1971)ª; *Decca 411 874-1 {2LPS};; London XLLA 50 {3LPS} (1957)ª;; London OSA 1304 {3LPS} (1959)ª; London «Jubilee» LJ 42009 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Decca 411 874-2 {2CDS} (1989)ª; Double Decca 448 743-2; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 458 728-2 (France) (1997)ª; Decca 470 589-2 {2CDS} (2002)ª

Open Reel Tape - London LOR 90005 (4-track 7½ips)

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1956 p.222 [PHW]; August 1959 pp.101-102 [PHW]; November 1971 p.902, p.905 [AB]; September 1989 p.543 [AB]; December 2002 p.100 (mention) [PO'C]

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Opera - December 1956 p.757; November 1959 p.750

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.203-209 [RB]

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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1957 Vol.7 No.2 p.77 [MDS]: January 1959 Vol.9 No.1 p.62 [DJ]: March 1961 Vol.11 No.3 p.92 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - March 1961 Vol.27 No.7 p.611 (open reel tape) [PCP]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - October 1956 p.14: August 1959 p.19

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Gramophone Record Review - November 1956 pp.36-37 [DH]: July 1959 p.649 [DH]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.95 enero 1997 p.49

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Records and Recordings - August 1959 p.11 [FGB]

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International Record Review - April 2003 pp.24-25 (mention) [MVA]

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Répertoire - No.108 décembre 1997 p.76 (mention) [PT]

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Anna Bolena by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Anna Bolena - Maria Callas

Enrico - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Giovanna - Giulietta Simionato

Percy - Gianni Raimondi

Rochefort - Plinio Clabassi

Smeton - Gabriella Carturan

Hervey - Luigi Rumbo

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Black Disc; - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 55/3 {3LPS} (1978)ª; Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 22 {3LPS} (1982)ª; FWR 646; BJR 109 {3LPS}; MRF-42; Morgan 5703;; Replica RPL 34293; foyer FO 1014 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00119

Compact Disc; - Hunt 518 {2CDS}; Melodram 26110 {2CDS}; Melodram IMS 260106 {2CDS}Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 768 {2CDS}; EMI CMS 7 64941-2 {2CDS} (1993)ª; EMI «Callas Edition» CMS 5 66471-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; EMI CDMB 5 66474-2 {2CDS} (USA) (1994)ª; EMI TOCE 8333-4 {2CDS} (Japan) (1993)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1285 {2CDS} (2001)ª

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Recordings of Anna Bolena by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.52; CELLETTI p.190; MET p.99; PENGUIN p.72; GIUDICI p.169 (2) p.275; Opéra International mars 1997 No.211 p.14; International Opera Collector Summer 1998 No.8 p.18

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1978 p.956 [AB]; January 1994 p.91 [JBS]

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Opera - March 1998 p.288 [AB]

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Opera Now - January 1994 p.32; January/February 1998 p.96 (mention) [GH]

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Orpheus - Juni 1993 S.61

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Opéra International - No.175 décembre 1993 p.62

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Diapason - No.399 décembre 1993 p.138: No.441 octobre 1997 p.87 [JC]

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BBC Music Magazine - January 1994 p.95

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Classic CD - February 1994 p.60

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.120 (2) p.121 (3) p.117

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Répertoire - No.64 décembre 1993 p.96: No.105 Septembre 1997 p.68 [PT]

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American Record Guide - July/August 1994 Vol.57 No.4 p.233: July/August 1998 Vol.61 No.4 pp.265-266 (mention) [LM]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.103 octubre 1997 p.34 (mention) [JPS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (14 April 1957, see OPERA June 1957 p.344). The foyer LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.670. The date of recording issued by Charles Handelman is stated in his catalog (November 2000) to be 17 April 1957.

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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Riccardo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Renato - Ettore Bastianini

Amelia - Maria Callas

Ulrica - Giulietta Simionato

Oscar - Eugenia Ratti

Silvano - Giuseppe Morresi

Samuele - Antonio Cassinelli

Tom - Marco Stefanoni

Un Giudice - Angelo Mercuriali

Un servo - Antonio Ricci

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Black Disc - Cetra LO 55/3 {3LPS}; Great Opera Performances G.O.P.13; HUNT 519 Replica 32445 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00338

Compact Disc; - *Pantheon PAL 2025-6 {2CDS}; Melodram CDM 26029 {2CDS};; Arkadia CD 519 {2CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 2.009 {2CDS}; DiVa 1127-1128 {2CDS} (2000)ª; EMI CMS 5 67918-2 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 324-2 {2CDRS}; Urania URN 22.317 {2CDS} (2007)ª; Regis RRC 2079 {2CDS} (2008)ª; Myto «Historical» 2MCD 00131 {2CDS} (2008)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 2002 p.122 [AB]

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Fanfare - Vol.17 No.4 March-April 1994 p.352; Vol.26 No.4 March/April 2003 pp.93-95 [MM]

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Orpheus - April 1998 p.62 [GH]

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Diapason - No.496 octobre 2002 p.132 [VA]

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American Record Guide - Vol.57 No.3 May-June 1994 p.207: March/April 2003 Vol.66 No.2 pp.219-221 [LM]

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BBC Music Magazine - November 2002 p.95 [GH]

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International Record Review - December 2002/January 2003 p.80, p.82 [MVA]

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VERDI DAL VIVO - p.48

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.40 julio-agosto 2000 p.97 [VJ]: No.58 marzo 2003 pp.84-85 [AG]: No.111 junio 2008 p.85 [MCP]

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Classica Répertoire - No.93 juin 2007 p.102 [AT]

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Comments:- A recording of a performance at La Scala (7 December 1957); see OPERA March 1958p.179

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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in Italian

Conductor Angelo Questa - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Carmen - Giulietta Simionato

Don José - Giuseppe di Stefano

Micaëla - Aureliana Beltrami

Escamillo - Enzo Mascherini

Frasquita - Amalia Olivia

Mercédès - Aurora Cattelani

Le Dancaïre - Arturo La Porta

Moralès - Antonio Cassinelli

Zuninga - Adelio Zagonora

Lilas Pasta - Antonio Sacchetti

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 303 {2LPS} (1976)ª

Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1124-2 {2CDRS}

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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42: No.547 S mai 2007 p.122; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro dell'Opera, Rome (25 February 1957)

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Falstaff - Tito Gobbi

Fenton - Luigi Alva

Ford - Rolando Panerai

Dr. Cajus - Tomaso Spataro

Bardolfo - Renato Ercolani

Pistola - Mario Petri

Alice Ford - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Nannetta - Anna Moffo

Meg Page - Anna Maria Canali

Mistress Quickly - Giulietta Simionato

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Compact Disc; - Hunt CDKAR 226 {2CDS};; House of Opera «The Operas of Giuseppe Verdi + Vol.2 His Later Works» {1xCD+ROM} (2001)ª; Andante AN 3080 (+performance conducted by Toscanini) {4CDS} (2004)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0212 {2CDS} (2008)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 2005 p.93 [AB]

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Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2005 S.58 [SS]; März + April 2008 S.59 [SS]

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Opéra International - No.297 janvier 2005 p.78 [JC]

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Diapason - No.521 janvier 2005 pp.107-108 [PK]

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American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 pp.22-26 [LM]: May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.241 [KM]

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

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Classic Record Collector - Spring 2005 p.94 [TP]: Summer 2008 p.99 (mention) [JTH]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (10 August 1957; See OPERA October 1957 pp.625-628)

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1957(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Antonio Massaria

Leonora di Vargas - Anita Cerquetti

Don Carlo - Aldo Protti

Don Alvaro - Pier Miranda Ferraro

Preziosilla - Giulietta Simionato

Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi

Curra - Vera Presti

Padre Guardiano - Boris Christoff

Mastro Trabuco - Adelio Zagonora

Un Chirurgo - Renzo Gonzales

Un Alcalde - Eraldo Coda

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Black Disc - Replica ARPL 32499 {3CDS}; Sonata 9056 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - *CBS/Sony 1047-9 {3CDS}; Bongiovanni GAO 174-176 {3CDS} (1995)ª; Myto 3MCD 992 203 {3CDS} (1999)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. 1865-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.19 No.1 September/October 1995 p.346; Vol.23 No.1 September/October 1999 p.374 [JM]

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Orpheus - Mai 1995 S.62; Juli 1999 S.60 [GH]

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Opéra International - septembre 1984 No.73 p.51 [SS]; novembre 1996 No.207 p.57

