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Michele - Marko Rothmüller

Luigi - Giuseppe di Stefano

Il Tinca - Carlo Bertessa

Il Talpa - René Shambex

Giorgetta - Marisa Morel

La Frugola - Marie Louise Rochet

Venditore di canzonette - Bruno Manazza

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 249 (+L'elisir d'amore - ; highlights) {1LP} (1975)ª

Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 830 (+Gianni Schicchi cond. ;; Antonicelli +duets with di Stefano) {2CDS} (2001)ª

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

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.110; Opera on Record 2 p.314; CELLETTI p.630; Opera on CD (1) p.110 (2) p.121 (3) p.136; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.190 p.132; MET p.444; MET(VID) p.249; PENGUIN p.313; Opera on Video p.185; GIUDICI p.642 (2) p.1056; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.157 gennaio 2002 p.116

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.96 [JS]

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Comments:- Recording of a broadcast performance (12 or 18 February 1945). GOP gives 18 February, but according to «More EJS» p.163 the date of the broadcast was 12 February 1945. Rothmuller sings Michele's original aria «Scorri, fiume eterno!» rather than the more common «Nulla! silenzio!» with which Puccini replaced it. According to the review in Ópera Actual «Lo verdaderamente insufrible es la calidad de la grabación»

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Paganini by Franz Lehár performed in French

Conductor Victor Desarzens - 1946(RE)

Orchestra - Orchestre

Paganini - Giuseppe di Stefano

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Compact Disc - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia «WWW Site 2» {1xCD-ROM}

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Comments:- Recording of excerpts from a broadcast performance given in a French translation by Rivoire (Lausanne, 13 September 1946). The following also take part:- Andrée Walser, Violette Fleury, Claude Maréda.

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Manon by Jules Massenet performed in Italian

Conductor Antonio Guarnieri - 1947(LCE)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Manon - Mafalda Favero

Le Chevalier Des Grieux - Giuseppe di Stefano

Lescaut - Mario Borriello

Le Compte des Grieux - Cesare Siepi

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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 11 {1LP}; Morgan MOR 4701 {1LP} Unique Opera Records UORC 290

Compact Disc; - Myto 1 MCD 981.H005 {1CD] (1998)ª; *The Radio Years RY 97 {1CD} (1998)ª

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

HARRIS p.171; Opera on Record p.481; CELLETTI p.398; MARINELLI p.323; Opera on CD (1) p.94 (2) p.104 (3) p.117; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.123 p.144; MET p.233; MET(VID) p.128; PENGUIN p.205; GIUDICI p.358 (2) p.629; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.110; Orpheus November 2000 S.86

Comments:- Recording made at La Scala (15, 18 March 1947)

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1948(LE]

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas artes

Rigoletto - Giuseppe Valdengo

Gilda - Nadine Conner

Duca di Mantova - Giuseppe di Stefano

Sparafucile - Ignacio Ruffino

Maddalena - Oralia Domínguez

Marullo - Gilberto Cerda

Borsa - Carlos Sagarminaga

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 559 {1LP} (1971)ª

Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni «The Golden Age of Opera» GAO 128-129 {2CDS} (Highlights +Mignon -; Highlights + other excerpts) (1992)ª; Urania «Archivo Storico» URN 22.106 {1CD} (1999)ª; Bongiovanni GB 1154-2 (Highlights + extracts from other operas with di Stefano) {1CD}

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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:-

Orpheus - Mai 2000 S.60 (mention) [GH]; Oktober 2002 S.55 [IW]

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Opéra International - No.172 septembre 1993 p.80

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American Record Guide - November/December 1999 Vol.62 No.6 p.298 [DA]

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

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Répertoire - No.125 juin 1999 p.89 (mention)

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.161 maggio 2002 p.109 (highlights) [GL]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.55 noviembre 2002 p.88 [JV]

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Comments:- Incomplete recording of a performance in Mexico City (22 June 1948)

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Manon by Jules Massenet performed in French

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1948(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Manon - Irma Gonzales

Poussette - Ana María Feuss

Javotte - Gilda Cossio

Rosette - Concha de los Santos

Le Chevalier Des Grieux - Giuseppe di Stefano

Lescaut - Giuseppe Valdengo

Le Compte des Grieux - Roberto Silva

Guillot de Morfontaine - Carlos Sagarminaga

De Brétigny - Gilberto Cerda

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 366 {2LPS} (1977)ª; Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 270-3 {3LPS} (1979)ª

Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 813 CD2 (+Rigoletto - excerpts) {2CDS} (1999)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1154-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

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

HARRIS p.171; Opera on Record p.481; CELLETTI p.398; MARINELLI p.323; Opera on CD (1) p.94 (2) p.104 (3) p.117; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.123 p.144; MET p.233; MET(VID) p.128; PENGUIN p.205; GIUDICI p.358 (2) p.629; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.110; Orpheus November 2000 S.86

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Classical Express - Issue No.118 January 2000 p.5 [JP]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City (6 July 1948). The GOP CDs are advertized in «l'opera (Milano)» N.131 luglio-agosto 1999 p.95 and the CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in the online catalogue «Premiere Opera Compact Disc Releases Winter 2004».

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1948(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Violetta Valery - Nadine Conner

Flora Bervoix - Ana María Feuss

Annina - Luz María Farfan

Alfredo Germont - Giuseppe di Stefano

Giorgio Germont - Giuseppe Valdengo

Gastone - Carlos Sagarminaga

Barone Douphol - Gilberto Cerda

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDWW 1215 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Omega Opera Archive 592

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Palacio de la Bellas Artes, Mexico City (July 1948). Short extracts from this performance have been published on CD by Bongiovanni (along with recordings of di Stefano singing in other operas) - GB 1154-2. The CDRs issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue for a short time in March 2003. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Il 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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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1949(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Falstaff - Leonard Warren

Fenton - Giuseppe di Stefano

Ford - Giuseppe Valdengo

Dr. Cajus - Leslie Chabay

Bardolfo - Alessio De Paolis

Pistola - Lorenzo Alvary

Alice Ford - Regina Resnik

Nannetta - Licia Albanese

Meg Page - Martha Lipton

Mistress Quickly - Cloe Elmo

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 250 {2LPS} (1962)ª

Compact Disc; - Arlecchino ARL A85/A86 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6373/74 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0012 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Guild «Immortal Performances» GHCD 2309/10 {2CDS} (2005)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:-

Fanfare - Vol.29 No.4 March/April 2006 pp.230-231 [BB]

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Diapason - No.497 novembre 2002 p.128 [PK]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.179 p.99 [JC-1]

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

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ARSC Journal - Vol.28 No.2 Fall 1997 p.249 (mention) [PH]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.164 settembre 2002 p.126 [GL]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.65 noviembre 2003 pp.83-84 [JS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (26 February 1949)

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Faust by Charles Gounod performed in French

Conductor Wilfred (Wilfrid) Pelletier - 1949(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Faust - Giuseppe di Stefano

Méphistophélès - Italo Tajo

Marguerite - Dorothy Kirsten

Valentin - Leonard Warren

Siébel - Inge Manski

Marthe - Claramae Turner

Wagner - Dennis Harbour

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 144 (highlights) {1LP} (1973)ª; Cetra «Opera Live» LO-1/3 {3LPS}; Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 53; HOPE 223

Compact Disc; - *Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 21015 {2CDS}; Arkadia MP 478.2 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Myto 2CD 001HO37 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Arkadia 78065 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Omega Opera Archive 1180

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Oktober 1995 S.60

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Opéra International - février 1995 No.188 p.60

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International Opera Collector - Spring 1998 No.7 p.62 [MT]

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Répertoire - No.82 juillet/aoüt 1995 p.41

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.140 maggio 2000 p.105 [MG]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (31 December 1949). See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.461-464. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive was listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where was stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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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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Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Antonicelli - 1949(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Gianni Schicchi - Italo Tajo

Lauretta - Licia Albanese

Zita - Cloe Elmo

Rinuccio - Giuseppe di Stefano

Gherardo - Alessio De Paolis

Nella - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)

Gherardino - Reginald Tonry jr.

Betto di Signa - George Cehanovsky

Simone - Virgilio Lazzari

Marco - Gerhard Pechner

Ciesca - Thelma Votipka

Spinelloccio - Melchiorre Luise

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Black Disc - Historical Operatic Performances Edition HOPE 228 {1LP} Cetra «Opera Live» LO 65/1 {1LP}

Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 830 (+Il tabarro cond. Ackerman) {2CDS} (2001)ª; Guild Immortal Performances GHCD 2230/31 (+Salome - Reiner) {2CDS} (2003)ª

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

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.112; Opera on Record 2 p.321; CELLETTIp.603; Opera on CD (1) p.110 (2) p.121 (3) p.136; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.190 p.132; MET p.451; MET(VID) p.249; PENGUIN p.303; GIUDICI p.649; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.157 gennaio 2002 p.116

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.96 [JS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (12 March 1949)

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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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Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss performed in German

Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1949(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Marschallin - Eleanor Steber

Octavian - Risë Stevens

Sophie - Erna Berger

Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Emanuel List

Faninal - Hugh Thompson

Valzacchi - Peter Klein

Annina - Martha Lipton

Ein Sänger - Giuseppe di Stefano

Marianne Leitmetzerin - Thelma Votipka

Polizeikommissar - Lorenzo Alvary

Der Wirt - Leslie Chabay

Ein Notar - Gerhard Pechner

Der Haushofmeister bei der Feldmarschallin - Emery Darcy

Der Haufhofmeister bei Faninal - Paul Franke

Tierhändler - Leslie Chabay

Modistin - Lois Hunt

Die drei Waisen - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)

- Maxine Stellman

- Thelma Altman

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Compact Disc; - Arlecchino ARL A37-A39 {3CDS} (1996)ª; Dante LYS 425-427 {3CDS}; Naxos «Historical»8.110277-79 {3CDS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; HARRIS p.248; Opera on Record p.567; CELLETTI p.788; Opera on CD (1) p.119 (2) p.131 (3) p.146; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.69-70 p.208 (and Supplément 1997); MET p.525; MET(VID) p.311; PENGUIN p.417;American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.201; GIUDICI p.819 (2) p.1340; Répertoire No.105 septembre 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Spring 1999 No.11 p.16; Opéra International décembre 1999 No.241 p.57; Gramophone May 2000 pp.36-39; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 2004 p.83 [AB]

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Fanfare - Vol.20 No.3 January/February 1997 p.282

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Orpheus - März+April 2005 S.59 [SS]

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Opéra International - septembre 1996 No.205 p.72

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Diapason - No.431 novembre 1996 p.130

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.173 p.170; No.190 p.177 [CM]

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Classical Express - Issue 78 September 1996 p.4

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ARSC Journal - Vol.28 No.2 Fall 1997 p.249 (mention) [PH]

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International Record Review - December 2004 pp.82-83 [MVA]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.71 junio 2004 p.85 [VJ]

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Comments:- It appears that the recording on the CDs issued Arlecchino and Dante is of the performance at the MET on 3 December 1949 which was broadcast, whereas that on the CDs issued by Naxos is of the performance on 21 November 1949 which was telecast. The casts were the same for both performances.

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Antonicelli - 1949(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Violetta Valery - Eleanor Steber

Flora Bervoix - Thelma Votipka

Annina - Thelma Altman

Alfredo Germont - Giuseppe di Stefano

Giorgio Germont - Robert Merrill

Gastone - Leslie Chabay

Dottore Grenvil - Osie Hawkins

Barone Douphol - George Cehanovsky

Marchese d'Obigny - Lawrence Davidson

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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 308 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 943.102 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110115-16 (+Steber - recital) {2CDS} (2000)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 2001 p.98 [AB]

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Opera - May 2001 pp.556-562 [AB]

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Diapason - No.480 avril 2001 p.127 [AT]

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Répertoire - No.72 septembre 1994 p.76: No.144 mars 2001 p.91 [JB]

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Comments:- This appears to be a recording of a performance at the MET on 22 January 1949 (See OPERA NEWS Vol. XIII No.12 January 17 1949 p.16). The date given on the «jewel case» of the CDs issued by Naxos 1 January 1949, but Lucia di Lammermoor was broadcast on that day. Violetta was to have been sung by Bidù Sayão who was ill.

