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Boris - Ezio Pinza

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Charles Kullman

Marina - Kerstin Thorborg

Pimen - Nicola Moscona

Varlaam - Norman Cordon

Shuisky - Alessio De Paolis

Missail - Giordano Paltrinieri

Rangoni - Leonard Warren

Fyodor - Irra Petina

Xenia - Marita Farell

Hostess - Doris Doe

Simpleton - Nicholas Massue

Tchelkalov - George Cehanovsky

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 215 {3LPS} (1961)ª; Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 138 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Naxos «Historical» 8 110044/6 {3CDS} (1999)ª

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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 1999 p.35 (mention) [RC]

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Orpheus - Juni 2001 S.60-S.61 [DN]; April 2002 S.54 [DN]

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Opéra International - novembre 1999 No.240 p.68 [PC]

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Diapason - No.468 mars 2000 pp.88-89 [PK]

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International Classical Record Collector - Autumn 1999 No.18 pp.101-102 [JTH]

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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 p.81 [EG]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (9 December 1939)

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Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Ettore Panizza - 1939(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Simon Boccanegra - Lawrence Tibbett

Jacopo Fiesco - Ezio Pinza

Amelia Grimaldi - Elisabeth Rethberg

Gabriele Adorno - Giovanni Martinelli

Paolo Albiani - Leonard Warren

Pietro - Louis D' Angelo

Un'ancella - Pearl Besuner

Un capitano dei balestrieri - Giordano Paltrinieri

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 108 {3LPS} (1956)ª; Metropolitan Opera Guild MET-13 {3LPS}; Rococo Records 1017 {3LPS} (1979)ª; Historical Opera Performances Edition HOPE 203 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - *Melodram Connaisseur CDM 27507 {2CDS}; Myto 2MCD 954 134 {2CDS}; (1995)ª; Arkadia 50005 {2CDS}; Myto 2MCD 981.H006 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Arkadia «The Golden Age» GA 2030 {2CDS} (2000)ª; The Opera Lovers SIM 193901 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 No.1 Spring 1987 pp.155-157 [CH]

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Diapason - No.429 septembre 1996 p.150

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Classical Express - Issue No.72 February 1996 p.8: Issue No.87 June 1997 p.4: Issue 100 July 1998 p.4 (mention) [MT]

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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1997 No.5 p.97 [MO]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.44 marzo-abril 2001 pp.93-94 [JS]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.143 settembre 2000 p.113 [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (21 January 1939). The Melodram CD gives the maid as being Thelma Votipka, but according to the «Annals of the Metropol- itan Opera» she never sang this role there. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Faust by Charles Gounod performed in French

Conductor Wilfred (Wilfrid) Pelletier - 1940 (16/3)(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Faust - Richard Crooks

Méphistophélès - Ezio Pinza

Marguerite - Helen Jepson

Valentin - Leonard Warren

Siébel - Lucielle Browning

Marthe - Thelma Votipka

Wagner - Wilfred Engelman

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 275 {2LPS} (1976)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (16 March 1940). See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.197-199

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Faust by Charles Gounod performed in French

Conductor Wilfred (Wilfrid) Pelletier - 1940 (6/4)(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Faust - Richard Crooks

Méphistophélès - Ezio Pinza

Marguerite - Helen Jepson

Valentin - Leonard Warren

Siébel - Helen Olheim

Marthe - Thelma Votipka

Wagner - Wilfred Engelman

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 188 {3LPS} (1960)ª

Compact Disc; - *NAXOS «Historical» 8.110016-7 {2CDS} (1998)ª

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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:-

Opera - March 1998 p.292 [AB]

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

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Orpheus - März 1998 S.58 [DN]

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Opéra International - janvier 1999 No.231 p.48 [SS]

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BBC Music Magazine - April 1998 p.89 [GH]

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The Record Collector - Vol.43 No.3 September 1998 p.192 [PS]

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Répertoire - No.110 février 1998 pp.34-35 [LB]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XII - N.117 marzo 1998 p.93 [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the Metropolitan Opera in Boston (6 April 1940). See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.197-199

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Ettore Panizza - 1940(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Aida - Rose Bampton

Radamès - Arthur Carron

Amneris - Bruna Castagna

Amonasro - Leonard Warren

Ramphis - Nicola Moscona

Il Re di Egitto - John Gurney

Una Sacerdotessa - Thelma Votipka

Un Messaggero - Lodovico Oliviero

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 102

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (19 January 1940). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». According to their online catalogue the conductor was «Papi», but the Annals of the Met give Panizza.

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Lohengrin by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1940(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Lohengrin - Lauritz Melchior

Elsa - Elisabeth Rethberg

Ortrud - Kerstin Thorborg

Friedrich von Telramund - Julius Huehn

König Heinrich - Emanuel List

Der Heerrufer des Königs - Leonard Warren

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 135 {3LPS} (1958)ª

Compact Disc; - Walhall WHL-18 {3CDS} (1995)ª; Gebhardt JGCD 0007 {3CDS} (1999)ª; Arkadia «Golden Age» 3CD GA 2020 {3CDS} (2000)ª; *Guild «Immortal Performances» GHCD 2278-2280 {3CDS} (2004)ª; Membran 220726 {3CDS} (2004)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - November 1995 p.38

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Classical Express - Issue No.117 December 1999 p.4 [MT]: Issue No.125 August 2000 p.1 [MT]

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International Record Review - October 2000 p.116 [MVA]: July/August 2004 p.80 [MT]

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Wagner News - Issue No.110 July 1995 p.18

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Répertoire - No.166 mars 2003 pp.102-103 [TP]

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Opéra Magazine - No.7 mai 2006 p.75 [FL-2]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (27 January 1940) (See Wagner News April 1995 p.13)

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Wilfred (Wilfrid) Pelletier - 1940(SE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Aida - Rose Bampton

Radamès - Arthur Carron

Amneris - Lydia Summers

Amonasro - Leonard Warren

Ramphis - Norman Cordon

Il Re di Egitto - Lorenzo Alvary

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Black Disc; - World Greatest Operas SR 51/54 {4x78s}; RCA Camden CAL 225 {1LP} (USA) (1954)ª

Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia «WWW Site 4» {1xCD-ROM} (2003)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recorded on 28, 30 May and 17 June 1940.

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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in French

Conductor Wilfred (Wilfrid) Pelletier - 1940(SE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Carmen - Joan Peebles

Don José - Raoul Jobin

Escamillo - Leonard Warren

Frasquita - Thelma Votipka

Mercédès - Helen Oelheim

Le Dancaïre - George Cehanovsky

Le Remendado - Pino Bontempi

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Black Disc; - World's Greatest Operas SR 45/47 {3x78s}; RCA Camden CAL 221 (USA) (1954)ª

Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia «WWW Site 4» {1xCD-ROM} (2003)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recorded on 31 May and 17, 25 June 1940. According to HIGH FIDELITY (October 1956 Vol.6 No.10 p.40, p.47) the role of Don José is shared by Tokatyan and Jobin

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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Wilfred (Wilfrid) Pelletier - 1940(SE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Canio - Arthur Carron

Nedda - Eleanor Steber

Tonio - Leonard Warren

Beppe - Pino Bontempi

Silvio - George Cehanovsky

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Black Disc; - World's Greatest Operas SR 70/72 {3x78s}; RCA «Camden» CAL 226 {1LP} (1954)ª

Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia «WWW Site 4» {1xCD-ROM} (2003)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

Comments:- Recorded on 30, 31 May and 17 June 1940.

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Wilfred (Wilfrid) Pelletier - 1940(SE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rigoletto - Leonard Warren

Gilda - Jean Dickenson

Duca di Mantova - Armand Tokatyan

Maddalena - Lucielle Browning

Monterone - Lorenzo Alvary

Borsa - Pino Bontempi

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Black Disc; - World's Greatest Operas SR 58-60 {3x78s}; RCA Camden CAL 226 {1LP} (USA) (1954)ª

Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia «WWW Site 4» {1xCD-ROM} (2003)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

Comments:- Recorded on 31 May, 25 June 1940. Rigoletto's opening lines exchanged with the Duke are sung by Norman Cordon

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Wilfred (Wilfrid) Pelletier - 1940(SE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Violetta Valery - Eleanor Steber

Alfredo Germont - Armand Tokatyan

Giorgio Germont - Leonard Warren

Marchese d'Obigny - Lorenzo Alvary

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Black Disc; - World's Greatest Operas SR 67/69 {3x78s}; RCA «Camden» CAL 227 (USA) (1955)ª

Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia «WWW Site 4» {1xCD-ROM} (2003)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recorded on 31 may and 25 June 1940.