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.84 enero 1996 p.61

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American Record Guide - July/August 1995 Vol.58 No.4 p.215

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.105 noviembre 2007 p.93 [JS]

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Comments:- Recording of a peformance broadcast on September 29 1957

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1957(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

La Gioconda - Anita Cerquetti

Enzo - Mario Del Monaco

Barnaba - Ettore Bastianini

Laura - Giulietta Simionato

Alvise - Cesare Siepi

La Cieca - Franca Sacchi

Zuàne - Giorgio Giorgetti

Isèpo - Athos Cesarini

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5400-5402 {3LPS} (1958)ª; Decca SXL 2225-2227 {3LPS} (1960)ª; *Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 609-611 {3LPS} (1972)ª; London A 4331 {3LPS} (1958)ª; London OSA 1302 {3LPS} (1958)ª; Richmond SRS 63518 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 433 770-2 {2CDS} (1993)ª; Lyrica LCD 1066-1067 {2CDS} (Italy); *La Grande Lyrica MCBCD 8005-8006 {2CDS} (1994)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOR 90004 (4-track 7½ips) (1961)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1958 p.369; April 1958 p.443; August 1960 p.122 March 1972 p.1589; September 1993 p.110 [AB]

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Opera - March 1958 p.186; October 1960 p.702

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Opera Now - August 1993 p.49

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Orpheus - October 1993 p.55

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

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Diapason - June 1993 p.152

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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1958 Vol.8 No.5 p.54 [DJ]: January 1959 Vol.9 No.1 p.56 [DJ]: April 1961 Vol.11 No.4 p.139 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - June 1958 Vol.24 No.10 p.432 [PLM]: June 1961 Vol.27 No.10 p.826 (open reel tape) [RJ]

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Répertoire - No.60 juillet-aoüt 1993 p.60

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I Capuleti e i Montecchi by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Arnold Gamson - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - American Opera Society

Chorus - American Opera Society

Giulietta - Laurel Hurley

Romeo - Giulietta Simionato

Tebaldo - Richard Cassilly

Capellio - Ezio Flagello

Lorenzo - David Smith

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Black Disc - Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 19 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Melodram «Connaisseur» CDM 27509 {2CDS} ; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 788-2 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1078-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS}

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Recordings of I Capuleti e i Montecchi by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.47; Opera on CD (2) p.44 (3) p.48; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.122 p.94; GIUDICI p.26 (2) p.43

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - octobre 1998 No.228 p.53 (mention) [SS]

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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in the Carnegie Hall, New York (14 October 1958), mentioned in OPERA February 1959 p.99

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

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Carlo - Eugenio Fernandi

Filippo II - Cesare Siepi

Rodrigo - Ettore Bastianini

Il Grande Inquisitore - Marco Stefanoni

Un Frate - Nicola Zaccaria

Elisabetta di Valois - Sena Jurinac

La principessa Eboli - Giulietta Simionato

Tebaldo - Norbert Balatsch

Il Conte di Lerma - Carlo Schmidt

Un Araldo Reale - Norman Foster

Una voce dal cielo - Anneliese Rothenberger

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Black Disc; - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 72 {3LPS} (1979)ª; foyer FO 1029 {3LPS}; Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 119

Compact Disc; - DG 447 655-2 {2CDS} (1995)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:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1995 p.110 [JBS]

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Opera - Festival Issue 1995 p.66

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Opera Now - November 1995 p.64

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HiFi News & Record Review - December 1995 p.83

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Orpheus - Oktober 1995 p.55 p.61

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Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.62

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Diapason - No.419 octobre p.150

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.168 p.125

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Répertoire - No.84 octobre 1995 p.79

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.193 novembre 1995 p.108

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Opernwelt - 10/Oktober 1995 p.13

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Comments:- Recording of a performance of a 4-act version at the Salzburg Festival (26 July 1958). The performance on 13 August 1958 was reviewed in OPERA, October 1958 p.619. The foyer LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.670

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Falstaff - Tito Gobbi

Fenton - Alvino Misciano

Ford - Cornell MacNeil

Dr. Cajus - Mariano Caruso

Bardolfo - Luigi Vellucci

Pistola - Kenneth Smith

Alice Ford - Renata Tebaldi

Nannetta - Anna Moffo

Meg Page - Anna Maria Canali

Mistress Quickly - Giulietta Simionato

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 282-2 {2LPS} (1979)ª

Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 206-2 {2CDS} (1996)ª; Premiere Opera ltd. CDNO 7662 {2CDS} (2002)ª; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS}

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Classical Express - Issue No.79 October 1996 p.5

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VERDI DAL VIVO - p.96

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.64

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (10 October 1958, see OPERA December 1958 p.780)

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Anna Bolena by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1958(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Anna Bolena - Leyla Gencer

Enrico - Plinio Clabassi

Giovanna - Giulietta Simionato

Percy - Aldo Bertocci

Rochefort - Silvio Maionica

Smeton - Anna Maria Rota

Hervey - Mario Carlin

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 166 {2LPS} (1959)ª; Replica RPL 2407-2409 (1980)ª;; Melodram MEL 081 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - *Sony 54DC 1072-3 {2CDS} (Japan); Nuova Era 6713-DM {2CDS}; Memories HR 4517-4518; Phoenix PX503.2; Opera d'Oro OPD 1148 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Myto 3MCD 001 215 (highlights + La forza del destino) {3CDS} (2000)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 5114 {2CDS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of Anna Bolena by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.52; CELLETTI p.190; MET p.99; PENGUIN p.72; GIUDICI p.169 (2) p.275; Opéra International mars 1997 No.211 p.14; International Opera Collector Summer 1998 No.8 p.18

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Now - March 1994 p.52

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Fanfare - Vol.24 No.1 September/October 2000 p.300 (highlights) [GJ]

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Classical Express - September 1995 p.3

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.84 enero 1996 pp.38-39

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Comments:- Probably recorded on 11 July 1958 and broadcast on 17 July 1958 (see «EJS Discography» by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin p.91)

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Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea performed in Italian

Conductor Mario Rossi - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Adriana Lecouvreur - Magda Olivero

Maurizio - Franco Corelli

Principe di Bouillon - Antonio Cassinelli

Principessa di Bouillon - Giulietta Simionato

Michonnet - Ettore Bastianini

Quinault - Augusto Frati

Poisson - Renato Ercolani

Mlle. Jouvenot - Rossana Zerbini

Mlle. Dangeville - Anna Di Stasio

L'Abate di Chazeuil - Mariano Caruso

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 497 {2LPS} (1970)ª; Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 47 {3LPS}; Replica RPL 2054-6 {3LPS}; Historical Operatic Performance Edition HOPE 246; Morgan MOR 5901 {3LPS}; Fonit Cetra «Documents»;; DOC 19 {3LPS} ;; Melodram MEL 043 {3LPS}; Discocorp «I Grandi Interpreti» IGI 294 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Melodram CDM 27009 {2CDS}; Phoenix PX 502.2 {2CDS} Hardy Classic HCA 6007-2 (+video with Olivero) {2CDS} (1999)ª; House of Opera CDBB 178 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; The Opera Lovers ADR 195901 {2CDRS}; Opera d'Oro «Grand Tier» 7037 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.6 No.2 November/December 1982 pp.124-126 [ADC]: Vol.31 No.5 May/June 2008 pp.120-121 [LRB]

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Orpheus - Oktober 1999 S.54-55 [GH]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 pp.153-154 (audio) [EG]

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Opéra International - novembre 2000 No.251 pp.60-61 [SS]

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Classical Express - September 1995 p.1: Issue No.116 November 1999 p.7 [JP]

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The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 p.91

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Classic Record Collector - Spring 2003 p.96 [PO'C]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - Mo.84 enero 1996 p.39

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII N.134 novembre 1999 p.110 [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Teatro di San Carlo (28 November 1959). See OPERA March 1960 p.216. The conductor is stated to be Michele Lauro in the review in CLASSIC RECORD COLLECTOR. Mario Rossi is given in «Il teatro di San Carlo - La Cronologia 1737-1987» p.712. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Verchi - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - NHK Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - NHK Italian Opera Chorus

Carmen - Giulietta Simionato

Don José - Mario Del Monaco

Micaëla - Gabriella Tucci

Escamillo - Scipio Colombo

Frasquita - Santa Chissari

Mercédès - Anna Di Stasio

Le Dancaïre - Arturo La Porta

Le Remendado - Mariano Caruso

Zuninga - Paolo Montarsolo

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Black Disc - Seven Seas K25C 307-309 {3LPS} Melodram MEL 416 {3LPS}; Legendary Recordings LR 190-3 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - Seven Seas K33 Y 107-108 {2CDS} (Japan)