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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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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Giuseppe Valdengo

Il Conte Almaviva - Giuseppe di Stefano

Rosina - Lily Pons

Dr. Bartolo - Salvatore Baccaloni

Don Basilio - Jerome Hines

Berta - Hertha Glaz

Fiorello - George Cehanovsky

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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 3/3 {3LPS}; OASI 602

Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100.738 (+highlights - Cellini - 1949) {2CDS} (2003)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:-

Orpheus - Heft 11+12 November+Dezember 2003 S.62-S.63 [GH]

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Opéra International - No.285 décembre 2003 p.71 [SS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance on 16 December 1950

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

Conductor Franco Ghione - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Adina - Margherita Carosio

Nemorino - Giuseppe di Stefano

Dulcamara - Italo Tajo

Belcore - Saturno Meletti

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 3110

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Villa Floridiana, Naples (13 July 1950).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1951(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Schaunard - George Cehanovsky

Marcello - Giuseppe Valdengo

Colline - Cesare Siepi

Mimi - Bidù Sayão

Musetta - Lois Hunt

Benoit - Lorenzo Alvary

Alcindoro - Lawrence Davidson

Parpignol - Paul Franke

Sergente dei doganieri - Carlo Tomanelli

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Black Disc - Off the Air Record Club OTA 1; Morgan MOR 5104 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 824 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Celestial Audio CA 290 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2003)ª; Opera Fenice FNO 001-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66312 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Bongiovanni HOC 033/34-2 (+Madama Butterfly - duet - Tebaldi - di Stefano) ; {2CDS} (2005)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Nov.+Dez. 2005 S.55 [IW]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.86 diciembre 2005 pp.87-88 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (17 March 1951). The «filler» on the CDs issued by Bongiovanni is a recording of the duet in the 1st Act of Madama Butterfly taken from a broadcast performance of a concert on 15 October 1950 conducted by Gaetano Merola.

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Manon by Jules Massenet performed in French

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1951(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Manon - Licia Albanese

Poussette - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)

Javotte - Margaret Roggero

Rosette - Hertha Glaz

Le Chevalier Des Grieux - Giuseppe di Stefano

Lescaut - Martial Singher

Le Compte des Grieux - Jerome Hines

Guillot de Morfontaine - Alessio De Paolis

De Brétigny - George Cehanovsky

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Black Disc; - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 75 {3LPS} (1979)ª

Compact Disc; - Giuseppe Di Stefano GDS 21010 {2CDS}; Myto H 080 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0124 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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

HARRIS p.171; Opera on Record p.481; CELLETTI p.398; MARINELLI p.323; Opera on CD (1) p.94 (2) p.104 (3) p.117; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.123 p.144; MET p.233; MET(VID) p.128; PENGUIN p.205; GIUDICI p.358 (2) p.629; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.110; Orpheus November 2000 S.86

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Classica Répertoire - No.75 septembre 2005 p.107 [AT]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 December 1951)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1951(SE)

Orchestra - RCA Victor Orchestra

Rodolfo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Schaunard - George Cehanovsky

Marcello - Leonard Warren

Colline - Nicola Moscona

Mimi - Licia Albanese

Musetta - Patrice Munsel

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Black Disc - RCA Victor LM 1709 {1LP}

Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera CDNO 134-1 {1CDR} (2001)ª; *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia «WWW Site 4» {1xCD-ROM} (2003)ª; Naxos 8.110252 (+complete recording - Erede) {2CDS} (2003)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.27 No.3 January/February 2004 pp.176-177 [JK]

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American Record Guide - December 1952 Vol.19 No.4 p.111, 133 [JN]: November/ December 2003 Vol.66 No.6 p.260 (mention) [VAL]

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Comments:- The excerpts issued by Naxos are a «filler» on their re-issue of Decca's complete recording conducted by Erede. I do not know if all the excerpts that are on the RCA LP are also on the Naxos CDs. The CDRs issued by Premiere were advertized as «New» in «Fall 2001» where it is stated that «additional Albanese selections» are included.

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Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Guido Picco - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Lucia - Maria Callas

Edgardo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Enrico - Piero Campolonghi

Raimondo - Roberto Silva

Arturo - Carlo Del Monte

Alisa - Ana María Feuss

Normanno - Francisco Tortolero

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Black Disc; - FWR 650; Historical Recording Enterises HRE 256 {2LPS} (1979)ª

Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 913.40 {2CDS} (1991)ª; Archipel ARPCD 00682 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 5006 (+L'elisir d'amore +La fille du regiment +Maria Stuarda);; {8CDS} (2002)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.46 (2) p.49 (4) p.45

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

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City (10 June 1952)

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I puritani by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Guido Picco - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Elvira - Maria Callas

Arturo Talbot - Giuseppe di Stefano

Sir Riccardo Forth - Piero Campolonghi

Sir Giorgio - Roberto Silva

Enrichetta di Francia - Rosa Rimoch

Sir Bruno Robertson - Tanis Lugo

Lord Gualtiero Valton - Ignacio Ruffino

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Black Disc; - Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 28; Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 191 {2LPS} (1974)ª; Cetra «Opera Live» LO 52/53 {2LPS}; Estro Armonico EA 028 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Melodram CDM 26017 {2CDS}; DiVa 1139-1140 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Archipel ARPCD OO47 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6410/11 {2CDS} (2003)ª

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

Opera June 1960 p.387; August 1960 p.585; September 1960 p.653; HARRIS p.220; Opera on Record 2 p.121; CELLETTI p.63; Opera on CD (1) p.39 (2) p.45 (3) p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.96 p.106; MET p.29; PENGUIN p.12; GIUDICI p.40 (2) p.74; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Opéra International No.253 janvier 2001 p.10

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.576-585 [WA2]; Vol 22 No.1 Winter 2006 (published February 2007) pp.192-193 [RB]

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (I) p.43 (2) p.46 (4) p.43

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.40 julio-agosto 2000 p.90 [JV]: No.69 abril 2004 p.83 [AG]

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Comments:- Recording of a performace at the Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City (25 May 1952).

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Umberto Mugnai - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Rigoletto - Piero Campolonghi

Gilda - Maria Callas

Duca di Mantova - Giuseppe di Stefano

Sparafucile - Ignacio Ruffino

Maddalena - María Teresa García

Giovanna - Ana María Feuss

Monterone - Gilberto Cerda

Marullo - Alberto Herrera

Borsa - Carlos Sagarminaga

Conte di Ceprano - Francisco Alonso

Contessa di Ceprano - Edna Patoni

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Black Disc - BJR 101; BJR 149; Cetra LO 37; Melodram MEL 405

Compact Disc; - Melodram 26023 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1253 {2CDS} (2000)ª; DiVa 1117-1118 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Archipel ARPCD OO61 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Urania URN 22223 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Aura LRC 1113 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Celestial Audio CV 083 {1xAudio-DVDR} (Australia) (2007)ª; Mondo Musica MMO 91112 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - September+Oktober 2007 S.59 (mention) [GE]

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Diapason - No.504 juin 2003 pp.119-120 [VA]

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (I) p.48 (2) p.51 (4) p.48

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.40 julio-agosto 2000 p.98 [SG]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Palacio las de Bellas Artes, Mexico City (17 June 1952). The DVDR issued by Celestial Audio is listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Guido Picco - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Floria Tosca - Maria Callas

Mario Cavaradossi - Giuseppe di Stefano

Il barone Scarpia - Piero Campolonghi

Il Sagristano - Francisco Alonso

Cesare Angelotti - Gilberto Cerda

Spoletta - Carlos Sagarminaga

Sciarrone - Francisco Alonso

Un pastore - Luz Maria Faran

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Black Disc - BJR 153; MORGAN 5201; Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 415; Cetra «Opera Live» LO 41 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Melodram 26028 {2CDS}; *House of Opera - Tosca - CD-ROM (2000)ª; Archipel ARPCD OO49 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 5001 (La sonnambula +La traviata +Medea) {8CDS} (2002)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.175

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.52, (3) p.55, (4) p.52

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City (1 July 1952)

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Umberto Mugnai - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Violetta Valery - Maria Callas

Flora Bervoix - Cristina Trevi

Annina - Edna Patoni

Alfredo Germont - Giuseppe di Stefano

Giorgio Germont - Piero Campolonghi

Gastone - Francisco Tortolero

Dottore Grenvil - Ignacio Ruffino

Barone Douphol - Gilberto Cerda

Marchese d'Obigny - Alberto Herrera

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 181 {2LPS} (1973)ª; Replica RP 12430/2 {3LPS}; BJR 130-3 {3LPS} Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 15 {2LPS}; Melodram MEL 467 {3LPS}; Rodolphe Productions 12430/31/32 (+di Stefano - recital +Callas interview) ; {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Melodram MEL 26021 {2CDS}; Rodolphe Productions RPC 32431/2 {2CDS}Archipel ARPCD OO48 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 5001 (+La sonnambula +Tosca +Medea) {8CDS} (2002)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.5 No.3 January/February 1982 p.207 [HF]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.3 No.4 Winter 1985/86 pp.94-98 [LG]

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (I) p.45 (2) p.48 (4) p.45

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City (3 June 1952)

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Werther by Jules Massenet performed in Italian

Conductor Guido Picco - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Werther - Giuseppe di Stefano

Charlotte - Oralia Domínguez

Sophie - Eugenia Roccabruna

Albert - Piero Campolonghi

Le Bailli - Ignacio Ruffino

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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 406 {3LPS} (1983)ª

Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1134-2 {2CDRS} (2003)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 publication:-

Opéra International - mai 1984 No.70 p.69 [SS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City (15 July 1952). The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE September 1983 p.407

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1952(LI;15/3/52)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Schaunard - Clifford Harvuot

Marcello - Frank Guarrera

Colline - Cesare Siepi

Mimi - Licia Albanese

Musetta - Hilde Güden (Gueden)

Benoit - Lorenzo Alvary

Alcindoro - Alessio De Paolis

Parpignol - Paul Franke

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Black Disc - Great Opera Performances G.F.C. 021-022 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 031 H072 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0019 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - No.298 février 2005 p.76 (mention)

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (15 March 1952; see «Signing-off for the Old Met» pp.56-57)

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

La Gioconda - Anna De Cavallieri

Enzo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Barnaba - Ugo Savarese

Laura - Fedora Barbieri

Alvise - Mario Petri

La Cieca - Lucia Danieli

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers GIOC 195301 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2006)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli in the Arena Flegrea (4 July 1953). The partial cast listed above is that given in «Il Teatro di San Carlo - Cronologia 1737-1987» by Carlo Marinelli Roscioni p.657. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here it is stated «On the whole, sound is acceptable».

