(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1963(LI) - Wollny Piotr - Orchestra delle Vacanze Musicali ed Istituzione Universitaria dei concerti di Roma*
2 1971(LI) - Franci Carlo - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia*
3 1971(LI) - López Cobos Jesús - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia*
4 1971(LI;Frankfurt) - López Cobos Jesús - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia*
5 1971 - Dods Marcus - BBC Concert Orchestra*
6 1975(STU) - Gardelli Lamberto - New Philharmonia Orchestra*
7 1981(LI) - Lawton David - Long Island Opera Society*
8 1996(LI) - Pidò Evelino - Covent Garden*
9 1996(LI) - Pidò Evelino - Teatro Regio di Torino**
10 19??(LE) - Rinaldi Maurizio - Orchestra Aidem di Firenze*
11 2001(LI) - Palleschi Carlo - Orchestra dell'Istituzione Concertistico***
12 2004(LI) - Palumbo Renato - Teatro Regio di Parma***
13 2004(LI) - Queler Eve - Opera Orchestra of New York*
14 2005(LI) - Bartoletti Bruno - Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova*
15 2005(LI) - Guidarini Marco - Gran Teatro del Liceo**
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Piotr Wollny - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra delle Vacanze Musicali ed Istituzione Universitaria dei concerti di Roma
Chorus - Coro delle Vacanze Musicali ed Istituzione Universitaria dei concerti di Roma
Corrado - Aldo Bottion
Giovanni - Vito Maria Brunetti
Medora - Maria Battinelli
Gulnara - Virginia De Notarisefani
Seid - Silvano Carroli
Selimo - Giorgio Grimaldi
Eunuco - Mario Guggia
Schiavo - Giorgio Tadeo
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Black Disc; - *E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 305 {2LPS} (1964)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il corsaro by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.858; PENGUIN p.471; GIUDICI p.895 (2) p.1448; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.29
Comments:- *The EJS Discography by Shaman, Collins and Goodwin (p.271) quotes EJS's bulletinas stating that the performance «originated in Rome». However on the record labels it is only stated that the chorus and orchestra are of the «Vacanze Musicali and Istituzione Universitaria delle concerti di Roma». It seems likely that the recording is of the dress rehearsal (29 August 1963) for a performance on 31 August 1963 which according to the report by William Weaver in OPERA (October 1963 p.690-692) ended in a fight between «members of the audience and members of the orchestra»
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Conductor Carlo Franci - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia
Chorus - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia
Corrado - Giorgio Lamberti (Casellato-Lamberti)
Giovanni - Maurizio Mazzieri
Medora - Vasso Papantoniou
Gulnara - Ángeles Gulin
Seid - Renato Bruson
Selimo - Guido Fabbris
Eunuco - Mario Carlin
Schiavo - Nereo Ceroni
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Black Disc - Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 95-S {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Mondo Musica MFOH 10503 {2CDS} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il corsaro by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.858; PENGUIN p.471; GIUDICI p.895 (2) p.1448; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.29
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.23 No.4 March/April 2000 pp.349-350 [JM]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.37 enero-febrero 2000 p.94 [VJ]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in La Fenice (March 1971; see OPERA August 1971 p.730). According to the review in FANFARE this recording is of a performance on 3 March 1971, but according to «Il Teatro La Fenice - cronologia degli spettacoli 1938-1991» (pp.259-260) Il corsaro was not performed at La Fenice on that day, although it was performed on 2 an 4 March 1971
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Conductor Jesús López Cobos - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia
Chorus - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia
Corrado - Giorgio Lamberti (Casellato-Lamberti)
Giovanni - Maurizio Mazzieri
Medora - Katia Ricciarelli
Gulnara - Ángeles Gulin
Seid - Renato Bruson
Selimo - Guido Fabbris
Eunuco - Mario Carlin
Schiavo - Nereo Ceroni
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Compact Disc - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 21034 (+Lucia di Lammermoor - excerpts) {2CDS}
Recordings of Il corsaro by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.858; PENGUIN p.471; GIUDICI p.895 (2) p.1448; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.29
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.14 No.5 May/June 1991 pp.308-309 [DMG]
Opéra International - No.275 janvier 2003 p.67 (mention)
Comments:- *According to the review in FANFARE this is a recording of a performance in La Fenice on 20 March 1971. However, according to «Il Teatro La Fenice - cronologia degli spettacoli 1938-1991» (pp.259-260), Il corsaro was not performed at La Fenice on 20 March 1971. It was performed on 2, 4, 7 March with Bruson, but Ricciarelli did not perform in any of the these performances in which Vasso Papantoniou sang the role of Medora, and Carlo Franci conducted all of them. A recording dated 3 March 1971 with Papantoniou conducted by Franci has been issued by Mondo Musica and is listed separately. Also, there is a recording with Ricciarelli made when the La Fenice company were performing in Frankfurt, and issued on LP by Robin Hood Records and MRF and on CD by Gala which is also listed separately. It is possible (probable?) that the recording issued on the Giuseppe di Stefano CDs is the same as this.