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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42: No.547 S mai 2007 p.122; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.3 No.2 Summer 1985 pp.103-110 [GM]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Takarazuka Theatre, Tokyo (19 February 1959). The Melodram and LR LPs are both advertized in GRAMOPHONE January 1984 p.872

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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in Italian

Conductor Pierre Dervaux - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Massimo di Palermo

Chorus - Teatro Massimo di Palermo

Carmen - Giulietta Simionato

Don José - Franco Corelli

Micaëla - Mirella Freni

Escamillo - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Frasquita - Loretta Di Lelio

Mercédès - Norma Palmieri

Le Dancaïre - Renato Ercolani

Le Remendado - Guido Malfatti

Moralès - Mario Rossetti

Zuninga - Enzo Viaro

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Black Disc - Stradivarius STR 1003-1005 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 727 {2CDS}; Opera Legacies OL 6007 {2CDS}

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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42: No.547 S mai 2007 p.122; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70

Comments:- Recording of a performance at Palermo (February 1959). The LPs issued by Stradivarius are advertized in GRAMOPHONE June 1982 p.82.

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Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Verchi - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Santuzza - Giulietta Simionato

Turiddu - Jussi Björling

Alfio - Walter Cassel

Lola - Rosalind Elias

Lucia - Thelma Votipka

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 301-2 (+Combattimento di ;; Tancredi e Clorinda) {2LPS} (1980)ª

Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1049 (& 461)

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Recordings of Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.64; Opera on Record p.542; CELLETTI p.380; MARINELLI p.435; Opera on CD(1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.130; MET p.220; MET(VID) p.124; PENGUIN p.195; GIUDICI p.140; Opéra International mai 1999 No.235 p.66; Répertoire No.130 décembre 1999 p.86; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (16 November 1959). 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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Orfeo ed Euridice by Christophe Willibald Gluck performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Orfeo - Giulietta Simionato

Euridice - Sena Jurinac

Amor - Graziella Sciutti

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Black Disc; - Replica RPL 2436-24377 {2LPS} (1980)ª; Legendary Recordings LR 132 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Memories HR-4382-3; DG 439 101-2 {2CDS} (1993)ª; DG POCG 1703-4 {2CDS} (Japan) (1993)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1312 {1CD} (2001)ª

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Recordings of Orfeo ed Euridice by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.25; CELLETTI p.280: Marinelli p.23; Opera on CD (1) p.12 (2) p.15 (3) p.16; MET p.156; MET(VID) p.89; PENGUIN p.109; Opernwelt 7/Juli 1995 S.14; Répertoire No.99 février 1997 p.10; Gramophone September 1997 p.28; Diapason No.464 novembre 1999 pp.74-77

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1993 p.150

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Opera - Festival Issue 1995 p.61

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Opera News - June 1993 p.40

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Opéra International - février 1996 No.199 p.55

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Diapason - No.397 octobre 1993 p.144

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Répertoire - No.63 novembre 1993 p.48

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Comments:- A recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (5 August 1959, see OPERA October 1959 p.654). See «Herbert von Karajan - A Life in Music» by Richard Osborne p.255, p.779

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1959(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Singerverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien

Aida - Renata Tebaldi

Radamès - Carlo Bergonzi

Amneris - Giulietta Simionato

Amonasro - Cornell MacNeil

Ramphis - Arnold Van Mill

Il Re di Egitto - Fernando Corena

Una Sacerdotessa - Eugenia Ratti

Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5539-5541 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca SXL 2167-2169 {3LPS} (reissued by VIVANTE LONDON 1997) (1959)ª; *Decca 414 087-1 {3LPS} (1989)ª; London A 4345 {3LPS} (1960)ª;; London OSA-1313 {3LPS} (1960)ª

Compact Cassette; - Decca K2A20 (1976)ª;; Decca 414 087-4 (1989)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) «Grand Opera» 414 087-2 {3CDS} (1989)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 458 725-2 (France) (1997)ª; Decca «Legends» 460 978-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Decca 000830402 {2CDS} (USA) (2007)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOR 90015 (7½ips 4-track) (1960)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1959 p.303; April 1960 p.509 [DST]; October 1962 p.189; August 1976 p.341 [IM]; January 1989 p. [AB]

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Opera - March 1960 p.222

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HiFi News & Record Review - January 1998 p.99 (Vivante LP reissue) [JMH]

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Fanfare - Vol 23 No.3 January/February 2000 p.157 [RT]; Vol.31 No.1 September/ October 2007 pp.232-233 [JM]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - December 1959 p.16

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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1960 Vol.10 No.2 p.53 [RD]: August 1960 Vol.10 No.8 p.80 (tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - March 1960 Vol.26 No.7 p.543 [CJL]: November 1960 Vol.27 No.3 p.250 (open reel tape): January/February 2000 Vol.63 No.1 p.182 [LM]

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Records and Recordings - December 1959 p.17 [FGB]

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 60 July/August 1989 p.129: Issue 61 September/October 1989 p.130

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Répertoire - No.108 décembre 1997 p.76 (mention) [PT]

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Comments:- For an adverse comment on the sound of this recording by Christopher Raeburn see OPERA, August 1996 p.874 See also Herbert von Karajan - A Life in Music by Richard Osborne pp.444-445; Putting the Record Straight by John Culshaw pp.223- 227. This recording was made in September 1959, not in 1958 as is sometimes stated.

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Aida - Birgit Nilsson

Radamès - Pier Miranda Ferraro

Amneris - Giulietta Simionato

Amonasro - Cornell MacNeil

Ramphis - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Il Re di Egitto - Agostino Ferrin

Una Sacerdotessa - Giuliana Matteini

Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00070

Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 835-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at Teatro alla Scala (21 April 1960; see OPERA July 1960 p.489). The CDs issued by Premiere are listed in «New Compact Disc Releases from Premiere Opera» dated February/March 2003, where the conductor is given (incorrectly?) as «Rossi».

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

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Lyric Opera of Chicago

Chorus - Lyric Opera of Chicago

Don Carlo - Richard Tucker

Filippo II - Boris Christoff

Rodrigo - Tito Gobbi

Il Grande Inquisitore - Ferruccio Mazzoli

Un Frate - Franco Ventriglia

Elisabetta di Valois - Margherita Roberti

La principessa Eboli - Giulietta Simionato

Tebaldo - Jeanne Diamond

Il Conte di Lerma - Mariano Caruso

Una voce dal cielo - Shirley Johnson

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Black Disc - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 38 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Living Stage LS 1089 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. {2CDRS}

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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:-

Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.72 juLio-agosto 2004 pp.86-87 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Chicago (October 1960; see OPERA December 1960 p.817 )

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Ludwig Welter

Leonora di Vargas - Antonietta Stella

Don Carlo - Ettore Bastianini

Don Alvaro - Giuseppe di Stefano

Preziosilla - Giulietta Simionato

Fra Melitone - Karl Dönch

Curra - Annemarie Ludwig

Padre Guardiano - Walter Kreppel

Mastro Trabuco - Hugo Meyer-Welfing

Un Chirurgo - Franz Bierbach

Un Alcalde - Harald Pröglhoff

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Black Disc; - Morgan 6002 {3LPs}; Melodram MEL 023 {3LPS} (1981)ª

Compact Disc; - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 21022 {2CDS} ; Gala GLH 819 (highlights) {1CD} (1998)ª; *Myto 2MCD 004 228 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Orfeo C 681 0621 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 2007 pp.90-91 [AB]

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Fanfare - Vol.24 No.4 March/April 2001 pp.259-261 [JM]; Vol.30 No.6 July/August 2007 pp.252-254 [JM]

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Orpheus - Februar 1999 S.53 (highlights) [IW]; März 2001 S.60 [GH]; 7+8 Juli- August 2007 S.59-S.60 [IW]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.4 Autumn 2001 pp.767-769 [RP]

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International Record Review - January 2007 p.82 [MT]

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American Record Guide - July/August 2007 Vol.70 No.4 p.184 [MM]

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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 p.92 [PN]: No.98 marzo 2007 p.95 [JR]

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

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (23 September 1960; see OPERA November 1960 pp.760-761). The overture is played between Acts 1 and 2