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Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1953(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Santuzza - Maria Callas

Turiddu - Giuseppe di Stefano

Alfio - Rolando Panerai

Lola - Anna Maria Canali

Lucia - Ebe Ticozzi

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CXS 1182 - Columbia 33CX 1183 (2LPS-3xsides) (1954)ª; EMI SLS 819 (ASD 2827 - ASD 2829} (+Pagliacci) {3LPS} (1974)ª; EMI EX 291269-3 (+Pagliacci) {2LPS} (1987)ª;; Angel 3509 {2LPS-3xsides} (1954)ª; Angel 3528 (+Pagliacci) {3LPS}; Columbia FCX 266/267 (France) ;; Balkanton BOA 10337-10339 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - EMI EX 291269-5 (+Pagliacci)

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47981-8 (+Pagliacci) {3CDS}; EMI CDS 5 56287-2 (+Pagliacci); EMI Classics 5 86830-2 (+Pagliacci) {2CDS} (2005)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111025 {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:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1954 p.212 [PHW]; February 1974 p.1605 [RO]; October 1987 p.618 [AB]; October 2005 p.101 [JBS]

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Opera - December 1954 p.758 [HDR]

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Diapason - No.439 juillet-aoüt 1997 pp.90-92 [CC]

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.68 (2) p.70 (3) p.68

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Gramophone Record Review - November 1954 p.27 [MO]

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American Record Guide - June 1954 Vol.20 No.10 p.321 [PHR]

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High Fidelity Magazine - June 1954 Vol.4 No.4 p.46 [JH]

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Disques (Nouvelle Série) - mars/avril 1954 No.63-64 p.217 [JB]

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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.58

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.83 septiembre 2005 pp.87-88 [MC]: No.90 mayo 2006 pp.81-82 [JV]

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Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1953(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Lucia - Maria Callas

Edgardo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Enrico - Tito Gobbi

Raimondo - Raffaele Ariè

Arturo - Valiano Natali

Alisa - Anna Maria Canali

Normanno - Gino Sarri

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1131-1132 {2LPS} (1954)ª; Columbia 33CX 1385 {1LP} (Highlights) (1956)ª; *EMI SLS 5056 (ASD 3223/3224-electronically reprocessed to give a stereo effect) {2LPS}(1998)ª; La Voz de su Amo LALP 132-133 {2LPS}; Columbia FCX 258-259 {2LPS} (France) (1954)ª; Angel 3503B {2LPS} (1954)ª

Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 5056 (1977)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 69980-2 {2CDS} (1989)ª; EMI CMS 5 66438-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; EMI CDMB 69980{2CDS} (USA); EMI CDMB 5 66438-2 {2CDS} (USA) ; Regis Records RRC 2006 {2CDS} (2004)ª; EMI Classics «Great Recordings of the Century» 562 747-2 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Naxos 8.110131/2 (+Historical Recordings 1910-1952) {2CDS} (2005)ª; EMI 5 86197-2 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 1954 p.339 [AR]; November 1956 p.225 (Highlights) [AP]; March 1977 p.1444 [AB]; August 1977 p.346 [IM]; October 1977 p.594 [JBS]; October 1989 p.738 [JBS]; October 2004 p.93 [PO'C]

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Opera - May 1954 pp.301-302 [HDR]

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Opera Now - January/February 1998 p.97 (mention) [GH]

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Fanfare - Vol.28 No.1 September/October 2004 p.108 [DLK]; Vol.28 No.6 July/August 2005 p.119 [BR], pp.119-120 [GJ]

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Diapason - No.441 octobre 1997 p.89 [JC]

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High Fidelity Magazine - January-February 1954 Vol.3 No.6 p.55 [JH]

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American Record Guide - February 1954 Vol.20 No.6 p.182 [PHR]: July/August 1998 Vol.61 No.4 pp.265-266 (mention) [LM]

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Gramophone Record Review - May 1954 p.323

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BBC Music Magazine - November 2004 p.90 [RW]

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International Record Review - December 2004 p.42 [MT]: April 2005 pp.24-26 [RP]

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Disques (Nouvelle Série) - mars/avril 1954 No.63-64 p.216 [JB]

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Répertoire - No.105 septembre 1997 p.68 [PT]

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

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.71 junio 2004 pp.81-82 [LB]: No.81 junio 2005 p.86 [MC]: No.96 diciembre 2006 p.84 [JM]

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Classica Répertoire - No.70 mars 2005 p.102 (mention) [AT]

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

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I puritani by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1953(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Elvira - Maria Callas

Arturo Talbot - Giuseppe di Stefano

Sir Riccardo Forth - Rolando Panerai

Sir Giorgio - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Enrichetta di Francia - Aurora Cattelani

Sir Bruno Robertson - Angelo Mercuriali

Lord Gualtiero Valton - Carlo Forti

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1058-1060 {3LPS} (1953)ª; Columbia 33QCX 10016/18 {3LPS} (Italy) (1953)ª; *EMI SLS 5140 {3LPS} (1978)ª; EMI EX 290874-3 {2LPS} (1987)ª; Angel 3502C {3LPS} (1954)ª; Angel AVB 34065 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette; - HMV TC-SLS 5140; EMI EX 290874-5 (1987)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47308-8 {2CDS} (1989)ª; EMI «The Callas Edition» CDS 5 56275-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; EMI Classics «Historical» 585 647-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110259-60 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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

Opera June 1960 p.387; August 1960 p.585; September 1960 p.653; HARRIS p.220; Opera on Record 2 p.121; CELLETTI p.63; Opera on CD (1) p.39 (2) p.45 (3) p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.96 p.106; MET p.29; PENGUIN p.12; GIUDICI p.40 (2) p.74; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Opéra International No.253 janvier 2001 p.10

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1953 p.198 [AR]; April 1954 p.419 [DST]; November 1978 p.956 [JBS]; September 1987 p.478 [AB]; April 1989 p.1628 [JBS]

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Opera - January 1954 pp.38-39 [HDR]

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Opera Now - May 1993 p.59

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Fanfare - Vol.27 No.5 May/June 2004 pp.77-80 [MM]

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Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2004 S.54-S.55 [GH]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.4 No.4 Winter 1986/7 pp.108-110 [CJT]; Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.576-585 [WA2]

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Diapason - No.439 juillet-aoüt 1997 p.68 [JC]

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American Record Guide - January 1954 Vol.20 No.5 p.151 [PHR]: May/June 2004 Vol.67 No.3 p.234 [RVL]

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High Fidelity Magazine - January-February 1954 Vol.3 No.6 p.52 [JH]

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.66 (2) p.68 (3) p.65

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BBC Music Magazine - May 1993 p.66

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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.56

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.69 abril 2004 p.83 [PN]: No.71 junio 2004 p.81 [MC]

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Victor de Sabata - 1953(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Floria Tosca - Maria Callas

Mario Cavaradossi - Giuseppe di Stefano

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Melchiorre Luise

Cesare Angelotti - Franco Calabrese

Spoletta - Angelo Mercuriali

Sciarrone - Dario Caselli

Un pastore - Alvaro Cordova

Un carceriere - Dario Caselli

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1094-1095 {2LPS} (1954)ª; EMI SLS 825 (ASD 2797-2798) (electronically reprocessed to give a stereo effect) {2LPS} (1975)ª; EMI EX 290039-3 {2LPS}; Angel 3508B {2LPS} (1954)ª; Columbia FCX 253-254 {2LPS} (France) (1954)ª; Hungaroton SLPXL 12243-12244 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - HMV TC SLS 825; Angel 4AV-34047

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47175-8 {2CDS} (1985)ª; EMI 5 56304-2 {2CDS}; Angel CDCB-47174 {2CDS}; EMI CDRM 491 788-2 (CD ROM) ; *EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» CMS 5 67756-2 {2CDS} (2002)ª; EMI Classics «Historical» 585 644-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110256-57 {2CDS} (2004)ª

Open Reel Tape - Columbia CAT 266-267; Columbia TA-33CX 1893 (3óips - Highlights)

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1953 pp.244-245 [AR]; April 1954 p.419 [DST]; October 1955 p.192; June 1964 p.5 (tape highlights); March 1973 p.1729 [AB]; June 1973 p.30 [SIR]; December 1975 p.1121 [MEO]; September 1985 p.400 [EG]; July 2002 p.79 [AFC]

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Opera - March 1954 pp.174-175 [HDR]; October 2002 pp.1200-1205 [AB]; February 2004 p.150 [AB]

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HiFi News & Record Review - July 2002 p.72 [CB]

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Fanfare - Vol.26 No.1 September/October 2002 pp.187-188 [HF]; Vol.27 No.5 May/June 2004 pp.77-80 [MM]; Vol.28 No.4 March/April 2005 pp.178-179 [GJ]

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Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2004 S.54-S.55 [GH]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.175

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Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 p.84

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American Record Guide - January 1954 Vol.20 No.5 p.151 [PHR]

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High Fidelity Magazine - January-February 1954 Vol.3 No.6 p.61 [JH]

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.69 (2) p.71 (4) p.68

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.405

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Disques (Nouvelle Série) - No.68 novembre 1954 p.718 [GE]

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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.57: No.160 septembre 2002 pp.77-78 [TP]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.25 septiembre-noviembre 1997 p.92 [FSR]: No.69 abril 2004 p.86 [BD]: No.72 juLio-agosto 2004 p.85 [MCP]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XII - N.115 - gennaio 1998 p.101 (CD-ROM) [EE]

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Comments:- This recording was reissued on LP by Testament with the records bearing the original Columbia numbers 33CX 1094/95 (February 2001)

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Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Lucia - Maria Callas

Edgardo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Enrico - Rolando Panerai

Raimondo - Giuseppe Modesti

Arturo - Giuseppe Zampieri

Alisa - Luisa Villa

Normanno - Mario Carlin

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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE-219

Compact Disc; - Standing Room Only SRO 831-2 {2CDS} ;; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 139-2 {2CDRS} (2001)ª; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6419/20 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.76 (2) p.78 (4) p.75

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.72 juLio-agosto 2004 pp.83-84 [MC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (18 January 1954). The CDRs issued by Premiere were advertized as «New» in «Fall 2001».

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro

Chorus - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Giuseppe di Stefano

Il barone Scarpia - Giuseppe Taddei

Il Sagristano - Guilhermo Damiano

Cesare Angelotti - Giuseppe Modesti

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Compact Disc; - *House of Opera - Tosca - CD-ROM (2000)ª; House of Opera CDBB 499 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Walhall Eternity Series WLCD 0117 {2CDS} (2005)ª; The Opera Lovers TOS 195401 {2CDRS} (2007)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.86 diciembre 2005 p.88 [JM]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro (21 September 1954).

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1954(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Cio Cio San - Victoria de los Ángeles

Pinkerton - Giuseppe di Stefano

Sharpless - Tito Gobbi

Suzuki - Anna Maria Canali

Kate Pinkerton - Maria Huder

Goro - Renato Ercolani

Il principe Yamadori - Arturo La Porta

Lo zio Bonzo - Bruno Sbalchiero

Il commissario imperiale - Arturo La Porta

L'ufficiale del Registro - Arturo La Porta

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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1215-1217 {3LPS} (1955)ª; World Record Club OC 161-163 {3LPS}; RCA Victor LM 6121 {3LPS} (1955)ª; Capitol-EMI GCR 7137 {3LPS} (1959)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 49575-2 {2CDS} (1998)ª;; Testament SBT 2168 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Regis Records RRC 2070 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111291-92 {2CDS} (2008)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 1955 p.455 [AR]; November 1955 pp.214-215 (mention) [HCS]; October 1988 p.673 [JBS]; December 1998 p.111 [AB]

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Opera - April 1955 p.259; April 1999 pp.399-405 [AB]

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Opera News - June 1999 p.65 [PG]

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Orpheus - August + September 1999 S.79 [BH]

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Opéra International - juillet-aoüt 1999 No.237 p.77 [SS]

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Gramophone Record Review - March 1955 p.259 [JC]

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High Fidelity Magazine - September 1955 Vol.5 No.6 p.61 [JH]: January 1959 Vol.9 No.1 p.56 [DJ]

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American Record Guide - October 1955 Vol.22 No.2 p.23 [PHR]: March/April 1999 Vol.62 No.2 p.310 [RVL]

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International Classical Record Collector - Spring 1999 No.16 p.99 [JTH]

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International Record Review - April 2006 pp.32-32 [RP]

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Répertoire - No.121 février 1999 p.49 [PD]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.32 marzo-abril 1999 p.95 [MC]

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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1954(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Canio - Giuseppe di Stefano

Nedda - Maria Callas

Tonio - Tito Gobbi

Beppe - Nicola Monti

Silvio - Rolando Panerai

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CXS 1211 + 33CX 1212 {2LPS-3xsides} (1955)ª; EMI SLS 819 (ASD 2827 - ASD 2829) {3LPS} (+Cavalleria rusticana) (1974)ª; EMI EX 291269-3 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {2LPS} (1987)ª; Angel 3527 {2LPS-3xsides) (1955)ª; Angel 3528 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {3LPS};; Balkanton BAO 10337-10339 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {3LPS}

Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 291269-3 (+Cavalleria rusticana) (1987)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47981-8 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {3CDS} (1987)ª; EMI «Callas Edition» CDS 5 56287-2 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {2CDS} (1997)ª; Angel CDCC-47981; EMI CDCB 56287 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {2CDS} (1997)ª; EMI TOCE 8557 {1CD} (Japan) (1994)ª; EMI Classics 5 86830-2 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {2CDS} (2005)ª; Regis Records RRC 1235 {1CD} (2005)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111024 {1CD} (2006)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1955 p.146 [PHW]; February 1974 p.1605 [RO]; October 1987 p.618 [AB]; October 2005 p.101 [JBS]

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Opera - November 1955 p.718

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Diapason - No.439 juillet-aoüt 1997 pp.90-92 [CC]

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American Record Guide - May 1955 Vol.21 No.9 p.289 [JN]: July/August 2006 Vol.69 No.4 pp.210-211 [RVL]

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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1955 Vol.5 No.3 p.54 [JH]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - September 1955 p.12

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.79 (2) p.81 (4) p.77

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.296

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Gramophone Record Review - September 1955 p.628 [NC]

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International Record Review - April 2006 pp.32-32 [RP]

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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.58

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.83 septiembre 2005 pp.87-88 [MC]: No.90 mayo 2006 p.81 [JV]

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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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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Silvio Maionica

Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi

Don Carlo - Aldo Protti

Don Alvaro - Giuseppe di Stefano

Preziosilla - Martha Pérez

Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi

Curra - Giuse Gerbino

Padre Guardiano - Giuseppe Modesti

Mastro Trabuco - Giuseppe Zampieri

Un Chirurgo - Eraldo Coda

Un Alcalde - Antonio Zerbini

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Black Disc - CLS «Unforgettable Performances» MD-TP 01/019/020 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Andromeda ANDRCD 5068 {2CDS} (2006)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Juni 1979 S.145 [IB2]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (26 April 1955). A recording is listed in the online catalogue of The Omega Opera Archive (572) which appears to be of this performance, but which is attributed to «RAI 1954».

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Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - RIAS Orchestra (Berlin)

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Lucia - Maria Callas

Edgardo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Enrico - Rolando Panerai

Raimondo - Nicola Zaccaria

Arturo - Giuseppe Zampieri

Alisa - Luisa Villa

Normanno - Mario Carlin

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Black Disc; - Limited Edition Recordings 101; BJR 133 {2LPS}; Morgan 5401 {2LPS}; Cetra «Live Opera»; LO-18/3 {3LPS}; Fonit Cetra «Arkadia» ARK 05 {3LPS} (1982)ª; RR-428; VOX THS 65144/5; Paragon DSV 52004 (+Callas recital) {3LPS} (1980)ª; Movimento Musica 02.001 {2LPS} (1981)ª

Compact Disc; - *Rodolphe RPA 232518 {1xCD double durée}; EMI CMS 7 63631-2 {2CDS}(1991)ª; EMI CMS 5 66441-2 {2CDS}; EMI CDMB 5 66441-2 {2CDS} (USA); EMI TOCE 8339-40 {2CDS} (Japan) (1993)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1447 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Opera d'Oro «Grand Tier» OPD 7035 {2CDS} (2007)ª; Celestial Audio CA 554 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2007)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1978 p.534 [AB]; February 1991 p. [RO]

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Opera - March 1998 p.289 [AB]

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Opera Now - January/February 1998 p.97 (mention) [GH]

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Fanfare - Vol.21 No.3 January/February 1998 p.283 [HF]; Volume 30 No.2 November/ December 2006 pp.154-156 [DLK]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.14 No.3 Spring 1998 p.65 [LG]

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Diapason - No.441 octobre 1997 p.88 [JC]

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

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.105 (2) p.106 (4) p.102

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Répertoire - No.105 septembre 1997 p.68 [PT]

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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 Berlin (29 September 1955). The Fonit Cetra LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE August 1982 p.238. According to Robert E. Seletzky the BJR LPs are the best-sounding version (OPERA QUARTERLY Vol.16 No.2 p.255)

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Violetta Valery - Maria Callas

Flora Bervoix - Silvana Zanolli

Annina - Luisa Mandelli

Alfredo Germont - Giuseppe di Stefano

Giorgio Germont - Ettore Bastianini

Gastone - Giuseppe Zampieri

Dottore Grenvil - Silvio Maionica

Barone Douphol - Arturo La Porta

Marchese d'Obigny - Antonio Zerbini

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Black Disc - Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 87 {3LPS}; Cetra «Opera Live» LO 28 {2LPS}; RR 474; Morgan 5501; Foyer FO 1003(2); Paragon «Le Grandi Serate» DSV 52011 (+Callas recital) {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - Pantheon Music (Legends) XLNC-106

Compact Disc; - Foyer CF 2001; Hunt 501; *EMI CMS 7 63628-2 {2CDS} (1991)ª; EMI 5 66450-2 {2CDS} (1991)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - July 1978 p.244 [AB]; February 1991 p.1558 [JBS]

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

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Orpheus - November 1997 S.91 (mention)

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Diapason - No.440 septembre 1997 p.120 [AT]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.181-182 p.220 [CM]

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.96 (2) p.97 (4) p.93

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VERDI DAL VIVO - p.186

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

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Répertoire - No.105 septembre 1997 p.68 [PT]

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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 (28 May 1955). See the ARSC Journal 1987 Vol.19 No.2-3 pp.54-61. The sound of the EMI CDs has been strongly criticised byRobert E. Seletzky (OPERA QUARTERLY Vol.16 No.2 p.251)

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

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1955(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Adina - Hilde Güden (Gueden)

Nemorino - Giuseppe di Stefano

Dulcamara - Fernando Corena

Belcore - Renato Capecchi

Giannetta - Luisa Mandelli

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5155-5157 {3LPS} (1995)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOM 566-567 {2LPS}; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 566-567 {2LPS}; London XLL 1364 {3LPS} (1956)ª;; London OSA 1311 {3LPS} (1960)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) «Grand Opera» 411 699-2 {2CDS} (1991)ª; Decca 443 542-2 {2CDS}; Urania 301 (+Duetti d'amore) {2CDS} (2006)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOG 90082 (7½ips 4-track) (1965)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 1956 p.393 [PHW]; April 1956 p.410 [DST]; February 1969 p.1198; February 1991 p.1553 [JBS]; July 1995 p.112

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Opera - April 1956 p.250

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Fanfare - Vol.30 No.3 January/February 2007 pp.115-116 [JC]

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Orpheus - March 1995 p.62

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Opéra International - décembre 1990 No.142 p.70

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Diapason - 1969 No.136 p.35

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.152

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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1956 Vol.6 No.10 p.87 [JH]: February 1960 Vol.10 No.2 p.54 [CLO]: February 1965 Vol.15 No.2 p.114 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - February 1956 p.9

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Gramophone Record Review - March 1956 p.285

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American Record Guide - January 1960 Vol.26 No.5 p.357 [PLM]: November 1964 Vol.32 No.3 p.275 (open reel tape) [RJ]

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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1997 No.5 p.40 [PP]

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Répertoire - No.78 mars 1995 p.101

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.98 marzo 2007 p.90 [JM]

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1955(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rigoletto - Tito Gobbi

Gilda - Maria Callas

Duca di Mantova - Giuseppe di Stefano

Sparafucile - Nicola Zaccaria

Maddalena - Adriana Lazzarini

Giovanna - Giuse Gerbino

Monterone - Plinio Clabassi

Marullo - William Dickie

Borsa - Renato Ercolani

Conte di Ceprano - Carlo Forti

Contessa di Ceprano - Elvira Galassi

Un paggio - Luisa Mandelli

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CXS 1324 & 33CX 1325-1326 {3LPS 5-sides} (1956)ª; HMV SLS 5018 {3LPS} (+Callas recital) {3LPS} (1976)ª; EMI EX 290928-3 {2LPS} (1987)ª; Angel 3537 {3LPS 5-sides} (1956)ª; Hungaroton SLPLX 12439-12440 {2LPS};; Columbia 33QCXS 10216, 33QCX 10217/18 {3LPS 5 sides} (Italy)

Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 5018; EMI EX 290928-5 (1987)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47465-8 {2CDS} (1987)ª; EMI «Callas Edition» 5 56237-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Angel CDCB-47469 {2CDS};; Naxos «Historical» 8.111242/3 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1956 pp.361-362 [PHW]; April 1956 p.410 [DST]; May 1956 p.453 (mention) [HCS]; March 1976 p.1507 [AB]; July 1976 p.147 [JBS]; February 1987 p.1181 [AB]

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Opera - April 1956 p.251

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.197-203 [TE]

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Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 p.94

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - March 1956 p.15

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Gramophone Record Review - March 1956 p.288

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American Record Guide - April 1956 Vol.22 No.8 p.131 [PHR]: May/June 1987 Vol.50 No.3 p.64 [RVL]: July/August 2007 Vol.70 No.4 p.228 (mention) [CHP]

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High Fidelity Magazine - April 1956 Vol.6 No.4 p.82 [MDS]

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.103 (2) p.104 (4) p.101

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 53 May/June 1988 p.107

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.574

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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.57

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1955(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Violetta Valery - Antonietta Stella

Flora Bervoix - Elvira Galassi

Annina - Luisa Mandelli

Alfredo Germont - Giuseppe di Stefano

Giorgio Germont - Tito Gobbi

Gastone - Giuseppe Zampieri

Dottore Grenvil - Silvio Maionica

Barone Douphol - William Dickie

Marchese d'Obigny - Nicola Zaccaria

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1370-1371 {2LPS} (1956)ª; Columbia 33QCX 10211/12 {2LPS} (Italy); EMI 3C 163 00972/00873 M {2LPS} (Italy) Angel 3545 {2LPS} (1956)ª

Compact Disc; - Testament SBT 2211 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111272-3 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1956 p.138 [PHW]; November 1956 p.195 (mention) [HCS] September 2001 p.97 [JBS]

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Opera - November 1956 p.689

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Opera News - May 2002 p.87 [DJB]

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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.3 January/February 2008 pp.275-276 [BB]

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Orpheus - 11+F November 2001 S.89 [GH]

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American Record Guide - October 1956 Vol.23 No.2 p.20 [PHR]: March/April 2002 Vol.65 No.2 p.232 [LM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1956 Vol.6 No.10 p.102 [JH]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - September 1956 p.16

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Gramophone Record Review - September 1956 p.715 [DH]

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International Record Review - November 2001 p.87 [RP]

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Répertoire - No.151 novembre 2001 p.79 [PD]

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.261 janvier 2002 p.102 [GG]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.161 maggio 2002 p.109 [GL]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 pp.98-99 [AG]

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Comments:- Recorded 15-21 September 1955. See the ARSC Journal 1987 Vol.19 No.2-3 pp.54-61

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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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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Riccardo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Renato - Ettore Bastianini

Amelia - Antonietta Stella

Ulrica - Ebe Stignani

Oscar - Eugenia Ratti

Silvano - Giuseppe Morresi

Samuele - Silvio Maionica

Tom - Nicola Zaccaria

Un Giudice - Angelo Mercuriali

Un servo - Erminio Benatti

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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 353-3; Gli Dei Della Musica 9-11 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00498

Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 045 300-2 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 5063 {2CDS} (2006)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.5 No.4 March/April 1982 p.278 [CGP]; Vol.29 No.2 November/December 2005 pp.282-283 [BB]

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American Record Guide - July/August 2005 Vol.68 No.4 p.268 [MM]

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International Record Review - January 2007 p.29 [JTH]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.78 marzo 2005 p.89 [MC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (12 April 1956; See OPERA June 1956 p.365)

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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in French

Conductor Max Rudolf - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Carmen - Risë Stevens

Don José - Giuseppe di Stefano

Micaëla - Lucine Amara

Escamillo - Robert Merrill

Frasquita - Heidi Krall

Mercédès - Margaret Roggero

Le Dancaïre - George Cehanovsky

Le Remendado - Paul Franke

Moralès - Calvin Marsh

Zuninga - Norman Scott

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 742 (& 509); Golden Melodram GM 5.0070 {2CDS} (2008)ª; The Opera Lovers CAR 195601 {2CDRS} (2008)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:-

Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.110 mayo 2008 p.91 [JS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (21 January 1956). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) and the CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Paolo Washington

Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi

Don Carlo - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Don Alvaro - Giuseppe di Stefano

Preziosilla - Fedora Barbieri

Fra Melitone - Melchiorre Luise

Curra - Luciana Boni

Padre Guardiano - Giulio Neri

Mastro Trabuco - Sergio Tedesco

Un Chirurgo - Mario Frosini

Un Alcalde - Giorgio Giorgetti

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Black Disc; - *Paragon DSV 52005 {3LPS} (1980)ª

Compact Disc; - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 3103 {3CDS} ;; Myto 3 CD 062 H114 (+higlights - cond.Mitropoulos - 1953) {3CDS} (2006)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.30 No.1 September/October 2006 pp.265-266 [JM]

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American Record Guide - July/August 2006 Vol.69 No.4 p.214 [MM]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.91 junio 2006 p.86 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Communale, Florence (8 June 1956; see OPERA August 1956 p.475)

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Iris by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Iris - Clara Petrella

Osaka - Giuseppe di Stefano

Kyoto - Saturno Meletti

Il Cieco - Boris Christoff

Una guècha - Aida Hovnanian

Un Merciavolo - Adelio Zagonora

Un Cenciaivolo - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc - Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 133 {2LPS} Cetra «Opera Live» LO 15 (+Cavalleria Rusticana) {4LPS}

Compact Disc - Standing Room Only SRO 505-2 {2CDS}

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

CELLETTI p.392; PENGUIN p.199; GIUDICI p.353 (2) p.616

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - März + April 2008 S.57 [KC]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.93 septiembre 2006 p.85 [MC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Rome (December 1956; see OPERA March 1957 p.175 )

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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1956(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Riccardo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Renato - Tito Gobbi

Amelia - Maria Callas

Ulrica - Fedora Barbieri

Oscar - Eugenia Ratti

Silvano - Ezio Giordano

Samuele - Silvio Maionica

Tom - Nicola Zaccaria

Un Giudice - Renato Ercolani

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1472-1474 {3LPS} (1957)ª; *EMI RLS 736 {3LPS} (1979)ª; EMI EX 290925-3 {2LPS} (1987)ª; Angel 3557 {3LPS} (1957)ª;; Seraphim IC 6087

Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 290925-5 (1987)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47498-8 {2CDS} (1987)ª;; EMI CDS 5 56320-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; EMI Classics «Maria Callas - The Complete Studio Recordings» {70CDS} (2007)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111278-79 {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 - June 1957 p.5; October 1957 p.190; January 1958 p.305; June 1979 p.103 [JBS]; September 1987 p. [AB]

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Opera - December 1957 p.778

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Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 p.94

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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1957 Vol.7 No.5 p.62 [MS]

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American Record Guide - June 1957 Vol.23 No.9 p.145 [PLM]

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.113 (2) p.114 (4) p.110

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Gramophone Record Review - November 1957 p.60 [DH]

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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.57

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1956(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rodolfo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Schaunard - Manuel Spatafora

Marcello - Rolando Panerai

Colline - Nicola Zaccaria

Mimi - Maria Callas

Musetta - Anna Moffo

Benoit - Carlo Badioli

Alcindoro - Carlo Badioli

Parpignol - Franco Ricciardi

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1464-1465 {2LPS} (1957)ª; Columbia QCX 10272-10273 {2LPS} (Italy); HMV SLS 5059 {2LPS} (1976)ª; *EMI EX 290923-3 {2LPS} (1987)ª; Angel 3560 B/L {2LPS} (1957)ª

Compact Cassette; - HMV TC-SLS 5059 (1976)ª; EMI EX 290923-5 (1987)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47475-8 {2CDS} (1987)ª; EMI «Callas Edition» CDS 5 56295-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1957 p.170 [HCS]; March 1958 p.417 [PHW]; August 1976 p.332 [EG]; December 1976 p.1066 [IM]; November 1987 p.814, p.817 [MEO]

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Opera - April 1958 p.261

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.161

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Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 pp.84-85 [CC]

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American Record Guide - October 1957 Vol.24 No.2 p.60 [JB2]

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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1957 Vol.7 No.10 p.100 [CMS]

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.111 (2) p.112 (4) p.108

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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.58

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Comments:- See article by Max de Schauensee in HIGH FIDELITY December 1956 Vol.6 No.12 p.54

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1956(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Manrico - Giuseppe di Stefano

Azucena - Fedora Barbieri

Leonora - Maria Callas

Conte di Luna - Rolando Panerai

Ferrando - Nicola Zaccaria

Ines - Luisa Villa

Ruiz - Renato Ercolani

Un vecchio zingaro - Giulio Mauri

Un messo - Renato Ercolani

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CXS 1483 33CX 1484-1485 {3LPS 5-sides} (1957)ª; EMI SLS 869 (ASD 2948-2950)(+Callas Recital) {3LPS} (1974)ª; EMI EX 7 49347-1 {2LPS} (1987)ª; Angel 3554 {3LPS 5-sides} (1957)ª

Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 869; EMI EX 7 49347-4 (1987)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 49347-2 {2CDS} (1987)ª; EMI «Callas Edition» CDS 5 56333-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 5 62901 {2CDS} (2004)ª; EMI «Classics» 77365 {2CDS} (2007)ª; EMI Classics «Maria Callas - The Complete Studio Recordings» {70CDS} (2007)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111280-81 {2CDS} (2008)ª; alto ALC 2004 {2CDS} (2008)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 1957 p.444; November 1957 p.233; January 1958 p.305; January 1974 p.1422 [AB]; December 1974 p.1079 [AB]; December 1987 p. [RO]

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Opera - January 1958 p.53

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Fanfare - Vol.28 No.4 March/April 2005 p.216 [GJ]; Vol.30 No.5 May/June 2007 p.2225 [BB]

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

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Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 p.94

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American Record Guide - April 1957 Vol.23 No.7 p.112: January/February 2005 Vol.68 No.1 p.192 (mention) [CHP]

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High Fidelity Magazine - September 1957 Vol.7 No.9 p.79 [CMS]

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.110 (2) p.111 (4) p.107

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 53 May/June 1988 p.106

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - December 1957 p.24

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Gramophone Record Review - November 1957 p.60 [DH]

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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.57

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Comments:- See «Herbert von Karajan - A Life in Music» by Richard Osborne pp.406-407

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

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Adina - Rosanna Carteri

Nemorino - Giuseppe di Stefano

Dulcamara - Fernando Corena

Belcore - Giulio Fioravanti

Giannetta - Grete Rappsardi (-Savio)

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Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 042 291 (+Manon - Gui - highlights) {2CDS} (2004)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1145-2 {2CDRS}; Andromeda ANDRCD 5085 {2CDS} (2007)ª; *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia «WWW Site on a Disc 5 - to April 2004»;; {1xCD-ROM} (2004)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.21 No.4 Autumn 2005 (published October 2006) pp.768-770 [RB]

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Opéra International - No.298 février 2005 p.76 (mention)

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.75 noviembre 2004 p.80 [XC]: No.105 noviembre 2007 pp.89-90 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the company of the Piccola Scala in the King's Theatre Edinburgh (August 1957; see OPERA October 1957 p.636). The performance on 31 August 1957 was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated August 25-31 1957 p.55). According to Premiere's «2004 CD Catalog» the prelude is missing from their recording. The cast listed above is that given by Eileen Miller in «The Edinburgh International Festival 1947-1996» p.187, but Andromeda gives S. (Silvana) Zanolli as singing the role of Giannetta. So, possibly the recording issued on this label is of another performance (in Milan?).

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Franco Calabrese

Leonora di Vargas - Leyla Gencer

Don Carlo - Aldo Protti

Don Alvaro - Giuseppe di Stefano

Preziosilla - Gabriella Carturan

Fra Melitone - Enrico Campi

Curra - Stefania Malagù

Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi

Mastro Trabuco - Franco Ricciardi

Un Chirurgo - Franco Piva

Un Alcalde - Alfredo Giacomotti

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Compact Disc; - Melodram MEL 37010 {3CDS}; Frequenz 043-015 {3CDS} Pantheon 6627-6629 {3CDS}; Phoenix PX 510.3 Myto 3MCD 001215 (+Anna Bolena - highlights){3CDS} (2000)ª; Living Stage LS 40351317 {2CDS}; Premiere Opera CDNO 789-3 {3CDRS} (2002)ª; Urania URN 22315 {3CDS} (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:-

Fanfare - Vol.12 No.4 March/April 1989 p.320 [JM]; Vol.24 No.1 September/October 2000 p.300 [GJ]; Vol.30 No.6 July/August 2007 pp.252-254 [JM]

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Orpheus - März 1997 S.59 (mention)

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American Record Guide - November/December 2000 Vol.63 No.6 p.311 [LM]

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Répertoire - No.85 novembre 1995 p.80

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Musica (Milano) - No.99 Anno 20 Agosto-Settembre 1996 p.144

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Classical Express - Issue No.121 p.4 [MT]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Cologne during a tour by La Scala (5 July 1957)

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Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Vincenzo Bellezza - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Manon Lescaut - Clara Petrella

Des Grieux - Giuseppe di Stefano

Lescaut - Mario Borriello

Geronte - Leo Pudis

Edmondo - Mariano Caruso

Una voce sola - Anna Di Stasio

L'oste - Aldo Terrosi

Il maestro di ballo - Mariano Caruso

Un sergente degli arcieri - Gerardo Gaudioso

Lampionaio - Piero De Palma

Un comandante di Marina - Giovanni Amodeo

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Compact Disc; - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 21050 {2CDS} ; Live Opera Heaven C 875 {2CDS}; The Opera Lovers MANL 195701 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2006)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - juin 1998 No.225 p.52 [SS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Naples (mentioned in OPERA May 1957 p.305). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Canio - Giuseppe di Stefano

Nedda - Clara Petrella

Tonio - Aldo Protti

Beppe - Luigi Alva

Silvio - Enzo Sordello

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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 85 {2LPS}; Di Stefano Records GDS 1001 (+Cavalleria rusticana - Votto) {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Myto 1 CD 012 244 {1CD} (2001)ª; Myto «Historical» 1 MCD 061 H108 {1CD} (2006)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.25 No.1 September/October 2001 pp.205-206 [HF]; Vol.30 No.1 September/October 2006 p.161 [BR]

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Orpheus - Juli 2001 S.74 [SL]

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Diapason - No.495 septembre 2002 p.133 [MP]

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American Record Guide - November/December 2001 Vol.64 No.6 p.257 [LM]

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Répertoire - No.162 novembre 2002 p.103 [PT]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.97 enero-febrero 2007 p.90 [JC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (28 January 1957)

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1957(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

La Gioconda - Zinka Milanov

Enzo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Barnaba - Leonard Warren

Laura - Rosalind Elias

Alvise - Plinio Clabassi

La Cieca - Belen Amparan

Zuàne - Fernando Valentini

Un Cantore - Virgilio Carbonari

Isèpo - Giacomo Cottino

Un Pilota - Fernando Valentini

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

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

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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

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

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

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Opéra International - octobre 1996 No.206 p.58

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

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

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

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

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

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Classic CD - May 1997 p.84

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

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Répertoire - No.92 juin 1996 p.54

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

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

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Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1957(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Manon Lescaut - Maria Callas

Des Grieux - Giuseppe di Stefano

Lescaut - Giulio Fioravanti

Geronte - Franco Calabrese

Edmondo - Dino Formichini

Una voce sola - Fiorenza Cossotto

L'oste - Carlo Forti

Il maestro di ballo - Vito Tatone

Un sergente degli arcieri - Giuseppe Morresi

Lampionaio - Franco Ricciardi

Un comandante di Marina - Franco Ventriglia

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1583-1585 (1959)ª; EMI RLS 737 {3LPS} (1980)ª; *EMI EX 290041-3 (EX 290041-1 - EX 290042-1) {2LPS} (1986)ª; Angel 3564 C/L {3LPS} (1960)ª;; Seraphin IC-6089

Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 290041-5 (1986)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47393-8 {2CDS} (1986)ª; EMI CDS 5 56301-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Angel CDCB 47392 {2CDS}

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1959 p.301; January 1960 p.342; April 1980 p.1503 [JBS] June 1980 p.78 [SIR]; March 1986 p. [EG]; September 1986 p. [EG]

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Opera - January 1960 p.53

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.157

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Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 p.84

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - December 1959 p.15

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1960 Vol.10 No.3 p.72 [CLO]: May 1960 Vol.10 No.5 p.72 [CLO]

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American Record Guide - April 1960 Vol.26 No.8 p.637 [PLM]

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.126 (2) p.128 (4) p.123

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.403

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Records and Recordings - November 1959 p.25 [FGB]

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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.58

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Musica (Milano) - N.118 giugno-luglio 2000 p.84 [SH]

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Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

La principessa Turandot - Birgit Nilsson

Calaf - Giuseppe di Stefano

Liù - Rosanna Carteri

Ping - Renato Capecchi

Pang - Franco Ferrara

Pong - Piero De Palma

Timur - Giuseppe Modesti

L'imperatore Altoum - Angelo Mercuriali

Un mandarino - Lorenzo Testi

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 195 {2LPS} (1974)ª;;; Cetra «Opera Live» LO 84/3 {3LPS} (1979)ª

Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 1559

Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 7562 {2CDRS} (2002)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 5002 (+Tosca + La boheme + Madama Butterfly) {8CDS} (2002)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (7 December 1958; see OPERA February 1959 p.116)

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1958(LI)-Brussels

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Giuseppe di Stefano

Il barone Scarpia - Ettore Bastianini

Il Sagristano - Carlo Badioli

Cesare Angelotti - Nicola Zaccaria

Spoletta - Rinaldo Pelizzoni

Sciarrone - Giuseppe Morresi

Un pastore - Antonio Negri

Un carceriere - Franco Piva

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Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 209-2 {2CDS}; Legato Classics LCD 157-2 ;; (highlights as filler) {2CDS}; Encore CD 126-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª; Premiere Opera (Italy) (unnumbered)

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Oktober 1997 S.58 [GH]

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American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 p.99 (highlights) [CHP]

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

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Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the company of La Scala at the Brussels World Fair (20 June 1958; mentioned in OPERA, August 1958 p.517). See «Tebaldi -The Voice of an Angel» p.106. According to the text Cavaradossi was sung by Giuseppe Zampieri and Scarpia by Tito Gobbi, but the Chronology Section (p.234) gives Di Stefano and Bastianini. The cast given above is that was listed on the La Scala web-site. The CDRs issued on the Encore label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» and those issued by Premiere Opera (Italy) are listed on their website (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(SE)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Mefistofele - Cesare Siepi

Faust - Giuseppe di Stefano

Margherita - Renata Tebaldi

Martha - Lucia Danieli

Wagner - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc - Decca SET 558 {1LP}; London OS 26274 {1LP}

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

HARRIS p.181; Opera on Record 3 p.183; CELLETTI p.121; Opera on CD (1) p.97 (2) p.108 (3) p.121; MET p.62; MET(VID) p.22; PENGUIN p.33; Opera on Video p.163; GIUDICI p.89 (2) p.139; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.238 p.74

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1973 p.1358 [EG]; April 1973 p.1834 [DST]

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Comments:- It is said (e.g. Opera on Record 3 p.188) that Decca started to record this opera with di Stefano and replaced him with Del Monaco and that this disc comes from the aborted recording. Some scenes appear to have come from the set with Del Monaco

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1958(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Paolo Washington

Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov

Don Carlo - Leonard Warren

Don Alvaro - Giuseppe di Stefano

Preziosilla - Rosalind Elias

Fra Melitone - Dino Mantovani

Curra - Luisa Gioia

Padre Guardiano - Giorgio Tozzi

Mastro Trabuco - Angelo Mercuriali

Un Chirurgo - Sergio Liviabella

Un Alcalde - Virgilio Carbonari

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

Compact Disc - Decca(London) 443 678-2

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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

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Orpheus - Februar 1997 S.56

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

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Opéra International - novembre 1996 No.207 p.57

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Diapason - No.427 juin 196 p.131

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

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

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

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

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

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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Gustavo III - Giuseppe di Stefano

Ankastrom - Ettore Bastianini

Amelia - Antonietta Stella

Ulrica - Adriana Lazzarini

Oscar - Eugenia Ratti

Cristiano - Arturo La Porta

Ribbing - Plinio Clabassi

Dehorn - Antonio Cassinelli

Minister for Justice - Vito Tatone

Ankastrom's servant - Mino Russo

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1263

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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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro dell' Opera di Roma (20 December 1959; see OPERA March 1960 pp.216-217). 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 recorded is attributed here to RAI.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - New Orleans Opera

Chorus - New Orleans Opera

Rodolfo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Schaunard - Arthur Cosenza

Marcello - Giuseppe Valdengo

Colline - Norman Treigle

Mimi - Licia Albanese

Musetta - Audrey Schuh

Benoit - Walter Gadpaille

Alcindoro - Walter Gadpaille

Parpignol - Thomas Carter

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1546 (1988)ª

Compact Disc - VAI Audio VAIA 1188-2 {2CDS}

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - février 1998 No.221 p.56 [SS]

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International Record Review - April 2000 p.101 [JTH]

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International Classical Record Collector - Summer 2000 No.21 pp.102-103 [JTH]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno X - N.101 ottobre 1996 p.79

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the New Orleans Opera (12 November 1959, see OPERADecember 1959 p.790 and OPERA NEWS February 22 1997 p.6)

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Spanish

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1959(LI)-Milan

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Giuseppe di Stefano

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Virgilio Carbonari

Cesare Angelotti - Nicola Zaccaria

Spoletta - Piero De Palma

Sciarrone - Giuseppe Morresi

Un pastore - Antonio Negri

Un carceriere - Franco Piva

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Black Disc - CLS AMDRL 22818 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 1010; Charles Handelman - Live Opera 02004

Compact Disc; - Opera d'Oro OPD 1162 {2CDS} (1998)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - August 1980 S.585 [ES2]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (December 1959). Tosca was performed with this cast at La Scala 0n 9, 12, 16, 19 December 1959. The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000, where the date is given as 9 December 1959.

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Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1959(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Lucia - Renata Scotto

Edgardo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Enrico - Ettore Bastianini

Raimondo - Ivo Vinco

Arturo - Franco Ricciardi

Alisa - Stefania Malagù

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Black Disc - Ricordi MRO 104-105 {2LPS}; Ricordi OCL 16 021/022 {2LPS} D.G.G. LPM 18704-18705 {2LPS}; D.G.G. SLPM 138 704/705 {2LPS} Mercury OL 2-108 {2LPS}; Mercury SR 2-9008 {2LPS}; Ember GVC 45(highlights)

Compact Disc - Palladio ; Living Stage 347.13 {2CDS}

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1961 p.164; February 1975 p.1542 (highlights) [JBS]

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Diapason - No.154 1971 p.40

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High Fidelity Magazine - August 1960 Vol.10 No.8 p.60 [CLO]

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American Record Guide - September 1960 Vol.27 No.1 p.28 [CJL]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.65 noviembre 2003 p.81 [MC]

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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Riccardo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Renato - Manuel Ausensi

Amelia - Margherita Roberti

Ulrica - Oralia Domínguez

Oscar - Ana Sà Earp

Silvano - Alberto Herrera

Samuele - Francisco Alonso

Tom - Giovanni Foiani

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Compact Disc - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 21039 {2CDS}; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 280-2 {2CDRS}

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - No.178 mars 1994 p.72

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Mexico City (2 August 1960). The location is given as Buenos Aires in Premiere Opera's online catalogue.

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Fedora by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Lovro von Matacic - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

La Principessa Fedora Romanoff - Renata Tebaldi

Il Conte Loris Ipanoff - Giuseppe di Stefano

De Siriex - Tito Gobbi

Lorek - Kay Charles Graves

Nicola - Robert Smith

La Contessa Olga Sokarev - Jeanette Scovotti

Boroff - Bernard Izzo

Gretch - Franco Ventriglia

Il Barone Rouvel - Robert Schmorr

Cirillo - Chester Watson

Dmitri - Susan Winchester

Desiré - Mariano Caruso

Il piccolo Savoiardo - Kay Griffel

Sergio - Jeffrey Wolfe

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1174-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 1151

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (25 November 1960). According to mr. tape's catalogue the sound on the tape issued by him is «very poor». The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Compact Disc Releases Winter 2004».

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Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauß II performed in German

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Eisenstein - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)

Rosalinde - Hilde Güden (Gueden)

Alfred - Giuseppe Zampieri

Blind - Peter Klein

Falke - Walter Berry

Adele - Rita Streich

Orlofsky - Gerhard Stolze

Frank - Erich Kunz

Frosch - Josef Meinrad

Ida - Elfriede Ott

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Black Disc - foyer FO 1031 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Hunt CDKAR 215 {3CDS}; RCA «Red Seal» 74321 61949-2 {3CDS} (1999)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 - August 1999 p.91 [EG]

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Fanfare - Vol 23 No.3 January/February 2000 p.346 [JB]

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Opéra International - octobre 1999 No.239 p.67 [PC]

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Diapason - No.462 septembre 1999 p.104 [AT]

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American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 pp.22-26 [LM]: January/February 2000 Vol.63 No.1 p.173 [LM]

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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 pp.107-109 [MO]

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International Classical Record Collector - Winter 1999 No.19 pp.101-102 [JTH]

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Répertoire - No.127 septembre 1999 p.70 [JMB]

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.235 septembre 1999 p.105 [SB]

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Musica (Milano) - N.114 ottobre-novembre 1999 pp.125-127 [SH]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.125 octubre 1999 p.42 [JS] : No.134 julio-agosto 2000 pp.52-53 [PL]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.125 octubre 1999 p.42 [JS]: No.134 julio-agosto 2000 pp.52-53 [PL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (31 December 1960; see OPERA March 1961 p.176). There is a party scene in which Giuseppe di Stefano sings «O sole mio» and «Du bist mein ganzes Herz». The LPs issued by foyer are advertized in GRAMOPHONE December 1984 p.835.

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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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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Andrea Chénier - Giuseppe di Stefano

Carlo Gérard - Manuel Ausensi

Madeleine di Coigny - Irma Gonzales

La mulatta Bersi - Guadalupe Salazarno

La Contessa di Coigny - Aurora Woodrow

Madelon - Aurora Woodrow

Roucher - Gilberto Cerda

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Humberto Pazos

Fouquier Tinville - Pedro Garnica

Un Incredible - Plácido Domingo

Pietro Fléville - Raúl Vázquez

L'abate - Plácido Domingo

Dumas - Miguel Botello

Schmidt - Salvatore Palafox

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 246 {2CDRS} (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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in El Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City (15 August 1961; see «My First Forty Years» p.19, p.189). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22» where the date of the performance is given incorrectly as 15 July 1961.