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Ettore Panizza - 1941(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Aida - Stella Roman

Radamès - Giovanni Martinelli

Amneris - Bruna Castagna

Amonasro - Leonard Warren

Ramphis - Ezio Pinza

Il Re di Egitto - Norman Cordon

Una Sacerdotessa - Maxine Stellman

Un Messaggero - Lodovico Oliviero

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 101 {3LPS} (1956)ª

Compact Cassette - *Those Radio Times 233/4

Compact Disc; - Walhall WHL 3 {2CDS}; The Forties FTO 327.28 {2CDS};; Arkadia «The Golden Age» GA 2011 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Cantus Classics 500651 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - April 1994 S.60; August/September 1996 S.89; August-September 1997 S.80

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.15 marzo-mayo 1995 p.58

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International Record Review - July 2000 pp.111-112 [SP]

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

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Répertoire - No.69 mai 1994 p.72

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (22 March 1941)

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Alceste [Paris] by Christophe Willibald Gluck performed in French

Conductor Ettore Panizza - 1941(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Alceste - Rose Bampton

Admète - René Maison

Grand Prêtre d'Apollon - Leonard Warren

Evandre - Alessio De Paolis

Un Héraut - George Cehanovsky

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Compact Disc; - *Naxos Historical 8.110006-7 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Cantus Classics 500411 {2CDS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of Alceste [Paris] by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.59; CELLETTI p. 275 ; Opera on CD (1) p.13 (2) p. 16 (3) p.18; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.73 p.98; PENGUIN p.105; Opéra International No.179 avril 1994 p.22; GIUDICI p.259 (2) p.442

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1998 p.109 [AB]

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Opera - March 1998 p.293 [AB]

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

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Orpheus - März 1998 S.59 [DN]

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Opéra International - juin 1999 No.236 p.65 [GC]

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

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BBC Music Magazine - April 1998 p.89 [GH]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XII - N.117 marzo 1998 p.93 [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (8 March 1941). See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.253-54. See also a letter in IOC No.8 p.6

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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in French

Conductor Wilfred (Wilfrid) Pelletier - 1941(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Carmen - Gladys Swarthout

Don José - Charles Kullman

Micaëla - Licia Albanese

Escamillo - Leonard Warren

Frasquita - Thelma Votipka

Mercédès - Helen Olheim

Le Dancaïre - George Cehanovsky

Le Remendado - Alessio De Paolis

Moralès - Wilfred Engelman

Zuninga - Louis D' Angelo

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Compact Disc; - Naxos Historical 8.110001-2 {2CDS} (1999)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:-

Orpheus - Juni 2000 S.62 [DN]

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Opéra International - No.245 avril 2000 p.71 [PC]

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

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.241 mars 2000 p.75 [SB]

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Musica (Milano) - N.117 aprile-maggio 2000 p.62 [MA]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.40 julio-agosto 2000 p.91 [SG]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (15 March 1941). See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.251-253

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Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Ferruccio Calusio - 1941(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Santuzza - Stella Roman

Turiddu - Frederick Jagel

Alfio - Leonard Warren

Lola - Anna Kaskas

Lucia - Doris Doe

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 112 {1LP} (1972)ª

Compact Disc; - Walhall WHL 20 {1CD} (1995)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Now - May/June 1997 p.95

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Orpheus - Januar 1996 S.56

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

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - N .84 enero 1996 pp.62-63

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.18 diciembre 1995 - febrero 1996 p.62

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (1 February 1941)

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Wilfred (Wilfrid) Pelletier - 1941(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Samson - René Maison

Dalila - Risë Stevens

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Leonard Warren

Abimélech - Norman Cordon

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Nicola Moscona

Le messager philistin - Emery Darcy

Premier philistin - John Dudley

Deuxième philistin - Arthur Kent

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 523

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

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

Comments:- «Almost complete» recording of a performance at the MET (13 December 1941). 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 Thomas Beecham - 1942(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Carmen - Lily Djanel

Don José - Charles Kullman

Micaëla - Licia Albanese

Escamillo - Leonard Warren

Frasquita - Thelma Votipka

Mercédès - Helen Olheim

Le Dancaïre - George Cehanovsky

Le Remendado - Alessio De Paolis

Moralès - Arthur Kent

Zuninga - Norman Cordon

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 410

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (24 January 1942). 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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Lohengrin by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1942(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Lohengrin - Lauritz Melchior

Elsa - Astrid Varnay

Ortrud - Kerstin Thorborg

Friedrich von Telramund - Herbert Janssen

König Heinrich - Norman Cordon

Der Heerrufer des Königs - Leonard Warren

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 605

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

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

Comments:- «Nearly complete» recording of a performance at the MET (17 January 1942). 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 Thomas Beecham - 1943(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Carmen - Lily Djanel

Don José - Raoul Jobin

Micaëla - Licia Albanese

Escamillo - Leonard Warren

Frasquita - Thelma Votipka

Mercédès - Helen Olheim

Le Dancaïre - George Cehanovsky

Le Remendado - Alessio De Paolis

Moralès - Mack Harrell

Zuninga - Lorenzo Alvary

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Compact Disc; - Walhall WHL 31 {2CDS} (1996)ª; Arkadia «Golden Age» 2CD GA 2003 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0006 {2CDS} (2003)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Mai 1997 S.61; August-September 1997 S.79

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Classical Express - Issue 78 September 1996 p.4

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International Record Review - July 2000 p.105 [SP]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.56: No.70 mayo 2004 p.84 [AG]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI - N.108 - maggio 1997 p.98: Anno XIV N.144 ottobre 2000 pp.81-82 [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (27 March 1943)

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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Cesare Sodero - 1943(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Canio - Giovanni Martinelli

Nedda - Marita Farell

Tonio - Leonard Warren

Beppe - John Dudley

Silvio - Walter Cassel

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 448 {1LP} (1968)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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (20 March 1943; see «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.361-362)

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Cesare Sodero - 1943(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rigoletto - Leonard Warren

Gilda - Lily Pons

Duca di Mantova - Charles Kullman

Sparafucile - Nicola Moscona

Maddalena - Anna Kaskas

Giovanna - Thelma Altman

Monterone - Osie Hawkins

Marullo - George Cehanovsky

Borsa - Alessio De Paolis

Conte di Ceprano - Walter Cassel

Contessa di Ceprano - Thelma Votipka

Un paggio - Edith Herlick

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 670

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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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (18 December 1943). See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.341-342. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The source is described as «good private acetates».

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Cesare Sodero - 1943(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Violetta Valery - Bidù Sayão

Flora Bervoix - Thelma Votipka

Annina - Helen Olheim

Alfredo Germont - Charles Kullman

Giorgio Germont - Leonard Warren

Gastone - Alessio De Paolis

Dottore Grenvil - Lorenzo Alvary

Barone Douphol - George Cehanovsky

Marchese d'Obigny - Louis D' Angelo

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Black Disc - Operatic Archives OPA 1001 Historical Opera Performances Edition HOPE 202 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - Bongiovanni GB 1139/40-2 (+Sayão recital) {2CDS}; Walhall WHL 33 {2CDS}

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - August/September 1996 S.89

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (24 April 1943). See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.338-339. Excerpts from Act 2 of this recording are also included as a «filler» on Bongiovanni GAO 160/161, their recording of La Traviata at the MET in 1950 (conducted by Erede)

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian and Italian

Conductor George Szell - 1943(LI;13/2/43;Kipnis))

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Boris - Alexander Kipnis

Grigory (False Dmitry) - René Maison

Marina - Kerstin Thorborg

Pimen - Nicola Moscona

Varlaam - Norman Cordon

Shuisky - Alessio De Paolis

Missail - John Dudley

Rangoni - Leonard Warren

Fyodor - Irra Petina

Xenia - Marita Farell

Hostess - Doris Doe

Simpleton - John Garris

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Compact Disc - Walhall WHL 12 {2CDS}; RRD FT1505-6; The Forties FT 1505-6; Music & Arts CD 867 (Highlights)

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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 1995 p.34

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Opera Now - March 1995 p.52

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Orpheus - Juli 1995 S.59

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Opéra International - janvier 1996 No.198 p.49

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Diapason - No.422 janvier 1996 p.135

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Répertoire - No.83 septembre 1995 p.57

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (13 February 1943). Kipnis sings in Russian and the rest of the cast and the chorus in Italian. See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.365-367.