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Manrico - Carlo Bergonzi

Azucena - Giulietta Simionato

Leonora - Antonietta Stella

Conte di Luna - Ettore Bastianini

Ferrando - William Wilderman

Ines - Helen Vanni

Ruiz - Charles Anthony

Un vecchio zingaro - Roald Reitan

Un messo - Robert Nagy

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Black Disc - Great Opera Performances G.F.C. 005-007 {3LPS} Great Opera Performances G.F.C. 601-603 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 951 120 (highlights +Tosca) {2CDS} (1995)ª; *Bensar OL 22760 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; Myto 2 MCD 071 342 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Diapason - No.421 décembre 1995 p.138

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.103 septiembre 2007 p.96 [FC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (27 February 1960; see «Sign-Off for the Old Met» by Paul Jackson pp.367-373)). The highlights on the Myto CDs are a «filler» for the complete recording of Tosca under Kurt Adler (1959)

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Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz performed in Italian

Conductor Rafael Kubelik - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Enée - Mario Del Monaco

Chorèbe - Lino Puglisi

Panthée - Agostino Ferrin

Narbal - Nicola Zaccaria

Ascagne - Fiorenza Cossotto

Cassandre - Nell Rankin

Didon - Giulietta Simionato

Anna - Adriana Lazzarini

Hylas - Piero De Palma

Priam - Giuseppe Morresi

Iopas - Regolo Romani

Helenus - Regolo Romani

L'Ombre d'Hector - Antonio Cassinelli

Le spectre de Cassandre - Nell Rankin

Le spectre de Chorèbe - Lino Puglisi

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 291-4 {4LPS} (1979)ª; Paragon DSV 52011 {4LPS}

Compact Disc; - VAI Audio 1026 (highlights) {1CD} (1994)ª; Myto 3 MCD 021 256 {3CDS} (2002)ª

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Recordings of Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.302; Opera on Record p.158; CELLETTI p.90; Opera on CD (1) p.41 (2) p.47 (3) p.52; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.128-129 p.160; MET p.41; MET(VID) p.14; PENGUIN p.21; GIUDICI p.55 (2) p.95; Opéra International No.276 février 2003 p.18; Orpheus Heft 3+4 März+April 2003 S.66; The Opera Quarterly Vol.19 No.3 Summer 2003 pp.446-485; American Record Guide Vol.70 No.3 pp.64-65

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - August 1994 p.34 (highlights) [CJL]

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Orpheus - August + September 2002 S.86 [SS]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - septiembre 2002 No.157 p.32 [AV]

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Répertoire - No.164 janvier 2003 p.97 [LB]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.55 noviembre 2002 p.81 [JMP]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIi N.170 marzo 2003 pp.99-100 [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (see OPERA August 1960 p.560)

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Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1960(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Santuzza - Giulietta Simionato

Turiddu - Mario Del Monaco

Alfio - Cornell MacNeil

Lola - Ana Raquel Satra

Lucia - Anna Di Stasio

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5613-5615 (+Pagliacci) {3LPS} (1961)ª; Decca SXL 2253-2255 (+Pagliacci) {3LPS} (1961)ª; Decca LXT 5643-5644 {2LPS}; Decca SXL 2281-2282 {2LPS}; CISCO KIJC 9166-9168 (+Pagliacci) {3LPS} London A 4240 (+song recital) {2LPS}; London OSA 1213 (+song recital) {2LPS} London A 4358 (+Pagliacci) {3LPS}; London OSA 1330 (+Pagliacci) {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Decca 421 807-2 (+Pagliacci) {2CDS} (1989)ª; Belart 450 016-2 {1CD}; Decca 467 484-2 (+Pagliacci) {2CDS} (2002)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOH 90032 (4-track 7½ips) (1961)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 - February 1961 p.441; November 1961 p.274; August 1989 p. [JBS]

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Opera - June 1961 p.407; November 1961 p.723

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American Record Guide - January 1961 Vol.27 No.5 p.402 [CJL]: July 1961 Vol.27 No.11 p.902 (open reel tape) [RJ]

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1961 Vol.11 No.3 p.62 [CLO]: September 1961 Vol.11 No.9 p.124 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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Comments:- This recording was incorrectly reported in OPERA as being conducted by FrancescoMolinari-Pradelli (see OPERA March 1962 p.210)

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Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauß II performed in German

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1960(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Eisenstein - Waldemar Kmentt

Rosalinde - Hilde Güden (Gueden)

Alfred - Giuseppe Zampieri

Blind - Peter Klein

Falke - Walter Berry

Adele - Erika Köth

Orlofsky - Regina Resnik

Frank - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)

Frosch - Erich Kunz

Ida - Hedwig Schubert

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 201-203 {3LPS} (1960)ª;; Decca SET 201-203 {3LPS} (1960)ª; Decca LXT 6015-6016 (No Gala) {2LPS} (1962)ª; Decca SXL 6015-6016 (No Gala) {2LPS} (1962)ª; Decca D247D3 {3LPS} (1982)ª; London OSA 1319 {3LPS} (1961)ª

Compact Cassette; - Decca K58K22; Decca K247K32 (1982)ª

Compact Disc; - *Decca(London) 421 046-2 {2CDS} (1987)ª; Decca 475 8319 {2CDS} (2007)ª; Decca 000830202 {2CDS} (USA) (2007)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOR 90030 (4-track 7½ips) (1961)ª

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Recordings of Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauß II are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.532; Opera on CD (1) p.81 (2) p.90 (3) p.101; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.49 p.146, mise à jour décembre 1999 p.2; MET p.504; MET(VID) p.301 PENGUIN p.398; Opera on Video p.137; Classic CD December 1995 p.42 GIUDICI p.788, (2) p.1300

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1960 pp.288-289 [PHW]; January 1961 p.377 [DST]; December 1962 p.310; November 1982 p.628 [AML], p.644 [JB]; December 1982 p.775 [SIR]; December 1987 p. [AB]

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Opera - January 1961 p.48

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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.1 September/October 2007 pp.214-215 [DLK]

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

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American Record Guide - January 1961 Vol.27 No.5 p.364 [HG]: April 1961 Vol.27 No.8 p.673 (open reel tape): September/October 2007 Vol.70 No.5 p.171 [RVL]

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High Fidelity Magazine - January 1961 Vol.11 No.1 p.75 [CLO]: May 1961 Vol.11 No.5 p.2 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.510

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The Absolute Sound - September 2007 Issue 174 p.145 [DD]

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Comments:- Included with this recording is a Gala Ball scene in which the following sing: Renata Tebaldi, Fernando Corena, Birgit Nilsson, Mario del Monaco, Teresa Berganza, Joan Sutherland, Leontyne Price, Giulitta Simionato, Ettore Bastianini, Ljuba Welitsch. Their photographs are in the advertisment which faces p.288 of THE GRAMOPHONE, February 1960. See also HIGH FIDELITY November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.58; «Putting the Record Straight» by John Culshaw pp.231-232.

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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Georg Solti - 1960-61(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Riccardo - Carlo Bergonzi

Renato - Cornell MacNeil

Amelia - Birgit Nilsson

Ulrica - Giulietta Simionato

Oscar - Sylvia Stahlman (Giulia Bardi)

Silvano - Tom Krause

Samuele - Fernando Corena

Tom - Libero Arbace

Un Giudice - Piero De Palma

Un servo - Vittorio Pandano

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 215-217 {3LPS} (1962)ª;; Decca SET 215-217 {3LPS} (1962)ª; London A 4356 {3LPS} (1962)ª;; London OSA 1328 {3LPS} (1962)ª

Compact Disc; - *Decca «Grand Opera» 425 655-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; Decca 475 8278 {2CDS} (2007)ª; Decca 000829602 {2CDS} (USA) (2007)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOG 90039 (7½ips 4-track) (1962)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1962 p.363; April 1962 p.485; September 1990 p. [AB] October 2007 p.113 [PO'C]

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Opera - April 1962 p.268

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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.1 September/October 2007 pp.233-234 [ED]

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American Record Guide - February 1962 Vol.28 No.6 p.480 [CJL]: May 1962 Vol.28 No.9 p.751 (open reel tape) [RJ]: September/October 2007 Vol.70 No.5 pp.176-177 [CHP]

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.83, p.83, p.86 [CLO]: August 1962 Vol.12 No.8 p.104 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.103 septiembre 2007 p.93 [JC]