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Conductor Jesús López Cobos - 1971(LI;Frankfurt)
Orchestra - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia
Chorus - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia
Corrado - Giorgio Lamberti (Casellato-Lamberti)
Giovanni - Maurizio Mazzieri
Medora - Katia Ricciarelli
Gulnara - Ángeles Gulin
Seid - Renato Bruson
Selimo - Guido Fabbris
Eunuco - Mario Carlin
Schiavo - Nereo Ceroni
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Black Disc - Robin Hood Records RHS 501 {2LPS} Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 95 (+Ricciarelli recital) {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100.707 (+Luisa Miller +Il trovatore - short excerpts) {2CDS} (2002)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1476 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il corsaro by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.858; PENGUIN p.471; GIUDICI p.895 (2) p.1448; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.29
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Heft 1+2 Januar 2003 S.74 [IW]
Diapason - No.505 juillet-aoüt 2003 p.102 [MP]
VERDI DAL VIVO - p.61
Le Monde de la Musique - No.272 janvier 2003 pp.93-94 [CFD]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance given by the La Fenice Opera at Frankfurt (2 October 1971). The date given in «Verdi dal Vivo» (p.61) is 2 November 1971, but no performance of «Il corsaro» is reported on that date in «Il Teatro La Fenice - cronologia degli spettacoli 1938-1991». Instead a performance in «Germania» is reported on 2 October 1971 without details of the cast or conductor. According to the review in ORPHEUS of the CDs issued by Gala the orchestra and chorus are those of the Frankfurt Opera and the opera was given in a concert performnce.
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Conductor Marcus Dods - 1971
Orchestra - BBC Concert Orchestra
Chorus - BBC Chorus
Corrado - Keith Erwen
Giovanni - Roger Heath
Medora - Patrick McCarthy
Gulnara - Pauline Tinsley
Seid - Terence Sharpe
Selimo - Emlyn Jones
Eunuco - Leslie Fry
Schiavo - Emlyn Jones
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Compact Disc; - Mitridate «Ponto» PO 1051 (+Pauline Tinsley recital) {2CDRS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il corsaro by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.858; PENGUIN p.471; GIUDICI p.895 (2) p.1448; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.29
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.99 abril 2007 p.94 [JS]
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Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1975(STU)
Orchestra - New Philharmonia Orchestra
Chorus - Ambrosian Singers
Corrado - José Carreras
Giovanni - Clifford Grant
Medora - Jessye Norman
Gulnara - Montserrat Caballé
Seid - Gian-Piero (Giampietro) Mastromei
Selimo - John Noble
Eunuco - Alexander Oliver
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Black Disc; - *Philips 6700 098 {2LPS} (1976)ª
Compact Disc; - Philips 416 398-2 {2CDS} (1987)ª; Philips 426 118-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; Decca 475 6769 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il corsaro by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.858; PENGUIN p.471; GIUDICI p.895 (2) p.1448; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.29
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 1976 p.84 [RO]; September 1976 p.502 [SIR]; October 1976 p.551 [JBS]; June 1987 p. [JBS]; March 1990 p. [AB]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.189-190 [JKL]
Opéra International - janvier 1990 p.59
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Conductor David Lawton - 1981(LI)
Orchestra - Long Island Opera Society
Chorus - Long Island Opera Society
Corrado - Carlo Bergonzi
Giovanni - Glen Martin
Medora - Carolyn Val-Schmidt
Gulnara - Sarah Reese
Seid - James Dietsch
Selimo - Robert Guarino
Eunuco - Robert Guarino
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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE V-812-2 (S) {2LPS} (1982)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il corsaro by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.858; PENGUIN p.471; GIUDICI p.895 (2) p.1448; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.29
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.2 p.123
Opéra International - No.57 mars 1983 p.56 [SS]
VERDI DAL VIVO - p.63
Comments:- The HRE LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE June 1982 p.82
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Conductor Evelino Pidò - 1996(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Corrado - José Cura
Giovanni - Mark Beesley
Medora - Victoria Loukianetz