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Italian

Conductor George Szell - 1943(LI;4/12/43;Pinza)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Boris - Ezio Pinza

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Armand Tokatyan

Marina - Kerstin Thorborg

Pimen - Nicola Moscona

Varlaam - Salvatore Baccaloni

Shuisky - Alessio De Paolis

Missail - John Dudley

Rangoni - Leonard Warren

Fyodor - Thelma Altman

Xenia - Marita Farell

Hostess - Doris Doe

Simpleton - John Garris

Tchelkalov - Mack Harrell

Nurse - Anna Kaskas

Nikitich - John Gurney

Lavitsky - Gerhard Pechner

Cherniovsky - Lorenzo Alvary

Frontier Guard - Osie Hawkins

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 258 {3LPS} (1975)ª

Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 179

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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (4 December 1943). 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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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Arturo Toscanini - 1944(Act 3;LE)

Orchestra - NBC Symphony Orchestra

Rigoletto - Leonard Warren

Gilda - Zinka Milanov

Duca di Mantova - Jan Peerce

Sparafucile - Nicola Moscona

Maddalena - Nan Merriman

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

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

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

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Walter - 1944(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Riccardo - Jan Peerce

Renato - Leonard Warren

Amelia - Zinka Milanov

Ulrica - Kerstin Thorborg

Oscar - Frances Greer

Silvano - John Baker

Samuele - Norman Cordon

Tom - Nicola Moscona

Un Giudice - John Dudley

Un servo - Lodovico Oliviero

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Black Disc - Discocorp 805 {2LPS}

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

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Now - July/August 1996 p.107

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Orpheus - Juni 2000 S.62 [DN]

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

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

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

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

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Thomas Beecham - 1944(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Falstaff - Leonard Warren

Fenton - Charles Kullman

Ford - John Brownlee

Dr. Cajus - John Dudley

Bardolfo - George Rasely

Pistola - John Gurney

Alice Ford - Eleanor Steber

Nannetta - Frances Greer

Meg Page - Lucielle Browning

Mistress Quickly - Margaret Harshaw

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 293

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (11 March 1944). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Cesare Sodero - 1944(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Lucia - Lily Pons

Edgardo - James Melton

Enrico - Leonard Warren

Raimondo - Nicola Moscona

Arturo - Alessio De Paolis

Alisa - Thelma Votipka

Normanno - John Dudley

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Compact Disc; - The Forties {2CDS}; Arkadia «The Golden Age» GA 2024 {2CDS} (2000)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:-

International Record Review - September 2000 p.117 [RP]

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

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.43 enero-febrero 2001 p.88 [AG]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (8 January 1944)

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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Cesare Sodero - 1944(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Canio - Raoul Jobin

Nedda - Licia Albanese

Tonio - Leonard Warren

Beppe - John Dudley

Silvio - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

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Compact Disc; - *Naxos «Historical» 8.110037 {1CD} (1999)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 - May 1999 p.96 [JBS]

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Orpheus - Juni 1999 S.59 [DN]

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International Opera Collector - Spring 1999 No.11 pp.104-108 [MEO]

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International Classical Record Collector - Summer 1999 No.17 p.98 [JTH]

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Classical Express - Issue No.110 May 1999 p.6 (mention) [MT]

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.233 juin 1999 p.84 [SB]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (25 March 1944)

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Cesare Sodero - 1944(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Manrico - Kurt Baum

Azucena - Margaret Harshaw

Leonora - Zinka Milanov

Conte di Luna - Leonard Warren

Ferrando - Nicola Moscona

Ines - Maxine Stellman

Ruiz - Lodovico Oliviero

Un vecchio zingaro - John Baker

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 919

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (18 March 1944). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Emil Cooper - 1945(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

La Gioconda - Stella Roman

Enzo - Frederick Jagel

Barnaba - Leonard Warren

Laura - Bruna Castagna

Alvise - Nicola Moscona

La Cieca - Margaret Harshaw

Zuàne - John Gurney

Un Cantore - Osie Hawkins

Isèpo - Lodovico Oliviero

Un Pilota - John Baker

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 277 (highlights) {1LP} (1976)ª

Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 494

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (3 March 1945; see «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.356-357). 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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Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Cesare Sodero - 1945(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Lucia - Patrice Munsel

Edgardo - Jan Peerce

Enrico - Leonard Warren

Raimondo - Nicola Moscona

Arturo - Richard Manning

Alisa - Thelma Votipka

Normanno - Lodovico Oliviero

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 425

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (6 January 1945). 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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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Cesare Sodero - 1945(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rigoletto - Leonard Warren

Gilda - Bidù Sayão

Duca di Mantova - Jussi Björling

Sparafucile - Norman Cordon

Maddalena - Martha Lipton

Giovanna - Thelma Votipka

Monterone - William Hargrave

Marullo - George Cehanovsky

Borsa - Richard Manning

Conte di Ceprano - John Baker

Contessa di Ceprano - Maxine Stellman

Un paggio - Thelma Altman

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Compact Disc; - Music and Arts CD 636 {2CDS}; Melodram CDM 27079 {2CDS} Grammofono 2000 AB 78776-70777 {2CDS}; Naxos «Historical» 8.110051-52 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Bensar OL 122945 (BRO 125870) {2CDRS} (2005)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 - November (published September) 2000 p.122 [AB]

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Diapason - No.371 mai 1991 p.162 [MP]; No.474 octobre 2000 p.124, p.126 [MP]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.115 noviembre 1998 p.38 (mention) [SV]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.30 noviembre-diciembre 1998 p.78 [MC]: No.40 julio-agosto 2000 p.98 [SG]

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.246 septembre 2000 p.120 [SB]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (29 December 1945). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Cesare Sodero - 1945(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Manrico - Kurt Baum

Azucena - Bruna Castagna

Leonora - Zinka Milanov

Conte di Luna - Leonard Warren

Ferrando - Nicola Moscona

Ines - Maxine Stellman

Ruiz - Lodovico Oliviero

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Compact Disc - Walhall WHL 36 {2CDS}

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Now - May/June 1997 p.95

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

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

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Cesare Sodero - 1946(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Aida - Stella Roman

Radamès - Set Svanholm

Amneris - Blanche Thebom

Amonasro - Leonard Warren

Ramphis - Nicola Moscona

Il Re di Egitto - Philip Kinsman

Una Sacerdotessa - Thelma Votipka

Un Messaggero - Lodovico Oliviero

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 289; Bensar OL 122846 (BRO 124186) {2CDRS} (2004)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (28 December 1946). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Emil Cooper - 1946(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

La Gioconda - Zinka Milanov

Enzo - Richard Tucker

Barnaba - Leonard Warren

Laura - Risë Stevens

Alvise - Giacomo Vaghi

La Cieca - Margaret Harshaw

Zuàne - Osie Hawkins

Un Cantore - Wellington Ezekiel

Isèpo - Lodovico Oliviero

Un Pilota - John Baker

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

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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

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

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

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Busch - 1946(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Otello - Torsten Ralf

Desdemona - Stella Roman

Iago - Leonard Warren

Cassio - Alessio De Paolis

Rodrigo - Anthony Marlowe

Lodovico - Nicola Moscona

Montano - William Hargrave

Emilia - Martha Lipton

Un Araldo - Philip Kinsman

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1163

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (16 November 1946). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The source is described as «Fair to Good private acetates».