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Comments:- This recording was originally to have had Jussi Björling as Riccardo (See Roland Gellatt in HIGH FIDELITY (November 1960 p.71), John Culshaw in «Putting the Record Straight» pp.236-245, Anna Lisa Björling and Andrew Farkas in «Jussi» Chapter 30, and Birgit Nilsson in «La Nilsson» pp.345-348). See also ICRC Autumn Edition 1997 No.10 p.61

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Capuana - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - NHK Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - NHK italian Opera Chorus - Tokyo Broadcasting Chorus - Fujiwara Opera Chorus

Aida - Gabriella Tucci

Radamès - Mario Del Monaco

Amneris - Giulietta Simionato

Amonasro - Aldo Protti

Ramphis - Paolo Washington

Il Re di Egitto - Silvano Pagliuca

Una Sacerdotessa - Shiozo Kawauki

Un Messaggero - Athos Cesarini

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Black Disc - Seven Seas K25C 320-322 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 08133

Compact Disc; - King K33Y 100-2 (Japan); Gala GL 100 507 {2CDS} ;; Frequenz 043-008 {2CDS}; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 759-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

Laser Disc; - Seven Seas 631L 8-9 (Japanese NTSC); King KILM 102-103 (Japanese NTSC) (1993)ª

DVD (Video) - *NHK Video KIBM 1012 (Japan) (2002)ª; Video Artists Internationaal DVDVAI 4420 (2007)ª

VHS Video Cassette - VAI (NTSC)

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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 - February 2008 p.95 (DVD) [PO'C]

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Orpheus - April 1996 S.59 (audio); November + Dezember 2007 S.70 (DVD) [GH]

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Diapason - No.424 mars 1996 p.133 (audio)

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American Record Guide - January/February 2008 Vol.71 No.1 pp.237-238 (DVD} [RVL]

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Répertoire - No.84 octobre 1995 p.78 (audio)

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Opéra Magazine - No.27 mars 2008 (DVD) [JC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Tokyo (13 October 1961).

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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Arena di Verona

Chorus - Arena di Verona

Carmen - Giulietta Simionato

Don José - Franco Corelli

Micaëla - Renata Scotto

Escamillo - Ettore Bastianini

Frasquita - Adalina Grigolato

Mercédès - Aurora Cattelani

Le Dancaïre - Virgilio Carbonari

Le Remendado - Piero De Palma

Moralès - Guglielmo Ferrara

Zuninga - Alessandro Maddalena

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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni «The Golden Age of Opera» GAO 118-119 {2CDS} Premiere Opera Ltd. CNDO 2182-3 (+José Cura as Don José) {3CDRS} (2006)ª

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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42: No.547 S mai 2007 p.122; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Verona Arena (See OPERA November 1961 pp.714-715). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «New Releases from Premiere Opera - Tue. 16 May 2006».

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Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Morelli - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - NHK Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - NHK Italian Opera Chorus - Fujiwara Opera Chorus - Tokyo Choraliers

Santuzza - Giulietta Simionato

Turiddu - Angelo Lo Forese

Alfio - Attilio D' Orazi

Lola - Anna Di Stasio

Lucia - Amalia Pini

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Black Disc - Seven Seas K25C 310-312 (+Pagliacci) {3LPS}

Compact Disc - Gala GL 100.518 (+Pagliacci) {2CDS}

DVD (Video) - NHK Video KIBM 1016 (Japan) (2002)ª; Video Artists International VAI DVD 4422 (2007)ª

VHS Video Cassette - VAI Video 69084

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Recordings of Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.64; Opera on Record p.542; CELLETTI p.380; MARINELLI p.435; Opera on CD(1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.130; MET p.220; MET(VID) p.124; PENGUIN p.195; GIUDICI p.140; Opéra International mai 1999 No.235 p.66; Répertoire No.130 décembre 1999 p.86; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - janvier 1996 No.198 p.45

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.169 p.125

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American Record Guide - March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 p.279 (DVD) [RVL]

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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2008 pp.70-71 (DVD) [TP]

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Répertoire - No.83 septembre 1995 p.54

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.107 enero-febrero 2008 p.86 (DVD} [PMH]

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Comments:- Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) in the Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo (October 1961; see OPERA April 1962 p.262)

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

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Carlo - João Gibin

Filippo II - Walter Kreppel

Rodrigo - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)

Il Grande Inquisitore - Nicola Zaccaria

Un Frate - Frederick Guthrie

Elisabetta di Valois - Antonietta Stella

La principessa Eboli - Giulietta Simionato

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1513

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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 Vienna State Opera (21? September 1961). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». According to Omega's catalogue the conductor is Cleva and one of the singers is Labo. However, according to «Chronik der Wiener Staatsoper 1945-1995» p.326 Cleva only conducted one performance of Don Carlo in Vienna, on 21 September 1961, and on this date Don Carlo was sung bu João Gibin not Flaviano Labò (ibid. p.382)

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

Conductor Nello Santi - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Carlo - Flaviano Labò

Filippo II - Walter Kreppel

Rodrigo - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)

Il Grande Inquisitore - Frederick Guthrie

Un Frate - Nicola Zaccaria

Elisabetta di Valois - Antonietta Stella

La principessa Eboli - Giulietta Simionato

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 4101 (1995)ª; Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01881

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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 Vienna State Opera (28 September 1961). The conductor is given as Cleva in Charles Handelman's Catalog but according to the performance chronology in «Simionato - How Cinderella Became Queen» p.286 Cleva only conducted the performance on 21 September and Santi conducted the second performance in which Simionato sang. The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric Distribution Incorporated are listed in «New Audio Cassette Listing - July 1996». Here the conductor is given (correctly) as Santi.

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Médée [Medea] by Luigi Cherubini performed in Italian

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Medea - Maria Callas

Glauce - Ivana Tosini

Neris - Giulietta Simionato

Giasone - Jon Vickers

Creonte - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Capitano - Alfredo Giacomotti

Prima Ancella - Edith Martelli

Seconda Ancella - Maddalena Bonifaccio

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Black Disc - Bismark Beane MRF 102 {3LPS}; Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 21 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - *Hunt 2 CDLSMH 34028 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1251 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 5001 (La sonnambula +La traviata +Tosca) {8CDS} (2002)ª

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Recordings of Médée [Medea] by Luigi Cherubini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.30; CELLETTI p.146; MET p.79; PENGUIN p.59; GIUDICI p.119 (2) p.196

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.6 No.2 November/December 1982 p.121 [JM]

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.165 (2) p.168 (4) p.165

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.136

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (11 December 1961) (See OPERA February 1962 p.97). The Fonit Cetra LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE December 1983 p.739 According to James Calvert (OPERA-L Thu, 24 Oct 2002 08:099:32 -400) the sound on the CDs issued by Opera d'Oro is a semitone flat.

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Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Capuana - 1961(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Adriana Lecouvreur - Renata Tebaldi

Maurizio - Mario Del Monaco

Principe di Bouillon - Silvio Maionica

Principessa di Bouillon - Giulietta Simionato

Michonnet - Giulio Fioravanti

Quinault - Giovanni Foiani

Poisson - Angelo Mercuriali

Mlle. Jouvenot - Dora Carral

Mlle. Dangeville - Fernanda Cadoni

L'Abate di Chazeuil - Franco Ricciardi

Un maggiordomo - Angelo Mercuriali

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 221-223 {3LPS} (1962)ª;; Decca SET 221-223 {3LPS} (1962)ª; London A 4359 {3LPS} (1962)ª;; London OSA 1331 {3LPS} (1962)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 430 256-2 {2CDS} (1991)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 455 832-2 (France) (1997)ª; London POCL 3933-4 {2CDS} (Japan) (1995)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOG 90043 (7½ips 4-track) (1962)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1962 p.416; July 1962 p.42; August 1991 p. [JBS]

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Opera - May 1962 p.327

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.69 [CLO]: September 1962 Vol.12 No.9 p.115 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - May 1962 Vol.28 No.9 p.726 [PLM]: September 1962 Vol.29 No.1 p.52 (open reel tape) [RJ]

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 61 September/October 1989 p.119

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Répertoire - No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention)

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Atlántida by Manuel Falla performed in Italian - Latin

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Coryphée (Narrator) - Lino Puglisi

Queen Isabelle - Teresa Stratas

Queen Pirene - Giulietta Simionato

Archangel - Antonio Greco

Lady of the court - Maria Grazia Allegri

Maria - Gianna Galli

Aretusa - Mirella Fiorentini

Caleno - Marina Cucchio

Eritea - Nama Nardi

Electra - Sonnette Heyns

Esparetusa - Biancamaria Casoni

Alcione - Laura Didier-Gambardella

3-Headed Geryon 1 - Pier Francesco Poli

3-Headed Geryon 2 - Piero De Palma

3-Headed Geryon 3 - Sergio Pezzetti

Child - Antonio Di Minno

Hercules - Roger Browne

Christopher Columbus - Gustavo Halley

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 02327

Compact Disc; - Memories HR 4464/4465 (+El amor brujo) {2CDS} ; Opera d'Oro OPD 1307 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Premiere Opera Limited CDNO 1925-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Atlántida by Manuel Falla are surveyed in the following publications:-

Fanfare November-December 1993 (Vol.17 No.2) p.233; CELLETTI p.183

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Diapason - No.394 juin 1993 p.120, p.122 [JYB]

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CLASSICAL disCDigest - Vol.4 No.6 Issue 14 p.55

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Comments:- Recording of a performance of Halfter's version at La Scala (18 June 1962, see OPERA September 1962 p.599). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «New Releases on CD, Fall 2005» Dated Nov.16 2005.