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There is only one recording of Il calzare d'argento by Ildebrando Pizzetti on file (performed in Italian)

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Giuliano Della Viola - Giuseppe di Stefano

Metarosa - Rosanna Carteri

Paio di Nocco - Marco Stefanoni

Veronica - Anna Maria Canali

Tinginghello D'Armo Nero - Rolando Panerai

Benintende - Carlo Meliciani

Malagui - Virgilio Carbonari

La Pignoletta - Edith Martelli

Barocinga - Aurora Cattelani

Bandeca - Mafalda Masini

Ratto - Wladimiro Ganzarolli

Il Banditore del Commune - Giampiero Malaspina

Il Boia - Massimiliano Malaspina

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 179 {2LPS} (1973)ª; Historical Operatic Performances Edition HOPE 243 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03602

Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1550

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (23 March 1961; see OPERA June 1961 p.380 ). 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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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in French

Conductor Salvador Ochoa - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Carmen - Belen Amparan

Don José - Giuseppe di Stefano

Micaëla - Victoria Canale

Escamillo - Manuel Ausensi

Frasquita - Alicia Torres Garza

Mercédès - Guadalupe Solórzano

Le Dancaïre - Gilberto Cerda

Le Remendado - Plácido Domingo

Moralès - Miguel Botello

Zuninga - Humberto Pazos

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Compact Disc - House of Opera CD 242 {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 Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City (5 September 1961). The cast listed above is that given in Frank Hamilton's online Performance Annal for Giuseppe di Stefano (click link below). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed in their online catalogue.

http://www.frankhamilton.org/js

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

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo

Chorus - Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo

Adina - Renata Scotto

Nemorino - Giuseppe di Stefano

Dulcamara - Ivo Vinco

Belcore - Giulio Fioravanti

Giannetta - Lina Rossi

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Black Disc - Paragon DSV 52027 {3LPS}; Movimento Musica 03.009 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - On Stage 4712 {2CDS}

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - décembre 1984 No.76 pp.62-63 [SS]; No.246 mai 2000 pp.72-73 [SS]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.35 septiembre-octubre 1999 p.92 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Bergamo (14 October 1961; mentioned in OPERA December 1961 p.796). The Movimento Musica LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.670

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Fedora by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Arturo Basile - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

La Principessa Fedora Romanoff - Renata Tebaldi

Il Conte Loris Ipanoff - Giuseppe di Stefano

De Siriex - Mario Sereni

Lorek - Mario Ciofi

Nicola - Genaro Ciocca

La Contessa Olga Sokarev - Sofia Mezzetti

Boroff - Mario Frosini

Gretch - Giovanni Amedeo

Il Barone Rouvel - Mariano Caruso

Cirillo - Enrico Campi

Dmitri - Vittorio Buccini

Desiré - Mariano Caruso

Il piccolo Savoiardo - Pina Esca

Boleslao Lazinski - Gerardo Garofolo

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

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

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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Orpheus - November 1994 S.63

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

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

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Répertoire - No.76 janvier 1995 p.45

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

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Edward Downes - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Floria Tosca - Régine Crespin

Mario Cavaradossi - Giuseppe di Stefano

Il barone Scarpia - Otakar Kraus

Il Sagristano - Forbes Robinson

Cesare Angelotti - David Kelly

Spoletta - David Tree

Sciarrone - Victor Godfrey

Un pastore - John Pyle

Un carceriere - Rhoderick (Rhydderch) Davies

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1093-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Celestial Audio CA 703 {2CDRS} (2007)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. There were three performances with the cast listed above. Those on 18, 23 May 1961 are reviewed in OPERA July 1961 pp.479-480 and that on 26 May 1961 was broadcast by the BBC Home Service (see Radio Times Issue dated May 20-26 1961). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Latest releases on Compact Disc for Autumn 2003» and those issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues October 2007.

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Floria Tosca - Floriana Cavalli

Mario Cavaradossi - Giuseppe di Stefano

Il barone Scarpia - Anselmo Colzani

Il Sagristano - Paolo Mazzotta

Cesare Angelotti - Agostino Ferrin

Spoletta - Renato Ercolani

Sciarrone - Antonio Sacchetti

Un pastore - Marco Angeli

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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 401 (+Di Stefano - recital) {3LPS}

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.179 [MSC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance given in the Theater des Westens - Berlin (see OPERA January 1962 p. 35). The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE September 1983 p.407

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Violetta Valery - Anna Moffo

Flora Bervoix - Alicia Torres Garza

Annina - Guadalupe Solórzano

Alfredo Germont - Giuseppe di Stefano

Giorgio Germont - Manuel Ausensi

Gastone - Plácido Domingo

Dottore Grenvil - Humberto Pazos

Barone Douphol - Raúl Vázquez

Marchese d'Obigny - Salvatore Palafox

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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram (Connaisseur) GM 6.0018 {2CDS} (2006)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.99 abril 2007 p.94 [JM]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City (29 August 1961). See «My First Forty Years» by Plácido Domingo pp.19-20. The cast listed above is that given in Frank Hamilton's Performance Annals of Giuseppe di Stefano (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

La principessa Turandot - Birgit Nilsson

Calaf - Giuseppe di Stefano

Liù - Leontyne Price

Ping - Kostas Paskalis

Pang - Ermanno Lorenzi

Pong - Murray Dickie

Timur - Nicola Zaccaria

L'imperatore Altoum - Peter Klein

Un mandarino - Alois Pernerstorfer

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Black Disc - Morgan 6101 {3LPS}; Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 321 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 153-2 {2CDS} (1989)ª; Myto 2 MCD 014 250 (+Nilsson in Un ballo in Masquera - excerpts in German) ; {2CDS} (2001)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. 755-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Orfeo C 757 0821 {2CDS} (2008)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - No.273 novembre 2002 pp.70-71 [PC]

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Diapason - No.498 décembre 2002 p.102 [JCH2]

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International Record Review - July/August 2008 p.83 [RL1]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.52 julio-agosto 2002 p.92 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (22 June 1961; see OPERA September 1961 p.595 )

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Rigacci - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Andrea Chénier - Giuseppe di Stefano

Carlo Gérard - Ugo Savarese

Madeleine di Coigny - Onelia Fineschi

La mulatta Bersi - Flora Rafanelli

La Contessa di Coigny - Luciana Broni

Madelon - Mafalda Masini

Roucher - Alessandro Maddalena

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Giorgio Giorgetti

Fouquier Tinville - Renato Spagli

Un Incredible - Mario Ferrara

Pietro Fléville - Augusto Frati

L'abate - Valiano Natali

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Black Disc - Movimento Musica 03.013 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Arkadia HP 608.2 (highlights); Myto 2 MCD 044 298 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Encore CD 111-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.79 abril 2005 p.79 [JS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Florence (4 January 1962). The «highlights» on the ARKADIA CDs are a «filler» on the recording of Fedora (conducted by A.Basile). The CDRs issued on the Encore label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1962(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Floria Tosca - Leontyne Price

Mario Cavaradossi - Giuseppe di Stefano

Il barone Scarpia - Giuseppe Taddei

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Carlo Cava

Spoletta - Piero De Palma

Sciarrone - Leonardo Monreale

Un pastore - Herbert Weiss

Un carceriere - Alfredo Mariotti

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor «Soria Series» LD 7022 {2LPS} (USA) (1963)ª; RCA Victor «Soria Series» LDS 7022 {2LPS} (USA) (1963)ª; RCA Victor RE 5507-5508 {2LPS} (UK) (1963)ª; RCA Victor SER 5507-5508 (UK) (1964)ª; Decca 5BB 123-124 {2LPS}; London OSA 1284 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - Decca K59K22

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 421 670-2 {2CDS} (1988)ª; Double Decca 452 620-2 {2CDS}; Decca «Legends» 466 384-2 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Decca 475 7522 {2CDS} (2006)ª

Open Reel Tape; - RCA Victor FTC 8007 (7½ips 4-track) (1963)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1963 p.238; January 1964 p.318 [DST]; January 1973 p.1366 [AB]; October 1977 p.706 [AB]; January 1989 p.1206 [EG]

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Orpheus - Mai/Juni 1973 S.62 [CK]; August-September 1997 S.76

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.179 [MSC]

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Diapason - No.440 septembre 1997 p.106 [CC]

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

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American Record Guide - October 1963 Vol.30 No.2 p.93 [PLM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.135, 138 [CLO]: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.112 [RDD]

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 61 September/October 1989 p.130

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Classical Express - Issue No.89 August 1997 p.2

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International Classical Record Collector - Autumn 2000 No.22 p.98 [CB]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.101 julio-agosto 1997 p.55 (mention)

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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Riccardo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Renato - Louis Quilico

Amelia - Antonietta Stella

Ulrica - Claramae Turner

Oscar - Lucille Kailer

Silvano - William Beck

Samuele - Norman Scott

Tom - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Un Giudice - Marshall Stone

Un servo - Walter Knetlar

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Compact Disc; - Charles Handelman - Live Opera (unnumbered) {2CDRS} (2002)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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (November 1963). The cast listed above is that given by Frank Hamilton in his online chronology of opera performances in Philadelphia (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by Charles Handelman are listed in Addenda II to his CD catalogue dated «9/02».

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Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Massimo di Palermo

Chorus - Teatro Massimo di Palermo

Santuzza - Antonietta Stella

Turiddu - Giuseppe di Stefano

Alfio - Dino Dondi

Lola - Laura Zannini

Lucia - Vera Magrini

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 4048

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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 Palermo (7 March 1963).

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Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Massimo di Palermo

Chorus - Teatro Massimo di Palermo

Luisa - Antonietta Stella

Rodolfo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Miller - Cornell MacNeil

Walter - Raffaele Ariè

Federica - Oralia Domínguez

Wurm - Enrico Campi

Laura - Laura Zannini

Contadino - Glauco Scarlini

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE V 814-3 {3LPS} (1982)ª; Movimento Musica MM 030 24 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 21033 {2CDS} ; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 802-2 {2CDRS}; Encore CD 107-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - avril 1983 No.58 pp.59-60 [SS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Teatro Massimo di Palermo. The HRE LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE October 1982 p.484 and Movimento Musica LPs in GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.670. The CDRs issued on the Encore label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Massimo di Palermo

Chorus - Teatro Massimo di Palermo

Floria Tosca - Antonietta Stella

Mario Cavaradossi - Giuseppe di Stefano

Il barone Scarpia - Mario Zanasi

Il Sagristano - Enrico Campi

Cesare Angelotti - Rosario Amore

Spoletta - Glauco Scarlini

Sciarrone - Ugo Miraglia

Un carceriere - P. Ferrara

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 02029

Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 4060

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Massimo di Palermo (March 1963). The cast listed above is that given in «Il Teatro Massimo di Palermo - cento anni attraverso le stagioni liriche e gli artisti» p.169. The Compact Cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000

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Werther by Jules Massenet performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Capuana - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova

Chorus - Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova

Werther - Giuseppe di Stefano

Charlotte - Biancamaria Casoni

Sophie - Edith Martelli

Albert - Sesto Bruscantini

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 4059

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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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Margherita, Genova (April 1963; see OPERA August 1963 p.545). The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Manon by Jules Massenet performed in French

Conductor René Leibowitz - 1963(SE)

Orchestra - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Chorus - RCA Italiana Opera Chorus

Manon - Anna Moffo

Poussette - Alberta Alberti

Javotte - Maria Casula

Rosette - Anna Di Stasio

Le Chevalier Des Grieux - Giuseppe di Stefano

Lescaut - Robert Kerns

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 7028 (+Manon Lescaut) {2LPS} (USA) (1964)ª; RCA Victor LSC 7028 (+Manon Lescaut) {2LPS} (USA) (1964)ª; RCA Victor RE 5512-3 (+Manon Lescaut) {2LPS} (UK) (1964)ª; RCA Victor SER 5512-3 (+Manon Lescaut) {2LPS} (UK) (1964)ª

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

HARRIS p.171; Opera on Record p.481; CELLETTI p.398; MARINELLI p.323; Opera on CD (1) p.94 (2) p.104 (3) p.117; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.123 p.144; MET p.233; MET(VID) p.128; PENGUIN p.205; GIUDICI p.358 (2) p.629; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.110; Orpheus November 2000 S.86

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1964 p.145

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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1964 Vol.14 No.5 p.70 [CLO]

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American Record Guide - August 1964 Vol.30 No.12 pp.1100-1101 [MDS]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Dallas Civic Opera

Chorus - Dallas Civic Opera

Cio Cio San - Lydia Marimpietri

Pinkerton - Giuseppe di Stefano

Sharpless - Enzo Sordello

Suzuki - Elaine Bonazzi

Goro - Glen Ellsworth

Il principe Yamadori - Roberto Bañuelas

Lo zio Bonzo - Nicola Zaccaria

L'ufficiale del Registro - Roberto Bañuelas

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 2176

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Dallas Civic Opera (12 November 1964; see OPERA February 1965 pp.107-108). The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Rienzi by Richard Wagner performed in Italian

Conductor Hermann Scherchen - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rienzi - Giuseppe di Stefano

Irene - Raina Kabaivanska

Steffano Colonna - Franco Piva

Adriano Colonna - Gianfranco Cecchele

Peace Herald - Luciana Piccolo

Paolo Orsini - Lino Puglisi

Raimondo - Giuseppe Modesti

Baroncelli - Piero De Palma

Cecco del Vecchio - Alfredo Giacomotti

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Black Disc - Roccoco Records 1022 {2LPS} (highlights? +recital BY GDS)

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03512

Compact Disc; - *Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 21038 {2CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 6.0019 {2CDS} (2006)ª

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

CELLETTI p.1079; PENGUIN p.538

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.97 enero-febrero 2007 p.95 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance of a shorted version at La Scala. According to the performance lists which were on the website of the Teatro alla Scala (http://www.teatroallascala.org) Rienzi was conducted by Scherchen with this cast on 4,6,9 June 1964. The year of this recording is sometime (incorrectly?) given as 1962.