Gulnara - Maria Dragoni
Seid - Roberto Servile
Selimo - Timothy Robinson
Eunuco - Neil Gillespie
Schiavo - Edward Parry
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 08460
Compact Disc; - House of Opera CD 254 {2CDS} (2000)ª; *House of Opera «The Operas of Giuseppe Verdi - Vol.1 - The Early Years»; {1xCD-ROM} (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il corsaro by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.858; PENGUIN p.471; GIUDICI p.895 (2) p.1448; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.29
Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance at Covent Garden (21 June 1996). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times issue dated 15-21 June 1996 p.124). The performance on 18 June 1996 is reviewed in OPERA September 1996 pp.1024-1026.
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Conductor Evelino Pidò - 1996(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Regio di Torino
Chorus - Teatro Regio di Torino
Corrado - José Cura
Giovanni - Antonio Abete
Medora - Barbara Frittoli
Gulnara - Maria Dragoni
Seid - Roberto Frontali
Selimo - Amedeo Moretti
Eunuco - Giancarlo Fabbri
Schiavo - Antonio Balzani
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DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVDZZ 979 (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il corsaro by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.858; PENGUIN p.471; GIUDICI p.895 (2) p.1448; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.29
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Teatro Regio di Torino (March 1996; see OPERA July 1996 p.824). The DVD issued by House of Opera is included in the list of new releases added to their website in November 2003.
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Conductor Maurizio Rinaldi - 19??(LE)
Orchestra - Orchestra Aidem di Firenze
Chorus - Coro cooperativa del teatro regio di Parma
Corrado - Marco Bianchi
Medora - Gloria Guida Borrelli
Gulnara - Sylvana Ferraro
Seid - Roberto Ferrari Acciajoli
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Black Disc - Tima Club MPV 12 (Excerpts + Un ballo in maschera) {3LPS}
Recordings of Il corsaro by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.858; PENGUIN p.471; GIUDICI p.895 (2) p.1448; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.29
Comments:- I thank Mr. Tom Peel for information concerning the Tima Club LPs, copies of which are in his personal collection
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Conductor Carlo Palleschi - 2001(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra dell'Istituzione Concertistico
Chorus - Coro Lirico della Fondazione «Mario Del Monaco» di Lecce
Corrado - Valter Borin
Giovanni - Riccardo Zanellato
Medora - Paula Almerares
Gulnara - Chiara Taigi
Seid - Antonio Stragapede
Selimo - Giovanni Guarino
Eunuco - Ciro Greco
Schiavo - Ciro Greco
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Compact Disc - House of Opera CDWW 1004 {2CDRS}
DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd DVD 5265 (2005)ª; Encore DVD 2128 (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il corsaro by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.858; PENGUIN p.471; GIUDICI p.895 (2) p.1448; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.29
Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) in the Teatro Politeama Greco di Lecce (February 2001). The performance on 26 February 2001 is reviewed in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.256 avril 2001 p.55, p.57; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.150 aprile 2001 pp.6-7. The cast listed above is that given in «Opera 2001 - Annuario EDT/CIDM dell'Opera Lirica in Italia» p.117. The CDRs issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue for a short time in March 2003 and the DVD-R issued by Premiere is listed in «Premiere Opera Ltd. 2005 Winter/Spring New Releases». The DVD-R issued on the Encore label is (was?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Renato Palumbo - 2004(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Regio di Parma
Chorus - Teatro Regio di Parma
Corrado - Zvetan Michailov
Giovanni - Arturo Cauli
Medora - Michela Sburlati
Gulnara - Adriana Damato (d'Amato)
Seid - Renato Bruson
Selimo - Gianluca Floris
Eunuco - Marcelo Puente
Schiavo - Marcelo Puente
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Compact Disc; - Dynamic CD 468/1-2 {2CDS} (2005)ª
DVD (Video) - Dynamic 33468 (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il corsaro by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.858; PENGUIN p.471; GIUDICI p.895 (2) p.1448; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.29
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - September 2005 pp.1137-1138 (audio) [RP]