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Les Huguenots by Giacomo Meyerbeer performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Marguerite de Valois - Joan Sutherland

Valentine de Saint-Bris - Giulietta Simionato

Urbain - Fiorenza Cossotto

Raoul de Nangis - Franco Corelli

Compte de Nevers - Wladimiro Ganzarolli

Compte de Saint-Bris - Giorgio Tozzi

Marcel - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Bois-Rosé - Walter Gullino

De Tavannes - Piero De Palma

De Cossé - Giuseppe Bertinazzo

De Thoré - Manuel Spatafora

De Retz - Antonio Cassinelli

De Meru - Alfredo Giacomotti

Maurevert - Silvio Maionica

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 246 {3LPS} (1962)ª; *Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 34 {3LPS} (1982)ª

Compact Cassette - Pantheon Music (Legends) XLNC-105

Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 701 {3CDS} ; *Gala GL 100.604 {3CDS} (+highlights from other performances) ;; Opera d'Oro OPD 1217 {3CDS} (2000)ª; Living Stage 347.12 {3CDS} ; Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 006 (The Operas of Giacomo Meyerbeer); {1xCD-ROM} (2001)ª

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Recordings of Les Huguenots by Giacomo Meyerbeer are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.137; CELLETTI p.421; Opera on CD (1) p.27 (2) p.31 (3) p.34 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.134 p.108; MET p.253; MET(VID) p.136; Opera on Video p.42; GIUDICI p.381 (2) p.661

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Juli 1997 S.58

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American Record Guide - September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 p.277 [DA]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.55 noviembre 2002 pp.83-84 [XC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (7 June 1962 see OPERA August 1962 p.523;«A Prima Donna's Progress» by Joan Sutherland pp.140-141). The Fonit Cetra LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE August 1982 p.238

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Semiramide by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Semiramide - Joan Sutherland

Arsace - Giulietta Simionato

Assur - Wladimiro Ganzarolli

Idreno - Gianni Raimondi

Oroe - Ferruccio Mazzoli

L'Ombra di Nino - Antonio Zerbini

Mitrane - Giuseppe Bertinazzo

Azema - Manuela BianchiParro

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 259 {3LPS} (1963)ª; Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 40 {3LPS} (1983)ª

Compact Disc - Opera Italiana OPI 34 {2CDS}; ARKADIA

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Recordings of Semiramide by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.740; PENGUIN p.370; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.184 p.88; MET p.493; MET(VID) p.295; GIUDICI p.740 (2) p.1223; Répertoire No.115 juillet/aoüt 1998 p.91; Opéra Magazine No.6 avril 2006 p.22

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Fanfare - Vol.7 No.2 September/October 1983 p.244 [HF]; Vol.14 No.4 March/April 1991 p.351 [RL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (19 December 1962). See OPERA February 1963 p.94 and «A Prima Donna's Progress» by Joan Sutherland pp.148-149

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Manrico - Franco Corelli

Azucena - Giulietta Simionato

Leonora - Leontyne Price

Conte di Luna - Ettore Bastianini

Ferrando - Nicola Zaccaria

Ines - Laurence Dutoit

Ruiz - Siegfried Rudolf Frese

Un vecchio zingaro - Rudolf Zimmer

Un messo - Kurt Equiluz

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 287-3 {3LPS} (1979)ª; Melodram MEL 710 {3LPS} (1982)ª; Paragon DSV 52025 {3LPS}; Historical Opera Performance Edition HOPR 247 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - *Rodolphe RPC 32482-83 {2CDS} Gala GL 100.505 (+Corelli and Bastianini in excerpts from La forza del destino) {2CDS}; DG 447 659-2 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 5009 (+Andrea Chenier +La fanciulla del West +Tosca) {8CDS} (2002)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 5004 (+La traviata +Otello +Aida) {8CDS} (2002)ª; Bravissimo Opera Library 9801 (Verdi - The Greatest Operas) {14CDS} (2007)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1995 p.109; April 1996 p.38

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Opera - December 1994 p.1391: Festival Issue 1995 p.65

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Opera Now - December 1995 p.67

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HiFi News & Record Review - December 1995 p.83

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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.4 March/April 2008 pp.269-271 [JM]

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Orpheus - Oktober 1995 S.55 S.61; April 1996 S.59

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Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.63

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Diapason - No.419 octobre 1995 p.150

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.168 p.125

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Répertoire - No.84 octobre 1995 p.79

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.193 november 1995 p.108

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Opernwelt - Oktober 10/1995 S.13

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Classica Répertoire - No.60 mars 2004 p.105 [PT]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Salzburg (31 July 1962). The performance on 25 August 1962 was reviewed in OPERA Festival Issue 1962 p.22. The Melodram LPs areadvertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1982 p.529

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Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1962(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Suor Angelica - Renata Tebaldi

La Zia Principessa - Giulietta Simionato

La Badessa - Lucia Danieli

La Zelatrice - Miti Truccato Pace

La Maestra delle novizie - Anna Di Stasio

Suor Genovieffa - Dora Carral

Suor Osmina - Yeda Valtriani

Suor Dolcina - Giuliana Tavolaccini

La Sorella Infermiera - Anna Di Stasio

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 236-238 (Trittico) {3LPS} (1962)ª; Decca SET 236-238 (Trittico) {3LPS} (1962)ª; London A 4152 {1LP} (1962)ª;; London OSA 1152 {1LP} (1962)ª; London A 4364 (Trittico) {3LPS} (1962)ª;; London OSA 1364 (Trittico) {3LPS} (1962)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 411 665-2 (Trittico) {3CDS} (1991)ª; London POCL 3959-61 (Trittico) {3CDS} (Japan) (1991)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOL 90052/54 (Trittico) (7½ips 4-track) (1963)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1962 p.303; April 1963 p.45; February 1991 p. [MEO]

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Opera - March 1963 p.192 [HDR]

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American Record Guide - February 1963 Vol.29 No.6 p.420 [PLM] : June 1963 Vol.29 No.10 p.822 [CJL] (open reel tape)

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American Record Guide - February 1963 Vol.29 No.6 p.420 [PLM]: June 1963 Vol.29 No.10 p.822 [CJL] (open reel tape)

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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1963 Vol.13 No.2 p.84 [CLO]: *HIF May 1963 Vol.13 No.5 p.94 [RDD]

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Arena di Verona

Chorus - Arena di Verona

Aida - Leyla Gencer

Radamès - Gastone Limarilli

Amneris - Giulietta Simionato

Amonasro - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Ramphis - Bonaldo Giaiotti

Il Re di Egitto - Antonio Zerbini

Una Sacerdotessa - Silvana Tumicelli

Un Messaggero - Ottorino Begali

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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:- Video recording of Acts 1 to 3 of a performance in the Arena di Verona (4 August 1963). Act 4 was not performed because of bad weather.