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor George Szell - 1946(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Otello - Torsten Ralf

Desdemona - Stella Roman

Iago - Leonard Warren

Cassio - Alessio De Paolis

Rodrigo - Anthony Marlowe

Lodovico - Nicola Moscona

Montano - Kenneth Schon

Emilia - Martha Lipton

Un Araldo - Wellington Ezekiel

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Compact Disc; - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 21013 {2CDS} ; Archipel ARPCD 0110 (+Torsten Ralf - recital) {2CDS} (2002)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0107 {2CDS} (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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.64 octubre 2003 p.86 [VM]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (23 February 1946). See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.382-384. The CDs issued on the GDS label are listed in their catalogue dated 1991. A recording of Otello attributed to the same date (23/2/46) is listed in the online catalogue of the Omega Opera Archive (581) with the conductor given as Busch, but the MET Annals give Szell. Busch conducted the performance on 16 November 1946 a recording of which is listed separately.

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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Antonicelli - 1947(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Riccardo - Jan Peerce

Renato - Leonard Warren

Amelia - Daniza Ilitsch

Ulrica - Margaret Harshaw

Oscar - Pierrette Alarie

Silvano - John Baker

Samuele - Giacomo Vaghi

Tom - Lorenzo Alvary

Un Giudice - Leslie Chabay

Un servo - Lodovico Oliviero

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Black Disc - Classic Edition 5001 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0054 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Gala GL 100.789 {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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (22 November 1947; see «Saturday Afternoons at the Old MET» pp.422-423). The cast listed by Classic Edition on their LPs and by Gala is incorrect. The LPs are listed in Parnassus's online catalogue P279

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Cesare Sodero - 1947(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rigoletto - Leonard Warren

Gilda - Hjördis Schymberg

Duca di Mantova - Jan Peerce

Sparafucile - Giacomo Vaghi

Maddalena - Martha Lipton

Giovanna - Thelma Altman

Monterone - Osie Hawkins

Marullo - George Cehanovsky

Borsa - Alessio De Paolis

Conte di Ceprano - John Baker

Contessa di Ceprano - Maxine Stellman

Un paggio - Irene Jordan

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1579 (& 686); Bensar OL 3147 (BRO 125304) {2CDRS} (2005)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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (1 March 1947). See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.421-422. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The recording is described as a «fair aircheck». The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Emil Cooper - 1947(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Manrico - Jussi Björling

Azucena - Margaret Harshaw

Leonora - Stella Roman

Conte di Luna - Leonard Warren

Ferrando - Giacomo Vaghi

Ines - Inge Manski

Ruiz - Lodovico Oliviero

Un vecchio zingaro - John Baker

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 595 (& 2755); *Bensar Records OL 122747 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; Music & Arts «West Hill Radio Archives» WHRA 6010 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 2008 p.91 [PO'C]

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Diapason - No.557 avril 2008 p.123 [PK]

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International Record Review - January 2008 p.28 [JTH]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (27 December 1947). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Gaetano Merola - 1947(RE)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

La Gioconda - Stella Roman

Enzo - Kurt Baum

Barnaba - Leonard Warren

Laura - Blanche Thebom

La Cieca - Margaret Harshaw

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 321 (+Otello - excerpts) {1LP} (1965)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 some of the excerpts broadcast on 19 October 1947

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gaetano Merola - 1947(RE)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Otello - Set Svanholm

Desdemona - Licia Albanese

Iago - Leonard Warren

Cassio - Leslie Chabay

Emilia - Claramae Turner

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 321 (+La Gioconda -; excerpts) {1LP} (1965)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 some of the excerpts broadcast on 26 October 1947

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor William Steinberg - 1948(LE)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Otello - Set Svanholm

Desdemona - Licia Albanese

Iago - Leonard Warren

Cassio - Alessio De Paolis

Rodrigo - Leslie Chabay

Lodovico - Désiré Ligeti

Montano - George Cehanovsky

Emilia - Claramae Turner

Un Araldo - Robin Nelson

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 580

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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:- This appears to be a recording of part of a performance given in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 16 October 1948 (see «Leonard Warren - American Baritone» p.456). The cast listed above is that given in «The San Francisco Opera» by Arthur Bloomfield p.480, but I do not know if all the singers listed appear in these excerpts. 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 year of the performance recorded is given here as 1947.

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Busch - 1948(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Otello - Ramón Vinay

Desdemona - Licia Albanese

Iago - Leonard Warren

Cassio - John Garris

Rodrigo - Thomas Hayward

Lodovico - Nicola Moscona

Montano - Clifford Harvuot

Emilia - Martha Lipton

Un Araldo - Philip Kinsman

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Black Disc - Penzance PR 18 {2LPS}; Morgan 4802 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Preiser Records 90377 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Arkadia «The Golden Age» 2CD 2017 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Membran 221923 {2CDS} (2004)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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1999 p.138 [AB]

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Opera Now - July/August 1999 p.96 [ST]

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International Classical Record Collector - Autumn 1999 No.18 pp.101-102 [JTH]

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Classical Express - Issue No.125 August 2000 p.1 [MT]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.144 ottobre 2000 pp.81-82 [GL]

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Musica (Milano) - N.121 novembre 2000 p.102 [AT]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (18 December 1948; see «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» by Paul Jackson pp.436-438)

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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Antonicelli - 1948(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Canio - Ramón Vinay

Nedda - Florence Quartarao

Tonio - Leonard Warren

Beppe - Leslie Chabay

Silvio - Hugh Thompson

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Compact Disc; - Guild Immortal Performances GHCD 2291/2 + «Florence Quartararo Memorial 1945-50» {2CDS} (2004)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 - February 2005 p.85 [PO'C]

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International Record Review - November 2004 p.84, p.86 [JTH]

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The Record Collector - Vol.51 No.3 September 2006 pp.231-232 [BRA]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (28 February 1948).

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Guido Picco - 1948(LI)

Orchestra - Orquesta de la Union Filarmónica de Mejico

Chorus - Opera Nacional de Mejico

Manrico - Kurt Baum

Azucena - Winifred Heidt

Leonora - Astrid Varnay

Conte di Luna - Leonard Warren

Ferrando - Roberto Silva

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 683 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1917-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City (25 May 1948; see «Leonard Warren - American Baritone» by Mary Jane Phillips-Matz pp.167-168, p.456). 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» and those issued by Premiere are listed in «New Releases on CD, Fall 2005» Dated Nov.16 2005. In both these sources the name of the conductor is given as «Morel». See also «Hab's mir gelobt» by Astrid Varnay pp.181-182.

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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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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Pietro Cimara - 1949(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rigoletto - Leonard Warren

Gilda - Patrice Munsel

Duca di Mantova - Jan Peerce

Sparafucile - Dezsö Ernster

Maddalena - Martha Lipton

Giovanna - Thelma Altman

Monterone - Clifford Harvuot

Marullo - George Cehanovsky

Borsa - Leslie Chabay

Conte di Ceprano - John Baker

Contessa di Ceprano - Maxine Stellman

Un paggio - Thelma Altman

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 748

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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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET 19 March 1949. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The source is stated to be «Fair to very good private acetates».

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Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1950(LE)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Simon Boccanegra - Leonard Warren

Jacopo Fiesco - Roberto Silva

Amelia Grimaldi - Celia García

Gabriele Adorno - Mario Filippeschi

Paolo Albiani - Carlo Morelli

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Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 185-1 {1CD} (1995)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. 1393-1 {1CDR} (2004)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - October 1995 p.46

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American Record Guide - May/June 1995 Vol.58 No.3 p.241

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Classical Express - No.64 May 1995 p.3

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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance in Mexico City

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Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Simon Boccanegra - Leonard Warren

Jacopo Fiesco - Mihály Székely

Amelia Grimaldi - Astrid Varnay

Gabriele Adorno - Richard Tucker

Paolo Albiani - Giuseppe Valdengo

Pietro - Lorenzo Alvary

Un'ancella - Maxine Stellman

Un capitano dei balestrieri - Paul Franke

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Black Disc - *Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 105-3 {3LPS}; Robin Hood Records RHR 506 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 945.113 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Preiser Records 90520 {2CDS} (2002)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 2003 pp.80-81 [AB]

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Orpheus - Februar 1995 S.60; Heft 1+2 Januar 2003 S.75

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Répertoire - No.78 mars 1995 p.79

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (28 January 1950)

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Guido Picco - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Manrico - Kurt Baum