Fanfare - Vol.29 No.2 November/December 2005 pp.283-284 (CD & DVD) [BR]
Orpheus - März+April 2006 S.69-S.70 (DVD) [IW]
International Record Review - September 2005 pp.79-80 (CD & DVD) [JTH]
American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 pp.215-216 (audio) [CHP]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIX N.195 giugno 2005 pp.90-91 (DVD) [GL]
Classica Répertoire - No.76 octobre 2005 p.100 (audio) [PT]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.88 marzo 2006 p.86 (DVD) [FGR]
Comments:- *Audio and Video recordings of a performance (or of performances) in the Teatro Regio di Parma (June 2004). The cast listed above is that given in «Opera 2004 Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'Opera Lirica in Italia» p.185.
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Conductor Eve Queler - 2004(LI)
Orchestra - Opera Orchestra of New York
Chorus - Opera Orchestra Chorus
Corrado - Francisco Casanova
Giovanni - Derrick Ballard
Medora - Maria Dragoni
Gulnara - Rossana Potenza
Seid - Changyong Liao
Selimo - Guillermo Lagundimo
Eunuco - William Ferguson
Schiavo - William Ferguson
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1287-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il corsaro by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.858; PENGUIN p.471; GIUDICI p.895 (2) p.1448; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.29
Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in Carnegie Hall, New York (21 March 2004).
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Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 2005(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
Chorus - Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
Corrado - Giuseppe Gipali
Giovanni - Antonio de Gobbi
Medora - Serena Farnocchia
Gulnara - Doina Dimitriu
Seid - Roberto Servile
Selimo - Gianluca Floris
Eunuco - Stefano Consolini
Schiavo - Giuliano Petouchoff
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 1791-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il corsaro by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.858; PENGUIN p.471; GIUDICI p.895 (2) p.1448; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.29
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova (May 2005). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in their new releases dated 22 July 2005.
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Conductor Marco Guidarini - 2005(LI)
Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Corrado - José Cura
Giovanni - Josep Miquel Ribot
Medora - Marina Mescheriakova
Gulnara - Susan Neves
Seid - Carlo Guelfi
Selimo - José Manuel Zapata
Eunuco - José Manuel Zapata
Schiavo - José Manuel Zapata
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DVD (Video) - Encore DVD 2193 (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Il corsaro by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.858; PENGUIN p.471; GIUDICI p.895 (2) p.1448; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.29
Comments:- *Video recording of a concert performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo (February 2005). The DVD-R issued on the Encore label is listed in the online catalogue of the «berkshire record outlet» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
Abbreviations
(STU), "Studio" Recording
(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts
(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source
(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source
(LI), "Live" Recording
(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts
(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance
(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance
(RA), A Radio Performance
(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance
(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast
(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance
(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film
(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film
CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988
EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994
GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)
HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973
MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982
MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993
MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997
More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999
NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli
PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993
Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española
Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española