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Lovro von Matacic - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Aida - Leontyne Price

Radamès - Dimiter Uzunov

Amneris - Giulietta Simionato

Amonasro - Ettore Bastianini

Ramphis - Walter Kreppel

Il Re di Egitto - Ludwig Welter

Una Sacerdotessa - Liselotte Maikl

Un Messaggero - Erich Majkut

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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 410 {3LPS}; foyer FO 1038 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - foyer 2-CF 2018 {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:-

Opéra International - mars 1984 No.68 p.52 [SS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (3 June 1963). The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE January 1984 p.872

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Verchi - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - NHK Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - NHK Lirica Italiana

Figaro - Aldo Protti

Il Conte Almaviva - Lorenzo Sabatucci

Rosina - Giulietta Simionato

Dr. Bartolo - Arturo La Porta

Don Basilio - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Berta - Anna Di Stasio

Fiorello - Giorgio Onesti

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Compact Disc; - Fiori FI 1045 (Downloadable MP3 file - 320 KBps) (2008)ª

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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

Comments:- Recording of a performance in Tokyo (23 October 1983). The mp3 file issued on the «Fiori» label may be downloaded from the website http://opera-club.net (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Santuzza - Giulietta Simionato

Turiddu - Franco Corelli

Alfio - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Lola - Gabriella Carturan

Lucia - Maria Grazia Allegri

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Black Disc; - Morgan Records MOR 6301 (+arias) {2LPS}; Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 58 (+L'amico Fritz) {4LPS} (1984)ª; Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 413 (+Pagliacci - Simonetto) {3LPS} (1984)ª

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00257

Compact Disc; - *Fonit Cetra «Grandi Scelte» CDE 1041 (+L'amico Fritz) {3CDS} (1988)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 113-1 {1CDR} (2001)ª;;; Myto 1 MCD 031 274 {1CD} (2003)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1448 {1CD} (2006)ª

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Recordings of Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.64; Opera on Record p.542; CELLETTI p.380; MARINELLI p.435; Opera on CD(1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.130; MET p.220; MET(VID) p.124; PENGUIN p.195; GIUDICI p.140; Opéra International mai 1999 No.235 p.66; Répertoire No.130 décembre 1999 p.86; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.27 No.3 January/February 2004 p.152 [BR]

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Opéra International - juillet-aoüt 1984 No.72 p.61 [SS]

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Diapason - No.503 mai 2003 p.125 [FL]

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American Record Guide - September/October 2003 Vol.66 No.5 p.137 [MM]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.61 junio 2003 p.81 [MC]

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Classica Répertoire - No.59 février 2004 p.118 [PT]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala on December 7 1963 to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Mascagni (see OPERA February 1964 p.94 ). The date given in Charles Handelman's catalog (November 2000) is 9 December 1963, but according to the archive in (that was in?) the La Scala website (www.teatroallascala.org) Cavalleria rusticana was not performed on that date. The CDR issued by Premiere was advertized as «New» in «Fall 2001».

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La favorite by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Alfonso - Mario Zanasi

Leonora - Giulietta Simionato

Fernando - Gianni Raimondi

Baldassare - Nicola Zaccaria

Don Gasparo - Pier Francesco Poli

Ines - Silvana Zanolli

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Compact Disc - Bongiovanni GAO 105-106 {2CDS}; Hardy Classic HCA 6013-2 {2CDS}

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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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - décembre 1997 No.219 p.22, p.59 [SS]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.147 gennaio 2001 p.94 [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples. The date is given as11 May 1963 in the Discography of «Simionato» by Jean-Jacques Hanine Roussel (p.301), but in the Performance Chronology (p.289) the date quoted is 12 May 1963. Presumably this date is of the first of the «run» of performances. Possibly the recording is of the dress rehearsal. What appear to be highlights of this performance appear as a «filler» on Melodram MEL 27036 (Il Duca di Alba)but the date given is 1 November 1963 (See FANFARE Vol.12 No.4 March/April 1989 pp.147-148). The date given by Hardy is 12 May 1963.

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - NHK Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - NHK Italian Opera Chorus

Manrico - Gastone Limarilli

Azucena - Giulietta Simionato

Leonora - Antonietta Stella

Conte di Luna - Ettore Bastianini

Ferrando - Bruno Marangoni

Ines - Anna Di Stasio

Ruiz - Mario Guggia

Un vecchio zingaro - Giorgio Onesti

Un messo - Augusto Pedroni

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Black Disc - Seven Seas K25C 351-353 {3LPS} (Japan)

Compact Disc; - Seven Seas K33Y 109-10 {2CDS} (Japan); Rodolphe RPC 32752 (highlights) {1CD} Golden Melodram GM 5.0057 {2CDS} (2006)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - 11+12 Nov-Dez 2006 S.61 [WD]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.102 julio-agosto 2007 p.90 [XC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo

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La cenerentola by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1963(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Cenerentola - Giulietta Simionato

Clorinda - Dora Carral

Tisbe - Miti Truccato Pace

Don Ramiro - Ugo Benelli

Dandini - Sesto Bruscantini

Don Magnifico - Paolo Montarsolo

Alindoro - Giovanni Foiani

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 265-267 {3LPS} (1964)ª;; Decca SET 265-267 {3LPS} (1964)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 631-633 {3LPS} (1973)ª; London A 4376 {3LPS} (1964)ª;; London OSA 1376 {3LPS} (1964)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 433 030-2 {2CDS} (1992)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 455 886-2 {2CDS} (France) (1997)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOR 90084 (7½ips 4-track) (1964)ª

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Recordings of La cenerentola by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.98; CELLETTI p.712; Opera on CD (1) p.30 (2) p.34 (3) p.37; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.85 p.100; MET p.489; MET(VID) p.287; PENGUIN p.356; Opera on Video p.51; GIUDICI p.717 (2) p.1192; 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.146; January 1965 p.318; June 1973 p.107 [AB] May 1992 p.113 [RO]

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American Record Guide - November 1964 Vol.31 No.3 p.197 [HG]: May 1965 Vol.31 No.9 pp.921-922 (open reel tape) [JM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - January 1965 Vol.15 No.1 p.106 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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Répertoire - No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention)

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Georg Solti - 1963(STU)

Orchestra - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Chorus - RCA Italiana Opera Chorus

Falstaff - Geraint Evans

Fenton - Alfredo Kraus

Ford - Robert Merrill

Dr. Cajus - John Lanigan

Bardolfo - Piero De Palma

Pistola - Giovanni Foiani

Alice Ford - Ilva Ligabue

Nannetta - Mirella Freni

Meg Page - Rosalind Elias

Mistress Quickly - Giulietta Simionato

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor RE 5509-5511 {3LPS} (UK) (1964)ª; RCA Victor SER 5509-5511 {3LPS} (UK) (1964)ª; Decca 2BB 104-106 {3LPS} (1971)ª; RCA Victor LM 6163 {3LPS} (USA) (1964)ª; RCA Victor LSC 6163 {3LPS} (USA) (1964)ª; London «Jubilee» LJ 417 168-1 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette; - Decca K110K32 (1978)ª;; *Decca 417 168-4 (1990)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 417 168-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 460 179-2 {2CDS} (France) (1998)ª; Decca «Classic Opera» 475 6677 {2CDS} (2005)ª

Open Reel Tape; - RCA Victor FTC 8008 (7½ips 4-track) (USA) (1964)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1964 p.517; October 1964 p.174 [DST]; July 1971 p.238 [AB] November 1978 p.970 [IM]; March 1990 p. [AB]; October 2005 p.101 [JBS]

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

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Diapason - No.454 décembre 1998 p.70 (mention) [MP]

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American Record Guide - March 1964 Vol.30 No.7 p.564 [PLM]: August 1964 Vol.30 No.12 p.60, p.66 (open reel tape) [RJ]

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1964 Vol.14 No.3 p.65 [CLO]: August 1964 Vol.14 No.8 p.108 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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International Record Review - November 2005 p.37 [RP]

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Répertoire - No.120 janvier 1999 p.53 [LC]

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Aida - Leontyne Price

Radamès - Flaviano Labò

Amneris - Giulietta Simionato

Amonasro - Ettore Bastianini

Ramphis - Nicola Zaccaria

Il Re di Egitto - Ludwig Welter

Una Sacerdotessa - Gerda Scheyrer

Un Messaggero - Ermanno Lorenzi

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Compact Disc; - *House of Opera «The Operas of Giuseppe Verdi - Vol.2 His Later;; Works» {1xCD-ROM} (2002)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:- This performance is listed in «the concert register of Herbert von karajan» by John Hunt p.207. The recording issued on the CD-ROM by «House of Opera» appears to have been made «in house» and is not of very good quality.