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Lyric Opera of Philadelphia

Chorus - Lyric Opera of Philadelphia

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Giuseppe di Stefano

Il barone Scarpia - Louis Quilico

Il Sagristano - Gerhard Pechner

Spoletta - Robert Schmorr

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Compact Disc; - *House of Opera - Tosca - CD-ROM (2000)ª; House of Opera CD 452 {2CDRS}

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (15 December 1964; see OPERA March 1965 p.184 )

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Werther by Jules Massenet performed in French

Conductor Franco Patanè - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - New Orleans Opera

Chorus - New Orleans Opera

Werther - Giuseppe di Stefano

Charlotte - Rosalind Elias

Sophie - Rosemary Falgoust

Albert - Arthur Cosenza

Le Bailli - Ara Berberian

Johann - Michael Devlin

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Black Disc - OPR 416/2 {2LPS}

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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 publication:-

Opéra International - mai 1984 No.70 p.69 [SS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in New Orleans (November 1964). The date given on theLPs is 11 July 1964, but this appears to be a mistake arisng from the conversionof the date from the system used in the United States (m/d/y) to that used in Europe (d/m/y). Werther was performed in New Orleans on 5 November 1964 (see OPERA February 1965 p.118). The LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE February 1979 p.1450

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

Conductor Argeo Quadri - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Volksoper

Chorus - Wiener Volksoper

Adina - Graziella Sciutti

Nemorino - Giuseppe di Stefano

Dulcamara - Wladimiro Ganzarolli

Belcore - Mario Sereni

Giannetta - Monique Lobasá

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

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

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

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

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Allen Jensen - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Pasadena Opera Company

Chorus - Pasadena Opera Company

Otello - Giuseppe di Stefano

Desdemona - Marcella Pobbe

Iago - Tito Gobbi

Cassio - Burl Dean Smith

Rodrigo - Dino Allotti

Lodovico - Eugene Brundage

Montano - Bruce Tuthill

Emilia - Kathleen de Spain

Un Araldo - Bruce Tuthill

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Black Disc - Voce 14 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Live Opera Heaven C 788 {2CDS};; House of Opera CD 362L; House of Opera CDBB 777 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1681-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124

Comments:- Recording of a performance by the Pasadena Opera Company (31 March 1966; see OPERA June 1966 p.456). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera Ltd. 2005 Winter/Spring New Releases».

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L' incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Maderna - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

La Fortuna - Laura Londi

La Virtù - Emma Renzi

Poppea - Grace Bumbry

Nerone - Giuseppe di Stefano

Ottavia - Leyla Gencer

Ottone - Alberto Rinaldi

Seneca - Carlo Cava

Drusilla - Anna Novelli

Nutrice - Maria Maddalena

Arnalta - Gloria Lane

Lucano - Walter Brighi

Pallade - Mirella Fiorentini

Valletto - Maria Casula

Damigella - Maddalena Bonifaccio

Amore - Edith Martelli

Mercurio - Regolo Romani

Liberto - Lorenzo Testi

Littore - Alfredo Giacomotti

Primo soldato - Piero De Palma

Secondo soldato - Mario Carlin

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 2666S (1992)ª

Compact Disc; - Myto 1 MCD 905.31 {1CD} (1990)ª

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Recordings of L' incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.20; MARINELLI p.3; CELLETTI p.430; Opera on CD (1) p.2 (2) p.3 (3) p.3; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.115 p.154; MET p.264; PENGUIN p.218; Opera on Video p.3; GIUDICI p.392 (2) p.686; Opéra International No.297 janvier 2005 p.31; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.224 p.134

Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at La Scala (27 January 1967; see OPERA April 1967 pp.291-292). The compact cassette issued by Lyric is included in their «New Listings - June/July 1992».

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Das Land des Lächelns by Franz Lehár performed in German

Conductor Heinz Lambrecht - 1967(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Volksoper

Chorus - Wiener Volksoper

Lisa - Valorie Goodall

Gustl - Heinz Holecek

Prince Sou-Chong - Giuseppe di Stefano

Mi - Dagmar Koller

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Black Disc - RCA RL 30 340 AN; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» SDDR 459 {1LP}; London OM-36052; London OS-26052

Compact Cassette - RCA RK 30 340 CN

Compact Disc - Preiser Records 93144 {1CD}; Koch Schwann 3-1885-2 HI {1CD}

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This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1975 p.525 [AML]

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Fanfare - Vol.12 No.5 May/June 1989 p.224 [HF]

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Orpheus - Juli 1998 S.61 [DN]

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The Blackwell Guide to the Musical Theatre on Record by Kurt Gänzl - pp.269-273

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - marzo-mayo 1998 No.27 p.86 [JS]

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Comments:- ADVERT: OPERA NEWS OCTOBER 14 1967 p.31

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Fedora by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Massimo di Palermo

Chorus - Teatro Massimo di Palermo

La Principessa Fedora Romanoff - Antonietta Stella

Il Conte Loris Ipanoff - Giuseppe di Stefano

De Siriex - Rolando Panerai

La Contessa Olga Sokarev - Silvana Zanolli

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 3907

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Massimo di Palermo (19 December 1968). The partial cast listed above is that given in «Il Teatro Massimo di Palermo» p.187. The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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The Beggar's Opera by John Gay performed in Italian

Conductor Ferruccio Scaglia - 1968(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Macheath - Giuseppe di Stefano

Peachum - Boris Carmeli

Mrs Peachum - Gloria Lane

Polly Peachum - Floriana Cavalli

Lockit - Walter Alberti

Lucy Lockit - Giuliana Tavolaccini

Filch - Carlo Franzini

Diana Trapes - Giuseppina Arista

Beggar - Anna Caravaggi

Jenny Diver - Rosina Cavicchiola

Jemmy Twitcher - Graziano Giusti

Mat of the Mint - Renzo Gonzales

Ben Budge - Claudio Giombi

Dolly Trull - Enza Giovine

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2670-2 {2CDRS} (2007)ª; Premiere Opera (Italy) (unnumbered) {2CDRS}

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Recordings of The Beggar's Opera by John Gay are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.564; PENGUIN p.93

Comments:- Recording of a performance in Italian of Benjamin Britten's version broadcast on 21 March 1968. The cast listed above is that given in «50 anni di opera lirica alla Rai 1931-1980» p.189. The CDRs issued by Premiere Opera Ltd. are listed «Premiere Opera - New Releases» date 11 July 2007. Here the recording is described as being of «Dreigroschenoper (In Italian)» rather than of «L'opera dei mendicanti». The CDRs issued by Premiere Opera (Italy) are (were?) listed on the website http://stores.ebay.com/premiereopera (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Fedora by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Napoleone Annovazzi - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro del Giglio di Lucca

Chorus - Teatro del Giglio di Lucca

La Principessa Fedora Romanoff - Magda Olivero

Il Conte Loris Ipanoff - Giuseppe di Stefano

De Siriex - Guido Mazzini

Lorek - Andrea Mineo

La Contessa Olga Sokarev - Giovanna di Rocco

Boroff - Plinio Clabassi

Gretch - Dino Di Stasio

Cirillo - Plinio Clabassi

Desiré - Augusto Pedroni

Il piccolo Savoiardo - Carla Mari

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Black Disc - Estro Armonico EA 407 {2LPS}

Compact Disc - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 119; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 717; Opera d'Oro OPD 1260 {2CDS}

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 p.93 [JG]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Lucca (16 September 1969)

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Der Zarewitsch by Franz Lehár performed in German

Conductor Ernst-Günther Scherzer - 196?(SE)

Orchestra - Großes Wiener Operetten-Orchester - Balalaika-Solisten

Chorus - Wiener Operetten-Chor - Original Wolga-Kosaken-Chor

Der Zarewitsch - Giuseppe di Stefano

Iwan - Heinz Holecek

Mascha - Dorit Hanak

Sonja - Dagmar Koller

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Black Disc - *Telefunken «Goldene Operette» NT 699 6.21273 AF; Decca SKL 16574

Compact Disc - Koch Schwann 31 273-2 {1CD}

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Fedora by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Leone Magiera - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

La Principessa Fedora Romanoff - Claudia Parada

Il Conte Loris Ipanoff - Giuseppe di Stefano

De Siriex - Juan Galindo

La Contessa Olga Sokarev - Ángeles Chamorro

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03931

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo (6 February 1970). The performance on 8 February 1970 is reviewed in OPERA May 1970 p.452. The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000.

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Orphée aux Enfers by Jacques Offenbach performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Maderna - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

L'opinione pubblica - Ave Ninchi

Euridice - Edda Vincenzi

Orfeo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Aristeo/Plutone - Guido Mazzini

Venere - Edith Martelli

Giove - Alberto Rinaldi

Diana - Lucia Valentini

Giunone - Fedora Barbieri

Mercurio - Gino Sinimberghi

Gianni Stige - Sergio Tedesco

Morphée - Luigi Infantino

Marte - Walter Alberti

Minerva - Elena Zilio

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3201 (1993)ª; House of Opera ALD 3201

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Recordings of Orphée aux Enfers by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-

Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.44

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (May 1971). The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in «New Listings September 1993» where the date of the performance recorded is given as 14 May 1971. The cast listed above is that given in Frank Hamilton's online performance chronology for Giuseppe di Stefano (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here no perfomance is listed for «Orfeo all'inferno» for 14 May 1971, but there is one listed for 15 May 1971. I thank Mr. Maurizio Romito for drawing my attention to this recording.

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Ventura - 1975(LI)

Orchestra - NHK Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - CHORUS

Floria Tosca - Montserrat Caballé

Mario Cavaradossi - Giuseppe di Stefano

Il barone Scarpia - Nicolae Herlea

Il Sagristano - Giovanni De Angelis

Cesare Angelotti - Giuseppe Modesti

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Compact Disc; - live-rare-opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) (2008)ª

DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5163

VHS Video Cassette; - Lyric Distribution 1732 (NTSC) (1988)ª

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

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

Comments:- Audio and video recordingS of a performance in the Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama (22 November 1975). Maria Callas was originally scheduled to sing in this performance, but withdrew and was replaced by Caballé. See «Montserat Caballé - Casta Diva» pp.202-203.

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Der Schauspieldirector by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in German and English

Conductor Vilem Tausky - 1980(FI)

Orchestra - English Chamber Orchestra

Elizabeth Herzkoph - Nan Christie

Beverly Silvertone - Patricia Wise

Luciano Buffarotti - Giuseppe di Stefano

Impresario Rudolph Bang - Patrick Cargill

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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5648 (2006)ª

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Recordings of Der Schauspieldirector by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.521; PENGUIN p.254

Comments:- Video recording of a BBC television film. The DVD issued by Premiere is included in their list of «NEW RELEASES Spring 2006».

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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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