Azucena - Giulietta Simionato

Leonora - Maria Callas

Conte di Luna - Leonard Warren

Ferrando - Nicola Moscona

Ines - Ana María Feuss

Ruiz - Carlos Sagarminaga

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

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

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

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

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

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1950(STU)

Orchestra - RCA Italiana

Chorus - Robert Shaw Chorale

Rigoletto - Leonard Warren

Gilda - Erna Berger

Duca di Mantova - Jan Peerce

Sparafucile - Italo Tajo

Maddalena - Nan Merriman

Giovanna - Mary Kreste

Monterone - Richard Wentworth

Marullo - Arthur Newman

Borsa - Nathaniel Sprinzena

Conte di Ceprano - Paul Ukena

Contessa di Ceprano - Joyce White

Un paggio - Joyce White

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor DM 1400/01 (12-1262 - 12-1275) {14x78s) (1950)ª; RCA Victor DM 1414 {15x78s;AC} (1950)ª; RCA Victor WDM 1400/1401 (49-1304 - 49-1318) {15x45s} (1950)ª; RCA Victor LM 6101 {3LPS;AC} (1950)ª; HMV ALP 1004-6 {3LPS;AC} (1952)ª; HMV ALP 1392 (Highlights) {1LP}

Compact Disc; - RCA CLK 2-5378 {2CDS};; Myto «Historical» 2CD 004 H050 (+Highlights cond Heger) {2CDS} (2000)ª; Preiser Records 90452 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110148-49 (+Warren recital) {2CDS} (2001)ª; Membran 221311 {2CDS} (2004)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 - December 1950 p.134 [HCS]; November 1952 p.144 [AR]; November 1956 pp.224-225 (Highlights) [AP]

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Opera - January 1953 p.35 [H]

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Fanfare - Vol.24 No.6 July/August 2001 pp.243-244 [BR]; Vol.25 No.1 September/ October 2001 p.381 (letter), pp.379-380 [RT]; Vol.25 No.3 January/February 2002 pp.285-286 [BR]

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Orpheus - Oktober 2001 S.56-S.57 [SL]

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

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American Record Guide - November 1950 Vol.17 No.3 p.82 [PHR]: May/June 2001 Vol.64 No.3 p.347 [RVL]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - October 1952 p.9

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International Record Review - September 2001 pp.81-82 [RP]

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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2001 pp.100-101 [JTH]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - julio/agosto 2001 No.145 pp.45-46 [SV]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.47 septiembre-octubre 2001 p.96 [LB]

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.262 février 2002 p.84 [CFD]

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Comments:- Recorded in the ballroom of the Manhatten Center, New York between 8 March and 25 May 1950. More details can be found in «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1950-1955(SE)

Orchestra - RCA Victor Orchestra

Chorus - Robert Shaw Chorale

Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov

Don Carlo - Leonard Warren

Don Alvaro - Jan Peerce

Padre Guardiano - Nicola Moscona

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

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

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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

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

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

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1951(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rigoletto - Leonard Warren

Gilda - Hilde Güden (Gueden)

Duca di Mantova - Richard Tucker

Sparafucile - Alois Pernerstorfer

Maddalena - Jean Madeira

Giovanna - Thelma Votipka

Monterone - Norman Scott

Marullo - Clifford Harvuot

Borsa - Paul Franke

Conte di Ceprano - Lawrence Davidson

Contessa di Ceprano - Anne Bollinger

Un paggio - Margaret Roggero

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Compact Disc; - Bensar BRO 121059 {2CDRS} (2004)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

Comments:- This is probably a recording of the performance at the MET on 8 December 1951 which was broadcast. The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.». Here the conductor is given as «Cleva», but according to the «MET Annals» he did not conduct Rigoletto at the MET in 1951.

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1951(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Manrico - Kurt Baum

Azucena - Fedora Barbieri

Leonora - Delia Rigal

Conte di Luna - Leonard Warren

Ferrando - Nicola Moscona

Ines - Barbara Troxell

Ruiz - Thomas Hayward

Un vecchio zingaro - John Baker

Un messo - Alessio De Paolis

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1129

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (13 Decenber 1951). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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La 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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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1951-52(STU)

Orchestra - RCA Victor Orchestra

Chorus - Robert Shaw Chorale

Manrico - Jussi Björling

Azucena - Fedora Barbieri

Leonora - Zinka Milanov

Conte di Luna - Leonard Warren

Ferrando - Nicola Moscona

Ines - Margaret Roggero

Ruiz - Paul Franke

Un vecchio zingaro - George Cehanovsky

Un messo - Nathaniel Sprinzena

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

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

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

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

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 44 p.151

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.575

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

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

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Aida - Zinka Milanov

Radamès - Mario Del Monaco

Amneris - Nell Rankin

Amonasro - Leonard Warren

Ramphis - Jerome Hines

Il Re di Egitto - Luben Vichey

Una Sacerdotessa - Lucine Amara

Un Messaggero - Thomas Hayward

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

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

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Oktober 1995 S.61

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Répertoire - No.85 novembre 1995 p.80

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

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

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Luben Vichey

Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov

Don Carlo - Leonard Warren

Don Alvaro - Richard Tucker

Preziosilla - Mildred Miller

Fra Melitone - Gerhard Pechner

Curra - Laura Castellano

Padre Guardiano - Jerome Hines

Un Chirurgo - Algerd Brazis

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Compact Disc; - Music & Arts CD-693 {2CDS}; *Bensar Records Ltd. OL 112952 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; The Opera Lovers FOR 195201 {2CDRS} (2007)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - June 1993 p.83

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

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Otello - Ramón Vinay

Desdemona - Eleanor Steber

Iago - Leonard Warren

Cassio - Thomas Hayward

Rodrigo - Paul Franke

Lodovico - Luben Vichey

Montano - Osie Hawkins

Emilia - Martha Lipton

Un Araldo - Algerd Brazis

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 699

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (9 February 1952). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Walter Herbert - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - New Orleans Opera

Chorus - New Orleans Opera

Rigoletto - Leonard Warren

Gilda - Hilde Güden (Gueden)

Duca di Mantova - Eugene Conley

Sparafucile - William Wilderman

Maddalena - Marietta Muhs

Monterone - Norman Treigle

Marullo - Walter Gadpaille

Borsa - John Patterson

Conte di Ceprano - Ernest Barnum

Contessa di Ceprano - Elaine Weber

Un paggio - Frances Vella

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Black Disc - Legendary Recordings LR 205-2 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - VAI Audio VAIA 1174-2 {2CDS} (1999)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:-

Opéra International - Avril 1986 No.91 p.XIII [SS]

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International Opera Collector - Summer 1999 No.12 p.92 [JTH]

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

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Comments:- Recording of a performances at the New Orleans Opera (April 1952)

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Walter Herbert - 1953(LC)

Orchestra - New Orleans Opera

Chorus - New Orleans Opera

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Norman Treigle

Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov

Don Carlo - Leonard Warren

Don Alvaro - Mario Del Monaco

Preziosilla - Claramae Turner

Fra Melitone - Gerhard Pechner

Curra - Rosemary Rotolo

Padre Guardiano - William Wilderman

Un Chirurgo - Donald Bernard

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

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

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

La Gioconda - Zinka Milanov

Enzo - Kurt Baum

Barnaba - Leonard Warren

Laura - Fedora Barbieri

Alvise - Cesare Siepi

La Cieca - Jean Madeira

Zuàne - George Cehanovsky

Isèpo - Alessio De Paolis

Un Pilota - Algerd Brazis

Due cantori - Gabor Carelli

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 258

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (3 January 1953). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rigoletto - Leonard Warren

Gilda - Hilde Güden (Gueden)

Duca di Mantova - Eugene Conley

Sparafucile - Nicola Moscona

Maddalena - Jean Madeira

Giovanna - Thelma Votipka

Monterone - Norman Scott

Marullo - Clifford Harvuot

Borsa - Gabor Carelli

Conte di Ceprano - Lawrence Davidson

Contessa di Ceprano - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)

Un paggio - Margaret Roggero

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 721 {2CDRS}

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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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 March 1953). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1953(STU)