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Bryan Balkwill - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Aida - Galina Vishnevskaya

Radamès - Jon Vickers

Amneris - Giulietta Simionato

Amonasro - Peter Glossop

Ramphis - Joseph Rouleau

Il Re di Egitto - Victor Godfrey

Una Sacerdotessa - Anne Finley

Un Messaggero - Glynne Thomas

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Compact Disc; - Opera Depot OD 10189-2 {2CDRS} (2007)ª

Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 4335

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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 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The cast listed above (and by mr. tape) is that which was announced for the performances on 21, 24, 26 February 1964; see OPERA February 1964). It appears that none of these was broadcast, so, presumably, the recording was made «in house». The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here the date of the performance recorded is given as «February 4 1964».

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I Capuleti e i Montecchi by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - American Opera Society

Chorus - American Opera Society

Giulietta - Mary Costa

Romeo - Giulietta Simionato

Tebaldo - André Montal

Capellio - Raymond Michalski

Lorenzo - Rolf Bottcher

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Compact Disc; - Grand Tier ENGT 19/99 {2CDS} (1999)ª

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Recordings of I Capuleti e i Montecchi by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.47; Opera on CD (2) p.44 (3) p.48; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.122 p.94; GIUDICI p.26 (2) p.43

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

American Record Guide - July/August 2000 Vol.63 No.4 p.258 [RVL]

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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in Carnegie Hall, New York (28 April 1964; see OPERA July 1964 p.456 )

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La Damnation de Faust by Hector Berlioz performed in Italian

Conductor Peter Maag - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Faust - Ruggero Bondino

Méphistophélès - Ettore Bastianini

Marguerite - Giulietta Simionato

Brander - Plinio Clabassi

Une voix de soprano - Plinio Clabassi

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Black Disc - Estro Armonico EA 037 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Encore Grand Tier 64805-1095-2; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 776-CD2 {2CDS} (1993)ª

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Recordings of La Damnation de Faust by Hector Berlioz are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.167; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.22 p.92; CELLETTI p.83; PENGUIN p.18; Opéra International No.62 septembre 1983 p.18; Répertoire avril 1994 p.11; Orpheus Heft 9+10 September+Oktober 2003 S.68; The Opera Quarterly Vol.19 No.3 Summer 2003 pp.431-446; Opéra International No.284 novembre 2003 p.22; American Record Guide May/June 2007 Vol.70 No.3 pp.62-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Februar 1996 S.59

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Opéra International - janvier 1997 No.209 p.46

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American Record Guide - November/December 1995 Vol.58 No.6 p.87

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

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo Napoli (26 December 1964, see OPERA, March 1965 p.206)

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Manrico - Carlo Bergonzi

Azucena - Giulietta Simionato

Leonora - Gabriella Tucci

Conte di Luna - Piero Cappuccilli

Ferrando - Ivo Vinco

Ines - Mirella Fiorentini

Ruiz - Piero De Palma

Un vecchio zingaro - Virgilio Carbonari

Un messo - Franco Ricciardi

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Black Disc - Melodiya M10 47009-4 {3LPS}; Melodiya D 015223-4 (highlights) {1LP}

Compact Disc; - *Opera d'Oro OPD 1129 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 152-2 {2CDRS} (2001)ª; Opera d'Oro «Grand Tier» OPD 7045 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.31 No.5 May/June 2008 p.272 [ED]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.33 mayo-junio 1999 p.96 [JV]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance given by Teatro alla Scala in Moscow (September 1964). The CDRs issued by Premiere were advertized as «New» in «Fall 2001».

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Manrico - Bruno Prevedi

Azucena - Giulietta Simionato

Leonora - Gwyneth Jones

Conte di Luna - Peter Glossop

Ferrando - Joseph Rouleau

Ines - Elizabeth Bainbridge

Ruiz - John Dobson

Un vecchio zingaro - William Clothier

Un messo - Handel Owen

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Black Disc; - Legendary Recordings LR 175-3 {3LPS} (1982)ª

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

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden on 26 November 1964. The performance on 23 November 1964 is reviewed in OPERA January 1965 p.58; The LR LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE December 1982 p.722 and the CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca. A video recording of excerpts of one the performances in the same «run» has been issued on the ENCORE label (DVD 3108) and is listed in the online catalogue of the «berkshire record outlet» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1964(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Manrico - Franco Corelli

Azucena - Giulietta Simionato

Leonora - Gabriella Tucci

Conte di Luna - Robert Merrill

Ferrando - Ferruccio Mazzoli

Ines - Luciana Moneta

Ruiz - Angelo Mercuriali

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Black Disc; - HMV «Angel Series» AN 151-153 {3LPS} (1965)ª; HMV «Angel Series» SAN 151-153 {3LPS} (1965)ª; Angel 3653 C/L {3LPS} (1965)ª;; Angel S 3653 C/L {3LPS} (1965)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 63640-2 {2CDS}; HMV «Classics» HMVD 5 73413-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª

Open Reel Tape; - Angel Y3S-3653 (3óips 4-track) (1965)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1965 p.540; January 1966 p.333; November 1999 p.122 [AB]

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Opera - August 1965 pp.592-593 [ET]; October 1999 p.1244 [AB]

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Opéra International - novembre 1984 No.75 p.52 [VH]

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High Fidelity Magazine - November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 p.176 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - July 1965 Vol.31 No.11 pp.1048-1050: Vol.32 No.8 April 1966 p.737 (open reel tape) [CJL]

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Norma by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1965(LCE)

Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris

Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris

Norma - Maria Callas

Adalgisa - Fiorenza Cossotto

Pollione - Gianfranco Cecchele

Oroveso - Ivo Vinco

Clotilde - Marie-Luce Bellary

Flavio - Claude Calès

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Compact Disc - Melodram CDM 16038 {1CD}; Eklipse EKR P-18; Gala GL 100.523 {2CDS}Divina DVN-15 {2CDS}

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.189, (2) p.195, (4) p.191

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Classical Express - Issue No.78 September 1996 p.7

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.56

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Comments:- Recording of parts of performances in the Palais Garnier, Paris (17, 21, & 29 May 1965). Giulietta Simionato sang Adalgisi in the performance of 17 May. These performances are briefly mentioned in OPERA August 1965 p.586. According to Divina's website the excerpts on their CDs are longer than those on the other labels

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Plinio Clabassi

Leonora di Vargas - Ilva Ligabue

Don Carlo - Piero Cappuccilli

Don Alvaro - Carlo Bergonzi

Preziosilla - Giulietta Simionato

Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi

Padre Guardiano - Nicolai Ghiaurov

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1466

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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 La Scala (7 December 1965). According to the review in OPERA (February 1966 p.147) there were several demonstrations during this performance. The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Norma by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Norma - Leyla Gencer

Adalgisa - Giulietta Simionato

Pollione - Bruno Prevedi

Oroveso - Nicola Zaccaria

Clotilde - Luciana Piccolo

Flavio - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 320-3 {3LPS} (1980)ª; Melodram MEL 468 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 1308

Compact Disc; - Myto 3 MCD 034 286 (+excerpts) {3CDS} (2003)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 362-2 {2CDRS}

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.21 No.3 Summer 2005 (published March 2006) pp. 551-555 [NEL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (January 1965; see OPERA March 1965 pp.203-204; «Simionato» by Jean-Jacques Hanine Roussel pp.83-85)

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Samson - Jon Vickers

Dalila - Giulietta Simionato

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Norman Mittelman

Abimélech - Justino Díaz

Le Vieillard Hébreu - John Macurdy

Le messager philistin - Robert Nagy

Premier philistin - Gabor Carelli

Deuxième philistin - Robert Goodloe

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers SAMD 196501 {2CDRS} (2006)ª

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28

Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the Metropolitan Opera in Detroit (28 May 1965).

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La Clemenza di Tito by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Prague National Theatre

Tito - Renzo Casellato

Sesto - Luigi Alva

Servilia - Giulietta Simionato

Vitellia - Virginia Gordoni

Annio - Giorgio Marelli

Publio - Alfredo Giacomotti

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Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia «WWW Site on a Disc #6» {1xCD-ROM} (2005)ª

Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 4213

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Recordings of La Clemenza di Tito by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.50; CELLETTI p.448; Opera on CD (1) p.23 (2) p.27 (3) p.30; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.99 p.118, No.226 p.92; MET p.329; PENGUIN p.225; GIUDICI p.511 (2) p.828; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 p.60

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Piccola Scala (January 1966; see OPERA April 1966 pp. 317-318)

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Abbreviations

(STU), "Studio" Recording

(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts

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

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

(LI), "Live" Recording

(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts

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

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

(RA), A Radio Performance

(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance

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

(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española

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