Orchestra - RCA Victor Orchestra

Chorus - Robert Shaw Chorale

Canio - Jussi Björling

Nedda - Victoria de los Ángeles

Tonio - Leonard Warren

Beppe - Paul Franke

Silvio - Robert Merrill

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor WDM 6106 {45s} RCA Victor LM 6106 {3LPS} (+Cavalleria rusticana) (USA) {3LPS} (1953)ª; HMV ALP 1126-1128 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {3LPS} (1954)ª; La Voix de son Maître FALP 301/3 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {3LPS} (1954)ª

Compact Disc; - *EMI CDC 7 49503-2 (1CD) (1989)ª; EMI «Références» CDH 5 66778-2 {1CD} (1998)ª; RCA BVCC 8855-6 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {2CDS} (Japan) (1995)ª; EMI Classics «Historical» 585 650-2 {1CD} (2003)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110258 {1CD} (2004)ª; Membran 221759 {1CD} (2004)ª; Urania URN 22263 {1CD} (2004)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 - April 1954 p.445 [PHW]; December 1989 p.1199 [AB]; September 2004 p.75 [AB]; February 2005 p.85 [PO'C]

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

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Opera Now - September/October 1998 p.98 [ST]

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Fanfare - Vol.22 No.2 November/December 1998 p.259 [JK]: Vol.28 No.2 November/ December 2004 p.223 [BB]

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Orpheus - 1+2 Januar+Februar 2005 S.62 [IW]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.3 Autumn 1990 pp.201-203 [KH2]

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American Record Guide - October 1953 Vol.20 No.2 p.41 [PHR]: January/February 1999 Vol.62 No.1 p.132 [MM] : September/October 2004 Vol.67 No.5 p.269 [RVL]

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American Record Guide - October 1953 Vol.20 No.2 p.41 [PHR]: January/February 1999 Vol.62 No.1 p.132 [MM] : September/October 2004 Vol.67 No.5 p.269 [RVL]

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The Gramophone Shop Inc Record Supplement - October 1953 Vol.16 No.10 p.5

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Gramophone Record Review - June 1954 p.380

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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1998 No.9 p.102 [MO]

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BBC Music Magazine - December 1998 p.82 [CO]

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

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Disques (Nouvelle Série) - No.68 novembre 1954 p.715 [JB]

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Opernwelt - Juli 1998 S.57 [JB]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XII - N.122 - ottobre 1998 p.98 [GL]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.113 septiembre 1998 p.40 [AV]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.30 noviembre-diciembre 1998 p.76 [PN]: No.69 abril 2004 p.85 [LB]

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Comments:- Most of this recording was made between 6 and 19 January 1953, but according to Peel there were two additional sessions without the soloists on 25 January and 27 February 1953. More details can be found in «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» byTom Peel

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Aida - Zinka Milanov

Radamès - Kurt Baum

Amneris - Fedora Barbieri

Amonasro - Leonard Warren

Ramphis - Jerome Hines

Il Re di Egitto - Luben Vichey

Una Sacerdotessa - Margaret Roggero

Un Messaggero - Paul Franke

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 676

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

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

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

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Mario Del Monaco

Carlo Gérard - Leonard Warren

Madeleine di Coigny - Zinka Milanov

La mulatta Bersi - Rosalind Elias

La Contessa di Coigny - Hertha Glaz

Madelon - Sandra Warfield

Roucher - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Salvatore Baccaloni

Fouquier Tinville - Norman Scott

Un Incredible - Alessio De Paolis

Pietro Fléville - George Cehanovsky

L'abate - Gabor Carelli

Dumas - Osie Hawkins

Schmidt - Lawrence Davidson

Il maestro di casa - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

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

Compact Disc; - Nuova Era 2364-2365 {2CDS}; The Opera Lovers AND 195401 {2CDRS};; Myto 2 MCD 043 H094 (+Rigoletto - excerpts - Warren) {2CDS} (2004)ª; Bensar OL 12454 (BRO 125871) {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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

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

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (4 December 1954). See «Sign Off for the Old Met» by Paul Jackson pp.156-158. OPERA March 1955 p.162. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) and those issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Luben Vichey

Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov

Don Carlo - Leonard Warren

Don Alvaro - Gino Penno

Preziosilla - Jean Madeira

Fra Melitone - Gerhard Pechner

Curra - Thelma Votipka

Padre Guardiano - Jerome Hines

Mastro Trabuco - Paul Franke

Un Chirurgo - George Cehanovsky

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 294

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

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

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

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Otello - Mario Del Monaco

Desdemona - Renata Tebaldi

Iago - Leonard Warren

Cassio - Giuseppe Zampieri

Lodovico - Giorgio Tozzi

Emilia - Anna Maria Canali

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Black Disc; - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 74 {3LPS} (1979)ª

Compact Disc - Melodram CDM 270101

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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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - August 1994 p.34

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Opéra International - No.179 avril 1994 p.82

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American Record Guide - Vol.56 No.5 September-October 1993 p.214 [DA]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (see OPERA March 1954 p. 168)

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Violetta Valery - Licia Albanese

Flora Bervoix - Margaret Roggero

Annina - Maria Leone

Alfredo Germont - Richard Tucker

Giorgio Germont - Leonard Warren

Gastone - Gabor Carelli

Dottore Grenvil - Osie Hawkins

Barone Douphol - George Cehanovsky

Marchese d'Obigny - Algerd Brazis

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 835

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (6 February 1954). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.180-181. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Manrico - Kurt Baum

Azucena - Elena Nikolaidi

Leonora - Zinka Milanov

Conte di Luna - Leonard Warren

Ferrando - Nicola Moscona

Ines - Maria Leone

Ruiz - Thomas Hayward

Un vecchio zingaro - Algerd Brazis

Un messo - James McCracken

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

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (16 January 1954). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

La Gioconda - Zinka Milanov

Enzo - Kurt Baum

Barnaba - Leonard Warren

Laura - Nell Rankin

Alvise - Giorgio Tozzi

La Cieca - Sandra Warfield

Zuàne - George Cehanovsky

Un Cantore - James McCracken

Isèpo - Alessio De Paolis

Un Pilota - Calvin Marsh

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

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (2 April 1955). According to the «MET Annals» there were two performers for the role of «Un Cantore» James McCracken, as listed above, and Calvin Marsh. Louis Sgarro is listed as singing «A Monk». The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The source is described as «Fair to good private acetates». The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.».

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Otello - Mario Del Monaco

Desdemona - Renata Tebaldi

Iago - Leonard Warren

Cassio - Paul Franke

Rodrigo - James McCracken

Lodovico - Luben Vichey

Montano - Osie Hawkins

Emilia - Martha Lipton

Un Araldo - Arthur Budney

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 394 (& 400); The Opera Lovers 195502 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (12 March 1955). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Richard Tucker

Il barone Scarpia - Leonard Warren

Il Sagristano - Salvatore Baccaloni

Cesare Angelotti - Clifford Harvuot

Spoletta - Alessio De Paolis

Sciarrone - George Cehanovsky

Un pastore - Peter Mark

Un carceriere - Calvin Marsh

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Black Disc - Readers Digest Productions RDIS 132.9/10 {2LPS} Paragon DSV 52003 (+Tosca excerpts - Callas - Mitropoulos) {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:-

Opéra International - mai 1983 No.59 pp.53-54 [SS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (8 December 1955). More details are givenin «The Complete Discography of Dimitri Mitropoulos» by S.A. Arfanis pp.109-110.The «filler» on side 6 of the Paragon LPs is a recording of an abridged version of Act 2 of Tosca with Maria Callas and George London conducted by Mitropoulos from the «Ed Sullivan Show». This recording was also issued on Voce 13 and GFC 008/9

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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1955(SE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Riccardo - Jan Peerce

Renato - Leonard Warren

Amelia - Zinka Milanov

Ulrica - Marian Anderson

Oscar - Roberta Peters

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

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

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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

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

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

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

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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.54

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

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Ionel Perlea - 1955(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Aida - Zinka Milanov

Radamès - Jussi Björling

Amneris - Fedora Barbieri

Amonasro - Leonard Warren

Ramphis - Boris Christoff

Il Re di Egitto - Plinio Clabassi

Una Sacerdotessa - Bruna Rizzoli

Un Messaggero - Mario Carlin

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

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

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

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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Opera - December 1956 p.758

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 44 p.150

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.565

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

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

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Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Ernani - Mario Del Monaco

Elvira - Zinka Milanov

Carlo - Leonard Warren

Silva - Cesare Siepi

Riccardo - James McCracken

Iago - George Cehanovsky

Giovanna - Helen Vanni

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

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

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

HARRIS p.99; CELLETTI p.880; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.52 (3) p.57; MET p.570; MET(VID) p.350; PENGUIN p.477 GIUDICI p.867 (2) p.1414; Opéra International No.222 mars 1998 p.54, No.265 février 2002 p.22

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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Répertoire - No.72 septembre 1994 p.74

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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.55

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

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

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

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

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - New Orleans Opera

Chorus - New Orleans Opera

Falstaff - Leonard Warren

Fenton - André Turp

Ford - Richard Torigi

Dr. Cajus - Virginio Assandri

Bardolfo - Luigi Vellucci

Pistola - Norman Treigle

Alice Ford - Viviane Della Chiesa

Nannetta - Audrey Schuh

Meg Page - Evelyn Sachs

Mistress Quickly - Lizabeth Pritchett

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Compact Disc; - Video Artists International Audio VAIA 1056-2 {2CDS} (1994)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:-

Opera News - February 18 1995 p.37

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Orpheus - April 1995 p.62

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.167 p.124

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American Record Guide - May/June 1995 Vol.58 No.3 p.241

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Répertoire - No.80 mai 1995 p.95

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the New Orleans Opera (5 May 1956). The review in OPERA NEWS states (incorrectly) that the performance was in St Louis

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov

Don Carlo - Richard Tucker

Don Alvaro - Leonard Warren

Preziosilla - Rosalind Elias

Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena

Curra - Thelma Votipka

Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi

Mastro Trabuco - Alessio De Paolis

Un Chirurgo - George Cehanovsky

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Black Disc - Movimento Musica 03.828 {3LPS}

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

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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Opéra International - novembre 1996 No.207 p.58

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

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rigoletto - Leonard Warren

Gilda - Roberta Peters

Duca di Mantova - Richard Tucker

Sparafucile - Giorgio Tozzi

Maddalena - Rosalind Elias

Giovanna - Thelma Votipka

Monterone - Norman Scott

Marullo - Clifford Harvuot

Borsa - Gabor Carelli

Conte di Ceprano - Lawrence Davidson

Contessa di Ceprano - Maria Leone

Un paggio - Vilma Georgiou

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Black Disc; - Replica RPL 2426-2427 {2LPS} (1980)ª; Replica RPL 22426 {2LPS} (1984)ª

Compact Disc; - Grand Tier USA 4995-2 {2CDS}; Grand Tier (ENGT 9195) {2CDS} ;; Omega Opera Archive 498; Andromeda ANDRCD 5078 {2CDS} (2006)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 - Mai 1995 S.62; Oktober 1995 S.61

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American Record Guide - May/June 1995 Vol.58 No.3 p.241

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

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.101 junio 2007 p.94 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (25 February 1956). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Richard Tucker

Il barone Scarpia - Leonard Warren

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Clifford Harvuot

Spoletta - Alessio De Paolis

Sciarrone - George Cehanovsky

Un pastore - Peter Mark

Un carceriere - Calvin Marsh

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Black Disc - Metroplitan Opera Guild 10 {2LPS} Melodram MEL 097 {2LPS}; Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 7 {2LPS} Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 143 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 044 297 (+La traviata - highlights with Tebaldi) {2CDS} (2004)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 9001 {2CDS} (2005)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.80 mayo 2005 p.87 [VJ]: No.91 junio 2006 p.86 [JV]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 January 1956). More details are given in «The Complete Discography of Dimitri Mitropoulos» by S.A. Arfanis pp.109-110,according to which the date given on the LPs issued by Fonit-Cetra is incorrect.

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Manrico - Kurt Baum

Azucena - Nell Rankin

Leonora - Zinka Milanov

Conte di Luna - Leonard Warren

Ferrando - Giorgio Tozzi

Ines - Maria Leone

Ruiz - Charles Anthony

Un vecchio zingaro - Calvin Marsh

Un messo - James McCracken

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

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

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

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

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

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Pierre Monteux - 1956(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Violetta Valery - Rosanna Carteri

Flora Bervoix - Lydia Marimpietri

Annina - Rina Alessandri

Alfredo Germont - Cesare Valletti

Giorgio Germont - Leonard Warren

Gastone - Glauco Scarlini

Dottore Grenvil - Dario Caselli

Barone Douphol - Arturo La Porta

Marchese d'Obigny - Leonardo Monreale

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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1419-1421 {3LPS} (1956)ª; RCA Victor LM 6040 {3LPS} (1956)ª; RCA «Victrola» VIC 6004 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 014 253 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Testament SBT2 1369 (+Leonard Warren - recital) {2CDS} (2005)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 5062 {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 - November 1956 p.195; March 1957 p.383; June 2005 p.95, p.97 [AB]

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Opera - April 1957 p.256; January 2006 pp.108-109 [ML]

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Orpheus - August + September 2002 S.88 [IW]

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Opéra International - No.302 juillet/aoüt 2005 p.84 [RM]

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Diapason - No.527 juillet-aoüt 2005 p.106 [JC]

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American Record Guide - October 1956 Vol.23 No.2 p.20 [PHR]: Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 pp.295-296 [VAL]

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

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Gramophone Record Review - March 1957 p.370 [DH]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.99 [MC] : No.88 marzo 2006 p.91 [JM]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.99 [MC]: No.88 marzo 2006 p.91 [JM]

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International Record Review - May 2005 pp.80-81 [RP]

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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2005 pp.97-98 [JTH]

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

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Classica Répertoire - No.73 juin 2005 p.106 [AT]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.103 septiembre 2007 p.95 [FF]

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Comments:- Recorded between 7 June and 11 June 1956

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Richard Tucker

Carlo Gérard - Leonard Warren

Madeleine di Coigny - Zinka Milanov

La mulatta Bersi - Rosalind Elias

La Contessa di Coigny - Martha Lipton

Madelon - Belen Amparan

Roucher - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Fernando Corena

Fouquier Tinville - Norman Scott

Un Incredible - Charles Anthony

Pietro Fléville - George Cehanovsky

L'abate - Gabor Carelli

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Black Disc - Historical Operatic Treasures ERR {2LPS}

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

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

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

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

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

La Gioconda - Zinka Milanov

Enzo - Gianni Poggi

Barnaba - Leonard Warren

Laura - Nell Rankin

Alvise - Cesare Siepi

La Cieca - Belen Amparan

Zuàne - George Cehanovsky

Un Cantore - Calvin Marsh

Isèpo - Alessio De Paolis

Un Pilota - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

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Compact Disc - Arkadia CDMP 477 {2CDS}

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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Répertoire - No.74 novembre 1994 p.72

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

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Licia Albanese

Mario Cavaradossi - Daniele Barioni

Il barone Scarpia - Leonard Warren

Il Sagristano - Gerhard Pechner

Cesare Angelotti - Clifford Harvuot

Spoletta - Alessio De Paolis

Sciarrone - George Cehanovsky

Un pastore - George Keith

Un carceriere - Calvin Marsh

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1024

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (23 March 1957). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.425-426. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Violetta Valery - Renata Tebaldi

Flora Bervoix - Helen Vanni

Annina - Emilia Cundari

Alfredo Germont - Giuseppe Campora

Giorgio Germont - Leonard Warren

Gastone - Alessio De Paolis

Dottore Grenvil - Clifford Harvuot

Barone Douphol - Calvin Marsh

Marchese d'Obigny - George Cehanovsky

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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 013 {2LPS} (1980)ª

Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 391 (& 397); Past Masters PM 135/2 {2CDS}

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (6 April 1957). See «Sign-off for the Old Met» by Paul Jackson p.183. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). The recording issued on the «Past Masters» label is listed on the website of «Rare Opera» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1957(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

La Gioconda - Zinka Milanov

Enzo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Barnaba - Leonard Warren

Laura - Rosalind Elias

Alvise - Plinio Clabassi

La Cieca - Belen Amparan

Zuàne - Fernando Valentini

Un Cantore - Virgilio Carbonari

Isèpo - Giacomo Cottino

Un Pilota - Fernando Valentini

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

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

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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

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

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

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Opéra International - octobre 1996 No.206 p.58

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

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

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

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

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

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Classic CD - May 1997 p.84

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

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Répertoire - No.92 juin 1996 p.54

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

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

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1957(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Floria Tosca - Zinka Milanov

Mario Cavaradossi - Jussi Björling

Il barone Scarpia - Leonard Warren

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Leonardo Monreale

Spoletta - Mario Carlin

Sciarrone - Nestore Catalani

Un pastore - Giovanni Bianchini

Un carceriere - Vincenzo Preziosa

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

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

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Antonietta Stella

Mario Cavaradossi - Richard Tucker

Il barone Scarpia - Leonard Warren

Il Sagristano - Salvatore Baccaloni

Cesare Angelotti - Norman Scott

Spoletta - Paul Franke

Sciarrone - George Cehanovsky

Un pastore - George Keith

Un carceriere - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 899

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (15 March 1958). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1958(LI:8/3/58))

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Otello - Mario Del Monaco

Desdemona - Victoria de los Ángeles

Iago - Leonard Warren

Cassio - Paul Franke

Rodrigo - Charles Anthony

Lodovico - Nicola Moscona

Montano - Clifford Harvuot

Emilia - Rosalind Elias

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Black Disc; - Replica RPL 2404/6 {3LPS} (1980)ª; Paragon DSV 52007 {3LPS} (1980)ª

Compact Disc; - *CBS/Sony 54DC 1020-1; Myto MCD 944.107 {2CDS} (1994)ª; MET 20 {2CDS}; Myto MCD 00141 {2CDS} (2008)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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - December 14 1996 p.54

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Orpheus - November 1982 S.883 [GH]; February 1995 p.60

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Opéra International - novembre 1995 No.196 p.66

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Répertoire - No.75 December 1994 p.87

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (8 March 1958; see Opera June 1958 p.379)

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1958(LI;20/12/58)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Otello - Mario Del Monaco

Desdemona - Renata Tebaldi

Iago - Leonard Warren

Cassio - Paul Franke

Rodrigo - Charles Anthony

Lodovico - Nicola Moscona

Montano - Clifford Harvuot

Emilia - Martha Lipton

Un Araldo - Calvin Marsh

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 309

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (20 December 1950). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1958(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Paolo Washington

Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov

Don Carlo - Leonard Warren

Don Alvaro - Giuseppe di Stefano

Preziosilla - Rosalind Elias

Fra Melitone - Dino Mantovani

Curra - Luisa Gioia

Padre Guardiano - Giorgio Tozzi

Mastro Trabuco - Angelo Mercuriali

Un Chirurgo - Sergio Liviabella

Un Alcalde - Virgilio Carbonari

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

Compact Disc - Decca(London) 443 678-2

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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

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Orpheus - Februar 1997 S.56

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

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Opéra International - novembre 1996 No.207 p.57

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Diapason - No.427 juin 196 p.131

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

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

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

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

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

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Aida - Lucine Amara

Radamès - Dimiter Uzunov

Amneris - Nell Rankin

Amonasro - Leonard Warren

Ramphis - Giorgio Tozzi

Il Re di Egitto - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Una Sacerdotessa - Heidi Krall

Un Messaggero - Robert Nagy

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Compact Disc; - Bensar OL; 112859 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET on 28 November 1959. The cast listed above is that given in the MET Annals and the Metopera Database for the performance on that date. The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here Mary Curtis Verna is listed as a cast member.

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Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Macbeth - Leonard Warren

Lady Macbeth - Leonie Rysanek

Banco - Jerome Hines

Macduff - Carlo Bergonzi

Malcolm - William Olvis

Dama - Carlotta Ordassy

Medico - Gerhard Pechner

Domestico - Harold Sternberg

Sicaro - Osie Hawkins

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Black Disc - Movimento Musica 03.029 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - Arkadia 352 471 {2LPS}; Omega Opera Archive 1043

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - novembre 1984 No.75 pp.51-52 [SS]; No.180 mai 1994 p.84

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Répertoire - No.68 avril 1994 p.81

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Comments:- Recording of a perfomance at the MET (21 February 1959; see OPERA April 1959 p.212, May 1959 p.299). 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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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Canio - Mario Del Monaco

Nedda - Lucine Amara

Tonio - Leonard Warren

Beppe - Charles Anthony

Silvio - Mario Sereni

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

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

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Répertoire - No.72 septembre 1994 p.50

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (3 January 1959). For a review of an earlier performance in the series see OPERA February 1959 p.97). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rigoletto - Leonard Warren

Gilda - Roberta Peters

Duca di Mantova - Eugenio Fernandi

Sparafucile - William Wilderman

Maddalena - Margaret Roggero

Giovanna - Thelma Votipka

Monterone - Norman Scott

Marullo - Calvin Marsh

Borsa - Gabor Carelli

Conte di Ceprano - George Cehanovsky

Contessa di Ceprano - Madelaine Chambers

Un paggio - Mildred Allen

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 858; Bensar OL 32859 (BRO 125577) {2CDRS} (2005)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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (28 March 1959). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1959(STU)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Macbeth - Leonard Warren

Lady Macbeth - Leonie Rysanek

Banco - Jerome Hines

Macduff - Carlo Bergonzi

Malcolm - William Olvis

Dama - Carlotta Ordassy

Medico - Gerhard Pechner

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6147 {3LPS} (USA) (1959)ª; RCA Victor LSC 6147 {3LPS} (USA) (1959)ª; *RCA «Victrola» VICS 6121; RCA RB-16187-16189; RCA SB-2071-2073; RCA RE 25006-25008 {3LPS} (UK) (1960)ª;; RCA SER 4505-4507 {3LPS} (UK) (1960)ª; RCA «Victrola» VL 43544(3) {3LPS} (Italy) (1977)ª

Compact Disc; - RCA Victor GD 84516 {2CDS} (1988)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - June 1960 p.32 [PHW]; October 1960 p.205 [DST]; January 1970 p.1185; September 1988 p. [AB]

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Opera - July 1960 p.499

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.182-187 [LG]

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High Fidelity Magazine - November 1959 Vol.9 No.11 p.81 [CLO]: January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48 [CLO]

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American Record Guide - January 1960 Vol.26 No.5 p.378 [CJL]

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Gramophone Record Review - June 1960 p.466 [DH]: August 1960 p.581 [DH]

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Records and Recordings - May 1960 p.22 [FGB]

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Arturo Basile - 1959(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Manrico - Richard Tucker

Azucena - Rosalind Elias

Leonora - Leontyne Price

Conte di Luna - Leonard Warren

Ferrando - Giorgio Tozzi

Ines - Laura Londi

Ruiz - Mario Carlin

Un vecchio zingaro - Leonardo Monreale

Un messo - Tommaso Frascati

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6150 {3LPS} (USA) (1960)ª; RCA Victor LSC 6150 {3LPS} (USA) (1960)ª; *RCA VLS 04146 (3) {3LPS} ;; RCA Victor RB 6519 (Highlights) {1LP}; RCA Victor SB 6519 (Highlights) {1LP} RCA «Gold Seal» AGL 3-4146 {3LPS} (USA)

Compact Cassette; - RCA Victor GK 60560 (1991)ª

Compact Disc; - RCA Victor GD 60560 {2CDS} (1991)ª

Open Reel Tape; - RCA Victor FTC 8000 (4-track 7½ips) (1961)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 - February 1963 p.398 (Highlights); June 1991 p. [AB]

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Fanfare - Vol.5 No.6 July/August 1982 p.226 [PT]

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

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American Record Guide - October 1960 Vol.27 No.2 p.153 [PLM]: May 1961 Vol.27 No.9 p.757 (open reel tape) [RJ]

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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1960 Vol.10 No.10 p.93 [CLO]: April 1961 Vol.11 No.4 p.140 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Macbeth - Leonard Warren

Lady Macbeth - Leonie Rysanek

Banco - Jerome Hines

Macduff - Daniele Barioni

Malcolm - William Olvis

Dama - Carlotta Ordassy

Medico - Gerhard Pechner

Domestico - Carlo Tomanelli

Sicaro - Osie Hawkins

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 368

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (2 January 1960). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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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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